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been researched (Fiorillo & Gorwood, 2020), in the traumatic Reactions (military variant)”, have shown that
psychological aspect (Tan, 2020). in the group of military-men experienced in battle
Pandemics are much more dangerous phenomena actions, who committed their duties of maintaining
compared with natural disasters, such as earthquakes or public order during the pandemic outbreak,
tsunamis (Morganstein & Ursano, 2020), even manifestations of PTSR symptoms are nearly twice as
comparing the pandemic with wars and international low as in the group of military-men inexperienced in
mass conflicts. Under such circumstances people can battle actions. Military-men experienced in battle
orientate themselves, while in conditions of the actions display anxiety, depression, stress and sleep
pandemic “threat” can be everywhere and it can be even disorders considerably more rarely than military-men
communicated by a person nearby (Kaniasty, 2019). inexperienced in such. In our mind it is stipulated by the
Among the groups with an extremely high risk to catch fact that committing professional duties in conditions of
the disease can be not only the medical staff that works the COVID-19 pandemic is less stressful for military-
in departments of first aid and reanimation, but also men experienced in battle actions than the battle actions
policemen and military-men who commit their themselves which they are adapted to.
professional duties, work with people who can be We have revealed certain gender peculiarities. An
infected. average point by the scale “Anxiety” among military-
That is why the topic of resistance to post-traumatic women of Groups 1 and 2 has been indicated as 1.3-1.5
stress reactions of vulnerable groups (military-men), times higher than among military-men. At the same time
engaged into the pandemic liquidation is urgent and is the indices of the average point by the scale
still insufficiently researched by scientists. “Depression” for military-women and men experienced
It is also necessary to pay attention to the problem in battle actions have not differed considerably. The
concerning stigma and discrimination to infected people average point of military-men inexperienced in battle
or those who can be referred potentially to them. actions, by the scale “Stress” is the highest among all
Fighting with social stigma to the infected people and gender groups of those who are under research. Sleep
those who commit their professional duties in conditions disorders (the average point by “ISI” methods) have
of the COVID-19 pandemic has to become one of the been considerably higher among military-women, than
priorities for specialists in the field of mental health in among military-men in all the groups that is connected,
the nearest months (Fiorillo & Gorwood, 2020). to our mind, with their higher extraversion and stress in
Social and psychological aspects of stigmatisations of the COVID-19 pandemic.
military-men as an interdisciplinary problem, has been We consider the perspective of further scientific
studied in (Melnyk, 2019; 2020). research in studying effectiveness of implementing the
The problem of influence of extreme conditions on model of medical and psychological support of
mental health of military-men has been researched in professional activity (Melnyk et al., 2019), as well as
(Melnyk & Stadnik, 2018). developing on this ground the most efficient events of
The given research indicates the similarity of symptoms medical and psychological support and psycho-
and consequences revealed by different groups of prophylaxis among vulnerable professional categories
military-men who committed their professional duties in engaged in the pandemic liquidation.
various extreme conditions (Melnyk et al., 2019). A high
level of correlation between the results of this research Funding source
allows making an assumption as for possible efficiency This research received no specific grant from any
of using the model of medical and psychological support funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-
of the professional activity (Melnyk et al., 2019) to profit sectors.
military-men, who were engaged into liquidation of the
COVID-19 pandemic. This model has been tested on Ethical approval
military-men who are under various extreme conditions, The study protocol was consistent with the ethical
and it has been applied for estimating the state of mental guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as
health, outlining tendencies and providing preventing reflected in a prior approval by the Institution’s Human
measures for development of mental disorders. Research Committee.

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