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PTSD
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British intel: Over 100K Russian troops suffer mental health crisis
The number likely higher now, as psychologists identified this in December 2022; doctors in Russia send such military personnel to fight to the front, so its combat capability is low.
Serhiy Zhadan: “Give us strength!”
A quiet yard, a high brick fence. Silent figures, no one speaks. A long silence, smoking and meditation,…
Rescue Poetry. How creative writing provides psychological healing for Ukrainian veterans
“Zmiy” Vlad Sord is a poet and veteran with the nom de guerre “Zmiy”. He is from Rudnytsia,…
Adapting to the realities of war at Dnipro’s Mechnikov Hospital
On the verge of death In 2014, it was difficult to understand that a real war had erupted…
War veteran opens café in Lviv: “The main thing is not to give up!”
Prior to the war, Bohdan was a top student at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv where he…
Military prosecutor reports over 518 suicides among Ukrainian soldiers
“In the first two months of 2018, we’ve recorded two to three suicides per week, which means 16…
Ukrainian artist helps veterans forget troubles & bad thoughts in art therapy rehab
Some twenty soldiers are sitting at a table, assiduously drawing and painting angels with the help of volunteers.…
A Soldier’s Lament: No one ever returns from the war… ever…
His heart and soul are still over there, far away, with the war… But, the body has returned…
The Donbas syndrome: those who walked through fire
Much has been written about PTSD and the Donbas Syndrome, but not many people have seen it with…
Ukrainian cops & soldiers join #22PushupChallenge to raise suicide prevention awareness
Hundreds of Ukrainian war veterans, servicemen, and police officers have taken part in a global social media campaign.…
On the front lines with medic Yevdokiya Popovych: “They’re my children!”
-I arrived on December 23, 2014, and I’ve been here since that day. I go home every 2-3…
Donbas Syndrome
An unfocused gaze is one of the signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. They also call it the ‘two-thousand-yard…