Abstract. The research of the psychosocial adaptation phenomenon of foreign medicalstudents arose not only in the historical, political, educational, but also psychological aspects, in terms ofmedical, general and social psychology. The success of education in Ukraine is largely determined by the social and cultural adaptation of a foreign student, which implies the adaptation of a foreign student to the conditions of new values, norms of behavior, traditions. Six main blocks have been studied, which correspond to the main directions of disturbed psychosocial functioning: family, sexual, production (official), economic and property, communicative, informational among foreign students of medical institutions of Ukraine. Analysis of the structure of psychosocial maladaptation for foreign students showed that its most typical manifestations were: information overload at all levels (in the learning process and outside it), difficulty adapting to the language environment, religious differences, emotional overload (new connections, surroundings, intercourse, comfort during communication), maladaptation at the house hold level (independence in budgetal location, self-sufficiency and self-service), dissatisfaction with psychological relationships with colleagues and comrades, problemsin the family. The largestshare ofsevere manifestations of psychosocial maladaptation was combined with somatic reactions, such as tremor, sweating, palpitations, headaches, sleep and appetite disorders, and cases of information and production forms of psychosocial maladaptation. The sources of difficulties that a foreign student feels especially acutely in the first year of his stay in the new country and have an impact on his adaptation in society and study in a medical institution have been diagnosed. Signs of psychosocial maladaptation in foreign students are detected, which are a psychosocial barrier, overcoming of which is associated with mental (emotional), personal, emotional, intellectual, physical overload, which is confirmed by the study.
«Bulletin of problems biology and medicine» Issue 2 (160), 2021 year, 88-91 pages, index UDK 616.895.4+616.891+616.892:616.89-02-058
