Mental health of helpline staff in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2306

. 2022 Aug 10;65(1):e45.

doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2306.

Mental health of helpline staff in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion

Irina Pinchuk¹, Ryunosuke Goto², Nataliia Pimenova¹, Oleksiy Kolodezhny¹, Anthony P S Guerrero³, Norbert Skokauskas^{4

5}

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¹ Institute of Psychiatry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
⁴ Regional Centre for Children and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, IPH, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁵ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section, World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 35946339
PMCID: PMC9486828
DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2306

Mental health of helpline staff in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion

Irina Pinchuk et al. Eur Psychiatry. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 10;65(1):e45.

doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2306.

Authors

Irina Pinchuk¹, Ryunosuke Goto², Nataliia Pimenova¹, Oleksiy Kolodezhny¹, Anthony P S Guerrero³, Norbert Skokauskas^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Psychiatry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
⁴ Regional Centre for Children and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, IPH, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁵ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section, World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 35946339
PMCID: PMC9486828
DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2306

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1. Pinchuk I, Yachnik Y, Kopchak O, Avetisyan K, Gasparyan K, Ghazaryan G, et al. The implementation of the WHO mental health gap intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(9):4391. - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Goto R, Guerrero APS, Speranza M, Fung D, Paul C, Skokauskas N. War is a public health emergency. Lancet. 2022;399:1302. - PubMed

[2] Goto R, Guerrero APS, Speranza M, Fung D, Paul C, Skokauskas N. War is a public health emergency. Lancet. 2022;399:1302. - PubMed

[3] Pinchuk I, Yachnik Y, Kopchak O, Avetisyan K, Gasparyan K, Ghazaryan G, et al. The implementation of the WHO mental health gap intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(9):4391. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Pinchuk I, Yachnik Y, Kopchak O, Avetisyan K, Gasparyan K, Ghazaryan G, et al. The implementation of the WHO mental health gap intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(9):4391. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Skokauskas N, Chonia E, Van Voren R, Delespaul P, Germanavicius A, Keukens R, et al. Ukrainian mental health services and world psychiatric association expert committee recommendations. Lancet Psychiat. 2020;7(9):738–40. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Skokauskas N, Chonia E, Van Voren R, Delespaul P, Germanavicius A, Keukens R, et al. Ukrainian mental health services and world psychiatric association expert committee recommendations. Lancet Psychiat. 2020;7(9):738–40. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB, Löwe B. An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: the PHQ–4. Psychosomatics. 2009;50(6):613–21. - PubMed

[8] Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB, Löwe B. An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: the PHQ–4. Psychosomatics. 2009;50(6):613–21. - PubMed

[9] Beck AT, Steer RA, Carbin MG. Psychometric properties of the Beck depression inventory: twenty-five years of evaluation. Clin Psychol Rev. 1988;8(1):77–100.

[10] Beck AT, Steer RA, Carbin MG. Psychometric properties of the Beck depression inventory: twenty-five years of evaluation. Clin Psychol Rev. 1988;8(1):77–100.

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