TEMPERAMENT: HISTORICAL AND MODERN CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOSOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS

This article presents historical and modern ideas about the role of temperament in psychosomatic relationships. The evolution and origins of the study of temperament and the origins of the formation of psychosomatic medicine are described in detail. The issues of the pathogenetic influence of mental factors on the somatic state of a person are revealed. This article emphasizes how the autonomic nervous system makes an important contribution to the development of disorders of psychosomatic relationships. The final part of the article focuses on the importance of temperament in the development of the individual personality of children and adolescents. It is noted that temperament, like all properties of the body, is subject to age-related changes. In childhood, changes in temperament are due to maturation. Possession of certain properties of temperament does not directly determine how the child's personality will develop. However, the indirect influence of temperament on the formation of personality is undoubtedly.