Commentary on: Goto R, Pinchuk I, Kolodezhny O, et al (2024). Mental health of adolescents exposed to the war in Ukraine. JAMA Pediatrics, 178 (5), 480-488. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0295.
Implications for practice and research Individuals screening positive require diagnostic evaluation to inform psychiatric treatment decisions and mental health interventions. Future research should expand these findings with objective measures of war/trauma exposure and full diagnostic assessment.
The study by Goto et al screened adolescents across Ukraine for mental health consequences of war.