International Students of TNMU Organized a Webinar on the Importance of Mental Health

The students of I. H Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University have always been active and proactive. Due to the pandemic, today it is very difficult to organize cultural, educational events, or charities. However, the experience of working online was not in vain. On the World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated annually by the world community on October 10, the representatives of international faculties and members of the MedGRADiENT Scientific and Practical Society Prajval Gangappa Tippanavar and Mohamed Shumael Khan organized a webinar “Don’t let your struggle become your identity” on the problems of youth and their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. The idea was supported by the university, in particular by the Department of Psychiatry, Addiction and Medical Psychology and specialists of the Centre for Psychological Support of TNMU. Tetiana Husieva, Assistant Professor of the department and an expert of the centre, was the presenter of the online event. She presented a report on “Why mental health is important?”.