Аннотация: In a pandemic situation, psychologists need to participate in interdisciplinary teams, whose efforts are aimed not only at the prevention and treatment of an infectious disease but also at the rehabilitation of people who have had the disease. At the same time, it is necessary to focus not only on combating the consequences of the recent disease but also on cultivating individual health. In accordance with the biosocial model of a person, the acceptance of a holistic (from hole - whole) approach in medicine, the WHO Constitution (1948) says: “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The relationship between states of well-being has been scientifically proven; the relationship between the individual and public health is being researched as well.
One of the most important directions in the field of health strengthening is the stimulation of positive changes in people’s behaviour and lifestyle at the individual level. In Western medicine, the term “health-related behaviour” (the behaviour affecting health) is widely used. It has been noticed that some types of health-related behaviourmove a person away from health, while others bring them closer to it. There are also such types of behaviour, the relation of which with health has not been identified.
This article discusses sanogenic behaviour, which is the behaviour that contributes to the health of an individual. The concept of “sanogenic behaviour” sets orienting points for different spheres of human activity, which are in a certain hierarchy. Sanogenic behaviour is not given initially but is achieved by intense searches, self-development, conscious control of one’s mental processes, one’s behaviour. To maintain individual health, autogenic management (AM) of a person is important, aimed at mastering sanogenic (health-improving) behaviour (SB); the terms AM and SB were coined by N.D. Tvorogova.