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Nurturing Generations: S. Gluzman's Vision for Ukrainian Psychiatry

EDUCATING GENERATIONS: S. GLUZMAN’S VISION FOR UKRAINIAN PSYCHIATRY

Semyon Gluzman is regarded as a moral compass for contemporary psychiatry: a figure who resisted the political abuse of psychiatry during the Soviet era, championed patient dignity and confidentiality, mentored young psychiatrists, and founded the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association.

The aim is to examine Semyon Gluzman's professional life and educational vision in the development of Ukrainian psychiatry. The method is a narrative and historical analysis of Gluzman's professional life, focusing on his resistance to the political abuse of psychiatry, his commitment to patient dignity and confidentiality, his mentorship of young psychiatrists, and his contribution to the development of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association and international collaboration. The timeline of his life presented in the poster includes the following milestones: birth in Kyiv in 1946, graduation from the Kyiv Medical Institute in 1970, opposition to Soviet political psychiatry in 1971, arrest and a 10-year sentence (7 plus 3) in 1972, Amnesty International's declaration of the Year of Semyon Gluzman in 1978, return to Kyiv after imprisonment and exile in 1982, establishment of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association in 1991, election as the association's president in 2011, and death in Kyiv in 2026. His courageous opposition to the political abuse of psychiatry during the Soviet era, and the years of imprisonment that followed, made him a symbol of professional integrity and humanity. He later became a driving force in the reform of Ukrainian psychiatry, advocating for patient dignity, the presumption of mental health, and confidentiality. Supporting young psychiatrists and creating opportunities for education and international collaboration were central to his legacy. The results section states that this legacy reflects the principles of equality, inclusion, professional development, and international collaboration; that his mentorship strengthened young psychiatrists' professional identity; and that his leadership contributed to the establishment of an independent professional community and the integration of Ukrainian psychiatry into the global arena. The poster highlights Gluzman's role in building an ethically grounded and internationally connected psychiatry, offering an example that reinforces the fundamental importance of human dignity in psychiatric care.

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