Mental health may be a major health problem in Ukraine, according to an international organization.
A quarter of Ukraine’s population may be dealing with mental health problems amid the ongoing war and ongoing shelling, which has not stopped for nearly a year. This was announced on Thursday, February 9, by Michel Kazachkin, Special Adviser for the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), writes Reuters.
“Today every fourth person in Ukraine is at risk of serious mental illness,” WHO said.
During a recent visit to the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Kazachkin said, he saw dozens of military personnel hospitalized with “chronic anxiety, depression and mental illnesses.”
“Mental health is becoming a major health problem in Ukraine,” added the WHO adviser.
It should be noted that primary psychiatric care for patients in Ukraine must be provided by family doctors.
Earlier, the UN said that 17.6 million people in Ukraine by 2023 will be in need of various humanitarian assistance.
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Source: korrespondent
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