Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Wie Flüchtlinge psychische Unterstützung bekommen
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
wenn nicht der einzige, Kinderpsychiater
Küsten und Rettungsbooten
shorelines and rescue boats
dem Mittelmeer gearbeitet.
a mental-health catastrophe
Katastrophe sind,
and it will change our world.
und unsere Welt verändern wird.
I spend most of my time abroad.
verbringe ich die meiste Zeit im Ausland.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
auf der griechischen Insel Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
arrived to the shoreline,
Flüchtlingsbooten die Küste,
than 1.5 million refugees.
1,5 Millionen Flüchtlingen.
different sufferings and traumas
verschiedene Leiden und Traumata
and different countries in Africa.
unterschiedlichen afrikanischen Ländern.
lost their lives.
12.000 Flüchtlinge ihr Leben.
lost their souls and their mental health
und ihre psychische Gesundheit,
and traumatic experience.
traumatische Erfahrung, verloren.
Flüchtlingsjunge,
on a crowded rubber boat.
überfüllten Schlauchboot ankam.
zu verstehen, was mit ihm geschieht,
what's happening to him,
of developing a new trauma.
ein neues Trauma zu entwickeln.
that this was a golden hour,
dass dies eine goldene Stunde war,
in which I could change his story,
seine Geschichte verändern konnte.
for the rest of his life.
Lebens erzählen würde.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
und sagte zu seiner zitternden Mutter:
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
tränenden Augen an und sagte:
shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
über uns zeigte.
with big cameras,
Kameras Fotos von dir,
and the powerful heroes,
stopped crying and asked me,
hörte auf zu weinen und fragte mich:
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
Belastungsstörungen
issues in the future,
Erkrankungen in der Zukunft,
unterrichtet zu werden,
raise a family and beyond.
zu gründen und mehr.
die in der Amygdala,
that will be stored in the amygdala,
gespeichert werden.
will fight the traumatic ones,
die traumatischen,
reaktiviert werden.
nicht nur an seine traumatische Reise
will not just remind him
is now a story of bravery.
nun eine Geschichte über Mut.
and establish a new narrative.
Geschichte umgedeutet werden kann.
out of more than 350,000 children
eines von mehr als 350.000 Kindern
in this crisis alone.
Betreuung in dieser Krise.
thousand children and me.
during times of active crisis.
während aktiver Krisen begleiten.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
die "Humanity Crew" gegründet.
Hilfsorganisationen weltweit,
organizations in the world
von psychosozialer Hilfe
psychosocial aid
mental health interventions
psychischen Verletzungen
Bevölkerungsgruppen.
with a suitable intervention,
entwickelten wir den Vier-Schritte-Ansatz,
a psychosocial work plan
Flüchtlingen über Ihre ganze Reise folgt.
on each step of their journey.
on the rescue boats,
auf den Rettungsbooten,
and through our online clinic
und über unsere Online-Klinik,
and overcomes languages.
Sprachbarrieren überwindet.
helping them integrate.
wo Hilfe zur Integration geleistet wird.
volunteers and therapists.
Freiwilligen und Therapeuten.
of mental health support
psychiatrischer Hilfe geleistet,
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
seelische Katastrophe zu vermeiden.
is not just needed for the body,
nicht nur für den Körper notwendig ist,
the mind, the soul.
die Seele sind kaum sichtbar,
Schaden anrichten.
distinguishes us humans from machines
Menschen von Maschinen unterscheidet.
and the delicate soul within us.
und zarte Seele in uns.
um weitere Omars zu retten.
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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