Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
عصام داود: كيف يمكننا تقديم الدعم الصحي النفسي للاجئين
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
بالطب النفسي للأطفال، إن لم أكن الوحيد،
shorelines and rescue boats
والشواطئ وقوارب الإنقاذ
a mental-health catastrophe
and it will change our world.
I spend most of my time abroad.
أقضي معظم وقتي في الخارج.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
في البحر الأبيض المتوسط،
arrived to the shoreline,
than 1.5 million refugees.
different sufferings and traumas
and different countries in Africa.
وبلدان مختلفة من أفريقيا.
lost their lives.
lost their souls and their mental health
and traumatic experience.
on a crowded rubber boat.
على متن قارب مطاطي مكتظ.
what's happening to him,
ما كان يحصل له،
of developing a new trauma.
that this was a golden hour,
in which I could change his story,
يمكنني خلالها تغيير قصته،
for the rest of his life.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
باللغة العربية:
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
with big cameras,
and the powerful heroes,
هم فقط من يستطيعون عبور البحر."
stopped crying and asked me,
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
issues in the future,
raise a family and beyond.
that will be stored in the amygdala,
التي ستخزَّن في اللوزة الدماغية،
will fight the traumatic ones,
الناتجة عن الصدمات،
will not just remind him
is now a story of bravery.
هذه القصة هي الآن قصة شَجَاعة.
and establish a new narrative.
وبناء رواية جديدة.
out of more than 350,000 children
أكثر من 350000 طفل
in this crisis alone.
في هذه الأزمة وحدها.
thousand children and me.
during times of active crisis.
خلال الأوقات الفعلية للأزمات
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
"هيومانتي كرو"،
organizations in the world
psychosocial aid
المساعدات النفسية الاجتماعية
mental health interventions
with a suitable intervention,
a psychosocial work plan
خطة حرب نفسية اجتماعية
on each step of their journey.
on the rescue boats,
and through our online clinic
وعبر خط تواصل عيادتنا،
and overcomes languages.
ويتغلب على العوائق اللغوية.
helping them integrate.
على الاندماج.
volunteers and therapists.
المؤهَّلين والمدرَّبين.
of mental health support
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
لوقف هذه الأزمة الصحية النفسية.
is not just needed for the body,
ليست مهمة للجسد فحسب،
the mind, the soul.
distinguishes us humans from machines
عن الآلات
and the delicate soul within us.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Essam Daod - Mental health specialistEssam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations.
Why you should listen
In 2015, child psychiatrist Essam Daod was a volunteer doctor on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he witnessed the unspeakable suffering and trauma of thousands of refugees arriving from the Middle East, Asia and Africa. “I left the island wondering how these people can handle all this loss and trauma without any kind of psychosocial support,” he remembers. So, Daod founded the humanitarian aid agency Humanity Crew in 2015 with his wife Maria Jammal to provide such support. With an operating base in Greece, Humanity Crew recruits, trains and deploys mental health professionals and qualified volunteers to deliver psychosocial services to refugees and displaced populations in an effort to improve refugee well-being and prevent further psychological trauma. Leading research in the field of refugee mental health, Humanity Crew ultimately hopes to raise the profile of mental health care as a fundamental aspect of emergency humanitarian crisis response.
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