This webpage shares research on how Russia’s war affects Ukrainians’ mental health, along with related studies, surveys, and support resources.
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Maynooth University, Ireland
Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Ariel University, Israel
Ulster University, Northern Ireland
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
University of Massachusetts, United States
Bogomolets National Medical University & SI Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ukraine
The first study collected data from July-September 2022 from a nationwide sample of 2,004 Ukrainian parents.
The second study collected data in September 2023 from a representative sample of 2,050 adults living in Ukraine.
In both studies, we assessed the mental health and psychosocial function of the population. We also asked those participants who are parents to report on their child's mental health and functioning.
We have carried out two rounds of data collection thus far. We are happy to share our datasets with anyone who would like to use these data for research purposes. Please email philip.hyland@mu.ie if you would like to use these datasets.
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Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Martsenkovskyi, D., Ben-Ezra, M., & Brewin, C. R. (2024). Testing predictions from the Memory and Identity Theory of ICD-11 Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Measurement development and initial findings. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 105, 102898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102898Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Redican, E., Bondjers, K., Cloitre, M., Brewin, C. R., Duffy, M., Ben-Ezra, M., & Martsenkovskyi, D. (2024). Assessing self-reported prolonged grief disorder with ‘validity checks’: A proof of principle study. Journal of Traumatic Stress. doi: 10.1002/jts.23100.Redican, E., Sachser, C., Berliner, L., Pfeiffer, E., Martsenkovskyi, D., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shevlin, M. (2024). Development and validation of the Caregiver-Report Version of the International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ-CG) and International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ-CG). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02495-7Martsenkovskyi, D., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Bondjers, K., Fox, R., Karatzias, T., Martsenkovska, I., Martsenkovsky, I., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., Vallières, F., & Hyland, P. (2024). Mental health in Ukraine in 2023. European Psychiatry, 67(1), e27. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.12
Redican, E., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Martsenkovskyi, D., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2024). Development and validation of the Caregiver-Report Version of the International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ-CG): Results from a Ukrainian sample of parents. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1177/13591045241260897
Redican, E., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Martsenkovskyi, D., Karatzias, T., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2024). Prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder among adults living in Ukraine during the war with Russia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 149(5), 425–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13678Redican, E., Sachser, C., Berliner, L., Pfeiffer, E., Martsenkovskyi, D., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M. & Shevlin, M. (2024). Development and validation of the caregiver-report version of the international depression questionnaire (IDQ-CG) and international anxiety questionnaire (IAQ-CG). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02495-7
Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., Vang, M. L., Lorberg, B., & Martsenkovskyi, D. (2023). Psychological consequences of war in Ukraine: assessing changes in mental health among Ukrainian parents. Psychological Medicine, 53(15), 7466–7468. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723000818Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., Redican, E., Vang, M. L., Cloitre, M., Ho, G. W. K., Lorberg, B., Martsenkovskyi, D., & Hyland, P. (2023). War exposure, PTSD, and Complex PTSD among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 147(3), 276–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13529Ho, G. W. K., Vang, M. L., Martsenkovskyi, D., Karatzias, T., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., Redican, E., Cloitre, M., Lorberg, B., Hyland, P., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Investigating the latent structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD in an adult civilian sample during the Ukraine war. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(4), 820–829. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22943McElroy, E., Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., Ben-Ezra, M., Vang, M. L., Lorberg, B., & Martsenkovskyi, D. (2024). Change in child mental health during the Ukraine War: Evidence from a large sample of parents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(5), 1495–1502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02255-zRedican, E., Sachser, C., Pfeiffer, E., Martsenkovskyi, D., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Validation of the Ukrainian caregiver-report version of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) in children and adolescents in Ukraine. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001570Martsenkovskyi, D., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., Redican, E., Vang, M. L., Cloitre, M., Ho, G. W. K., Lorberg, B., & Martsenkovsky, I. (2023). Parent-reported posttraumatic stress reactions in children and adolescents: Findings from the mental health of parents and children in Ukraine study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy. 10.1037/tra0001583. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001583Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., McElory, E., Vang, M. L., Lorberg, B., & Martsenkovskyi, D. (2023). The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion. Psychiatry Research, 329, 115530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115530
Clinicians and researchers can access a range of mental health materials that have been translated into Ukrainian and Russian. We hope these resources can be of some help to those responding to the mental health needs of Ukrainians affected by the war.
We will continue to add resources to this page as they become available. Please get in touch (philip.hyland@mu.ie or m.shevlin@ulster.ac.uk) if you have any materials or resources that can be shared here.
Below are mental health materials and measures available in Ukrainian, Russian, and (for reference) English. Simply click on whatever you need and it will download.
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