Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
Essam Daod: Jak wspierać uchodźców w zakresie zdrowia psychicznego
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
psychologiem dziecięcym
shorelines and rescue boats
na lądzie i łodziach ratowniczych
a mental-health catastrophe
katastrofy zdrowia psychicznego,
and it will change our world.
z nas i odmieni świat, w którym żyjemy.
I spend most of my time abroad.
spędzam większość czasu za granicą.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
na Morzu Śródziemnym,
arrived to the shoreline,
przybiło do brzegu.
than 1.5 million refugees.
ponad 1,5 miliona uchodźców.
different sufferings and traumas
różnorakie cierpienia i traumy:
and different countries in Africa.
i wielu afrykańskich krajów.
lost their lives.
uchodźców straciło życie,
lost their souls and their mental health
swoje zdrowie psychiczne,
i traumatyczne doświadczenie.
and traumatic experience.
on a crowded rubber boat.
Lesbos na zatłoczonym pontonie.
what's happening to him,
nie wiedział, co się dzieje.
of developing a new trauma.
that this was a golden hour,
in which I could change his story,
mogę zmienić jego historię.
for the rest of his life.
do końca swoich dni.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
do jego roztrzęsionej matki po arabsku:
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
zapłakanymi oczami i powiedział:
shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
unoszący się nad nami.
cię wielkimi aparatami,
with big cameras,
and the powerful heroes,
stopped crying and asked me,
przestał płakać i zapytał:
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
zespołu stresu pourazowego
issues in the future,
psychicznym w przyszłości
raise a family and beyond.
założenie rodziny i tak dalej.
czyli pamięć emocjonalną mózgu,
that will be stored in the amygdala,
will fight the traumatic ones,
will not just remind him
przypominał Omarowi
is now a story of bravery.
jest teraz historią o odwadze.
and establish a new narrative.
w zupełnie inny scenariusz.
out of more than 350,000 children
z ponad 350 000 dzieci,
in this crisis alone.
bez właściwego wsparcia psychologicznego.
thousand children and me.
during times of active crisis.
w czasie tego wielkiego kryzysu.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
i kolegami założyliśmy "Humanity Crew".
organizations in the world
pomocy psychospołecznej
psychosocial aid
mental health interventions
kontaktu psychologicznego
with a suitable intervention,
a psychosocial work plan
psychospołeczny plan działania,
on each step of their journey.
na każdym kroku ich drogi.
on the rescue boats,
na łodziach ratowniczych,
and through our online clinic
i dzięki naszej klinice online,
and overcomes languages.
helping them integrate.
pomagając im w integracji.
wolontariuszy i terapeutów.
volunteers and therapists.
of mental health support
wsparcia zdrowia psychicznego
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
tej katastrofie zdrowia psychicznego.
is not just needed for the body,
pomoc nie dotyczy tylko ciała,
the mind, the soul.
distinguishes us humans from machines
co odróżnia nas, ludzi, od maszyn
and the delicate soul within us.
by ocalić więcej Omarów.
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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