For the first time in Russian, the work of the outstanding Swiss psychiatrist Jacob Wiersch (1892-1980), the closest student of Eugen Bleiler, the author of classic works on schizophrenia devoid of any dogmatism, is published. This work introduces into the circulation of domestic psychiatry more subtle distinctions, in particular, in connection with the non-identity of the concepts of "person" and "person." For specialists interested in psychology and psychiatry.