Ukraine faces an unprecedented mental health crisis. Over 3.7 million internally displaced persons require integration support. Veterans returning from frontlines face psychological injuries, employment barriers, and stigma. Communities struggle with social fragmentation and limited access to psychosocial services, particularly outside major cities Delphi study findings with Ukrainian stakeholders confirm community-level intervention skills as critical unmet need among practitioners Ukraine's mental health crisis extends into university campuses: elevated PTSD, depression, and anxiety are documented among students, with displacement and conflict exposure, including from the armed forces, as key predictors.
CareBridge CareBridge: Norwegian-Ukrainian cooperation in training psychologists and community mental health specialists
CareBridge is a three-year Norwegian-Ukrainian partnership led by the University of Oslo with Ushynsky University (Odesa), Polissia National University (Zhytomyr), Kyiv School of Economics, and Sumy State University. Five integrated components transform psychology education and community mental health capacity.
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Iryna Gubeladze UA-Kyiv School Of Economics (UA) Project participant
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Oleksii Chebykin UA-South-Ukrainian K.D. Ushynski National Pedagogical university (UA) Project participant
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Andriana Kostenko UA-Sumy State University (UA-SSU) Project participant
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Larysa Zhuravlova UA-Polissia National University (UA) Project participant
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The Norwegian Directorate of Health
Published Sep. 28, 2026 12:39 PM
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