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ArticleJournal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.)2021

Converging Impact of the Ongoing Conflict and COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine.

Sonny S Patel, Oleksii Sukhovii, Oleksandr Zvinchuk, Julian H Neylan, Timothy B Erickson

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Article in Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Sonny S PatelHarvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, 14 Story St Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9810-0055
Oleksii SukhoviiCenter for Mental Health and Monitoring of Drugs and Alcohol Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0002-5129-506X
Oleksandr ZvinchukFulbright Visiting Scholar, UIC Center for Global Health, 1940 W. Taylor M/C 584 Chicago, IL 60612 Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7163-1932
Julian H NeylanHarvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, 14 Story St Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0401-4891
Timothy B EricksonHarvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, 14 Story St Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1809-4805
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center · USLeiden University · NLMinistry of Education and Science · UAThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Partnership for Global Health Research Training Program (Renewal)-Supplement for OBSSR, NCI, NCI-AIDS and NIDCDD43TW010543 · FIC · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Wafaie W Fawzi, DAVIDSON HOWES HAMER · 2017 to 2026
$12.1M
A novel robotic wastewater analysis system to quantify opioid exposure and treatment in residential communitiesR44DA051106 · NIDA · BIOBOT ANALYTICS, INC. · PI CHAI, PETER R, MATUS GARCIA, MARIANA G · 2020 to 2022
$1.5M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010543NIDA NIH HHS R44 DA051106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the Russian annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the subsequent occupation of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine has been facing increasing security and healthcare challenges. The seven-year war in East Ukraine has led to a rise in substance and alcohol use and increasing addiction rates among veterans, internally displaced persons, and civilian survivors. This article examines the combined impact of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on substance use in Ukraine. It also gives an overview of the institutions in place to monitor and improve mental health in the country. The article highlights the urgent need for further funding and research on substance and alcohol addiction, with vulnerable populations affected by the conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontline healthcare workers in this region should anticipate an increased burden of patients suffering from substance use disorders who are in need of emergency management intervention and proper behavioral health referrals.

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COVID-19Substance-Related DisordersHumansMental HealthPandemicsSARS-CoV-2UkraineCOVID-19mental healthsubstance use disorders

Identifiers

PMID35281482
PMCPMC8916750
OpenAlexW3176982923

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