That is why, for example, in the past, patients often considered themselves Napoleons.
Psychologist and psychiatrist Vladimir Krupin told Zvezda how public sentiment determines the direction of development of mental illness.
The specialist explained that the information agenda in a sense determined the "fashion" for personality pathology. So, in accordance with classical ideas, people with psychiatric diseases used to consider themselves Napoleons.
“This was due to the fact that, indeed, there were a lot of conversations in society about Napoleon, which laid fertile ground for this psychiatry and people imagined that they were Napoleons,” Krupin explained.
The psychiatrist pointed out that this trend continues today.
“It has survived to this day. The fact that the information agenda will be in the foreground, in this direction, as a rule, there are violations,”he said.
Earlier, psychiatrist Pavel Katchalov said that in some cases, laziness is a sign of a serious illness. According to the expert, this happens when a person is not only unwilling, but also unable to act.