E. Shustov

S. Chermyanin

A. Maklakov

The dynamics of mental states of the persons taken part in military conflicts in relation to the period of hostilities was analyzed. It was shown, that "the crash” of mechanisms of mental regulation was initiated in the very moment of military operations but negative mental steady slate is formed after cessation ol active hostilities. The level of PTSD symptomatology in the participants of the military conflict was defined to depend on three essential factors: the level of endured psychoemotional tension; the psychological and physiological peculiarities of the persons; the peculiarities of stales and societys attitudes to veterans of military conflicts.