‘They Draw Bombs, Tanks and Wishes for Peace’: Ukraine’s Child Mental Health Crisis

March 16, 2022

(The Guardian) – Mental health workers and doctors in Lviv report that thousands of Ukrainian refugee children displaced by the war are showing severe symptoms of trauma. “I have seen children here with catatonic symptoms, where they kind of freeze and don’t react to any outside stimulation,” says Dr Viktor Balandin, psychologist for the Ukrainian NGO Osonnya. “Many of them have stopped speaking, others cannot move their hands or fingers. They just freeze.” (Read More)