Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Cómo podemos brindar apoyo de salud mental a los refugiados
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
psiquiatra infantil
shorelines and rescue boats
en costas y en botes de rescate
a mental-health catastrophe
una catástrofe de salud mental
and it will change our world.
y cambiará nuestro mundo.
I spend most of my time abroad.
parte del tiempo en el extranjero.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
en la isla griega de Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
en el Mediterráneo,
arrived to the shoreline,
llegaron a la costa,
than 1.5 million refugees.
1,5 millones de refugiados.
different sufferings and traumas
sufrimientos y traumas
and different countries in Africa.
y diferentes países de África.
lost their lives.
lost their souls and their mental health
sus almas y su salud mental
and traumatic experience.
cruel y traumática.
on a crowded rubber boat.
en un bote de goma lleno de gente.
what's happening to him,
lo que le sucedía,
of developing a new trauma.
un nuevo trauma.
that this was a golden hour,
esta era una hora de oro,
in which I could change his story,
el que podía cambiar su historia,
for the rest of his life.
el resto de su vida.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
a su temblorosa madre, en árabe:
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
con ojos llorosos y dijo:
shu hada?"
(en árabe) "shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
policía que sobrevolaba nuestras cabezas.
with big cameras,
con cámaras grandes,
and the powerful heroes,
grandes y poderosos,
stopped crying and asked me,
y me preguntó:
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
trastorno de estrés postraumático
issues in the future,
de salud mental futuros,
para obtener una educación,
raise a family and beyond.
criar una familia y demás.
que se almacenarán en la amígdala,
that will be stored in the amygdala,
del cerebro humano.
will fight the traumatic ones,
a los recuerdos traumáticos,
will not just remind him
no solo le recordará
is now a story of bravery.
ahora es una historia de valentía.
and establish a new narrative.
y establecer una nueva narrativa.
out of more than 350,000 children
de más de 350 000 niños
in this crisis alone.
en esta crisis solamente.
thousand children and me.
during times of active crisis.
durante tiempos de crisis activa.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
cofundamos "Humanity Crew".
organizations in the world
de ayuda en el mundo
psychosocial aid
mental health interventions
with a suitable intervention,
un plan de trabajo psicosocial
a psychosocial work plan
on each step of their journey.
en cada paso de su viaje.
on the rescue boats,
en los botes de rescate,
and through our online clinic
que rompe fronteras y supera los idiomas.
and overcomes languages.
helping them integrate.
ayudándoles a integrarse.
volunteers and therapists.
cualificados y entrenados.
of mental health support
de apoyo de salud mental
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
esta catástrofe de salud mental.
is not just needed for the body,
necesita primeros auxilios,
the mind, the soul.
la mente y el alma.
distinguishes us humans from machines
a los humanos de las máquinas
and the delicate soul within us.
que tenemos dentro.
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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