The development of Melekhov's ideas about the role of the spiritual sphere of personality in mental disorders at later age
In modern gerontopsychiatry a holistic and personalized approach to the mentally ill with an analysis of the state of their spiritual sphere is necessary. D.E.Melekhov attached great importance to the “spiritual diagnosis” and its relation to the medical diagnosis. He believed that the basis of mental disorders often lies in sharp changes in the spiritual sphere of man. The authors of the article cite a large number of modern data confirming the validity and further development of the representations and ideas of D.E.Melekhov in accordance with the biopsychosociospiritual concept in psychiatry.