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Update on Dr. Carmen Andreescu and Dr. Alex Dombrovski’s Work with Global Initiative on Psychiatry-USA to Aid Mental Health in Ukraine

Carmen Andreescu, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), and Alex Dombrovski, MD (Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Mind Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry), are members of the Global Initiative on Psychiatry-USA (GIP-USA), the American branch of a global organization working to aid mental health professionals and the general population of Ukraine in dealing with the psychological consequences of the war. In May 2022, we spoke with Dr. Andreescu and Dr. Dombrovski to learn more about this crisis, as well as how to help. 

This month, Dr. Andreescu and Dr. Dombrovski were guests on the University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies podcast with podcast host Sean Guillory, PhD (Digital Scholarship Curator).

Click below stream the episode and learn more from Dr. Andreescu and Dr. Dombrovski on the state of mental health care in Ukraine, and the work of the GIP-USA:

Mental Health in Wartime Ukraine