Mental Health Consequences of Ukraine War

Mental Health Consequences of Ukraine War

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine is an important situation in the world at present. In general, war is an unfavorable situation that has many negative health consequences. In the Ukraine war, an emergent medical problem can be created. When a disagreement exists, the core health-care system suffers. We would like to share some insights from Cambodia, an Indochina country that has been destroyed by a decade-long civil war (1970–1979). Military conflict has far-reaching ramifications in various areas, including clinical medicine. The exact prevalence of mental health problems is not available among local Indochina people during the war. But the occurrence of negative mental health consequences and impacts on the health-care system resulted from the war have been well recognized. Studies on the refugee community, suggest that the violence has had an impact. Victims of war, such as political refugees, concentration camp inmates, rape victims, and catastrophic personal losses (property or human lives) are among the traumatic etiologies (see the article “war and current disease outbreak” by R. Mungmunpuntipantip and V. Wiwanitkit at www.science.org/do/10.1126/ebfce567-cdc6-479e-adba-3751af31886b/full/). Posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive disorders, as well as the stress of war trauma, resettlement, and recent life events, are all frequently seen. According to estimates, more than 90% of refugees from the Indochina conflict have suffered from one or more mental health problems.