Department of Medical Psychology, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
SCIENTIFIC WORK
Scientific Work
Responsible Employee: Head of the Department, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Olena Khaustova.
Contact Number: +38 (067) 79-74-247
Research Activities
Responsible Employee: Professor of the Department, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Vitalii Omelianovych.
Contact Number: +38 (098) 88-62-585
Grant Activities
Responsible Employee: Assistant of the Department, PhD, Lesia Sak.
Contact Number: +38 (093) 60-57-209
Main Areas of Scientific and Practical Work
Department Research Topic:
«Proactive Transdiagnostic Medical-Psychological Assistance for the Population of Ukraine Affected by War-Related Distress (Prevention, Diagnosis, Correction, Rehabilitation)». State Registration Number: 0122U202016
Type: Initiative-exploratory, applied
Execution Period: 2023–2025
Scientific Supervisor: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Olena Khaustova
Responsible Executor: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Vitalii Omelianovych
Topics of Dissertation Research for the PhD Degree Being Conducted at the Department:
- Medical-Psychological Support for Elderly Patients with Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Medical-Psychological Maladaptation in Individuals with Various Types of Overeating (Psychodiagnostics, Phenomenology, Psychosocial Correction)
- Mental Disorders Related to Loss and Grief (Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis, Therapy, Prevention)
- Medical-Psychological Features of Pathological Gambling Urges Depending on Alexithymia Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Stress
- Mental Maladaptation in Medical University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Diagnosis, Psychocorrection, Psychoprophylaxis)
- Stress-Coping Behavior in Women with Newly Diagnosed Oncopathology of Reproductive Health at Different Stages of Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Medical-Psychological Rehabilitation of Patients with Anxiety and Depressive Post-COVID Disorders in Remote Work Settings
- Pathopsychological Patterns of Stress-Associated Psychological Disorders in Wartime (Interactive Diagnosis and Psychotherapy)
- Algorithm for Remote Management of Stress-Related Disorders and Comorbid Sleep Disorders in Wartime
- Mental Health of Youth in the Context of War (Risk Factors, Adaptation Resources, Intervention Principles)
- Medical-Psychological Support for Families with Experiences of Perinatal Loss: Gender-Differentiated Characteristics
- Treatment of PTSD and Adjustment Disorders in Combatants and Veterans Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Optimization of Low-Intensity Psychotherapeutic Care for Patients with Complex PTSD at the Primary Family Medicine Level
- Medical-Psychological Support for Civilians Experiencing Loss Due to Military Aggression
Topics of PhD Dissertations Defended at the Department:
- Cognitive and Emotional Components of Resilience in War Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury in the Long-Term Period (Psychocorrection and Prognosis)
- Medical-Psychological Support for Patients with Anorexia Nervosa in the Context of Family Functioning and the Psycho-Emotional Status of Parents or Guardians
- Digitalized Psychocorrection and Psychoprophylaxis of Stress-Associated Disorders Among War-Affected Populations in Ukraine
Publishing Activities of the Department
Monographs:
- Aymedov K.V. Rannye vtruchannya v psykhoz (novi diahnostychni ta terapevtychni paradyhmy) [Tekst]: kolekt. monohrafiya / [K. V. Aymedov, O.S. Chaban ta in.]; za red. prof. P. V. Voloshyna, prof. N. O. Maruty. – Kharkiv: Strokov D. V., 2019. – 334 s.
- Chaban O. S. Nevidkladna dopomoha v psykhiyatriyi ta narkolohiyi / O. S. Chaban, O. O. Khaustova, V. Yu. Omelyanovych. – Kyiv: Medknyha, 2019. – 165 s.
- Vermetten E. Risk management of terrorism induced stress: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Sub-series E: Human and Societal Dynamics / E. Vermetten, I. Frankova, L. Carmi, O. Chaban, Zohar, IOS Press. The Netherlands. – 2020. – Vol 148.
- Chaban O.S., Khaustova O.O., Omelyanovych V.Yu. Psykhichni rozlady voiennoho chasu (Monohrafiya) / Chaban O.S., Khaustova O.O., Omelyanovych V.Yu. – K.: Vydavnychyi dim Medknyha, 2023. – 232 s.
Textbooks:
- Medychna psykholohiya: v 2-kh t. T. 1. Zahalna medychna psykholohiya / [H.Ya. Pilyahina, O.O. Khaustova, O.S. Chaban ta in.]; za red. H.Ya. Pilyahinoi. – Vinnytsya: Nova Knyha, 2020. – 288 s.
- Medychna psykholohiya: v 2-kh t. T. 2. Spetsialna medychna psykholohiya / [H.Ya. Pilyahina ta in.]; za red. H.Ya. Pilyahinoi. – Vinnytsya: Nova Knyha, 2020. – 496 s.
- Komunikatyvni navychky likaria: pidruchnyk / Kolektyv avtoriv za zah. red. O.S. Chaban. – K.: Medprynt, 2022. – 400 s.
- Komunikatyvni navychky likaria: pidruch. dlia stud. vyshchykh med. navch. zakl. ta fakhivtsiv prakt. med. / Kolektyv avtoriv za zah. red. O.S. Chaban. 2-he vydan. pererobl. i dopovn. – K.: Vydavets Zaslavskyi O.Yu., 2021. – 434 s.
Study guides:
- Praktychna psykhosomatika: depresiya. Navchalnyi posibnyk / Za zah. red. O.S. Chabana, O.O. Khaustovoi. – K.: Vydavnychyi dim Medknyha, 2021. – 216 s. ISBN 978-966-1597-77-7
- Praktychna psykhosomatika: diahnostychni shkaly. Navchalnyi posibnyk / za zah. red. O.S. Chabana, O.O. Khaustovoi. – 3-tie vydannia, vypravlene i dopovnene. – K.: Vydavnychyi dim Medknyha, 2021. – 200 s.
- Praktychna psykhosomatika: diahnostychni shkaly [Tekst]: [navch. posib.] / O. S. Chaban [ta in.]. – 2-he vyd., vypr. i dopov. – Kyiv: Medknyha, 2019. – 111 s.: il. – (Bibliotechka praktykuiuchoho likaria). – Bibliogr.: s. 106-108.
- Mishyiev V.D. Diahnostyka ta likuvannia rozladiv psykhiky: dovidnyk likaria simeinoi medytsyny-zahalnoi praktyky ta likaria-nevroloha / [avt. kol.: Mishyiev V.D., Mykhailov B.V., Hrynevych Ye.H., Omelyanovych V.Yu. ta in.]; za red. V.D. Mishyieva. – Kyiv: Profesiiyni vydannia, 2020. – 74 s.
- Medychna psykholohiya. Etalony praktychnykh navychok: navchalnyi posibnyk / O.S. Chaban, O.O. Khaustova, V.Yu. Omelyanovych. – Lviv: Mahnoliya, 2023. – 352 s.
Publications in scientific journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science:
- Khaustova E.A. Shizoaffektyvne rozstroistvo: suchasni pidhody do diahnostyky ta terapii / Khaustova E.A. // Psykhiatriya, psykhoterapiya i klinichna psykholohiya. 2020. 11, (1), – S. 177 – 188.
- Khaustova E.A. Metabolichnyi proifil patsiyentiv z shyzofreniyeyu / Khaustova E.A. // Psykhiatriya, psykhoterapiya i klinichna psykholohiya. 2020. 11, (4), – S. 764 – 778.
- Khaustova, O. Resilience influence to healthcare professionals’ emotional state during COVID – 19 quarantine/ Chaban, O., Khaustova, O., Mishyiev, V., Grinevich, E., Assonov, D.// Oftalmologija. Vostochnaja Evropa, 2021, 12(1), стр. 150–157. SCOPUS. Q4.
- Oleg Chaban, Erwin Lemche, Alexandra V. Lemche Corrigendum: Neuroendocrinological and Epigenetic Mechanisms Subserving Autonomic Imbalance and HPA Dysfunction in the Metabolic Syndrome / Frontiers in Neuroscience/ www.frontiersin.org 1 April 2021 |Volume 15| Article 678258. SCOPUS. Q2.
- Chaban O.S., Khaustova E.A. Farmakoterapiya psykhychnykh rozladiv, asotsiiovanykh z COVID-19 / Chaban O.S., Khaustova E.A. // Psykhiatriya, psykhoterapiya i klinichna psykholohiya. 2021. 12, – S. 85-105.
- Preventing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the general population induced by trauma during the COVID pandemic: A simple brief intervention based on cognitive science that could be delivered digitally / Gargot, T., Kisand, H., Miguel, A., Tanyeri, S., Soron, T.R., Serene, B., Feron, G., Žaja, N., Valdés-Florido, M.J., Soto-Angona, Ó. and Frankova, I., 2021. Оpen access.Том 5, випуск 2, p.100193.
- Velykodna, M. and Frankova, I.Psychological Support and Psychotherapy during the COVID-19 Outbreak: First Response of Practitioners. / Journal of Intellectual Disability-Diagnosis and Treatment. Оpen access. 2021, том 9, випуск 2, pp.148-161.
- Chaban O. Еxperience of adaptation of the method communication skills attitude scale / Chaban, O., Khaustova, E., Omelyanovich, V., Abdryakhimova, T // Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 2019, 10(2), с. 252-266.
- Khaustova О. Diagnostic Approaches to Verification of the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Khaustova O, Smashna O. // Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 2019, 10(3), с. 408-416.
- Mishiev V. Interrelation of alexithymia and the structure of personal semantic self-assessment of patients in the state of partial mental maladaptation with psychosomatic diseases / Mishiev, V., Omelyanovich, V., Treschinskaya, M., Grinevich, E // Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 2020, 11(1), с. 105-113.
- Khaustova E.A. Shizoaffektyvne rozstroistvo: suchasni pidhody do diahnostyky ta terapii / Khaustova E.A. // Psykhiatriya, psykhoterapiya i klinichna psykholohiya. 2020. 11, (1), – S. 177 – 188.
- Frankova, I., Scheeres, K., Menculini, G., Cikrikcili, U., Matei, I. C., Fellinger, M., … & Küey, L. (2023). Forcibly displaced persons and mental health: A survey of the experiences of Europe-wide psychiatry trainees during their training. Transcultural Psychiatry, 60(1), 167-175. 2.
- Fountoulakis, K., N. Karakatsoulis, G., Abraham, S., Adorjan, K., Ahmed, H. U., Alarcón, R. D., Frankova, I.,… & Vukovic, O. (2023). Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 1-24.
- Frankova, I., Klymchuck, V., Nickerson, A., Sijbrandij, M., & Amstadter, A. B. (2023). A summary of the 38th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Presidential Panel: How the traumatic stress community can assist individuals affected by the war in Ukraine. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
- Khaustova, O. O., Markova, M. V., Driuchenko, M. O., & Burdeinyi, A. O. (2022). Proactive psychological and psychiatric support of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases in a randomised trial: a Ukrainian experience. General Psychiatry, 35(5).
- Khaustova O. Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism/ Khaustova O., Fountoulakis, K. N., Karakatsoulis, G., Abraham, S., Adorjan, K., Ahmed, H. U., Alarcón, R. D., … & Vega-Dienstmaier, J. M.//Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. – 2023. 1-24 6. Popovych, I. S. Dominating mental states of the representatives of individual sports under lockdown and martial law: comparative analysis / Popovych, I. S.; Koval, I.; Raievska, Ya.; Piletskyi, V.; Buryanovatiy, O.; Hrynchuk, O. // Journal of Physical Education and Sport ® (JPES), Vol. 23 (issue 1), Art 21, pp. 170 – 178, January 2023 online ISSN: 2247 – 806X; p-ISSN: 2247 – 8051; ISSN – L = 2247 – 8051 © JPES. Published online: January 31, 2022 (Accepted for publication January 15, 2022) DOI:10.7752/jpes.2023.01021.
- Dispositional optimistic and pessimistic mental states of young athletes: gender differentiation / Kurova, A.; Popovych, I. S.; Hrys, A.; Koval, I.; Pavliuk, M.; Polishchuk, S.; Kolly-Shamne, A. // Journal of Physical Education and Sport ® (JPES), Vol. 23 (issue 4), Art 109, pp. 857- 867, April 2023 online ISSN: 2247 – 806X; p-ISSN: 2247 – 8051; ISSN – L = 2247 – 8051 © JPES. Published online: April 30, 2023 (Accepted for publication April 15, 2023) DOI:10.7752/jpes.2023.04109. 19.
- Khaustova, О. Therapy of Post-COVID Depression: a Proactive Psychosomatic Approach / Olena Khaustova, Vitaliy Omelyanovich, Dmytro Assonov, Azize Asanova // Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski (under licence CC BY NC ND 4.0), Vol. LI, 2023, ISSUE 1, Jan-Feb., p. 5-14. DOI: 10.36740/Merkur202301101
- Chaban, O.S/ Seasonal Prognostic Model оf Completed Suicides’ Dynamics іn Different Regions оf Ukraine / O. Chaban, O. Khaustova, V. Omelyanovich, O. Sukhoviy // Social Medicine, Vol 28, №1, 2023, Р. 194-201. DOI:
- Assonov, D. O. (2023). Correlation between resilience and cognitive functioning in veterans with traumatic brain injury. Medicni Perspektivi, 28(1), 124. 2.
- Chaban, О. S., Khaustova, O. O., Assonov, D. O., & Sak, L. V. (2023). Safety and efficacy of the complex Deprilium® in reducing subclinical symptoms of depression in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases: double-blind randomized controlled study. Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland: 1960), 76(1), 136-144.
- Assonov, D. (2022). Correlates and predictors of resilience in veterans with persistent traumatic brain injury symptoms. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 31(3), 103-113.
- Khmiliar, O. ., Khmiliar, R. ., Koval, I. ., Savchuk, O. ., Dushka, A. ., Bolotova, O., & Popovych, I. . (2022). Psychomotor Training of the Military Sappers as a Means of Reducing Personal Fears and Anxiety. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 13(4), 81-103.
The Department of Medical Psychology, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Bohomolets National Medical University is the founder of the electronic peer-reviewed scientific journal «Psychosomatic Medicine and General Practice» (ISSN: 2519-8572), which is included in the list of professional scientific publications of Ukraine (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 409, dated 17.03.2020), category B.
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