[Characteristics of sensory regulation of the activities in hypochondriacal conditions of different etiologies].

The author analyzes the results of an experimental study into sense regulation of the activity of patients with the hypochondriac syndrome. Three groups of patients were examined: with neurosis, slow-progressive schizophrenia, and myocardial infarction. Four types of self-regulation were distinguished: related to the attitude towards the world, to oneself, to other people, to the characteristic features of the mediation of the relations indicated. It has been discovered that the egocentric tendencies, impoverishment, narrow motivation sphere, rigidity of senses, valuables are psychological causes of the derangement of higher sense regulation in hypochondriac conditions.