Integrative approach to the psychodiagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among participants in the antiterrorist operation

Druz О. V., Grinevich Ye. G., Chernenko І. О. Integrative approach to the psychodiagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among participants in the antiterrorist operation. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(11):775-794. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2590651 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4275 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.11.2016. Revised 22.11.2016. Accepted: 30.11.2016. Integrative approach to the psychodiagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder among participants in the antiterrorist operation О. V. Druz1, Ye. G. Grinevich2, І. О. Chernenko1 1National military medical clinical centre; 2P. L. Shchupik National medical academy of post graduate training, Kiev, Ukraine psychotype@gmail.com. Summary Clinical-psychopathological („gold standardt“) and psychodiagnostic indexes in the participants of local combat actions in Ukraine have been investigated. The force of their interrelations and number were analyzed. On the ground of the results obtained the “Protocol of quantitative, psychodiagnostic, psychometric estimation of post-traumatic stress disorder and associated with it conditions in the participants of local combat actions” has been worked out. It contains the optimal amount of psycho-diagnostic techniques with proven sufficient degree of validity (effectiveness of post-traumatic stress disorders diagnostics) and allows to quantify psychopathology in the structure of PTSD and mental disorders, associated with it among the participants of local combat actions; ascertain mechanisms of self-reactive specific adaptive psychological and behavioral changes as a result of multiple stressors, including intense combat stress; medical and social consequences of PTSD (suicidal behavior, substance use, the impact of PTSD on the mental activity, cognitive and intellectual functions, inadequate and dysfunctional processing of stressful traumatic experiences); combat situation stressful factors and stressors. Application of this protocol will help to shape adequate medical directions and procedures of preventive, therapeutic interventions and rehabilitative measures. Key words: post stress mental disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, local combat actions, military personnel, psycho diagnostic, psycho prophylaxis