Meaning-centered therapy in Ukraine's war refugees: An attempt to cope with the absurd?

Alessandra Costanza; Andrea Amerio; Andrea Aguglia; Luca Magnani; Philippe Huguelet; Gianluca Serafini; Maurizio Pompili; Mario Amore

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1067191

Meaning-centered therapy in Ukraine's war refugees: An attempt to cope with the absurd?

Front Psychol. 2022 Dec 22:13:1067191. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1067191. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Alessandra Costanza^{1

2}, Andrea Amerio^{3

4}, Andrea Aguglia^{3

4}, Luca Magnani^{3

4}, Philippe Huguelet^{1

2}, Gianluca Serafini^{3

4}, Maurizio Pompili⁵, Mario Amore^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University (UNIGE), Geneva, Switzerland.
² Department of Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry Service (SPA), University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ukraine; children; demoralization; meaning in life; meaning-based psychotherapy; mental health and psychosocial programs; refugees and asylum seekers; war.