Experience of the Air Medical Evacuation Team of Serbian Armed Forces in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Deployment stress and psychological adaptation

Danilo B Joković; Dragan Krstić; Zvezdana Stojanović; Željko Špirić

doi:10.2298/5331

Danilo B Joković Klinika za psihijatriju VMA, Beograd
Dragan Krstić Clinic for Psychiatry, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Zvezdana Stojanović Clinic for Psychiatry, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Željko Špirić Clinic for Psychiatry, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/5331

Ključne reči: stress, psychological||, ||stres, psihički, adaptation, ||adaptacija, psihološka, medical missions, official||, ||medicinske misije, zvanične, serbia||, ||srbija,

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Uvod/Cilj. Sukobi 90-ih u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, Somaliji i Ruandi nametnuli su dodatne zadatke snagama Ujedinjenih nacija (UN) kao što su obezbeđivanje humanitarne pomoći, zaštita civila, očuvanje mira i primena oružanog očuvanja mira. Cilj ovog rada bio je sprovođenje opservacione analize srpskog učešća u misiji UN u Demokratskoj Republici Kongo sa akcentom na stres i tehnike za prevladavanje stresa. Metode. Srpsko učešće u ovoj misiji datira od aprila 2003. godine do danas, u vidu vojnog kontingenta Vojske Srbije od šest članova, koji čine tim za vazdušnu medicinsku evakuaciju. Stresogeni faktori delovali su pre dolaska u područje misije kao i u području misije. U ovom radu analizirani su načini za njihovo prevazilaženje. Rezultati. Produktivni načini prevladavanja stresa korišćeni u ovoj misiji bili su: iskrenost i otvorenost u međuljudskoj komunikaciji; posvećenost poslu; održavanje discipline i reda; striktno poštovanje odgovarajućih režima rada, ishrane, odmora i rekreacije; redovna komunikacija sa porodicom i organizovanje i učestvovanje u različitim društvenim, kulturnim i sportskim manifestacijama. Zaključak. Ova analiza pokazuje da je od svih razmatranih faktora najvažnija odgovarajuća selekcija ljudstva.

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Danilo B Joković, Klinika za psihijatriju VMA, Beograd

psihijatar na I odeljenju Klinike za psihijatriju VMA

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