Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda: Waarom ik grootmoeders train om depressies te behandelen
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sits an 82-year-old woman,
as Grandmother Jack.
an envelope from the clinic nurse.
een envelop van de buurtverpleegster.
or so as she reads.
Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,
haalt Grootmoeder Jack diep adem,
your story with me?"
for the past four years.
met HIV rondgelopen.
een jaar geleden verlaten.
voor mijn kinderen zorgen'.
Grandmother Jack moves closer,
dichter naar haar toe,
of killing myself,
heeft me naar jou gestuurd'.
which lasts about 30 minutes.
ongeveer 30 minuten.
all the symptoms of kufungisisa."
die wijzen op kufungisisa'.
opens up a floodgate of tears.
beginnen de tranen nog meer te stromen.
equivalent of depression
globally, today, suffer from depression,
oftewel kufungisisa.
we call kufungisisa.
Organization also tells us
commits suicide
in low- and middle-income countries.
in landen met lage en middeninkomens.
goes as far as to say
van 15 tot 29,
between 15 to 29,
now is actually suicide.
doodsoorzaken nu zelfmoord is.
that lead to depression
en soms tot zelfmoord leiden,
and suicides averted.
en zelfmoord is te voorkomen.
or psychologists in the world
psychiaters of psychologen zijn
countries, for instance,
en middeninkomens, bijvoorbeeld,
to the population
psychiaters en de bevolking
one and a half million people,
that 90 percent of the people
dat 90 procent van de mensen
of approximately 14 million.
van ongeveer 14 miljoen mensen.
200 kilometers away
neuropsychiatric evaluation."
neuropsychiatrische diagnose nodig.'
in mijn auto springen
in the middle of the night
observations are in place.
er zelfmoordpreventie is.
the antidepressants
gaan herzien
that was her name, 26-year-old --
26 jaar oud --
to be released from the ER,
samen met haar moeder,
directly to me with her mother,
wat er moet gebeuren.
take about a week.
dat dit een week zou duren.
from Erica's mother,
door Erica's moeder,
zelfmoord gepleegd.
aan de mangoboom
to Harare, where I live?
niet naar Harare, waar ik woon?
as you're released from the ER,
zodra u uit de Eerste Hulp zou komen,
about Erica's death
of my very being.
to come to you,"
om naar Harare te komen",
of soul-searching,
and soul-searching,
en diep nadenken,
vrienden en familie,
resources we have in Africa
die we hier in Afrika hebben
in search of greener pastures.
op zoek naar een beter leven.
pasture called heaven.
het hiernamaals, gaan.
training grandmothers
de grootmoeders niet trainen
in cognitive behavioral therapy;
in cognitieve gedragstherapie;
to provide behavior activation,
has a mobile phone today.
heeft een mobiele telefoon.
in more than 70 communities.
70 gemeenschappen werken.
in a community in Zimbabwe.
in een gemeenschap in Zimbabwe.
that is done by these grandmothers
dat gedaan wordt door die grootmoeders,
Medical Association.
Medical Association'.
that six months after receiving treatment
this was a clinical trial --
dit was een klinische studie --
at treating depression
in het behandelen van depressie
dit programma uit te breiden.
expanding this program.
currently aged above 65 in the world.
van boven de 65 in de wereld.
aged 65 and above.
tot 1,5 miljard mensen.
a global network of grandmothers
van grootmoeders konden creëren
evidence-based gesprekstherapie,
in evidence-based talk therapy,
in communities.
and substance-use disorders.
afwijkingen en verslaving.
of Grandmother Jack.
with Grandmother Jack.
met Grootmoeder Jack.
to see her 257th client on the bench.
zou ze haar 257ste cliënt zien.
het hiernamaals.
pasture called heaven.
all the other grandmothers --
who are making a difference
van duizenden mensen.
that she helped to pioneer
iets waaraan zij meehielp te pionieren
here in the Unites States
hier in de Verenigde Staten
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dixon Chibanda - PsychiatristDixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy.
Why you should listen
Dixon Chibanda is the director of the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI). He's based in Zimbabwe, where he works on the Friendship Bench program, a cognitive behavioral therapy–based approach to kufungisisa, the local term for depression, literally translated into “thinking too much.” At the Friendship Bench, patients receive individual problem-solving therapy from a specifically trained lay health worker.
Chibanda is passionate about connecting with ordinary people in ways that improve their lives using simple but effective programs that can be carried out by non-specialists or professionals. He likes to think outside the box as he explores ways of helping people with conditions such as depression, PTSD and ADHD.
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