Otlichitel'noy osobennost'yu patsientov ortopedicheskogo profilya yavlyayutsya narusheniya proportsional'nosti konechnostey, a zachastuyu i skeleta v tselom. Takaya vizualizatsiya fizicheskogo defekta narushaet psikhoemotsional'noe ravnovesie i vyzyvaet u bol'nykh stoykoe opasenie nepriyaznennogo otnosheniya k sebe so storony okruzhayushchikh. Zhizn' v postoyannom mire bolezni znachitel'no izmenyaet ikh vospriyatie deystvitel'nosti, lyudey, samikh sebya, narushaet sotsial'nye orientiry, snizhaet kachestvo zhizni, i privodit k stanovleniyu lichnostnykh rasstroystv. Otorvannost' ot privychnoy sredy obitaniya rezko ogranichivaet aktivnuyu kommunikativnuyu svyaz' s vneshnim mirom, sposobstvuet formirovaniyu u nikh obrazovatel'nogo i professional'nogo dreyfa, glubokoy dezadaptatsii v sem'e i obshchestve, neredko delaya cheloveka sotsial'nym izhdiventsem. Kniga orientirovana kak na psikhiatrov, tak i na vrachey drugikh spetsial'nostey.