Psychological support of patients with motor disorders at the second stage of medical rehabilitation

Abstract

The article presents the results of a literary review on the problem of the organization of differentiated psychological support at the second stage of medical rehabilitation of patients with the consequences of motor disorders that arose as a result of stroke or developed against the background of degenerative and dystrophic diseases of large joints and spine. The psychological consequences of motor disorders, patients’ characteristics, and possible approaches to psychocorrection are analyzed. It was revealed that regardless of the nosology of motor disorders, the targets of psychocorrection at the second stage of medical rehabilitation of patients are signs of anxiety and depression in the current emotional state, while the specific targets in the case of stroke are disorders of higher mental functions, and in the case of degenerative and dystrophic diseases of large joints and spine — subjective perception of pain syndrome. As the main guidelines for the systematic work of a psychologist as part of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team at the second stage of medical rehabilitation of the studied contingent of patients, the following are indicated: determining the basic targets of psychocorrection, selecting relevant and nosology-sensitive motor disorders correction methods, and increasing the effectiveness of psychocorrection through the use of high-tech virtual and augmented reality tools.