The main goal of the study was to study the peculiarities of the psychic adaptation of patients of the cardiosurgical profile to the preoperative period. The motivation for success was studied, the motivation to avoid failures, readiness for risk. The severity of anxiety and depressive disorders was assessed. Cognitive, emotional and behavioral coping mechanisms are used. The main result of this work is the opportunity to apply the results of this study to improve the degree of adaptation of cardiosurgical patients, to the changed living conditions and, as a consequence, to be more successfully rehabilitated.