Representatives of the international office of the World Health Organization, headed by the expert of the WHO headquarters, co-chair of the Global Reference Group on Mental health and Psychosocial Support in an Emergency Situation of the UN Interagency Standing Committee Dr. Fami Khanna, visited the Kirovohrad region.
During the visit, a meeting was held in the Kirovograd Regional Military Administration, headed by the deputy head of the Regional Military Administration Kateryna Koltunova.
The Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs was represented by head of the department of social and humanitarian disciplines Anzhela Helbak and head of the department of extreme and crisis psychology (on a voluntary basis) Andrii Fomenko.
International experts were interested in the DonSUIA experience in the field of psychosocial support for higher education seekers in a state of emergency and cooperation with the Municipal Institution “Regional “Veteran Center. “
Anzhela Helbak and Andrii Fomenko presented their crisis counseling activity, methodological developments, shared future plans for trainig higher education seekers in the specialty 053 “Psychology” for the Master’s degree. They also spoke in detail about working with the military and members of their families.
The participants of the dialogue discussed proposals for providing educational activities of the institution with educational aids, as well as organizing training in the field of maintaining mental health in wartime.
Psychological support for war veterans and internally displaced persons of the community is provided within the framework of the project “Support to the displaced Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs” with the assistance of the European Union (No. 4353-01).
