Every year on October 10 is World Mental Health Day.
“It is estimated that about 1 in 5 people living in conflict-affected areas worldwide has mental health problems. The situation in Ukraine is no exception,” the researchers wrote in an article published in Euronews.
According to their predictions, about 22 percent. the population currently living in Ukraine is likely to suffer somehow from mental health problems in the next 10 years.
According to the researchers, people living in relatively safer parts of the country also experienced anxiety or sadness, trouble sleeping, fatigue, anger, and unexplained somatic symptoms. However, “in the context of the ongoing war, the Ukrainian population has so far shown a high degree of immunity,” said Kluge and Habicht. The Ukrainian government is rapidly expanding its mental health support to citizens at the national and local levels, the researchers said.
According to a WHO representative, one of the few positive news from Ukraine may be the fact that the country has set an example of how it can effectively respond to the mental health needs of the population. “The Ukrainian government and people know how important mental health is for individual and national recovery, including the well-being of future generations,” conclude Kluge and Habicht.
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