Internally displaced persons in Ukraine

Abstract

As of May 21, 2015 UNHCR has information about 1,299,800 IDPs, the data provided by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. Since the process of establishing a centralized system for registration is still pending, the actual number of persons displaced within the country may be higher.

We have a complex psychopathological and clinical research psychodiagnostic 97 internally displaced people in volunteer center, located at the central train station in Kharkiv to study the clinical features of neurotic disorders.

The results showed that 75.9% of IDPs observed have violations of adaptation: long-term depressive reaction (F 43.21) and predominant disturbance of other emotions (F 43.23). The clinical picture is dominated by the depression, anxiety, inner tension, inability to relax, asthenic symptoms, various fears and paroxysmal autonomic instability.

The results of the diagnostic psychological studies have found that men reactive alarm indicators (average – 37,7 ± 3,0) were higher than trait anxiety (average – 32,6 ± 2,9). On the contrary, women figures trait anxiety (average – 38,6 ± 2,9) were higher than reactive anxiety (average – 34,7 ± 3,0). Severity of depressive symptoms also slightly prevailed in women. The mean score on the Hamilton scale for men was 17,0 ± 2,3 points, women – 18,0 ± 2,3 points.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.