Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda: De ce instruiesc bunicile să trateze depresia
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de august în Harare,
sits an 82-year-old woman,
as Grandmother Jack.
an envelope from the clinic nurse.
un plic de la asistenta medicală.
or so as she reads.
în timp ce ea citește.
Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,
bunica Jack trage o gură de aer,
your story with me?"
for the past four years.
Grandmother Jack moves closer,
se mută mai aproape.
of killing myself,
which lasts about 30 minutes.
vreo 30 de minute.
all the symptoms of kufungisisa."
caracteristice de kufungisisa”.
opens up a floodgate of tears.
a stârnit şiroaie de lacrimi.
equivalent of depression
pentru depresie
globally, today, suffer from depression,
de oameni suferă de depresie în lume,
we call kufungisisa.
se numește kufungisisa.
Organization also tells us
ne spune de asemenea
commits suicide
sau kufungisisa.
in low- and middle-income countries.
au loc în țări cu venit mic sau mediu.
goes as far as to say
spune chiar
between 15 to 29,
la grupul de vârstă de 15-29 de ani,
now is actually suicide.
este de fapt sinuciderea.
that lead to depression
care duc la depresie
and suicides averted.
și sinuciderea evitată.
or psychologists in the world
suficienți psihiatri sau psihologi în lume
countries, for instance,
sau medii, de exemplu,
to the population
one and a half million people,
1 milion și jumătate de oameni,
that 90 percent of the people
că 90% din oamenii
de sănătate mintală
of approximately 14 million.
de la camera de urgențe,
200 kilometers away
neuropsychiatric evaluation."
de evaluare neuropsihologică.”
in the middle of the night
în mașină în toiul nopții
observations are in place.
de sinucidere sunt implementate.
the antidepressants
să trecem în revistă anti-depresivele
that was her name, 26-year-old --
era numele ei, 26 de ani —
to be released from the ER,
să fie externată
directly to me with her mother,
împreuna cu mama ei,
take about a week.
cam o săptămână.
from Erica's mother,
de la mama Ericăi,
to Harare, where I live?
unde locuiesc eu?
as you're released from the ER,
ce va fi externată,
pentru biletul de autobuz
un eveniment neobișnuit
about Erica's death
of my very being.
to come to you,"
ca să venim la tine”,
of soul-searching,
adevărata mea misiune
and soul-searching,
prietenii și cu familia,
resources we have in Africa
resurse pe care le avem în Africa
în fiecare comunitate.
in search of greener pastures.
în căutarea unor pășuni mai verzi.
pasture called heaven.
numită „Rai”.
training grandmothers
ce-ar fi dacă am pregăti bunici
bazată pe dovezi,
in cognitive behavioral therapy;
în terapia cognitiv comportamentală.
to provide behavior activation,
activare comportamentală,
tehnologiei digitale.
has a mobile phone today.
are un telefon mobil azi.
in more than 70 communities.
au beneficiat de tratament
in a community in Zimbabwe.
într-o comunitate în Zimbabwe.
that is done by these grandmothers
făcută de acele bunici
Medical Association.
that six months after receiving treatment
după primirea tratamentului
this was a clinical trial --
acesta a fost un studiu clinic -
at treating depression
în tratarea depresiilor
expanding this program.
extinderea acestui program.
currently aged above 65 in the world.
de oameni peste 65 de ani în lume.
aged 65 and above.
cu vârsta de 65 de ani și peste.
a global network of grandmothers
o rețea globală de bunici
in evidence-based talk therapy,
conversațională bazată pe dovezi,
in communities.
and substance-use disorders.
și legate de consumul de substanțe
of Grandmother Jack.
with Grandmother Jack.
pe bancă cu bunica Jack.
to see her 257th client on the bench.
așteptată de cel de-al 257-lea pacient.
pasture called heaven.
numit Rai.
all the other grandmothers --
who are making a difference
that she helped to pioneer
a ajutat în fază incipientă
here in the Unites States
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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