How to maintain the mental health of the population during the war?

Deputy Director for scientific-organizational work and international relations of G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, President of the Ukrainian Association of Organizational and Work Psychologists (UAOPPP), a member of the Coordinating Committee and editor of the Newsletter of the European Network of Organizational Psychologists (ENOP), a member of the Coordinating Committee of Division 1 ‘Organizational Psychology’ of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), International Association of Economic Research (IAREP) representative in Ukraine, Academician Liudmyla Karamushka spoke on March 24, 2022 in the program "SOS: assistance to civilians on the channel "SOS. Civil Defense Headquarters” of the local television of Kamyanets-Podilsky. The host of the program was actress Tetyana Mikhina.

The following topics were touched upon in the conversation:

• What is mental health in war?

• What are the main structural components of mental health?

• What is stress?

• How to develop stress resistance?

• What emotional states have Ukrainians been experiencing since the beginning of Russia′s military aggression?

• How to manage your emotional states? Practical tips and tricks.

• How to help family members get through difficult times?

• How to resolve a conflict situation in the family?

• Features of adaptation to new living conditions of internally displaced persons.

• The cause of tensions between local residents and IDPs and methods of overcoming them.

• The benefits of volunteering for mental health during war.