During Two Thousandth Years We Were Looking For the Psyche in A Wrong Place (Ideas Live Their Own Life)

In this paper, traditional views on the relationship between mental activity and the brain activity are reviewed, and the hypothesis of brain as the biological interface,which was suggested by the author in 2008, is developed. Approaches to research of the psyche in the areas of physiology, psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry are summarized, and their implications to therapy of patients with mental disorders are analysed. The author substantiates non-material theory of the psyche and outlines its historical prerequisites.