CROATIAN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY

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CROATIAN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY Overview
prepared for 46TH IMTA STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING
BRUSSELS 25TH OCTOBER 2004
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• CROATIAN ARMED FORCES
• CROATIAN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY ORGANISATION
• FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES
• CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES
• SUPERVISION
• PUBLICATIONS IN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

• PROFESSIONAL MILITARY PERSONEL 20 500
• CONSCRIPTS 5 500
• CIVILIANS 7 000
• RESERVE 100 000

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ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

• BRANCHES
• technical service
• Navy technical service
• Air Force technical service
• transportation service
• construction service
• meteorological service
• geodetical service
• quartermaster service
• legal service
• administrative service
• financial service
• training service
• information technology service
• medical service
• psychological service
• veterinarian service
• musicians

• ARMS
• Infantry
• Armour units
• Artillery
• Engineer corps
• Navy
• Air force
• Air observation and fire direction
• Air defence
• NBC
• Communications
• Electronic warfare

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MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY REGULATION new december
2003

• MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY - FUNCTIONS /
  RESPONSIBILITIES
• CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES
• SUPERVISION

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MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY - FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES

• PSYCHOLOGICAL COMBAT READINESS SURVEY
• PSYCHOLOGICAL SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION
• PSYCHOLOGICAL PREVENTION AND SUPPORT
• TRAINING IN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY

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CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES

• PSYCHOLOGISTS IN SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS
• UNIT PSYCHOLOGISTS

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SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS

• POSTS
• AIR FORCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE - SECTION FOR
  AERONAUTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
• NAVY MEDICAL INSTITUTE - SECTION FOR CLINICAL
  PSYCHOLOGY
• MILITARY SCHOOLS
• CONSCRIPTION BOARDS
• PSYCHOLOGIST OF THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL
  MILITARY OPERATIONS
• SPECIALISED PSYCHOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES
• SELECTION
• EDUCATION
• ETC.

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UNIT PSYCHOLOGISTS

• IN EACH SELF-STANDING BATTALION, BRIGADE AND
  HIGHER-LEVEL UNIT
• SERVE ON UNITS COMMAND STAFF
• ADVISORS, CAPTAIN POST
• PRIMARY DUTIES
• ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF READINESS
  (PSYCHOLOGICAL COMBAT READINESS)
• PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT
• COUNSELLING
• PREVENTION FOR INCIDENTS AND ADDICTION
• SYSTEM OF DEFUSING IN UNIT
• DEBRIEFING

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MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY IN CROATIA - NUMBERS

• OFFICERS 61
• CIVILIANS 12
• PSYCHTEHNICIANS 4
• RESERVE 52

• UNITS 44
• SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS 22 (4)
• OTHER 7

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MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY SUPERVISION

• SECTION OF MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
• IN MoD, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL
  DEPARTMENT
• PRIMARY AUTHORITY OVER MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
  ACTIVITIES
• COOPERATION WITH CIVILIAN INSTITUTIONS
• PERSONNEL
• 3 OFFICERS
• 3 CIVILIAN PSYCHOLOGISTS
• 1 PSYCHOTECHNICIAN
• PSYCHOLOGISTS THROUGH HIERARCHY

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PUBLICATIONS IN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY

• ABOUT 50 MANUALS
• (LAST 13 YEARS)
• THE LIST IS AVAILABLE ON www.morh.hr/hvp
• (ITS DOESNT INCLUDE NEWEST EDITIONS).
• HANDBOOK "MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY - HANDBOOK FOR
  CROATIAN OFFICERS"
• - total about 1500 pages in three volumes
• abstracts of all chapters on
  www.morh.hr/hvp
• MANUALS PREPARED SPECIALLY FOR INTERNATIONAL
  OPERATIONS
• PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONS
  MANUAL FOR COMMANDERS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL
  MILITARY OPERATIONS WHAT EVERY SOLDIER SHOULD
  KNOW
• ADVICE FOR FAMILIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN
  INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONS

MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY volume three in printing

• FLYERS
• (return of veterans from the war, suicide
  prevention, stress menagement, burnout, isometric
  exercises, etc.)

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PUBLICATIONS IN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY

• FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS
• (LAST 13 YEARS)
• 11 MANUALS
• 8 REGULATIONS BOOKS
• SOME PROCEEDINGS AND SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS
• VIDEO CASSETTE ON DEBRIEFING (duration 45 min)
• VIDEO CASSETTE ON ISOMETRIC EXERCISES (duration
  10 min)

DEBRIEFING PROCES (45 min)
ISOMETRIC EXERCISES (10 min)
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CROATIAN MILITARY PSYCHOLOGISTS MEETINGS

• Training seminars
• organized frequently during the war
• presently organized annually
• current subjects
• attended by 60 - 70 military psychologists
• Military psychological symposiums
• since 1993 organized annually - concurrently with
  Croatian psychologists annual conference
• 157 papers presented up to this moment (abstracts
  available on www.morh.hr/hvp)
• Other

PULA, SEPTEMBER 28 2004
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• PARTICIPATION
• IAMPS
• IMTA
• ICMM
• OTHER
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHO-SOCIAL
  CONSEQUENCES OF WAR
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN DIMENSIONS
  DURING MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS
• INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM HUMANITARIAN DEMINING
• PAPERS OR ABSTRACTS AVAILABLE ON www.morh.hr/hvp
• EXCHANGES, VISITS

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HOST OF THE IAMPS 2000 www.morh.hr/iamps

• 73 PARTICIPANTS
• 23 COUNTRIES

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HOST OF THEHFM-081 RTG-020Stress and
Psychological Support in Modern Military
OperationsSpring meeting 2004 SPLIT 21-23rd
April

• 31 PARTICIPANTS
• 17 COUNTRIES

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• MORE INFORMATION
• booklet
• www.morh.hr/hvp

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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B.2. THEORETICAL MODELS

• MODEL OF SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR IN
  COMBAT STRESS CONDITIONS
• Pavlina, Ž., Komar, Z., Filjak, T. (1997.).
  Psihologijski model reagiranja u bojnostresnim
  uvjetima. Sažetci priopcenja XVIII. Dana Ramira
  Bujasa.
• Pavlina, Ž., Komar, Z., Filjak, T. (2001.).
  Psychological Model of Combat Stress. Proceedings
  of the 36th International Applied Military
  Psychology Symposium. Zagreb Ministry of Defense
  of the Republic of Croatia.
• PREVENTION OF ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF
  PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSALTIES IN CROATIAN ARMY
• MODEL IS BASED ON THEORETICAL MODELS OF PTSD AS
  WELL AS ON MILITARY EXPERIENCE FROM HOMELAND
  DEFENCE WAR
• Zelic, A., Trlek, M., (1996.). Strategije
  prevencije PTSP-a u Hrvatskoj vojsci. Predavanje
  na seminaru vojnih psihologa Posttraumatski
  stresni poremecaj, Baško Polje.
• Zelic, A., Trlek, M., Trut, V. (2001.).
  Prevention of Onset and Development of
  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in The Armed Forces
  of The Republic of Croatia. Proceedings of the
  36th International Applied Military Psychology
  Symposium. Zagreb Ministry of Defense of the
  Republic of Croatia.

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• OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY IN CROATIA
• 16 th century - An outstanding figure of
  humanist movement in Croatia Marko Marulic in his
  thesis/tractate "PSYCHOLOGIA DE RATIONE ANIMAE
  HUMANAE had been the first scholar in the world
  to propose the notion psychology for "science of
  human soul
• 1920 - In the Physiological Institute of the
  Medical School of Zagreb, through the initiative
  of Ramiro Bujas (b1879 - d 1959), a laboratory
  for experimental psychology was established
• 1929 - Department of Psychology and Institute of
  Psychology founded at the University of Zagreb
• 1931 - A professional orienteering service unit
  set up in Zagreb - rise of applied psychology
• 1932 - Appearance of the first psychological
  journal ACTA INSTITUTI PSYCHOLOGICI
  UNIVERSITATIS ZAGRABIENSIS
• 1953 - Croatian Psychological Society founded
• 1991 - Department of Military Psychology
  established as a unit of Information and
  Psychological Service Division of the MoD
• in 1991 1992 - over 200 psychologists took
  part in the Homeland Defense War as unit
  psychologists

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PSYCHO-EDUCATION)

• OFFICERS LEVEL
• CROATIA DOES NOT HAVE A MILITARY ACADEMY
• THERE ARE 3 LEVELS OF COURSES
• (EACH INCLUDES 20 TO 30 HOURS IN MILITARY
  PSYCHOLOGY)
• BASIC COURSE (MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY),
• ADVANCED COURSES (UNIT PSYCHOLOGY),
• COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE (COMMAND AND STAFF
  PSYCHOLOGY)
• THE CONTENT OF THE MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAMMES
  VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL,
  ALLOWING EXPANSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE
• EDUCATION FOR MILITARY PSYCHOLOGISTS
• 3-4 DAYS SEMINAR ANNUALLY
• FEW COURSES NECESSARY FOR EVERYDAY WORK
• IN THE 2002/2003 CLASS OF THE BASIC OFFICERS
  COURSE
• FOR THE FIRST TIME 10 MILITARY PSYCHOLOGISTS IN
  THE SPECIALISED COURSE
• BASIC OFFICERS COURSE LASTS SIX MONTHS, OF WHICH
  3 MONTHS INCLUDE EDUCATION IN THE SPECIALITY
• IN FUTURE WE SUPPOSE THAT THE SPECIALISED PART
  WILL BE REDUCED.