Descriptive report reveals worsening mental health challenges among university students in wartime Ukraine, highlighting severe barriers to psychiatric care and academic continuity.
Russia's military aggression has changed the landscape of modern Ukrainian society, exacerbating a number of problems that existed before but became particularly pressing after the outbreak of war. One of these problems is the growing number of students with mental health disorders, which not only remains relevant during martial law, but will also have an important impact on Ukrainian society during the post-war reconstruction. Limited access to mental health services, the destruction of specialized mental health care facilities, and the migration of some health care professionals abroad does not contribute to the early identification, effective prevention, and treatment of mental disorders among university students, who are mostly studying online and have not left their homes during the war.
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