Pathopsychology of personality in the real and virtual worlds: A cultural-historical approach

The book discusses the psychological problems of a modern person, such as the problem of identity, narcissism, existential crises, anxious, depressive and hypochondriacal conditions, and irrational thinking. The influence of the virtual environment on higher mental functions is analyzed. The possibilities of a cultural-historical approach in explaining the mechanisms of various mental disorders are demonstrated. One of the key topics of the book is the theme of relations between “I” and “others”, through the prism of which serious problems of understanding of mental disorders (such as depression and schizophrenia) and the essence of the psychotherapeutic process are revealed.
For a wide range of readers interested in the psychological problems of a modern person. The book will be especially interesting to practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, as well as to all studying psychology