PTSD accounts for 29% of neurological diseases suffered by military personnel — Ministry of Defense

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The number of military personnel with stress-related neurological diseases is gradually increasing. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) accounts for 29% of these diseases.

Oksana Sukhorukova, head of the Department of Health Protection of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told about this.

According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Defense, the share of PTSD among the neuralgic diseases of the military will only grow.

Oksana Sukhorukova emphasized that psychological support and assistance to military personnel should be provided at all stages of service. In particular, the official outlined four main stages of psychological assistance:

• self-help or peer-to-peer assistance;
• crisis interventions;
• psychological development points at a safe distance from the front line;
• long-term psychological help.

Special attention should be paid to the support of servicemen returning from captivity and their families.

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