and more than a dozen other partners have also begun a program to train primary care physicians on how to treat patients with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal behavior and substance abuse.
But programs like the emergency team of psychologists try to provide an early intervention in moments of crisis.
“If you don’t deal with stress right away, it can turn into long-term stress, which can turn into P.T.S.D.,” said Ms. Kirnos.
Days after the missile attack on Kyiv, Ms. Davydenko said team members were working with their own therapists to process what they had seen.
“Of course,” she said, “I am also a human being.”Oleksandr Chubko and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn contributed reporting.
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