Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda: Depresyon tedavisi için niçin büyükanneleri eğitiyorum
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,
olgun bir kadın var,
as Grandmother Jack.
olarak tanıyor.
an envelope from the clinic nurse.
hastaneden aldığı zarfı uzatıyor.
ona oturmasını söylüyor
or so as she reads.
3 dakika kadar bir sessizlik oluyor.
Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,
Büyükanne derin bir nefes alıyor,
your story with me?"
for the past four years.
Grandmother Jack moves closer,
ona doğru yaklaştı,
of killing myself,
which lasts about 30 minutes.
all the symptoms of kufungisisa."
opens up a floodgate of tears.
gözyaşı seline bir kapı açıyor.
equivalent of depression
ülkemde depresyon demenin
globally, today, suffer from depression,
depresyon hastası
we call kufungisisa.
Organization also tells us
commits suicide
intihar ediyor
in low- and middle-income countries.
ve orta gelirli ülkelerde gerçekleşiyor.
goes as far as to say
between 15 to 29,
now is actually suicide.
that lead to depression
bazı durumlarda da intihara giden
and suicides averted.
ve intihar önlenebilir.
or psychologists in the world
yeterli sayıda
countries, for instance,
to the population
one and a half million people,
that 90 percent of the people
akıl sağlığı hizmetine gerek duyan
of approximately 14 million.
200 kilometers away
neuropsychiatric evaluation."
gereksinimleri var.''
in the middle of the night
observations are in place.
the antidepressants
antidepresanları
that was her name, 26-year-old --
to be released from the ER,
annesiyle birlikte
directly to me with her mother,
gerektiği kanısındaydık,
take about a week.
from Erica's mother,
telefon aldım,
to Harare, where I live?
Harare'ye neden gelmediniz?
as you're released from the ER,
bana geleceğinize dair
about Erica's death
of my very being.
to come to you,"
otobüs paramız yoktu,''
of soul-searching,
and soul-searching,
aile ve arkadaşlarımla konuşarak
resources we have in Africa
en güvenilir kaynaklardan biri
in search of greener pastures.
topluluklarını terk etmiyorlar.
pasture called heaven.
daha iyi koşullara gittikleri zaman.
training grandmothers
konuşma terapisi konusunda
in cognitive behavioral therapy;
var olan konular:
to provide behavior activation,
yetenekler kazandırmak,
onları desteklemek.
has a mobile phone today.
cep telefonu var.
in more than 70 communities.
in a community in Zimbabwe.
büyükanneden yardım aldı.
that is done by these grandmothers
Medical Association.
bu işi yayınladık.
that six months after receiving treatment
bir büyükanneden tedavi aldıktan
this was a clinical trial --
klinik bir denemenin sonucuydu.
at treating depression
expanding this program.
currently aged above 65 in the world.
600 milyon insan var.
aged 65 and above.
1,5 milyar olacak.
a global network of grandmothers
in evidence-based talk therapy,
konusunda eğitimli olsa,
in communities.
and substance-use disorders.
tedavi açığını daraltırlar.
of Grandmother Jack.
with Grandmother Jack.
bankta 6 seans yaptı.
to see her 257th client on the bench.
257. hastasını görmesini bekliyorduk.
pasture called heaven.
daha iyi koşullara gitmişti.
all the other grandmothers --
tezahürat yapıyor,
who are making a difference
that she helped to pioneer
yayıldığını gördüğü için
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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