Back in the late summer of 2019, the team that would become the backbone of Ukraine’s first national suicide prevention hotline gathered in a hotel conference room in Kyiv to begin the training program that would set them on the road to saving the lives of many of their fellow Ukrainians. As the founder of […]
Mental Health in Ukraine
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Ukraine’s first suicide prevention hotline helps address trauma of Russian invasion
The first suicide prevention hotline in Ukraine’s history turned four in October 2023. Since it was launched in 2019, Lifeline Ukraine has proven increasingly necessary as Ukrainians struggle with the mental health challenges posed by Russia’s full-scale invasion. When I was tasked with creating Lifeline Ukraine, I knew nothing about suicide prevention. I am not […]
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New suicide prevention hotline aims to provide support for Ukraine’s growing army of traumatized military veterans
Lifeline Ukraine is Ukraine’s first fully professional suicide prevention and mental health support hotline. It will offer soldier-to-soldier counselling in a bid to overcome Ukrainian society’s mental health taboo