USE OF BIOSUGGESTIVE THERAPY TO IMPROVE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS DURING THE WAR IN UKRAINE
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1811-2471.2022.v.i4.13160Keywords:
biosuggestive therapy, internally displaced persons, depression, anxiety, stress, mental healthAbstract
SUMMARY. Since the end of February 2022, millions of Ukrainians have left their homes as a result of the invasion. Forced emigration is accompanied by the transformation of the entire system of sociopsychological relations, which causes the formation risk of a psychological state of disintegration and maladaptation.
The aim – to study disturbances in the psycho-emotional sphere of internally displaced persons and the possibility of improving their functioning using the method of biosuggestive therapy.
Material and Methods. 165 people were examined, 114 agreed to undergo therapy, including 64 internally displaced persons (IDPs group) and 50 participants who remained at their permanent residence (PR group). Research methods: a general questionnaire that evaluated socio-demographic data, a scale for assessing the quality of life rate (O. S. Chaban), a scale for depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), methods of mathematical statistics and a method of biosuggestive therapy (O. S. Strazhny) to correct the identified symptoms.
Results. After the sessions, it was determined that the normal depression level in the IDPs group increased by 17.18 %, among the PR group – by 18.00 %. The normal anxiety rate in the IDPs group increased by 28.12 %, among the PR group – by 30.00 %. The normal perception of stress level in the IDPs group increased by 26.56 %, among the PR group – by 32.00 %. The number of respondents whose sleep normalized increased by 39.06 % in the IDPs group, and by 40.00 % in the PR group. Also, after the psychotherapeutic intervention, the number of persons of the IDPs group who considered their quality of life rate to be high increased by 7.81 %, in the PR group – by 40.00 %, another 10.00 % of the respondents from the PR group began to evaluate this level as very high.
Conclusions. The implementation of biosuggestive psychotherapy into the rehabilitation process effectively contributes to overcome depressive and anxiety symptoms, reduces stress, normalizes sleep, and improves the subjective perception of the quality of life in internally displaced persons.
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