INS NYC 2024 Program

Breaks / Other Events	Program Schedule 02/16/2024 08:00 am - 08:55 am Location: West Side Ballroom - Salon 1 Ukraine Symposium War-Time Neuropsychology in Ukraine Summary Abstract: A team of Ukrainian neuropsychologists striving for effectiveness in the diagnosis and treatment of wartime traumatic brain injury and PTSD in the service members and civilians, together with other colleagues, Ukrainian psychiatrists, neurologists, and psychologists, have encountered numerous cases of patients with severe consequences of concussions, as the result of blast injuries caused by weapons of modern warfare, and intense PTSD symptoms, as a result of deep psychological traumas, caused by witnessing and experiencing atrocities of war and war crimes, committed by the russian occupants. The consequences of the blast injuries caused by the modern weapons on the human brain and cognitive functions are novel, at times unprecedented and often severe. So are the atrocities of war and their effects on the human mind, hence severe cases of PTSD. Many of our patients have both traumatic brain injury and symptoms of PTSD, which makes diagnosis and treatment even more challenging, adding comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc Many of our soldiers, brave men and women, who joined the Ukrainian military during the general mobilization after a full scale invasion of Russian military forces into Ukraine, had no or limited prior military training and were not psychologically prepared for what they had to experience, hence more cases of severe psychological traumas among service members. We realized that we needed help and decided to take action. We contacted Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg seeking his advice. Dr. Goldberg assembled a team of American and European neuropsychologists and psychiatrists that embarked on regular virtual communications with us and our Ukrainian colleagues. The team now includes neuropsychologists and psychiatrists from New York, Houston, Dallas, Washington DC, Utah, as well as from Canada, Poland and Estonia. All participants contribute on a voluntary, pro bono basis. As a result of this interaction, a comprehensive collaborative program has been launched and is ongoing. Presenters: Kenneth Podell, PhD Director, Hosuton Methodist Concussion Center Associate Professor, Weill-Cornell Medical School/Hosuton Methodist Academic Institute Sergii Sievtsov, MA Department of Clinical Psychology, South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University Goldberg Institute of Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Odessa, Ukraine Prof. Michał Harciarek, Ph.D. Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Gdańsk, Poland Head of the Neuropsychology Division at the Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk President of the Psychology Division of the Polish Academy of Science Presenter(s): Symposium Presenters

Breaks / Other Events

02/16/2024
08:00 am - 08:55 am
Location: West Side Ballroom - Salon 1

Ukraine Symposium

War-Time Neuropsychology in Ukraine

Summary Abstract:

A team of Ukrainian neuropsychologists striving for effectiveness in the diagnosis and treatment of wartime traumatic brain injury and PTSD in the service members and civilians, together with other colleagues, Ukrainian psychiatrists, neurologists, and psychologists, have encountered numerous cases of patients with severe consequences of concussions, as the result of blast injuries caused by weapons of modern warfare, and intense PTSD symptoms, as a result of deep psychological traumas, caused by witnessing and experiencing atrocities of war and war crimes, committed by the russian occupants.

The consequences of the blast injuries caused by the modern weapons on the human brain and cognitive functions are novel, at times unprecedented and often severe. So are the atrocities of war and their effects on the human mind, hence severe cases of PTSD. Many of our patients have both traumatic brain injury and symptoms of PTSD, which makes diagnosis and treatment even more challenging, adding comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc

Many of our soldiers, brave men and women, who joined the Ukrainian military during the general mobilization after a full scale invasion of Russian military forces into Ukraine, had no or limited prior military training and were not psychologically prepared for what they had to experience, hence more cases of severe psychological traumas among service members.

We realized that we needed help and decided to take action. We contacted Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg seeking his advice. Dr. Goldberg assembled a team of American and European neuropsychologists and psychiatrists that embarked on regular virtual communications with us and our Ukrainian colleagues. The team now includes neuropsychologists and psychiatrists from New York, Houston, Dallas, Washington DC, Utah, as well as from Canada, Poland and Estonia. All participants contribute on a voluntary, pro bono basis. As a result of this interaction, a comprehensive collaborative program has been launched and is ongoing.

Presenters:

Kenneth Podell, PhD
Director, Hosuton Methodist Concussion Center
Associate Professor, Weill-Cornell Medical School/Hosuton Methodist Academic Institute

Sergii Sievtsov, MA
Department of Clinical Psychology, South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University
Goldberg Institute of Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Odessa, Ukraine

Prof. Michał Harciarek, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Gdańsk, Poland
Head of the Neuropsychology Division at the Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk
President of the Psychology Division of the Polish Academy of Science

INS NYC 2024 Program

War-Time Neuropsychology in Ukraine

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