Ethno-Cultural Features of Mental Health and Psychosomatic Risks of Ukrainians in the Conditions of a Full-scale Russian Invasion

Mosiichuk, Vasyl; Tkach, Bohdan; Lunov, Vitalii

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“…Зверніть з цього приводу увагу на статтю �. Mo�� та співавторів «��no-C��r�� Fe�-��no-C��r�� Fe�-��re� o� Men�� He�� nd ��o�om�� R�� o� U�r��n��n� �n ��e Cond��on� o� � F��-��e R��n Inv��on» [8].…”

Section: медико-психологічна реабілітація військовослужбовців в умова...unclassified

Медико-Психологічна Реабілітація Військовослужбовців В Умовах Російсько-Української Війни: Етнопсихологічний Дискурс, Національні Перспективи Громадського Здоров’я

2023

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Медико-Психологічна Реабілітація Військовослужбовців В Умовах Російсько-Української Війни: Етнопсихологічний Дискурс, Національні Перспективи Громадського Здоров’я

2023

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“…In the conditions of a sharp increase in mental and behavioral disorders caused by the Russian invasion, the system of providing mental care and departmental psychological services turned out to be such, at least in the first stages, that the established models of assessment and intervention need to be revised (Mosiichuk, Tkach, Lunov, 2022).…”

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“…In this context, we proceeded from the model of the spatial-relational disposition of a traumatic event, which reflects the degree of objectivity of the loss / threat at the individual, family-related levels, and the level of the immediate environment (Lunov, 2022). In the conditions of a sharp increase in mental and behavioral disorders caused by the Russian invasion, the system of providing mental care and departmental psychological services turned out to be such, at least in the first stages, that the established models of assessment and intervention need to be revised (Mosiichuk, Tkach, Lunov, 2022). One of the reasons for this is that until today there are no generalizations in Ukraine regarding national norms of mental health and psychological well-being of young people.…”

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Ukrainian syndrome. Behavioral and functional changes in Ukrainian youth under the conditions of a 2022-Full-scale Russian invasion

Tolstoukhov

Matiash

Subbota

et al. 2023

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The Ukrainian syndrome is a certain behavioral pattern of adaptation and an individual position of a Ukrainian regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war. In this context, we proceeded from the model of the spatial-relational disposition of a traumatic event, which reflects the degree of objectivity of the loss / threat at the individual, family-related levels, and the level of the immediate environment (Lunov, 2022). In the conditions of a sharp increase in mental and behavioral disorders caused by the Russian invasion, the system of providing mental care and departmental psychological services turned out to be such, at least in the first stages, that the established models of assessment and intervention need to be revised (Mosiichuk, Tkach, Lunov, 2022). One of the reasons for this is that until today there are no generalizations in Ukraine regarding national norms of mental health and psychological well-being of young people. There is also a lack of research on the perception and understanding of the behavioral, functional, and psychosomatic changes experienced by young people under the influence of the prolonged Russian-Ukrainian war. The purpose of our research is to determine the behavioral and psychosomatic changes and risks perceived by Ukrainian youth due to the prolonged Russian-Ukrainian war, in the time perspective after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. Materials and methods The "Scale of non-clinical assessment of behavioral changes and social functioning" (block A, B. Rate on a scale: -1 means this sign used to be characteristic of me, but now it has disappeared, or it does not bother me; 0 means I practically do not feel it, or it is absent; 1 means there are certain signs , but they do not significantly affect life and well-being; 2 means the manifestation of this sign is strong; 3 means I feel exhausted and disorganized), and the Questionnaire of the experience of being in a combat zone developed by Vitalii Lunov were used in the study. The study was conducted from April 2022 to January 2023. 4694 youth and young scientists aged 16 to 40 from 61 cities of Ukraine took part in the research. The conducted research demonstrates the generalization of descriptive statistics of behavioral, functional, and psychosomatic changes experienced by Ukrainian youth in the conditions of the protracted Russian-Ukrainian war. According to the obtained results, it can be stated that the following behavioral and functional patterns of Ukrainian youth require the attention of psychologists: - behavior characterized by increased fatigue, exhaustion, weakening or loss of ability to prolonged physical or mental stress, irritability, frequent mood swings, tearfulness, moodiness, vegetative disorders. - behavior characterized by subjective experiences (feelings of anxiety, own inferiority, fear of heights, closed spaces, obsessive thoughts, memories, etc.), somatic and vegetative disorders (disturbed sleep, poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.). - indecisiveness and tendency to excessive reasoning, alarming incredulity, ease of forming obsessive fears, apprehensions, actions, rituals, thoughts, ideas. - decrease in vital activity. - mental health problems. - significant changes in habitual behavior. We remind you that the obtained results are based on the respondents' self-reports. However, the most significant thing for us is the youth's self-awareness of their behavioral, psychosomatic, and functional changes. Such awareness becomes the basis for understanding the new norm of life during the war.

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“…A psychosomatic disorder is defined by researchers [16] as a disease arising from the action of psychoemotional factors and involving both the mind and the body. The prevalence of psychosomatic disorders among visitors to primary network medical centers, according to some authors, ranges from 6 % to 20 % [21], while others cite figures from 30 % to 57 %, while in psychosomatic disorders occur in 11 %-52 % of the general population [15].…”

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“…From the point of view of the systemic approach, psychosomatic disorders are multifactorial formations, the development of which is influenced by the characteristics of the psychotraumatic situation, the patient's personal characteristics, hereditary factors, etc. [15].…”

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Psychosomatic Manifestations of Military Psychotrauma

Kolіadenko,

Bachurina,

Zhyvaho

et al. 2023

Clin. and prev. med.

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Introduction. War is a super-powerful extreme event that causes adaptive capacity to decline. The need for a clearer understanding of the specifics of war psychotrauma and its clinical consequences for all components of human health determines the relevance of the topic of this study. The aim of the work is to study the peculiarities of psychosomatic relationships in persons with the consequences of war psychotrauma. Materials and methods. The experimental study group consisted of 32 patients from the number of temporarily displaced persons, the control group – 34 patients who did not change their place of residence during the entire period of the full-scale war. The diagnosis was aimed at identifying neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, according to the rubric (F40-F48) of the ICD-10. Assessment of the somatic condition was carried out on the basis of analysis of anamnestic data, clinical examination of the patient and indicators of laboratory tests. Psychodiagnostic methods were used to assess the mental states of patients (Clinical Questionnaire for the Detection and Assessment of Neurotic States; Methodology for the express diagnosis of neurosis by K. Heck and H. Hess; Questionnaire SAN (Mood, Activity, Mood); Methodology for the diagnosis of Taylor's anxiety level; Self-assessment of mental states according to Eysenck; Ch. Spibleger's Reactive and Personal Anxiety Assessment Scale in the modification of Y. Hanin. Statistical processing of the research results was carried out in the Microsoft Excel program and with the help of the Social Science Statistics online calculator. Results. As a result of the analysis of anamnestic data, clinical examination and analysis of laboratory tests, psychosomatic disorders were found in patients of both research groups: in 29 (90.63%) patients of the experimental group and in 26 (74.47%) patients of the control group. Conclusions. It has been confirmed that a prolonged stressful extreme situation of a full-scale war causes the formation of negative mental states accompanied by psychosomatic manifestations, the formation of a closed vicious circle of a pathological psychosomatic process. A high close direct correlation was found between the level of reactive anxiety, autonomic disorders, well-being, activity, mood of patients and psychosomatic symptoms. The absence of a statistically significant difference in the risk of developing psychosomatic disorders as a result of war psychotrauma in temporarily displaced persons and those who did not change their place of residence was revealed.

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Ethno-Cultural Features of Mental Health and Psychosomatic Risks of Ukrainians in the Conditions of a Full-scale Russian Invasion

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Ukrainian syndrome. Behavioral and functional changes in Ukrainian youth under the conditions of a 2022-Full-scale Russian invasion

Psychosomatic Manifestations of Military Psychotrauma

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