Key points
- A mental health centre POVERNENNIA has opened in Zhytomyr for servicemen, veterans, and their family members.
- The centre provides free psychological support to over 4,000 patients annually.
- Specialists work with anxiety, depression, adjustment and psychosomatic difficulties.
- Support is provided by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, a psychotherapist, and medical staff.
- The centre is equipped with modern therapy rooms, a day hospital, and innovative equipment for psychological and art therapy.
- The POVERNENNIA network also operates in Kyiv, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kropyvnytskyi, Lutsk, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
A new mental health centre POVERNENNIA has opened in Zhytomyr to support the psychological well-being of Ukrainian servicemen and servicewomen, veterans, and their families.
The centre will provide free services to over 4,000 military personnel and their family members annually.
Support is offered to people experiencing:
- post-traumatic stress disorder;
- anxiety and depressive conditions;
- adjustment and psychosomatic difficulties, as well as other consequences of psychological trauma.
Assistance is provided by a multidisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, psychologists, a psychotherapist, a social worker, and medical staff, allowing comprehensive care that addresses clinical, psychological, and social needs of patients.
The centre is based at the Zhytomyr Regional Clinical Hospital named after O.F. Herbachevskyi, located at 1 Viktor Kosenko Street.
The Ministry of Health noted that the facility is equipped according to modern accessibility standards.
The centre includes rooms for individual and family therapy, a group therapy hall, a day hospital, a procedure room, and a waiting area.
It is also equipped with innovative tools for psychological relief, EMDR therapy, art therapy, and body-focused practices.
The POVERNENNIA network already operates in Dnipro, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kropyvnytskyi, Lutsk, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
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