Asanov Noha, Anastasiya-Mariya; Asanov, Igor; Bünstorf, Guido (2022 – Preprint): Mental health and stress level of Ukrainians seeking psychological help online. In: medRxiv

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.19.22278660 open access

We screen the mental well-being and psychological distress of 1165 refugees, migrants, internally displaced, and non-displaced people from Ukraine who seek psychological help online in Ukraine and across 24 countries of the European Union. We see that more than half of the respondents exhibit low levels of mental well-being and high psychological distress, with 81% being at risk of depression and 57% having severe psychological distress. Refugees and internally displaced people in our sample show a particularly high risk of depression and severe psychological distress. Nevertheless, the majority of Ukrainians seeking psychological help still work, study, or volunteer, and those who do have relatively alleviated mental levels of well-being.