As part of the implementation of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Programme “How are you?” On July 1, 2024, the forum “Collective Resilience, Healing and Growth in Response to the Experience of Collective Trauma” was held, in which Melnyk O.E., Vice-Rector for NP and SR, took part.

National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic” is an active participant in the implementation of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Programme.

Forum participants were hospitably welcomed by the Ukrainian Catholic University. The President of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Borys Gudziak, and First Lady Olena Zelenska, welcomed the participants.

The forum brought together educators, doctors, representatives of the social sphere, etc. The reports of political scientists, publicists, public figures, writers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and human rights activists added a special meaning to the Forum. There was a reflection on how we can work together to create social spaces, routes and processes that will help heal the collective trauma, build resilience and post-traumatic growth of the Ukrainian people.