Published on 24 May 2016
Ukraine
was in many ways unprepared for the war against the Russian-backed
separatists of the DNR in the country’s east. Its army, after years of
mismanagement and corruption, was left with just 6,000 combat-ready
troops, and its hospitals had never had to deal with the kinds of
horrific injuries sustained by both soldiers and civilians.
The embattled country was even less prepared to deal with the psychological aftermath of the conflict; Ukraine had not been at war since the '80s, when PTSD was only just beginning to be recognized as a disorder.
With state care for people suffering with psychological trauma severely lacking, it has been left to a number of different NGOs to fill in the gaps in treatment. Hero's Companion, a Canadian organization, trains service dogs to help Ukrainian veterans with their war trauma.
Watch “Shell-Shocked: Ukraine’s Trauma” - http://bit.ly/1XiydJd
Watch "Ukraine's Foreign Fighters Battle for Citizenship” - http://bit.ly/250SntK
The embattled country was even less prepared to deal with the psychological aftermath of the conflict; Ukraine had not been at war since the '80s, when PTSD was only just beginning to be recognized as a disorder.
With state care for people suffering with psychological trauma severely lacking, it has been left to a number of different NGOs to fill in the gaps in treatment. Hero's Companion, a Canadian organization, trains service dogs to help Ukrainian veterans with their war trauma.
Watch “Shell-Shocked: Ukraine’s Trauma” - http://bit.ly/1XiydJd
Watch "Ukraine's Foreign Fighters Battle for Citizenship” - http://bit.ly/250SntK
