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"The results of the conducted research gave the possibility to distinguish the structure of the motivation which was suitable for the distinguished types of motivation of servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine with different levels of effectiveness of their professional activity including motivation based on public service, stagnation, prosaically, romantic, deficient, and dependent. 2435 male servicemen participated in the research. They equally represented all the operational and territorial reunifications and military units of the National Guard of Ukraine. Every unit equally presented the officers, servicemen under the contract including the participants in hostilities as well as those who did not have such experience. The research was conducted with the help of the methods which were standardized by the Ukrainian language: "Close Questionnaire of Examining the Motivation of Professional Choice Made by Applicants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", "Methods of Studying the Motivational Profile of Personality", and "Motivation Sources Inventory – MSI". The conducted research posed the possibility to describe not only the determined types of professional motivation of servicemen, but also specific phenomena such as self-motivation of the representatives of a type which was run by public service motivation; "rest on the laurels" for the type of stagnation; problems related to choice-making for the prosocial type for whom profession, family, and friends had equal meaning; the tendency for manipulation to gain access to desirable aspects of professional activity of the type which struggled for adventures; lack of sincere interest in the military profession for the deficient type which could change it for more prospective having the same requests for the candidates; attitude to the profession as if it was a means of satisfaction of the needs of their emotional life for the dependent type"

"The aim of the research was to determine the social and psychological predictors of alcohol-related incidents involving servicemen. The research involved 310 servicemen, who were subjected to disciplinary and administrative penalties within 2016-2021 years for the offence commitment under the influence of alcohol. The control group included 650 servicemen who joined the service within this period. The analysis of psychological features of servicemen was carried out with the help of the following methods: "Determination of Type Accentuation of Character Traits and Temper" Questionnaire, "Self-Esteem Structures of Temper Questionnaire", "Multilevel Personality 'Adaptability' Questionnaire", "Progressive Matrix", "16 PF Questionnaire", and "Self-Esteem Structures of Temper Questionnaire". Cluster analysis was used to differentiate servicemen who committed incidents under the influence of alcohol. The determined typology was valuable for the organization of preventive works, events dedicated to the improvement of socialization by recruits, adequate formation of servicemen image as well as their identification in accordance with it, and events dedicated to the prevention of suicidal behaviour."

According to the results of the study, there were determined the peculiarities of military values of servicemen who participated in hostilities and had signs of PTSD and moral trauma. The study included 397 servicemen (aged 20 to 55 years) with combat experience. The study showed that PTSD and violation of moral normativity were closely related to unfavorable social conditions of performing combat tasks. Unlike PTSD, the moral normativity indicator was less tightly related to the immediate threat to life. The structure of values of the servicemen had no signs of PTSD as well as no violation of moral normativity consisted of factors that indicated the value of teamwork, responsibilities for decisions and actions made based on ideas related to loyalty to the oath and the Motherland, resistance, and professionalism. For the servicemen who participated in hostilities who had violations of moral normativity, it was more important to have the ability to act following their conscience, not to lose dignity, and to remain honest in the faces of their brothers than to have professionalism, loyalty to the oath and the Motherland.

Introduction. The considerable numbers of servicemen who have applied for psychiatric help and who have been discharged for mental health from the Armed Forces of Ukraine testify the need to revise the whole system of providing psychiatric, psychomedical, and social aid to servicemen in warfare. Purpose. To identify medical and social aspects of mental and behavioral disorders among servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in peacetime and warfare for justification the developing and implementing the system of psychomedical care in Ukrainian Defense Forces with NATO standards adaptation. Methods. A retrospective analysis of statistical data on the level, structure, dynamics of the overall incidence rate of mental disorders as well as hospitalized morbidity among the military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces and health status dismissal based on long-term observation data (2008-2017) as well as comparison of indicators of the period 2008-2013 and 2014-2017 based on official statistical reporting has been performed. The statistical processing of the sample results was carried out using descriptive statistics and analysis of alternative characteristics. Results. It was discovered that in the structure of the total incidence of mental disorders among the military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces on class F (ICD-10) for the period of 2014-2017 years there was a significant redistribution of all categories of military personnel in comparison with 2008-2013 (among officers as well as contract servicemen, the overall incidence rate of mental disorders decreased dependably). The proportion of disorders of adult personality and behavior with other syndromes (F50-F99) significantly increased due to a significant decrease of neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform complaints cases. Conclusions. The overall incidence rate of mental disorders, as well as hospitalized morbidity within the structure of overall incidence rate of diseases in 2008-2017 for officers and contract servicemen, significantly increased with peak values in 2015 (p≤0.001) with further decreasing in 2016-2017 years, but among conscripts - remained unchanged. It has been established that starting from 2014, the indicators of discharges among officers have tended to increase with the maximum rates in 2015 (compared to 2013 by 7 times higher) and contract servicemen in 2016 (compared to 2013 by 5.3 times higher) with a further decrease. The identified features of mental health disorder in servicemen and their consequences according to long-term observation (both in peacetime and in warfare) are the keysto the development and implementation of the proposed psychomedical care system in defense forces readapted to NATO standards.

"According to the results of the conducted study there were distinguished the peculiarities of perception of the image of a junior officer by servicemen who participated in hostilities and had various PTSD symptoms. The study included 233 male servicemen with combat experience. The age of the participants varied from 20 to 55 years. It was determined that the image perception of the direct commander by the servicemen who did not have any PTSD symptoms had been influenced by both the key features of the modern way of fighting and the way a protective mechanism of consciousness acted, which gave the possibility to maintain mental health under combat conditions. These servicemen considered the awareness, kindness, and physical strength of their commander to be not important. The first stage was occupied by his/her ability to adequately fulfill his/her leadership function and the power of his/her spirit – the courage and love of the Motherland, which formed his/her reliability. Servicemen who had PTSD symptoms were less satisfied with the role of a junior officer and considered him/her to be less capable of meeting their expectations. They were less interested in commanders who could involve them in situations that required quick, brave action and complete responsibility for the entrusted part of common affairs. The most important factors in the structure of the direct commander image in both studied groups were the power of personality (the ability of self-regulation); however, the servicemen with PTSD symptoms had a specific orientation of these factors – to help their subordinates. They were quite selfishly aimed at using their direct commanders as a way of getting help. "

"The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between the tolerance for uncertainty level and several psychophysiological and psychological qualities of military specialists for determining additional approaches to occupational selection. The study was conducted on a group of servicemen who performed special tasks and were capable of responding to terrorism – 49 men (main group) and 19 military doctors (control group) – men aged 25-34 years. Tolerance for uncertainty was studied based on the modified S. Badnder's method. The level of manipulation score (MAC) was assessed by the adapted I.A. Romanova and O.O. Zhdanov questionnaire (estimated by the so-called ""MacScale""). Psycho-physiological parameters were determined using a special computer program. Statistical analysis of data was performed by descriptive and nonparametric statistics, as well as a cluster, stepwise discriminant, and correlation analysis. A personality trait "tolerance for uncertainty" was valuable for the occupational activity of servicemen performing special tasks. The such feature had 63.3% of servicemen in the studied group. The specificity of the occupational activity of military doctors was the quality of manipulation of people. Moreover, those who were the most tolerant of uncertainty had an inverse relationship with Machiavellianism, which indicates the existence of compensatory psychological mechanisms balancing and harmonizing service and personal relationships among micro-teams of servicemen. Servicemen with a lower level of tolerance for uncertainty had positive relationships with several psychophysiological functions (strength and mobility of nervous processes, quality of dynamic memorization), which confirms the idea of psychophysiological mechanisms to enhance tolerance for uncertainty by increasing the working capacity of these people. Such personal quality as tolerance for uncertainty is a valuable occupationally important feature that allows performing the selection of servicemen who are more efficient and reliable in the performance of official duties tasks. "

The creation of the military medical museum of the UVMA and the organization of a comprehensive study of the history of military medicine strengthened the scientific and cultural potential of the educational institution, created an atmosphere of involvement of the UVMA staff in the centuries-old traditions of military medicine in Ukraine, and gave a new impetus to the military and patriotic education of students. In addition, the creation of the museum made it possible to strengthen the representative functions of UVMA, create an additional factor of successful communication and establishment of business and professional contacts with colleagues in Ukraine and abroad, contributed to the organization of a meaningful cultural program for the stay of various delegations and individual officials at the academy. Museums of military and military medical educational institutions acquire special importance in the conditions of a full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The demand is put forward to them to truthfully reflect the military resistance of Ukraine for the preservation of its own state independence, which began in 2014, by various museum means. With the help of photo and video materials, documents, fragments of weapons, transformed into museum exhibits, it is necessary to depict the long, exhausting, tragic and at the same time heroic struggle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which turned into a national war of Ukraine against Russian aggression from February 24, 2022. Relevance of research. In accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine, the educational process carried out in educational institutions combines three components: the educational process, the scientific process and the educational process. The educational process, as an important integral component of the educational process, is aimed at forming in those who study patriotism, respect for the state language and state symbols of Ukraine, a careful attitude to national, historical, cultural values, the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people, the need in case of need to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. This direction of educational activity acquires special importance in the conditions of a full-scale war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The valuable experience of the organization of medical support of the Armed Forces (AF) of Ukraine during the years of armed resistance to the military aggression of the Russian Federation should be highlighted in a museum exhibition. The need for military-patriotic education is determined by the requirements that the state and society apply to servicemen, the Military Oath and the Statutes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Activities of military and patriotic education in higher military educational institutions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carried out in the format of lectures, discussions, meetings with veterans, organization of thematic exhibitions, museum expositions.The purpose of the study is aimed at a comprehensive analysis of materials that highlight the specific results of using the museum of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the museums of the city of Kyiv in the military and patriotic education of students. Materials and methods. The information base of the article consists of materials that highlight the impact of military-patriotic education activities on students of UVMA (excursions to museums of UVMA and the city of Kyiv, meetings with veterans of the medical service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, prominent Ukrainian public and cultural figures, leaders and members of foreign delegations of military medical services NATO member countries, etc.). Current visual content (photo materials) is attached. The article uses general scientific methods - analysis-synthesis and special historical methods: historical-systemic and biographical.

This is a translated copy of the Certificate of Graduation from the Military Medical Academy of Petrograd for Peter V. Karpovich. This is translated copy of the original which was signed on December 26, 1919 by Professors V. Tonkoff (president) and Z. Iljin (secretary) of the academy. The original document was translated by Brackett Lewis who was the general secretary of the YMCA of Riga Latvia. The document says that Dr. Karpovich passed his examination set on February 8, 1919. It then lists 20 different examinations and what the rating was for each. All ratings were excellent or satisfactory. Beside these are handwritten notes of the number of years he took courses in these subjects. There is also a handwritten note in the left hand corner that states that the original of this coy was sent to Dr. Karpovich on June 25, 1942 for use with the US Army School of Aviation, Randolph Field , Texas. The signature is very hard to read, but may be Albert Mann. ; Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States to research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled as a special advanced student and earned a master's degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.

Infection complication has a major impact on outcomes of patients with combat related penetrating head injuries. There is still a discussion around which factor influence outcomes and infection complication. In the beginning of war, in 2014, the evacuation system was not ready for a sudden start of hostilities because of limited medical resources, the lack of neuro visualization in the frontline, the lack of trained personnel provided first aid to the wounded. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the factors that influenced the development of infectious complications in penetrating combat head injuries with limited medical capabilities on theatre Materials and methods: This is retrospective study of 79 military cases with penetrating head injuries, which was received during the fighting in eastern Ukraine in the period from March 2014 to the end of December 2017. Information was collected on demographics, evacuation assistance, type of injury and infectious complications. R commander was used for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was defined as p<0.05. Results: Infection complication of CNS were detected in 31 cases (39,24%). Factors that influence rate of infection are low GCS on first evaluation (p<0.001), CSF leak (p=0.002), ventricular injury (p<0.005), installation of tidal drainage (p=0.005), superficial wound infection (p=0.013) and wound dehiscence (p<0.001). Conclusions: There are many controversies in managing penetrating gunshot wounds to the head. Still exist lack of information that neurosurgeon can trust. Data even about small samples still very informative

"Physical examining units with examining boards attached": p. 44-54. ; Part I issued in 1918 as its Air service medical manual. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Purpose – analysis and generalization of the experience of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) of Ukraine and its subordinate research institutions, with clinical units in their structure, on the provision of highly specialized medical care to the wounded, injured, injured and sick servicemen during the anti-terrorist operation and the operation of the Joint Forces (ATO/JFO), as well as the civilian population and internally displaced persons from the temporarily occupied territories. The object of the research is the health care system of military personnel. The subject of the research is the work of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine on the organization and provision of medical assistance to military personnel and civilians during the ATO/JFO. Research methods: bibliographic, statistical, analytical, systems approach. The NAMS of Ukraine and its subordinate research institutions, with clinical units in the structure, during the ATO/JFO took an active part in the provision of medical care to the wounded, injured, injured and sick servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. The work of the NAMS of Ukraine in providing medical assistance to servicemen was multi-vector and was carried out in several directions: organizational, direct provision of medical care and its scientific support. Clinical institutions of the NAMS of Ukraine during the ATO/JFO did not stop providing highly specialized medical care to the civilian population of Ukraine, including internally displaced persons from the areas of the ATO/JFO. Thanks to the coordinated activities of the Presidium of the NAMS of Ukraine and its subordinate research institutions, a significant contribution has been made to the provision of highly specialized medical care to the wounded, injured and sick servicemen, as well as internally displaced persons from the temporarily occupied territories.