Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after any life-threatening event. A person may experience anxiety, trouble sleeping, mood changes, difficulty controlling emotions, or constant tension. It's as if their body has returned to the place where the event happened .

During the last three years of the war in Ukraine, I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, providing mental health care in the northeast of the country, as well as among IDPs and veterans.

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The war affected everyone in one way or another: some witnessed violence, some left their homes and communities, some lost a loved one. Ukrainian veterans return home with invisible wounds of war, such as traumatic brain injuries sustained in combat or post-traumatic stress disorder.

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