Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Ukrainians have been living in situations of unpredictable and long-term risk to their lives. The framework and psyche are overloaded with stress. rape and murder. As the coordinator of an education program for Ukrainian intellectually gifted professionals, which runs with blue-chip providers, I have heard stories beyond those of the mainstream media. I perceive the intensity of persistent pain and intellectual distress.
At the beginning of large-scale warfare, the greatest mental risk was post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But this is not the only outcome that the war will leave. Consider what other situations and illnesses are likely to occur after the war. .
Psychological effect in war.
For the Ukrainian population, the fashionable situations of aggression of the Russian army contribute to the simultaneous formation of individual and collective traumas. Trauma negatively affects personal, psychosomatic and social situations. The war with the enemy, after the COVID-19 quarantine, has the same best incubator for the development of intellectual fitness problems.
Average estimates recommend that around one-third of refugees in other countries suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety. The research recommends a similar prevalence among Ukrainian refugees in the existing conflict, as well as a similar prevalence among the remaining population. in the shock zone. PTSD regularly coexists with another bureaucracy of psychopathology. Among PTSD survivors, 90% have at least one comorbid intellectual illness in their lifetime. As women and young people are the most vulnerable, long-term family, medical and intellectual rehabilitation of affected families is needed.
Trauma burden
Among the Ukrainian population, points of collective trauma include:
The state of war exists a mental lens
The 4 stages of the war reflect:
These steps happen in circles. New difficulties appear, the first level begins, Ukrainians will fight heroically and help each other. Then they will be disappointed when they lack strength and opportunities. New strategies, because war brings new demanding situations all the time.
Coping with the mental fallout after the war
According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, about 15 million Ukrainians will want intellectuals in the future, of which about 3 to 4 million will want to be prescribed medicines. The colossal number of cases of PTSD and/or depression among war survivors has negative consequences, adding significant suffering for Americans and families, the possibility of increased individual or domestic violence, and chronic intellectual fitness problems.
In response, the provision of medical, intellectual and social assistance is essential. With two organizations, I am applying to practice intellectual fitness professionals to provide help to Ukrainian survivors. For those seeking number one medical and intellectual help, practicing professionals deserve to be evaluated for the presence of PTSD symptoms for all those who have experienced a traumatic scenario (refugees, participants in hostilities, displaced, tortured, raped, released from captivity, etc. ). Diagnostic and remedial interventions may decrease the prevalence and severity of PTSD in trauma survivors. Modern prevention of PTSD is a short-term intellectual intervention in the first few hours after a traumatic event; It is a “cognitive block” of traumatic photographs and cognitive and emotional processing of a traumatic event.
Beyond rapid intervention, a comprehensive mental first aid and crisis intervention formula will be implemented in Ukraine. We are expanding the galaxy of trauma-focused medical and mental strategies for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of victims.
Psychological techniques of assistance to refugees triumph over the tension of war. These come with challenge control and a multidimensional technique for tension control. It has become incredibly important. For example, a crisis intervention program in the technique of acceptance and compulsory treatment has been widely used. time.
Positive effects of war on the human psyche.
In an effort to look at the positive, we will have to ask ourselves if something smart can come out of this appalling crisis. Four to six months after the beginning of the war, awareness will be made of the new priorities of life for private progression. appear. There will be awe of the experience gained, and awareness of desires and values.
We see this in the progression of organizations and the expansion of modes of care. But more importantly, it will manifest itself in the quality of a person’s daily life. For example, after a soldier lost his leg in the war, thanks to new friends. , love and a wonderful task that paid him a fair wage, he was able to take his mother to the theater for the first time in his life. This aspect of war inspires and sustains our hearts.
It’s also incredibly nice to be informed that so many other people around the world, plus so many doctors, first responders, and fitness counselors, are willing to help, even at the expense of their fitness and the time they spend with their families. Faint reverence for you for this.
Oksana Martsyniak-Dorosh, PhD, is an adjunct professor at the Department of Theoretical and Practical Psychology of Lviv State Polytechnic University and director of the CBT Academy in Ukraine.