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Ethnicity and Mental Health
Project type
Research
Date
September 2019 - February 2020
Location
Ukraine
Role
Vitalii Klymchuk was a Project Leader, and Viktoriia Gorbunova a Senior Researcher. Both were the part of the project writing team.
Ethnicity and Mental Health: Exploring Nonmedical Approaches to Mental Health for Roma Communities in Europe
The aim of the project was to advance non-medical approaches to mental health that incorporate the impact of social determinants, social exclusion, stigma and discrimination on mental health of Roma people in Ukraine.
The project was be devoted to filling a substantial gap in our knowledge of mental health of Roma people and the impact of social determinants on mental health (negative as well as positive). In order to achieve this aim extensive multidisciplinary field studies of the current situation in Ukraine were conducted. The project utilised desktop review, gathering quantitative and qualitative data, analysis of policies and legislation, as well as mapping services and stakeholders.
The final focus of the project was the development of a strategy for advancing mental health and psychosocial support for Roma people in Ukraine with foundation on evidence-based approaches; “the Strategy for the Roma Better Mental Health”.
The Project was implemented by the National Psychological Association of Ukraine, and funded by the Open Society Foundation.