The AUDIT-like tests system was created for complex assessment and evaluation of the addictive status of adolescents in a Ukrainian population. The AUDIT-like tests system has been created from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) developed by the World Health Organization. The AUDIT-like tests were minimally modified from the original AUDIT. Attention was brought to similarities between stages of different addictions (TV, computer games, the Internet, etc.) and alcohol addiction. Seventeen AUDIT-like tests were created to detect the different types of chemical and non-chemical addictions.
BackgroundPresently, approaches for the early treatment of pathological anxiety in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases are lacking, thus delaying the initiation of symptom management at the early onset of the illness. Proactive psychological and psychiatric support, to alleviate subclinical symptoms of anxiety and to improve the quality of life in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases, is a promising candidate for the role of such therapy.AimsTo investigate and determine the effectiveness of proactive psychological and psychiatric support for alleviating subclinical symptoms of anxiety and improving quality of life, in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases.MethodsThe study design was a monocentric randomised controlled trial with parallel groups. The study, involving 193 inpatients with chronic non-communicable diseases, complied with the ethical and deontological norms in accordance with the principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki. Instruments used in the study included the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) to assess subclinical symptoms, the Scale of Somatic Symptoms and the Chaban Quality of Life Scale. Block randomisation was used to randomise patients to a 2-month-long study group with a proactive counselling psychiatry model care or a control group with standard regulated treatment for chronic non-communicable diseases. The allocation ratio was 1.15:1 owing to the expectancy of a higher percentage of dropout in the intervention group.ResultsAfter 60 days of treatment (T2), there was a statistically significant difference in all clinical parameters between the study and control groups. The median HAM-A value differed between the groups by 4.87 points, with statistically significant lower results in the study group. The comparison of the study group’s scale values on day 1 and day 60 demonstrated statistically significant changes in all three indicators.ConclusionsOur results support existing evidence for the effectiveness of proactive psychological and psychiatric support to reduce subclinical anxiety and somatisation symptoms and to improve the quality of life for patients with common chronic non-communicable diseases. However, continued research on the effectiveness of proactive psychological and psychiatric support for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases is needed.
The aim: Study of psychological factors and consequences of psychosocial stress which is formed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and methods: In the research, we used methods: developed a common, assessment of psychosocial stress L. Reeder scale, assessment of distress R.Kessler, assessment of the presence of manifestations of anxiety-depressive response GAD-7, depression self-assessment scale PHQ-9, method of assessing neuropsychological adaptation I. Gurvich, assessment of psychosocial support D. Ziemet, the scale of assessment of family anxiety E. Eidemiller, W. Justickis, strategies for stress-coping behavior E. Heim, methods of assessing the quality of life A.A. Pushkarev, N.G. Arinchina (2000). The current factors of the impact of coronavirus on the mental state of the population have been investigated. The study involved 823 citizens of Ukraine, who filled out the developed Google form.
Results: Threats of coronavirus disease, violation of the usual life stereotype, restriction of leisure activity, harmful interest in news about the pandemic, usage of tobacco plays an important role in the mechanisms of distress formation. These conditions raise the risk of increased stress, anxiety and depression.
Conclusions: The investigations carried out suggested that the quarantine restrictions could be predisposing factors for mental health impairments. Under these conditions, risks of increased stress pressure, anxiety, and depression are rising. Measures on psycho-prevention should be performed on the base of the regularities identified.
The article deals with the modern realities of information-psychological war against the population of Ukraine: it represents its main features and tasks, it outlines the main features of destructive information and psychological impact and it examines the effects of individual consciousness
The TEOAE was not registered in 17 of the 62 examined children. According to the results of the comprehensive audiological examinations, 13 children suffered from the hearing loss of different forms and severity while 5 children presented with bilateral deafness. As the duration of CRF progressed, the patients became more prone to develop hearing impairment. Hearing loss is possibly genetically determined. Among the etiological factors underlying the development of the hearing loss the high doses of immunosuppressants and aminoglycosides are considered to be the principal ones.
The aim of the study was on the basis of the study of clinical manifestations and mechanisms of the formation of disorders of psychological adaptation among the combatants, to develop the principles and program of their medical and psychological rehabilitation.
Materials and methods: The study was attended by 153 people at the sanatorium and resort stage of treatment, of which 98 people were combatants and 55 people were civilians. The study used a set of methods aimed at the study of emotional disorders (HDRS, BDI, Spielberger Scale, “Asthenic state scale”), individual psychological features (Multilevel personal questionnaire “Adaptability,” Test questionnaire G. Shmishek, K. Leonhard), features of psychosocial functioning (Mississippian scale of PTSD-military version) and quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF).
Results: At the stage of sanatorium treatment of combatants is important readaptation to peaceful living conditions. A clinical and psychological analysis of combatants showed that the presence of experienced state of subjective distress and emotional disorder leads to a decrease in the productivity of adaptation to a stressful event. The stress factor disrupted the integrity of the micro-social network of combatants and their system of social support and social values, with the prevailing sense of inability to overcome problems and build plans. A detailed analysis of the nature of depressive and anxiety manifestations was carried out, which allowed to determine the predictors of the violation of adaptation in combatants.
Thus, on the basis of the study of clinical manifestations and mechanisms of the formation of disorders of psychological adaptation among the participants of hostilities, the principles of their medical and psychological rehabilitation at the sanatorium and resort stage of treatment are developed.
Conclusions: The peculiarities of stress response in combatants as a component of personal potential play a role in the formation of predictors of psychological adaptation disorders among combatants. Psychological intervention at the tertiary stage of rehabilitation (sanatorium-resort) should be targeted, taking into account individual-psychological characteristics (preventors) and psychosocial factors (predictors)
* Дослідження виконано в межах наукової тематики Харківської медичної академії післядипломної освіти МОЗ України «Порушення здоров'я сім'ї у кризових станах різного ґенезу. Причини, механізми розвитку, клінічні прояви і система психодіагностики, психокорекції, психопрофілактики» (номер державної реєстрації 0112U000972) та «Медико-психологічні наслідки соціального стресу та інформаційно-психологічної війни (макро-, мікросоціальні чинники дезадаптації, механізми формування, система психодіагностики, психокорекції, психопрофілактики)» (номер державної реєстрації 0117U000371). Установою, що фінансує дослідження, є МОЗ України. Автори гарантують повну відповідальність за все, що опубліковано в статті. Автори гарантують відсутність конфлікту інтересів і власної фінансової зацікавленості при виконанні роботи та написанні статті. Рукопис надійшов до редакції 25.03.2019.
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