title: History of psychiatry in ukraine.
abstract: Important directions of the development of psychiatry in Ukraine are given. The historical review of the period of the formation of psychiatry as a science and assistance to patients in Ukraine gives the opportunity to evaluate the existing level of mental health care as well as its historical background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Sexology, Danylo Halytsky Lviv State Medical University, Kulparkivska 95, Lviv, 79021, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Iryna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vlokh
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kulyk