The problem of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine is one of the pressing problems of the present. Displacement is a risk factor for mental health problems resulting from maladap tation. High-quality and timely diagnosis is a prerequisite for the eff ective assistance to IDPs.

T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e s t u d y is an analysis of mental health in internally displaced persons. Object of study — mental health of IDPs. 155 IDPs were examined, of which 86 (55.48 %) people previously lived in the city of Donetsk and Donetsk region and 69 (44.52 %) people in the city of Luhansk and the Luhansk region. At the time of the survey 114 (73.55 %) lived in Kharkov and the Kharkov region, 15 (9.68 %) in the Donetsk region, 26 (16.77 %) in the Luhansk region.

During the examination of IDPs, Who need the medical care, discrepancies were established between the diagnoses with which the patients were referred for consultation and the diagnoses that were established during the examination at a specialized stage of medical care.

To improve the timely diagnosis of psychopathological conditions at the primary care stage, the main psychopathological disorders were identifi ed, which must be taken into account when examining patients.