Conceptual Principles of Psychological Rehabilitation of Combat Participants
Abstract
Abstract. The relevance of the study is due to the need to determine the basic principles of organizing and providing psychological assistance in the process of rehabilitation of combatants for further optimization of measures to preserve mental health. The purpose of the article is to determine the conceptual principles of psychological rehabilitation of combatants. Depending on this, the fundamental foundations and the state of theoretical and applied research on the rehabilitation process are determined. The methodological basis of the article is the fundamental approaches to the process of providing comprehensive assistance, the main task of which is the psychosomatic recovery of combatants, taking into account individual recovery tactics. The methodological tools are selected in accordance with the outlined goal, the specifics of the object and subject of the study. Research methods are analysis, comparison and generalization of the results of scientific research. The main conceptual and categorical apparatus, the laws of Ukraine used to define the rehabilitation process and its main provisions are considered. The importance of providing psychological assistance to combatants has been determined, depending on the level of influence of the stress factor on the personality, since being in war conditions and combat actions provoke the emergence of general distress. The principles and stages of the technology of providing comprehensive rehabilitation have been analyzed, the features of which indicate its specificity and a purely individual approach, which is defined as one of the basic principles of effectiveness. Foreign rehabilitation programs have been considered, among the common key aspects of which are identified: comprehensive physical, psychological and social rehabilitation; prevention of depressive episodes, anxiety disorders, treatment and prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder; availability of professional reintegration courses. The possibilities of using existing foreign rehabilitation programs are described exclusively on the condition of taking into account the specificity of the experience of combatants. Signs of the effectiveness of the rehabilitation process of combatants in combination with other health, physical education and sports, sanatorium and resort, medical and psychological and social services have been identified. The definition of the conceptual principles of the rehabilitation of combatants allows for a comprehensive and systematic study of existing achievements in this area and also to identify areas for further scientific exploration.
Keywords: psychological assistance; rehabilitation; combat stress; individual approach; recovery programs.
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