Adjustment disorders in international students studying in English during a pandemic

The article presents a detailed study of clinical manifestations of adjustment disorders. The aim of our research to study the peculiarities of adjustment disorders of English speaking international students and to develop a system of its psychotherapeutic correction in a medical institution of higher education. The research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literature on the research topic, psychodiagnostic and mathematical-statistical methods. The study was conducted in the context in English speaking foreign students of reforming educational services in Ukrainian higher education institutions against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and distance learning. The study based on 103 English speaking foreign students of III-Vth years of education in Kharkiv National Medical University, both sex (52 male and 51 female). The average age of the surveyed foreign students was 22.0±1.8 years. Foreign students were divided into three groups. The first group included 40 fourth-year students, the second group 40 third-year students, the third group consisted of 23 fifth-year students. The survey consisted of several stages and was conducted on-line. The first stage was carried out at the beginning of the quarantine, the second after 3 months. Psycho-corrective measures had a positive effect on the dynamics of mental state in 82.5 % of international students. In 68.7 % there was a reduction in maladaptation