Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda: لماذا أدرّب الجدات على معالجة مرضى الاكتئاب؟
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sits an 82-year-old woman,
تبلغ من العمر 82 عاما،
as Grandmother Jack.
an envelope from the clinic nurse.
من ممرضة العيادة.
or so as she reads.
Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,
أخذت الجدة جاك نفسًا عميقًا،
your story with me?"
for the past four years.
Grandmother Jack moves closer,
of killing myself,
which lasts about 30 minutes.
لحوالي 30 دقيقة.
all the symptoms of kufungisisa."
opens up a floodgate of tears.
هو المقابل المحلي للاكتئاب
equivalent of depression
globally, today, suffer from depression,
اليوم، يعانون من الاكتئاب،
we call kufungisisa.
Organization also tells us
commits suicide
in low- and middle-income countries.
في البلدان المنخفضة والمتوسطة الدخل.
goes as far as to say
أبعد من ذالك لتقول
between 15 to 29,
ما بين 15 و 29 سنة،
now is actually suicide.
that lead to depression
and suicides averted.
or psychologists in the world
أو علماء النفس في العالم
countries, for instance,
على سبيل المثال،
to the population
one and a half million people,
that 90 percent of the people
of approximately 14 million.
200 kilometers away
neuropsychiatric evaluation."
in the middle of the night
في منتصف الليل
observations are in place.
the antidepressants
that was her name, 26-year-old --
26 عامًا..
to be released from the ER,
directly to me with her mother,
take about a week.
from Erica's mother,
to Harare, where I live?
as you're released from the ER,
about Erica's death
of my very being.
to come to you,"
أجرة حافلة للقدوم إليك"
of soul-searching,
and soul-searching,
resources we have in Africa
لدينا في أفريقيا
in search of greener pastures.
أكثر خضرة.
pasture called heaven.
training grandmothers
in cognitive behavioral therapy;
to provide behavior activation,
has a mobile phone today.
يملك هاتفاً محمولاً اليوم.
in more than 70 communities.
على مقعد الصداقة
in a community in Zimbabwe.
الذي تقوم به هؤلاء الجدات
that is done by these grandmothers
Medical Association.
that six months after receiving treatment
this was a clinical trial --
كانت عبارة عن تجربة سريرية ...
at treating depression
في علاج الاكتئاب
expanding this program.
فوق سن 65 في العالم.
currently aged above 65 in the world.
aged 65 and above.
a global network of grandmothers
إنشاء شبكة عالمية من الجدات
القائم على الأدلة،
in evidence-based talk therapy,
in communities.
and substance-use disorders.
واستخدام المخدرات.
of Grandmother Jack.
with Grandmother Jack.
مع الجدة جاك.
to see her 257th client on the bench.
كانت ستستقبل زبونها ال257 في الحديقة.
pasture called heaven.
يسمى الجنة.
all the other grandmothers --
who are making a difference
that she helped to pioneer
الذي ساعدت على انطلاقه
here in the Unites States
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dixon Chibanda - PsychiatristDixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy.
Why you should listen
Dixon Chibanda is the director of the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI). He's based in Zimbabwe, where he works on the Friendship Bench program, a cognitive behavioral therapy–based approach to kufungisisa, the local term for depression, literally translated into “thinking too much.” At the Friendship Bench, patients receive individual problem-solving therapy from a specifically trained lay health worker.
Chibanda is passionate about connecting with ordinary people in ways that improve their lives using simple but effective programs that can be carried out by non-specialists or professionals. He likes to think outside the box as he explores ways of helping people with conditions such as depression, PTSD and ADHD.
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