The work is devoted to the problem concerning psychiatrists, psychophysiologists and medical psychologists who render assistance to the specialists dealing with extreme activities. The study of response of law-enforcement bodies' employees on operative work stressors, comparison of stress factors influencing on them, the ways to control the stress and manifestations of psychical dysadaptation with peculiarities of professional stress in servicemen are of great interest. The authors present the detailed analysis of investigations devoted to the general idea of psychical stress and private problems connected with stress development in employees of law-enforcement bodies dealing with operative work.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
April 2006
Prognosis of remote consequences of acute stress disorders and adaptation disorders as posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) is possible using relevant mathematical methods. The authors have used the following logical statistical methods: algorithms for search and statistical verification of optimal fragmentation of variables in multi-dimensional space ("Q-nearest neighbors", "statistically weighed syndromes") as well as a program of searching for multiple conjunctions of variables that allowed to single out statistically significant combinations of variables (p<0,001) and to divide the sample into two groups: with favorable and with unfavorable outcome both at the acute and remote stages of mental trauma. Predictors of unfavorable outcome found in the acute period of mental trauma were as follows: affective tension, impulsivity, high personal anxiety and depressive tendencies with reduced activity.
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