Psychological characteristics of processing the traumatic event in patients with PTSD

Peculiarities of styles of psychological defense and coping in combatants have been established. In neurotic type in combatants psychological defense «intellectualization» and strategies of coping in form of maintenance of self-control, problem analysis of the situation, decrease of significance of the problem, suppression of emotions, passive cooperation with empowerment of difficulties resolution to the other prevail. In pathocharacterological variant - psychological defenses «substitution», «intellectualization» and trend to enhancement of tension of psychological defense «denial». As strategy of coping withdrawal, sinking into the activity In psychopath-like type - significant tension of physiological defenses «denial», «displacement» and «intellectualization», «reactive formation». Among preferred strategies compensation, addictive forms of withdrawal, religiousness, passive cooperation, suppression of emotions, aggressiveness are distinguished.