Nataliia Onishchenko
Doctor of psychology, professor, head of the department, National University of Civil Defense of Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0003-3026-1650
Kateryna Naipak
Student of the social and psychological faculty, National University of Civil Defense of Ukraine
DOI - https://doi.org/10.52363/dcpp-2023.2.10
Keywords: psychogenic losses, psychological trauma, psychotraumatic situation, psychological rehabilitation, professional contingent, victim.
The article is devoted to the analysis of the psychological aspect of losses caused by military events both among professional contingents and among the civilian population. The authors present an attempt to study the impact of war on the human psyche through the analysis of psychogenic losses, emphasizing the importance of an individual approach to each case. The role of objective factors of an emergency situation of military origin in the process of forecasting possible psychogenic losses among the civilian population is also considered. It has been established that the term "psychogenic losses" describes emotional discomfort caused by unforeseen events, which can cause serious stress and require specialized psychological support in the post-disaster period. At the same time, psychogenic losses in military personnel mean manifestations that significantly limit, deprive or lead to the termination of combat activity due to the influence of adverse factors. The study of theoretical aspects showed that with the increase in the intensity of the traumatic impact, the number of people falling into the category of psychological losses increases. The amount of psychological losses among the professional contingent depends on factors that determine the risk of psychological traumatization of personnel, such as individual characteristics, insufficient combat experience, high resistance to stress factors, the intensity of stressful situations, insufficient psychological preparation, etc. At the same time, despite the large number of scientific studies devoted to the problem of psychogenic losses among professional contingents, it is important to note that the insights obtained in this context may be insufficient to solve similar issues in the civilian population. This indicates the need for further research aimed at developing approaches aimed at analyzing psychogenic losses among the civilian population.