{"id":225353,"date":"2025-10-19T20:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225353\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:42:37","slug":"inside-the-ukrainian-clinic-where-returned-soldiers-and-civilians-receive-mental-health-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225353\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Ukrainian clinic where returned soldiers and civilians receive mental health support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  By&amp;nbsp<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/profiles\/2612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roselyne Min<\/a>&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbspAP<\/p>\n<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            14\/10\/2025 &#8211; 9:00 GMT+2\n            <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian soldier Artem Lykhozhon, aged 25, returned from captivity in Russia five months ago after a grueling three years as a prisoner of war that left deep psychological marks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were forced to block all the emotions that we have,\u201d said Lykhozhon.<\/p>\n<p>When he finally reunited with his family, a moment he had dreamt of for three years, he found himself unable to feel joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were all very happy to see me, and I was also happy to see them, but I didn&#8217;t feel anything \u2026 and I felt sorry for my family, that I seemed cold to them, but I really don&#8217;t feel anything,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lykhozhon is now undergoing rehabilitation at a mental health facility at the Unbroken National Rehabilitation Centre in Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>Here, specialists are helping Lykhozhon recover from the trauma using neurofeedback therapy, in which they monitor his brain activity through sensors attached to a special cap.<\/p>\n<p>During sessions, Lykhozhon tries to keep his thoughts focused on a spot within a circle shown on a monitor. When he succeeds, the spot glows green. When he fails, it turns yellow.<\/p>\n<p>This process teaches the brain self-regulation, according to the International Society for Neuroregulation and Research (ISNR). That\u2019s key for improving physical symptoms related to stress as well as overall wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>24,000 patients in four years<\/p>\n<p>From soldiers to civilians, patients from all over Ukraine come to this mental health facility for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>In the last four years, the clinic says it has treated about 24,000 patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learned the trouble that lies in numbers,\u201d said Oleg Bereziuk, head of the Unbroken Centre\u2019s mental health department.<\/p>\n<p>Bereziuk says the war has destroyed neural connections in patients\u2019 brains \u2013 but that the centre\u2019s mental health specialists can help them heal.<\/p>\n<p>While it may be impossible for patients to return to the people they were before the war, the specialists say the key is learning to build a new life after trauma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we have to find the most optimal, highest quality and simplest tools that would restore this neuroplasticity and neurogenesis,\u201d Bereziuk said.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/p>\n<p>Video editor \u2022 Roselyne Min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By&amp;nbspRoselyne Min&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbspAP Published on 14\/10\/2025 &#8211; 9:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian soldier Artem Lykhozhon, aged 25, returned from captivity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[107864,49,48,84,392,393,107865,6639,75534],"class_list":{"0":"post-225353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-brain-trauma","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-healthcare","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-prisoner-of-war","15":"tag-russia","16":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}