BASIC PREDICTORS OF POST-TRAUMA STRESS DISORDER FORMATION AMONG COMBATANTS

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In the present work, the authors identify predictors of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) formation among combatants. The study results include: a) tendency to express negative feelings through the form and content of verbal answers; b) unstable balance between the simultaneous desire for truthfulness and aggravation of PTSD symptoms, which provides a PTSD prognosis at the level of ΣDC = 20.59> 20; c) combination of high level anxiety with a normal level of spontaneity, which ensures a PTSD forecast of ΣDK = 15, 82> 13. Thus, an important component of the rehabilitation for combatants with PTSD is the creation of an appropriate therapeutic environment based on a patient-centered approach to potentiate the psychological, psychotherapeutic work aimed at restoring the relations between combatants, at the level of micro- and macro-environment.

Keywords:

combatants post-traumatic stress disorder post-stress mental disorder combat mental trauma

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Publication:

«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 16 No. 72 (2020) , с. 63-67
УДК 616.891-0001.3-036.82:355.11/422

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2020-2-72-63-67