CLINIQUE-PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES REACTIVE AND PERSONAL ANXIETY IN RESIDENTS OVER MATUREAND OLD AGE, LIVING A LONG TIME ECOLOGICALLY UNFAVORABLE REGIONS OF THE SOUTHERN URALS

Authors

  • V. V. Kolmogorova Author
  • V. M. Poletskiy Author

Abstract

A clinical-psychological examination using experimental psychological methods of reactive
and personal anxiety status of a large group of exposed population older mature and elderly living in long-radioactively contaminated territories of the Ural region. Neuropsychiatric disorders
among residents of contaminated areas due to the influence of a complex combination of factors.
Psychogenic factors, naturally accompanied by radiological incidents, over time acquires independent affecting value, causing a change in the adaptation mechanisms of personality, reducing the ability to cope with any stressful situations. The study was performed in remote periods of radiation exposure due to the man-made disaster "Mayak". Revealed strong differences between the surveyed affected and healthy individuals.

Author Biographies

  • V. V. Kolmogorova
    Assistant of the Department of Psychiatry Faculty of additional professional education, South Ural State Medical University
  • V. M. Poletskiy
    Candidate of Science (Medicine) , Docent at the Department of Psychiatry, South Ural State Medical University

Published

2015-05-14

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Brief reports