ANALYSIS OF PSYCHIC HEALTH AND LEVEL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS IN OFFICERS AND RATINGS OF MERCHANT NAVY

Маrkova М. В., Коsenko К. А. ANALYSIS OF PSYCHIC HEALTH AND LEVEL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS IN OFFICERS AND RATINGS OF MERCHANT NAVY. ВІСНИК МОРСЬКОЇ МЕДИЦИНИ. 2020;1(86):28-36. ISSN 0049-6804.

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3772977

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3772977

ANALYSIS OF PSYCHIC HEALTH AND LEVEL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS IN OFFICERS AND RATINGS OF MERCHANT NAVY

Маrkova М. В., Коsenko К. А.

Kharkov Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education;

Odessa Regional Centre of Psychic Health;

e-mail: sun2003@ukr.net.

Summary.The objective: to analyse state of psychic health and level of psychosocial stress in oficers and ratings of merchant navy and determine necessity to create specific for these contingent measures for their psychic health protection. Contigent and research methods. When obtained informative conformity, and obeying principles of bioethics and deontology 200 seafarers of merchant navy were examined during 2016 - 2019, among them there were 110 officers and 90 ratings. Clinical, psychological, psychopathological and psychodiagnostical methods were used. Results. It has been established that distribution of stress load and pathological alarm – depressive reaction in merchant navy crews is nonuniformitive and associates with professional activity features. Intensity of stress load and symptoms of alarm in persons with low, moderate and top level of psychoemotional stress were more promoted in officers, while the level of depressive reaction was the same in officers and ratings. Dynamics of stress load indexes, their synchronization and worsening of psychic health of the persons under examination till clinical manifestations of alarm - depressive reaction allow to conclude that psychosocial and psychic stress has an important role in formation of psychic health damages among seafarers of different professions. Conclusions. The results obtained should be taken into account when specific for this contingent psychotherapeutical measures are working out. This is the perspective of the further reseraches.

Key words: seafarers, officers of Merchant Navy, ratings of Merchant Navy, psychosocial stress