A MODERN VIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical overview of current views on the psychological rehabilitation of combatants with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), focusing on the main goal, tasks and its specifics in working with military personnel. The purpose of this work was to substantiate the feasibility of using a model of psychological rehabilitation for servicemen with PTSD. Its main features are considered. The social and psychological causes of PTSD are analyzed. Actual means of overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder and conducting psychological rehabilitation are proposed, taking into account domestic and foreign experience in this area. Since February 24, 2022, Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine has continued. The Russian army, having failed to achieve the goals declared by the Kremlin at the beginning of the invasion, is engaged in major battles in Donbas and is shelling civilians on a daily basis. All these actions cause a number of destructive mental disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorder plays a key role among these disorders. Neuroses occur mainly in those servicemen who have been on the battlefield, lived in the trenches, suffered injuries, mutilations, witnessed the death of their comrades-in-arms, or been in captivity. Participation in hostilities affects a person’s consciousness, subjecting it to serious qualitative changes. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a natural emotional reaction to events that deeply affect us. It is a normal reaction to an extreme situation. Today, an increasing number of medical professionals recognize that PTSD can be caused not only by life-threatening events, but also by so-called normal life circumstances, such as bereavement, professional failures and significant physical and emotional overload in the service, personal conflicts, threats, persecution, discrimination, difficulties in family life, etc. These reasons lead to an increase in the number of patients with PTSD and an increase in the number of visits to doctors of various specialists in various medical and preventive institutions in Ukraine. Solving the problems of psychological rehabilitation of participants in military conflicts is one of the most necessary and urgent issues of our time. Experts note that rehabilitation plays an important role for the military, their families, and society as a whole. This determines the relevance of our study.