Comments on: 8. Mental Health Services # 1 http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: alison http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-20 alison Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:29:37 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-20 ...given your brief incumbency as a psychiatrist, could you possibly comment on whether there is anything 'odd, weird or idosyncratic' about faithfully following 'farchana nights' and living vicariously through the writer's experiences?...and what of waking up in the middle of the night with images of hot and dusty foreign lands where a cup of tea costs thousands (the expensive, retro-active consequence of cavities when one returns home from sipping complimentary servings of liquified sugar)!? yep!- this box is too small. stay safe in abeche! (inthewondertime@gmail.com) …given your brief incumbency as a psychiatrist, could you possibly comment on whether there is anything ‘odd, weird or idosyncratic’ about faithfully following ‘farchana nights’ and living vicariously through the writer’s experiences?…and what of waking up in the middle of the night with images of hot and dusty foreign lands where a cup of tea costs thousands (the expensive, retro-active consequence of cavities when one returns home from sipping complimentary servings of liquified sugar)!?

yep!- this box is too small. stay safe in abeche! (inthewondertime@gmail.com)

]]> By: laurie http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-19 laurie Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:22:03 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-19 Hi Steven I follow your blog every few days and am immensely proud of you and your committment to these people. You have always had a caring way. The visuals and the explanations together make such vivd pictures. We have little or no concept of their lives and often the nothingness/attrocities they live with. I will follow your journey and wishyou all the best of safety Laurie M Hi Steven

I follow your blog every few days and am immensely proud of you and your committment to these people. You have always had a caring way. The visuals and the explanations together make such vivd pictures. We have little or no concept of their lives and often the nothingness/attrocities they live with. I will follow your journey and wishyou all the best of safety
Laurie M

]]> By: Jess http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jess Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:26:24 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-15 Hi, I'm just your average Canadian girl, back here at home admiring what you do. I wanna finish up a B.A. in International Development and then do Midwifery. Just wanted to let you know you are doing amazing things- as if you didn't know- and that we back home are so proud and supportive of people like you. Keeping doing and amazing job and captivating me with your stories! Hi,

I’m just your average Canadian girl, back here at home admiring what you do. I wanna finish up a B.A. in International Development and then do Midwifery. Just wanted to let you know you are doing amazing things- as if you didn’t know- and that we back home are so proud and supportive of people like you. Keeping doing and amazing job and captivating me with your stories!

]]> By: Hiba http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Hiba Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:44:25 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-16 Actually, I unearthed my native Arabic and remembered that Hakkama means judge, court or arbitrer, Hakkaam means judgment, Hakim=ruler and Hakeem=doctor. Reading on associative transformations and distortions in schizophrenia and thought the phonetic links are also symbolically linked in this particular case. Actually, I unearthed my native Arabic and remembered that Hakkama means judge, court or arbitrer, Hakkaam means judgment, Hakim=ruler and Hakeem=doctor. Reading on associative transformations and distortions in schizophrenia and thought the phonetic links are also symbolically linked in this particular case.

]]> By: Hiba http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Hiba Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:37:27 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-17 PTSD, couples counseling, condoms & sex ed, itinerant rights, kids who carry the symptoms of social malaise, ethnocide...hmmm, where to begin? Of the 8 enumerated, only #7 seems to call for medications that may or may not be helpful (or available). Tell us more about "shame", what the symptoms and varieties are. Most of the issues present themselves as group-based approaches, being social in origin. #1 seems out of your healing reach...unless you fenagle a Sudanese woman who qualifies to create Hakkama: songs to praise or damn individuals - specifically men- during times of conflict. PTSD, couples counseling, condoms & sex ed, itinerant rights, kids who carry the symptoms of social malaise, ethnocide…hmmm, where to begin? Of the 8 enumerated, only #7 seems to call for medications that may or may not be helpful (or available). Tell us more about “shame”, what the symptoms and varieties are. Most of the issues present themselves as group-based approaches, being social in origin. #1 seems out of your healing reach…unless you fenagle a Sudanese woman who qualifies to create Hakkama: songs to praise or damn individuals – specifically men- during times of conflict.

]]> By: Zina from NYC http://blogs.msf.org/StevenC/2008/02/06/9/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Zina from NYC Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:49:59 +0000 http://blogs.msf.org/b/?p=9#comment-18 Hi Steven, i'm finishing up medical school in NY and have spent some time doing medical work abroad, though I can't say I've ever found myself in the middle of a war zone! What new perspectives/tools do you think you'll be able to offer to your patients at Farchana? Do you think that being an "outsider" gives you a different perspective on things? I'm looking forward to working with MSF as a medical doctor, and that's challenging enough, but providing mental health in that situation seems to be an entirely different ballgame. Hi Steven, i’m finishing up medical school in NY and have spent some time doing medical work abroad, though I can’t say I’ve ever found myself in the middle of a war zone! What new perspectives/tools do you think you’ll be able to offer to your patients at Farchana? Do you think that being an “outsider” gives you a different perspective on things? I’m looking forward to working with MSF as a medical doctor, and that’s challenging enough, but providing mental health in that situation seems to be an entirely different ballgame.

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