Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) President, Mark Golding, disclosed that he has secured the commitment of a group of psychiatrists to provide counselling services to Jamaican students studying in the Ukraine who may have been affected by the Ukraine/Russia conflict and feel the need for those services.
According to a release, the team of six includes volunteers from the Jamaica Psychiatric, as well as the Jamaica Psychological associations, and is headed by renowned Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Winston De La Haye, who is a former Chief Medical Officer of Jamaica.
The document shared quotes from Golding who expressed that the mental health aspect of the students’ ordeal in Ukraine “is as critical as the physical.”
The services are available to students who may still be in Ukraine, have successfully crossed the border into neighbouring countries such as Poland and Romania, and also to those who have made their way home to Jamaica, provided they can connect electronically.
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