A Comprehensive Approach to Psichopreventive Examination of Police Officers

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of the multiprofessional approach in conducting planned annual psychoprophylactic examinations of employees of remote Interdistrict police departments. Methods: А continuous analysis of 13 480 protocols of the center for psychophysiological diagnostics Of the medical and sanitary Department of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia in the Kirov region, containing information on the results of planned psychoprophylactic examinations of personnel, for the period from 2011 to 2016. Quantitative and qualitative indicators were studied, including the coverage of psychoprophylactic examinations and the structure of the revealed disadaptive states in 2011-2014 (before the participation of medical psychologists of the center for psychophysiological diagnostics in the annual medical examination of personnel) and 2014-2016 - after the introduction of a multiprofessional approach. The student's t-test for independent groups was used to statistically process the results of the study, differences at p < 0.001 were considered statistically significant. Results: diagnostic screening allowed to identify employees who had signs of mental illness in a short period of time and to conduct targeted psychopathological and pathopsychological examinations for detection and correction of maladaptive States. The structure of mental health disorders in police officers was polymorphic and presented by borderline mental disorders (PDD), psychosomatic diseases, pre-nosological States in the form of short-term affective-behavioral reactions, situational neurotic States, asthenic manifestations and symptoms of emotional burnout. Conclusion: the participation of medical psychologists in the annual medical examination of personnel improves the quality of diagnosis of pre-nosological States of mental distress of employees of internal Affairs. Proposed to consider amendments to the existing provisions on the centres of psychophysiological diagnostics Medical divisions of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia on subjects of the Russian Federation and of the responsibilities of psychologists Centers on annual diagnostic surveys of the personnel of the police Department

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