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To evaluate the operational capacity, staffing levels, and hospitalization dynamics of Ukrainian psychiatric hospitals over two years of ongoing war.

March 28, 2025International Journal of Mental Health SystemsOpen Access

Mental health services during the war in Ukraine: 2-years follow up study

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ІПІрина ПінчукTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv YYYuliia YachnikTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv RGRyunosuke GotoStanford University

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Longitudinal study reveals rising psychiatric hospitalizations and severe staff depletion in Ukrainian inpatient facilities, highlighting an escalating mental health crisis amid ongoing war.

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To evaluate the operational capacity, staffing levels, and hospitalization dynamics of Ukrainian psychiatric hospitals over two years of ongoing war.
Nationwide longitudinal follow-up study analyzing survey responses from heads of 25 inpatient mental health facilities (representing 41% of all psychiatric hospitals in Ukraine) across three consecutive waves between January 2022 and May 2024.
Tracked facility-level monthly admissions, war-trauma hospitalizations, and workforce indicators including staff numbers, displacement, and physical injuries as of April 2024.
Mean monthly hospitalizations per facility rose from 433.4 in January 2022 to 397.5 in April 2022 and peaked at 552.0 in April 2024.
Hospitalizations attributed to psychological war trauma increased from 12.2% in January 2022 to 13.5% in April 2022 and 17.3% in April 2024, without reaching statistical significance.
Workforce numbers for psychiatrists, social workers, and junior nurses declined steadily, with 21.7% of medical personnel displaced and 0.5% injured by April 2024.

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Пінчук et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15b5e7a2f71238514eaa0c https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-025-00667-9

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Longitudinal study reveals rising psychiatric hospitalizations and severe staff depletion in Ukrainian inpatient facilities, highlighting an escalating mental health crisis amid ongoing war.

Mental health services during the war in Ukraine: 2-years follow up study

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