Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees
埃沙姆.道: 我们如何为难民提供心理健康援助
Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations. Full bio
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child psychiatrist
shorelines and rescue boats
a mental-health catastrophe
and it will change our world.
I spend most of my time abroad.
on the Greek island of Lesbos
in the Mediterranean,
arrived to the shoreline,
than 1.5 million refugees.
different sufferings and traumas
and different countries in Africa.
lost their lives.
lost their souls and their mental health
and traumatic experience.
on a crowded rubber boat.
what's happening to him,
of developing a new trauma.
that this was a golden hour,
in which I could change his story,
for the rest of his life.
and said to his shaking mother in Arabic,
and take a breath."
tearful eyes and said,
shu hada?"
shu hada?"
helicopter hovering above us.
with big cameras,
and the powerful heroes,
stopped crying and asked me,
some guidance to follow.
of post-traumatic stress disorder
issues in the future,
raise a family and beyond.
that will be stored in the amygdala,
will fight the traumatic ones,
will not just remind him
is now a story of bravery.
and establish a new narrative.
out of more than 350,000 children
in this crisis alone.
thousand children and me.
during times of active crisis.
co-founded "Humanity Crew."
共同创立“人性救护队”的原因。
organizations in the world
psychosocial aid
mental health interventions
with a suitable intervention,
a psychosocial work plan
on each step of their journey.
on the rescue boats,
and through our online clinic
and overcomes languages.
helping them integrate.
volunteers and therapists.
of mental health support
to prevent this mental health catastrophe.
is not just needed for the body,
the mind, the soul.
distinguishes us humans from machines
and the delicate soul within us.
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.
Essam Daod | Speaker | TED.com