Psychosocial Consequences of armed Conflicts on Society

The article presents the study results of the negative impact of armed conflict on society. The research methodology involves assessing the level of psychosocial well-being of the population and internally displaced persons; identification and assessment of urgent psychosocial problems and needs affected by the war in Ukraine: identification of mechanisms for overcoming the negative psychosocial consequences of the armed conflict. The following psychosocial consequences of the armed conflict for Ukrainian society have been identified: low level of psychological well-being, socio-economic and humanitarian problems, personal security problems, acute psychological experiences associated with traumatic experiences, psychological problems of children, emotional problems, problems of social adaptation to new conditions of existence. It is noted that the impact of certain negative psy-chosocial consequences increases the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among categories of the population (internally displaced persons, combatants, children with traumatic experience, victims of violence, torture, captivity). It has been determined that in order to overcome the negative psychosocial consequences of an armed conflict, it is necessary to develop and implement a comprehensive system of psychosocial assistance to war victims through the implementation of the following mechanisms: educational and personnel mechanisms (training and retraining of specialists in the field of psycho-social support), institutional mechanisms (formation of a net-work of centers' and institutions providing social and psycho-logical assistance), scientific and methodological mechanisms (implementation of best practices in the field of psychosocial assistance to armed conflict victims), organizational and managerial mechanisms (improvement of the management system in the field of psychosocial assistance).