Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Comment nous pouvons offrir un soutien psychologique aux réfugiés
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
voire le seul pédopsychiatre
shorelines and rescue boats
sur les côtes et les bateaux de sauvetage
a mental-health catastrophe
en termes de santé mentale
and it will change our world.
et changera notre monde.
I spend most of my time abroad.
de mon temps à l'étranger.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
sur l'île grecque de Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
dans la Méditerranée,
arrived to the shoreline,
sont arrivés sur la côte
than 1.5 million refugees.
de 1,5 million de réfugiés.
different sufferings and traumas
des souffrances et traumatismes différents
and different countries in Africa.
et de divers pays d'Afrique.
lost their lives.
lost their souls and their mental health
ont perdu leur âme et leur santé mentale
and traumatic experience.
cruelle et traumatisante.
on a crowded rubber boat.
sur un bateau pneumatique bondé.
what's happening to him,
de comprendre ce qui lui arrivait,
of developing a new trauma.
un nouveau traumatisme.
that this was a golden hour,
que c'était l'heure d'or,
in which I could change his story,
je pouvais changer son histoire,
for the rest of his life.
pour le reste de sa vie.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
et dit à sa mère tremblante, en arabe :
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
effrayés et plein de larmes et a dit :
shu hada?"
shu hada ? »
helicopter hovering above us.
de police volant au-dessus de nous.
with big cameras,
and the powerful heroes,
peuvent traverser la mer. »
stopped crying and asked me,
a arrêté de pleurer et m'a demandé :
some guidance to follow.
des conseils à suivre.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
du stress post-traumatique
issues in the future,
de santé mentale à l'avenir,
raise a family and beyond.
élever une famille et plus encore.
that will be stored in the amygdala,
qui seront enregistrés par l'amygdale,
will fight the traumatic ones,
contre les souvenirs traumatiques,
will not just remind him
ne lui rappellera pas seulement
is now a story of bravery.
est maintenant une histoire de courage.
and establish a new narrative.
et établir un nouveau récit.
out of more than 350,000 children
parmi plus de 350 000 enfants
in this crisis alone.
dans cette crise seulement.
thousand children and me.
de la santé mentale
during times of active crisis.
durant les crises.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
« L'équipage de l'humanité ».
organizations in the world
psychosocial aid
une aide psychosociale
mental health interventions
en termes de santé mentale
et les populations déplacées.
with a suitable intervention,
une intervention appropriée,
a psychosocial work plan
en quatre étapes,
on each step of their journey.
à chaque étape de leur parcours.
on the rescue boats,
sur le bateau de sauvetage,
de leur santé mentale.
and through our online clinic
et via notre clinique en ligne
and overcomes languages.
et vient à bout des langues.
helping them integrate.
pour les aider à s'intégrer.
a eu 194 délégations
volunteers and therapists.
et de thérapeutes.
of mental health support
de soutien psychologique
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
pour éviter cette catastrophe
is not just needed for the body,
que des premiers secours
pas seulement pour le corps,
the mind, the soul.
l'esprit, l'âme.
distinguishes us humans from machines
nous humains, des machines
and the delicate soul within us.
plus d'enfants comme Omar.
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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