Ethical Dilemmas and Adaptations in Psychological Practice During Wartime

This article maps the most frequent ethical challenges reported by psychologists working under wartime conditions in Ukraine and documents how practitioners adapt their care. Using data on Ukrainian psychologists' experiences collected before and after the start of the full-scale invasion, the authors analyze shifts in clinicians' intrapersonal resources, capacity to carry out work, war-related volunteer roles, cognitive appraisals of threat and risk, and recognition of competence limits. The paper synthesizes these findings into practice-level adaptations and outlines implications for ethics education, supervision, and governance so that services can remain safe, responsive, and evidence-based during protracted crises.

Palii, V., Yakushko, O., Chunikhina, S., Solonskyi, A., & Lupis, A. A. (2025). Ethical dilemmas and adaptations in psychological practice during wartime. Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry, 27(2), 162.