Nominalistic aspects of clinical psychopathology: predisposition to mental illness, W. Griesingers concept of "nervous constitution" and J. Prichard's concept of "moral insanity"
One of the main transtypological concepts of predisposition to mental disorders: W. Griesinger's concept of «nervous constitution» is analyzed. The historical context of it's creation: neural and vitalistic theories, the mental and nervous disorders classifications of the 18th century are also taken into account. The clinical and prognostic meantng of general for «neutopathy» and J. Prichard"s «moral insantty» mental signs, simttarity of «moral insantty» and J. Esquirol's «affective» and «instinctive» monomanies are detineated.