Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
딕슨 치반다(Dixon Chibanda): 제가 할머니들에게 우울증을 치료하라고 훈련시키는 이유
Dixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy. Full bio
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sits an 82-year-old woman,
82세의 여인이 앉습니다.
as Grandmother Jack.
더 잘 알려져있죠.
an envelope from the clinic nurse.
임상 간호사에게 받은 봉투를 건넵니다.
or so as she reads.
Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,
깊은 심호흡을 한 후
your story with me?"
for the past four years.
Grandmother Jack moves closer,
of killing myself,
당신을 보러 오라고 했어요."
which lasts about 30 minutes.
대화를 나누었습니다.
잭 할머니가 말했습니다,
all the symptoms of kufungisisa."
모든 증상이 보이는 것 같아."
opens up a floodgate of tears.
그녀의 눈물샘을 터뜨렸습니다.
equivalent of depression
globally, today, suffer from depression,
우울증에 시달리고 있다고 합니다.
we call kufungisisa.
쿠풍기시사라고 부르고요.
Organization also tells us
commits suicide
자살을 한다는 것을요.
쿠풍기시사 때문이라고 합니다.
in low- and middle-income countries.
국가에서 발생합니다.
goes as far as to say
between 15 to 29,
연령층을 봤을 때
now is actually suicide.
실제로 자살이라고 합니다.
that lead to depression
더 많은 사건들이 있습니다.
and suicides averted.
자살도 방지할 수 있다는 것입니다.
or psychologists in the world
심리치료사가 세계적으로
countries, for instance,
중간 소득 나라들에서는, 예를 들어
to the population
one and a half million people,
that 90 percent of the people
없다는 것입니다.
of approximately 14 million.
쉽게 설명해보겠습니다.
200 kilometers away
괜찮아 보이지만
neuropsychiatric evaluation."
필요할 것 같습니다."
in the middle of the night
차를 타고 한밤중에 나가서
observations are in place.
관찰을 하고
the antidepressants
that was her name, 26-year-old --
to be released from the ER,
directly to me with her mother,
확립하기로 하였습니다.
take about a week.
걸릴 것이라고 생각했습니다.
from Erica's mother,
어머니한테서 전화가 왔습니다.
to Harare, where I live?
하라레로 오지 않았습니까?
as you're released from the ER,
당신은 나에게 오는 것에
about Erica's death
of my very being.
한 것이 있었습니다.
to come to you,"
버스비가 없다는 것이
of soul-searching,
하기 시작했습니다.
and soul-searching,
이야기를 하고나서
resources we have in Africa
자원들 중 하나는
in search of greener pastures.
환경을 찾아 나서지도 않습니다.
pasture called heaven.
천국이라는 곳을 갈 때 뿐입니다.
training grandmothers
할머니들을 증거에 기초한 이야기 요법으로
하는 것은 어떤지요.
능력을 실어주고
in cognitive behavioral therapy;
기초한 것들이죠.
to provide behavior activation,
기술을 실어주고,
이용해 지원하는 것이죠.
has a mobile phone today.
휴대폰이 있습니다.
in more than 70 communities.
일하고 있습니다.
공동체에 속해있는 할머니에게
in a community in Zimbabwe.
that is done by these grandmothers
할머니들이 해내신 이 일들을
Medical Association.
that six months after receiving treatment
할머니에게 치료를 받고
this was a clinical trial --
이것은 임상 시험이었는데
at treating depression
할머니들의 의사들보다
expanding this program.
노력을 하고 있습니다.
currently aged above 65 in the world.
6억명의 사람들이 있습니다.
aged 65 and above.
15억명이 될 것입니다.
a global network of grandmothers
in evidence-based talk therapy,
네트워크를 상상해보세요.
in communities.
변화를 만들 것입니다.
약물사용의 장애에 관련되어
and substance-use disorders.
사람의 수를 줄일 것입니다.
of Grandmother Jack.
with Grandmother Jack.
벤치에서 6번의 만남을 가졌습니다.
to see her 257th client on the bench.
보는 것을 예상하고 있었습니다.
pasture called heaven.
더 나은 세상으로 갔습니다.
all the other grandmothers --
who are making a difference
that she helped to pioneer
here in the Unites States
도시로 가까이 온 것을 보고
잠들었기를 바랍니다.
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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