Abstract

Background. For the detection of violations of mental responses in military offices, use the “Prognoz” test. At the total score of this test, experts make a decision on limiting the service in the troops. However, not all questions of the test are equally important for the diagnosis of mental disorders of the psychotic level.
 By the amount of points should be not recognize the beginning of a psychotic disorder. Therefore, the “Prognoz” questionnaire has an additional reserve for the detection of psychotic disorders, if the psychologist and /or psychiatrist pay special attention to the specific questions of this test.
 Material and methods. According to the expert estimation method, the “Prognoz” test was worked out to determine the risk of psychotic disorder in the military. The basis of the evaluation was a comparison of diagnostic criteria for ICD-10 with test questions.
 Results. Qualified psychiatric experts have selected the most informative questions for identifying psychotic disorders, namely 16 out of 84 questions for the “Prognoz” test. If there are positive answers to 6 or more questions from selected 16, special attention should be paid to this and send respondents an additional psychiatric examination. Approval of this screening test on 18 patients with psychotic level disorders confirmed its diagnostic capabilities.
 Conclusions. According to the expert estimation method, an express method for the screening of psychotic disorders in soldiers has been approved. The testing confirmed its diagnostic capabilities.

Highlights

  • Military psychological trauma is today a very widespread phenomenon, which is an actual and socially significant problem of modern domestic psychiatry

  • Psychotic signs most often appear in the clinic of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and determine its more severe course, which can be compared with progressive forms of schizophrenia

  • Significant prevalence of psychotic symptoms in the event of a military traumatic trauma in combatants indicates the urgent need for further study of signs of high risk of psychosis, as well as their early detection in order to optimize treatment and diagnostic and socio-rehabilitation care for this category of patients

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Introduction

Military psychological trauma is today a very widespread phenomenon, which is an actual and socially significant problem of modern domestic psychiatry. Психотичні розлади діагностичної рубрики F20–F29 «Шизофренія, шизотипові стани та маячні розлади» серед військових, які були виписані із психіатричних стаціонарів, представлено таким чином: у 2015 році – 113 пацієнтів, у 2016 – 89 пацієнтів. Yu. Polyviana PREVALENCE AND STRUCTURE OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS IN PARTICIPANTS OF MILITARY ACTION Оn the basis of the analysis of literature data and own research to determine the prevalence and structure of psychotic disorders in participants in participants of military action.

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