Mental health care utilisation among internally displaced persons in Ukraine: results from a nation-wide survey

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Authors

Bayard Roberts · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Nino Makhashvili · Global Initiative on Psychiatry

Jana Darejan Javakhishvili · Global Initiative on Psychiatry

Andriy Karachevskyy

Natalia Kharchenko · Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (Ukraine)

Marina Shpiker · Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (Ukraine)

Elizabeth Richardson · European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Abstract

The study highlights a high burden of mental disorders and large MHPSS treatment gap among IDPs in Ukraine. The findings support the need for a scaled-up, comprehensive and trauma-informed response to provision of MHPSS care of IDPs in Ukraine alongside broader health system strengthening.

Topics & Keywords

Migration, Health and Trauma Mental Health Treatment and Access Employment and Welfare Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 100-111

DOI: 10.1017/s2045796017000385

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