HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF STRESS-RELATED MENTAL DISORDERS: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EMERGENCE OF STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS AND SOCIETAL REALITIES Cover Image

ІСТОРІЯ, РОЗВИТОК ТА ФОРМУВАННЯ ВЧЕННЯ ПРО СТРЕС-АСОЦІЙОВАНІ ПСИХІЧНІ РОЗЛАДИ: ЗВ’ЯЗОК ВИНИКНЕННЯ СТРЕС-АСОЦІЙОВАНИХ РОЗЛАДІВ З СУСПІЛЬНИМИ РЕАЛІЯМИ
HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF STRESS-RELATED MENTAL DISORDERS: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EMERGENCE OF STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS AND SOCIETAL REALITIES

Author(s): Olha YURTSENYUK, Bohdan Sumariuk
Subject(s): Individual Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Neuropsychology, Clinical psychology, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Видавництво ВДНЗ України « Буковинський державний медичний університет »
Keywords: psychiatry; PTSD; history; stress; war; assistance and therapy; stress- related disorders increasing; stress management; volunteers; mental health;

Summary/Abstract: The history of stress- related disorders studying is both fascinating and complex, as its development is intertwined with numerous changes in scientific perspectives and interpretations. Over the past decades, researchers have continued to investigate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), analyzing its impact on various groups of people and studying the mechanisms of its development and designed new treatment methods. Providing the modern research in the fields of neurobiology, psychiatry and sociology, helps to the researcher understand better the nature of the disorder and designe some fluent methods to prevent it and treat it in more effective ways. The history of PTSD studying is flexible and still developing, incorporating new technologies and research methods. Relevance of the study. Due to the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine, what lasts since 2022, the number of people with stress- related mental disorders is increasing. As part of the nationwide mental health program «How Are You?», initiated by Olena Zelenska, the sociological company Gradus Research conducted a study- program «Mental Health and Attitudes of Ukrainians Towards Psychological Assistance During War: Wave 3». As a result, it was realised that those individuals, who have experienced stress and strong nervousness recently cite the main reasons as the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine (72 %), financial diffculties (41 %), and the social and political situation in Ukraine (38 %). An important aspect is establishing the connection between stress and historical events that have coused it. The aim of the study is to analyze data from scientific literature sources, regarding the historical aspects of the development and formation of the doctrine on stress- associated mental disorders, as well as their correlation with societal events. To achieve this aim, such methods of review have been used as, systematic method and content- analysis of scientific materials. The material search was conducted using databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, and open sources on the World Health Organization (WHO) and other web-portals. Conclusions. Analyzing collected scientific materials on the study of stress, we can sum up the visible interdependence in cases of stress- related disorders appearing in the context of complicated historical events. We see stress related disorders increasing as well correlated with the continuity of the military context. It brings us to go on further research on such kind of disorders in order to prevent them and provide necessary assistance and therapy.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-84
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian
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