An Interdisciplinary Desk Review has been published by ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre and VU Amsterdam.
At its core, psychosocial support is about teaching or encouraging humans to be human (see the person), show the shared values across cultures and communities, teaching people how to reconnect, teaching people compassion to themselves with their neighbours and even with new groups they may encounter such as refugees or migrants. Being engaged in the humanitarian response, conducting meaningful work for the Ukrainian people, as a Ukrainian, helps us to overcome feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
The review was conducted in light of the second stage of the full-scale invasion of
Ukraine on the 24 February 2022, and the consequent emergency situation. It summarises the available literature relevant to the general context of Ukrainian mental health, including current mental health services provision, and developments in mental health stemming from previous humanitarian emergencies.
The three-part review includes a description of the historical, economic, sociological and anthropological factors essential to a basic understanding of Ukraine and the Ukrainian population.
The second part of the review focuses on an overview of mental health and mental health services collected through key informant interviews with local MHPSS technical working group co-chairs and coordinators. The review concludes with an overview of key findings, including best practice and gaps in the current state of MHPSS in Ukraine with respect to geographical locations.
