[On the Issue of Evolution of the Concept of "Public Health"]

The article substantiates necessity of including into common concept of "public health" such an additional systemic attribute as psychological (spiritual) health. The essence of psychological health is revealed as a totality of values, attitudes and motives of human behavior in society - kind of all characterizing human personality. It is demonstrated that in the most degree disorders of psychological health occur under effect of negative alterations of social cultural environment (anomia, desocialization, undermining cultural core of society) resulting in development of abnormal types of personality. The increasing of prevalence of these types in population is to be considered as disorder of psychological health and decreasing of vitality of society.