The problem of psychological health promoting technologies in war conditions

Abstract

Introduction. An important condition for promoting vital activities of an individual/group/organization/society is the development and use of effective psychological technologies. New psychological help technologies are especially important in the conditions of the RF's war against Ukraine, which is associated with uncertainty, chronic stress, and a threat to life and physical and mental health of people, as well as with the people's need to combine their jobs with volunteer activities. Aim: to determine the content and main components of psychological technologies, to analyze the main directions of development of war-time psychological help technologies, in particular, educational personnel's mental health promoting technologies. Methods: analysis and systematization of relevant literature; theoretical analysis of the problem in question; the author's own experience as a counselor and psychotherapist. Results. The author described the content and main components of psychological technologies, analyzed the main areas of development of war-time psychological help technologies as well as considered the achievements and limitations in the development of war-time mental health promoting technologies. Th author also analyzed the approaches to the development of technologies for promoting mental health of educational personnel and emphasized the need for their further development. Conclusions. The results of the analysis of the content and main components of psychological technologies, the areas of the development of war-time psychological help technologies, in particular the technologies for promoting mental health of individuals and educational personnel, can contribute to spreading psychological technologies among psychologists as well as promote the development of new technologies, in particular, those to help educational personnel in war conditions.