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  • Ukrainian teachers benefit from mental health training that helps their students

    Jul 25, 2025 10:45 am by Sharita ForrestInsights
    Social work professor Tara Powell and then-doctoral student Jenna Muller were among the co-authors of a study that examined the effectiveness of a virtual intervention, Psychosocial Support for Educators, that trained teachers in Ukraine on supporting distressed students and their families living in three combat zones in war-torn Ukraine. Photo by Michelle Hassel

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    Teachers in combat regions in Ukraine who engaged in a virtual mental health intervention to help their students experienced improvements in their own symptoms of depression and anxiety, a new study found.

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