Pathopsychological assessment of the nosological independence of neuroses

In clinical neurology today, there is a revision of the principal positions, which casts doubt on the nosological essence of neuroses. The issues of differential diagnostic criteria of neuroses, boundaries of neuroses and neurotic personality development, accentuation of character traits and decompensation of psychopathies remain rather debatable in psychiatry up to now. Questions of clinical differentiation of psychologically adequate, preclinical, neurotic and psychopathic reactions to frustration are poorly studied. As a consequence, the importance of pathopsychological studies of borderline neuropsychiatric disorders, the study of patients' self-esteem and self-awareness, and the analysis of compensation mechanisms and protective measures that contribute to the prevention of neurosis is growing.