My name is Olha Myshakivska and I am a MD psychiatrist currently working in the Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously, I completed my medical studies at the Lviv National Medical University and was awarded MD with specialization in psychiatry.
Between 2013 and 2017, I pursued a PhD degree at the Ukrainian Research Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry in Kyiv, where I researched the course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia throughout time. In 2014, I was selected for the ATTC project and started the course of educational trainings that helped me deepen my knowledge in the field of addictions and drug demand reduction.
Currently, I am conducting trainings, supervisions, and help to improve the motivational interviewing skills among specialists who work with people using substances. Besides, I am further advancing my professional education by participating in UTC trainings.
Since February 2019, I have been the National Trainer and Supervisor of MHGAP-IG, and since October 2019 - National Trainer and Supervisor of Ukraine I-ATTC. Since July 2020, I have been working with ISSUP as National Chapters Coordinator in Asian region, and with WHO and UN as Consultant.