[Clinical-diagnostic aspects of post-traumatic combat stress disorders].

Article is devoted to the clinical description of fighting posttraumatic stress disorder, and also questions of their early diagnostics in the conditions of military unit. The characteristics of the basic clinical variants of posttraumatic stress disorder and postfighting personal changes at combatants are resulted. Concept substantive provisions "combatant accentuation" is stated the person.

[The dynamics of personality changes in combatants of local wars and armed conflicts].

326 combatants have been examined using clinical-and-experimental psychological methods in outpatient and hospital conditions in order to reveal personality changes as a result of transient combat stress. The dynamics of these changes in pre- and post-combat periods has been described. Some personality peculiarities acquired in combat conditions aggravated combatants' rehabilitation to the peace life, which should be taken into consideration during rehabilitation.

[The mental health of surgical patients with combat wounds].

Under analysis were results of examination of 119 servicemen who had got wounds of different degree during military operations. The authors come to a conclusion that mental disorders are a component in semiology of traumatic disease in the wounded. Clinical manifestations were found to correlate with the view of the injuring factor, localization, degree of the injuries combination as well as with specific personal reactions to stress.