history of development of psychiatry and its establishment in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the development of psychiatry and its establishment as a science in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The leading method of research was the analysis and synthesis of historical sources of the 19th to 21st centuries. The historical analysis of the development of psychiatry was carried out through the study of the life and scientific path of Ivan Sikorsky, Mykhailo Lapinsky, Volodymyr Seletsky, who were the founders of psychiatry as an academic discipline in Ukraine. In 2020, 135 years have passed since the foundation of the Department of Nervous and Mental Diseases in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The founders of the department are well-known talented scientists, whose activities have enriched psychiatric science. But from 1920 to 2019, psychiatry as a science and a subject of teaching disappeared from the University. Psychiatry received its further development at the university in 2019, with establishment of the Institute of Psychiatry. The practical significance of the study lies in the substantial contribution to the history of domestic medical science, in particular, mental disorder studies, as well as the possibility of using the findings in the teaching of an educational course in psychiatry.

Mental Health of Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic in Ukraine

“…The spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been identifi ed as a major stressor for health care workers, and the many eff ects of the pandemic have had a negative impact on the state of the mental health. In Ukraine, such a study was conducted for the fi rst time from 03/30/2020 to 04/21/2020 by the Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv [17]. Using a specially designed questionnaire, an online survey of 1,100 health workers from all regions of Ukraine was conducted, the characteristics of health workers' response to the COVID-19 situation were identifi ed, and stress-related emotional and behavioral factors relevant to respondents were recorded [18].…”