Ministry of Health of Ukraine: More than 15 million Ukrainians will have mental problems
Within another 10 years after the end of hostilities, a larger number of Ukrainian citizens will have mental health problems.
Alexandra Mashkevich, Director General of the Directorate of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“According to the World Health Association, which has analyzed many traumatic events that have occurred in the world, we can say that in fact a fifth of the population of any country that has experienced significant traumatic events, it could be a war or a disaster, will be within 10 years of the following events have certain mental health problems.
Accordingly, based on the size of our population, the Ministry of Health calculated that more than 15,7 million citizens of our country will have problems. This includes both adults and children. Accordingly, 3,5 million of this population will subsequently require drug therapy and more intensive interventions by medical specialists - these are psychiatrists,” the doctor said.
“We also calculated that about 800 thousand of our citizens will then need medical support, that is, treatment with medications,” Mashkevich said.
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