Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Com podem donar suport a la salut mental dels refugiats
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
psiquiatra infantil
costes i vaixells de rescat
shorelines and rescue boats
d'una catàstrofe de salut mental
a mental-health catastrophe
i que canviarà el nostre món.
and it will change our world.
I spend most of my time abroad.
passo gran part del temps a l'estranger.
a l'illa grega de Lesbos
on the Greek island of Lesbos
del Mediterrani,
in the Mediterranean,
van arribar a la costa,
arrived to the shoreline,
than 1.5 million refugees.
diversos patiments i traumes
different sufferings and traumas
diversos països d'Àfrica
and different countries in Africa.
van perdre la vida.
lost their lives.
van perdre l'ànima i la salut mental
lost their souls and their mental health
and traumatic experience.
i traumàtica experiència.
on a crowded rubber boat.
en un vaixell de goma atapeït de gent.
què li estava passant,
what's happening to him,
of developing a new trauma.
de desenvolupar un nou trauma.
que aquesta era l'hora daurada
that this was a golden hour,
en què podia canviar la seva història,
in which I could change his story,
for the rest of his life.
durant la resta de la seva vida.
i vaig dir a la tremolosa mare, en àrab
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
and take a breath."
ulls plorosos i em va dir:
tearful eyes and said,
shu hada?"
shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
que ens sobrevolava.
amb càmeres grans,
with big cameras,
and the powerful heroes,
els herois grans i poderosos
stopped crying and asked me,
i em va preguntar:
una orientació a seguir.
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
del trastorn d'estrès postraumàtic
en un futur,
issues in the future,
raise a family and beyond.
criar una família i més.
s'emmagatzemen a l'amígdala,
that will be stored in the amygdala,
del cervell humà.
els traumàtics
will fight the traumatic ones,
no només li recordarà
will not just remind him
ara és de valentia.
is now a story of bravery.
i establir una nova narrativa.
and establish a new narrative.
dels més de 350 000 nens
out of more than 350,000 children
in this crisis alone.
només en aquesta crisi.
thousand children and me.
de la salut mental
during times of active crisis.
durant temps de crisi activa.
i els amics vam cofundar "Humanity Crew".
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
d'ajuda del món
organizations in the world
psychosocial aid
ajuda psicosocial
de salut mental
mental health interventions
les poblacions desplaçades.
una intervenció adequada,
with a suitable intervention,
un pla de treball psicosocial
a psychosocial work plan
en cada pas del seu viatge.
on each step of their journey.
on the rescue boats,
en els vaixells de rescat,
and through our online clinic
a través de la nostra clínica en línia
and overcomes languages.
i barreres lingüístiques.
ajudant-los a integrar-se.
helping them integrate.
volunteers and therapists.
qualificats i entrenats.
de suport de salut mental
of mental health support
aquesta catàstrofe de salut mental.
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
is not just needed for the body,
no són només necessaris pel cos,
la ment, l'ànima.
the mind, the soul.
distinguishes us humans from machines
els humans de les màquines
dins nostre.
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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