Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Come possiamo fornire supporto psicologico ai rifugiati
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
se non il solo, psichiatra infantile
sulle coste e sulle navi da soccorso
shorelines and rescue boats
a una catastrofe psicologica
a mental-health catastrophe
and it will change our world.
e cambierà il nostro mondo.
I spend most of my time abroad.
ma passo molto tempo all'estero.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
nell'isola greca di Lesbo
in the Mediterranean,
nel Mediterraneo,
sono arrivate sulle coste,
arrived to the shoreline,
than 1.5 million refugees.
different sufferings and traumas
e sofferenze differenti
e diverse parti dell'Africa.
and different countries in Africa.
hanno perso la vita.
lost their lives.
hanno perso l'anima e la sanità mentale
lost their souls and their mental health
crudele e drammatica.
and traumatic experience.
on a crowded rubber boat.
in un'affollata barca di gomma.
what's happening to him,
non capiva cosa gli stava succedendo,
di sviluppare un nuovo trauma.
of developing a new trauma.
that this was a golden hour,
che quella era l'ora d'oro,
in cui cambiare la sua storia,
in which I could change his story,
per il resto della sua vita.
for the rest of his life.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
e le dissi in arabo
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
e pieni di lacrime, e disse
shu hada?"
shu hada?"
che girava sopra di noi.
helicopter hovering above us.
with big cameras,
con grandi fotocamere,
più grandi e potenti,
and the powerful heroes,
possono attraversare il mare."
stopped crying and asked me,
smise di piangere e chiese
delle istruzioni da seguire.
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
di un disturbo da stress post-traumatico
di salute mentale in futuro,
issues in the future,
raise a family and beyond.
crescere una famiglia, e molto di più.
che vengono immagazzinati nell'amigdala,
that will be stored in the amygdala,
combatteranno quelli traumatici,
will fight the traumatic ones,
will not just remind him
non ricorderà più
dalla Siria.
adesso è una storia di coraggio.
is now a story of bravery.
e stabilire un nuovo racconto.
and establish a new narrative.
out of more than 350,000 children
degli oltre 350.000 bambini
solo in questa crisi.
in this crisis alone.
thousand children and me.
che gli psicologi professionisti
in questi momenti di crisi.
during times of active crisis.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
abbiamo fondato Humanity Crew.
di aiuto al mondo
organizations in the world
psychosocial aid
aiuto psicologico
di primo soccorso
mental health interventions
with a suitable intervention,
un piano di lavoro psicosociale
a psychosocial work plan
in ogni passo del loro percorso.
on each step of their journey.
on the rescue boats,
nelle navi da soccorso,
and through our online clinic
e tramite la nostra clinica online
e supera le barriere linguistiche.
and overcomes languages.
helping them integrate.
aiutandoli a integrarsi.
e addestrati.
volunteers and therapists.
of mental health support
di supporto psicologico
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
questa catastrofe psicologica.
is not just needed for the body,
non interessa solo il corpo,
l'anima.
the mind, the soul.
per tutta la vita.
distinguishes us humans from machines
che ci distinguiamo dalle macchine
and the delicate soul within us.
dentro di noi.
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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