History of the Institute
Psychoneurological Institute.Bekhtereva was created by academician, an outstanding Russian psychiatrist, the founder of the pathopsychological direction and reflexology in Russia - Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev. It was he who organized it in 1907 as a research and higher educational institution. For many years the Bekhtereva Institute was the only institution in Russia that successfully combined clinical and pedagogical activities. Vladimir Mikhailovich rightly believed that for the future practical and scientific work of absolutely any doctor it is required to receive not only medical, but also legal and philosophical education.
The first stage in the life of the Institute
In 1911, the Institute of Bekhtereva in St. Petersburgfor the first time in Russian medical practice, he organized and conducted the so-called recurrent courses for specialists in the field of neuropathology and psychiatry. Lectures on recent discoveries and achievements affecting industry data were given by leading clinicians for six whole weeks. At these first in the history of Russian medicine advanced training courses have been trained twenty-five doctors. In addition, training programs of this type were prepared for doctors of other specialties. Unfortunately, the war that began in 1914 did not allow Vladimir Mikhailovich to carry out this project.
The second stage in the life of the Institute
In 1919, the Bekhtereva Institute was reorganized.According to the relevant order, the presented educational faculties were transformed into such higher educational institutions as, for example, the St. Petersburg Academy of Chemical Pharmaceuticals, and became the basis of several departments of the psychological faculty of the university. It was the Bekhtereva Institute in the former USSR that became the first institution whose activity was aimed at the establishment of psychotherapy and the revival of clinical psychology in Russia. Since 1993, this medical institution has been the basis of the World Health Organization in the field of scientific research, professional training and the organization of psycho-neurological care. In 2001, as a tribute to the historical tradition, a training center was recreated at the Institute, which today implements the educational activities of the institute and is leading in the country.
Natalia Bekhtereva and the Brain Institute
Speaking of Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev and histhe main child, it is impossible not to mention Bekhtereva Natalia Petrovna - the granddaughter of a famous academician. She followed in his footsteps and in 1947 graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute. Natalya Petrovna was very interested in the works of Bekhtereva and later herself wrote far more than one book. In 1992, she was appointed head of the scientific group on the neurophysiology of consciousness, creativity and thinking of the Institute of Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences, the latter, by the way, was called Bekhtereva Institute at that time. In addition, Natalya Petrovna worked for a long time at the Research University of Experimental Medicine. If we talk about the main contribution that the granddaughter of a famous academician left in the field of medicine, then this is a scientific school in the field of the physiology of the human brain. Natalia Bekhtereva created it in her time. The Brain Institute - the place of its last work - helped a lot and allowed laying the foundations for future fundamental research.
Institute Bekhtereva today
Currently, the Training Center is being organizedtraining in five main specialties. These are neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, clinical psychology and psychiatry-narcology. At the same time, all the necessary conditions have been created for future specialists to receive continuing professional education through the simultaneous implementation of basic and diverse additional educational programs. Also, everyone is given the opportunity to master several curricula at once. In addition, individual training is available. The Institute provides students with the opportunity to participate in work, and visits to various regional and international scientific conferences, schools and seminars.
Professional programs of the Institute
The main professional educationalThe programs that the Institute implements today are postgraduate, residency and internship programs. In addition, soon the administration of this institution plans to launch a magistracy.
In the role of additional professional programsThere are programs of thematic improvement, advanced training and professional retraining. To master all of them, only those who receive or already have a higher professional education are allowed. In addition, absolutely all programs combine clinical and theoretical training, supervision and special skills training.
Features of education
If we talk about the features of training inInstitute Bekhtereva, then first of all it should be said that there is a lot of attention during training specialists paid to educational work. The latter is aimed at expanding erudition, at forming a high spiritual level, adherence to the traditions of this professional institution, as well as at introducing oneself to national cultural values. For graduate students, residents and interns there are special lecture programs held in the museum of the Institute, as well as the compulsory attendance of an excursion seminar within the walls of the Russian Museum.
Upon completion of the learning process, each studentReceives an official document approved by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. It should be especially noted that at present the educational activities of this Institute are carried out not only on a commercial, but also on a budgetary basis.
reference Information
This school is located in the house numberthree on the street Bekhtereva. The institute (the address has not changed for a very long time) occupies a large three-story building. Today the administration of the higher educational institution, the advisory department, the laboratory of psychodiagnostics and clinical psychology, the department of community psychiatry and child psychiatry, the physiotherapy department, the unit dealing with geriatric psychiatry are located here. In addition, there is a training center, a neurosis clinic, a center for diagnostic studies, and much more at this address.
