TSIG Webinar: Narrative Transcultural Psychiatry and Intergenerational Land-based Trauma
Webinar
| Timings | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
| Location | Online |
| CPD | Up to one hour subject to peer approval |
| Non-member fee | £31.80 |
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| Consultant fee | £21.20 |
| Higher Trainee fee | £15.90 |
| SAS Doctor fee | £15.90 |
| Core Trainee fee | £10.60 |
| Student/Foundation Doctor fee | £10.60 |
| Subsidised fee | £10.60 |
Event Information
Overview
In this webinar, Dr Ayesha Ahmad will introduce the phenomenon of Solastalgia, a developing field of global health, defined as the emotional or existential distress caused by environmental change and land-rights issues: or, “the feeling of homesickness while you are still at home”.
Dr Ahmad will discuss different meanings of displacement, physical, psychological, as well as ancestral and intergenerational temporalities to contextualise land-based trauma in land-dependent and Indigenous communities.
Land Body Ecologies is an interdisciplinary network of artists, activists, mental health researchers, human rights activists, and expert communities from the United Kingdom, Thailand, Uganda, Kenya, India, and the Arctic Circle.
Narrative-based trauma expressions will be analysed from a transcultural psychiatry perspective to explore the role of traditional storytelling for mental well-being and healing. Dr Ahmad will conclude by illustrating the need for psychiatrists to be aware of land-based trauma in diaspora and refugee populations in the United Kingdom.
Speaker biography
Dr Ayesha Ahmad is a Reader in Global Health Humanities at St. George’s University of London. She holds a PhD in Medical Ethics and specialises in refugee mental healthcare, war trauma, and developing trauma therapeutic interventions using traditional storytelling in countries such as Afghanistan and South Africa. She is a member of Land Body Ecologies funded by the Wellcome Trust and on the Executive Committee of the Transcultural Psychiatry Special Interest Group with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Event Format
This webinar will be hosted on Zoom.
There will be a 5 minute introduction from the Chair, a 35 minute talk from Dr Ahmad, and 20 minutes for Q&A and discussion.
Recordings
The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be shared with attendees who have purchased a ticket for the webinar. Recordings are available to view for three months after the event.