[Psychological aftereffects of the disaster at the Chernobyl NPS]. / Psikhologicheskie posledstviia avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES.

Available are the data on the trend in psychoneurological syndromes demonstrable in all the periods of developing acute radiation disease in the victims of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. It is shown that the risk of small-dose ionizing radiation may lead to psychological dysadaptation. Psychogenias are outlined as far as their triggering factors and manifestations in members of the emergency teams are concerned.

[The psychic status and work capacity of the victims of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the period of recovery from and near-term consequences of acute radiation sickness]. / Psikhicheskoe sostoianie i trudosposobnost' postradavshikh pri avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES v period vosstanovleniia i blizhaishikh posledstvii ostroi luchevoi bolezni.

Analysis of the results of clinicopsychological investigation of persons developing ARS (I-III degree of severity) as a result of the Chernobyl accident has shown that 4-6 mos. after the exposure the psychic status and mental working ability of the affected persons showed close correlation with a degree of ARS. In 12-18 mos. profession and adequate employment played a decisive role in the formation of unfavorable psychic conditions and limited working ability. Later on in 2.5-3 years after exposure a decrease in psychic working ability, the development of unfavorable psychic conditions was noted more frequently in patients with ARS of more severe types and in examinees of older age. At all stages of rehabilitation personality traits of the affected persons play an important role in the revival of working abilities.

[Problem of clinico-psychological evaluation and prognosis of mental and physical work capacity of persons with a history of acute radiation injuries of moderate severity]. / K voprosu o kliniko-psikhologicheskoi otsenke i prognozirovanii umstvennoi rabotosposobnosti i trudosposobnosti lits, perenesshikh ostruiu luchevuiu bolez'n legkoi stepeni tiazhesti.

The analysis of 4 examples of the development of various psychic states in patients having acute radiation sickness of minor degree during the rehabilitation period in 7-9 months following the disaster at the Chernobyl APS showed the correlation of disease outcome with a complex of psychological factors characteristic of the disaster and the disease itself, personality and occupational characteristics of those exposed before the disaster. The findings of the complex psychological study can be used for expert appraisal and forecast of health state, mental and work capacity of the patients, their professional fitness. They can be also used for the development of rehabilitation activities.