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N. Р. Otroshchenko
Bogomolets National Medical University, 13 Taras Shevchenko Blvd, Kyiv, Ukraine
COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION IN VICTIMS OF RADIATION ACCIDENTS, THE COVID/19 PANDEMIC, AND WARS
The relevance of the work is due to the significant increase in depression with cognitive disorders (CD) worldwide,
and in Ukraine in particular, in victims of emergencies situations (ES), and the importance, but insufficient development of clinical and psychopathological aspects of medical and psychological-psychiatric care for this contingent
of people. Despite the modern achievements of psychiatry in the study of depression in ES, an important problem is
CD, which worsen the quality of life of patients, increase the risk of relapse, progressive course, and suicidal behavior. In order to improve the level of psychological and psychiatric care for depressed patients with CD in post-stress
disorders by radiation accidents, the COVID-19 pandemic, and wars, the study of domestic and foreign literature on
these disorders, which have both common features and certain differences, was conducted.
Conclusions. The study confirms the significant prevalence of depression with CD in victims of radiation accidents,
the COVID-19 pandemic, and wars, the insufficient development of clinical and psychopathological aspects and the
need for further study of this problem, as well as the creation of state measures of psychological and psychiatric care
for these patients.
Key words: depression, cognitive disorders, radiation accidents, COVID-19 pandemic, wars, clinical and psychopathological features, diagnosis, treatment, psychological and psychiatric care.
Problems of Radiation Medicine and Radiobiology.
2023;28:75-92. doi: 10.33145/2304-8336-2023-28-75-92
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