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Psychosomatic Medicine and General Practice
Research Articles
DOI: 10.26766/pmgp.v4i2.207
Submitted: 2019-12-11
Published: 2020-02-02

Psychosomatic respond as a challenge while working with combatants

Private practice
prolonged stress Psychological trauma Psychosomatic disorders Adjustment disorders stress-related disorders Psychosomatizaiton traumatic traumatic experience Combatants

Abstract

The article reveals in retrospect the issues of psychological trauma and somatization among combatants. Literature review and available data analysis demonstrate the significance of the problem and field for further researches. Hereafter specified psychosomatic aspects of the homecoming of combatants; either analyzed the Ukrainian statistics of stress-related disorders. Outlined understanding of psychosomatization in nowadays psychological knowledge and its place between the issues of homecoming. The hypotheses put forward related to steps called for the reduction of the psychosomatization among the particular cohort.

Full-text of the article is available for this locale: Українська.

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Sobolta Ю. Psychosomatic respond as a challenge while working with combatants . PMGP [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 2 [cited 2026 Jul. 8];4(2):e0402207. Available from: https://grobid.e-medjournal.com/index.php/psp/article/view/207