ACADEMICIAN V.M. BEKHTEREV IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC THERAPY

The article presents the main milestones of the scientific activity of the outstanding Russian neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, founder of modern neuro science, V.M. Bekhterev, associated with the creation of a new direction in medicine related to music as a therapeutic tool. The foundations of this field were laid by Bekhterev while working at Kazan Imperial University in 1885-1893 and later led to close cooperation between musicians and doctors at the St. Petersburg Neuropsychiatric Institute.