V Di Nicola. Review of A Manifesto: Healing a Violent World, RF Mollica, et al. Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review, Autumn 2020, 1(3): 6-7.
his beautifully crafted volume, published in 2018, announces a manifesto for healing a violent world. It is in fact, not one but three manifestos – “Healing a Violent World,” “Healing the Healer,” and “Healing Power of Justice.” Each one is followed by a poem by Marjorie Agosin, ably translated from the Spanish by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman. The heart of the matter is these three manifestos which create a humanistic tapestry, compassionately stated, and deeply informed by the science and art of psychiatric medicine, while the tapestry is embroidered with original artwork by Nisha Sajnani and framed by the richly allusive poetry of Marjorie Agosin with a lovely Afterword.
Mollica touches on the themes that have animated his career: the trauma story and the wounded healer which were the core of his previous volumes, Healing Invisible Wounds (2006) and Textbook of Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery (2012). Each manifesto is rich and nuanced and carries a core message. “Manifesto I” recognizes the trauma around us and the need to heal a violent world. Key notions include the trauma story, the wounded healer, and the need for personal healing or self-care. This Manifesto’s most stirring phrase in my reading is: “Except in beauty, there is no healing. Beauty is the salve and ointment that creates our healing space and healing relationships.” (P.5). “Manifesto II” asserts hope to deal with the enormity of the world’s crises. The key words here are hope and empathy, along with gratitude to the wounded healer. It’s deepest affirmation is this: “Empathy is a biological miracle uniting all living creatures and the planet earth itself.” (P. 14). Manifesto III embraces the healing power of justice. The key here is the foundation of justice in beauty: “Justice is beautiful as it creates harmony and symmetry in the world that resonates with all animals, plants, and people. Injustice is ugly ...” (P. 28). The accompanying essays enrich Mollica’s core message of beauty and caring for others in the healing context of relationships.
This is a volume to read slowly, aloud if possible, inspired as it is by poetry and sacred texts; a volume that instructs as it heals; a volume to cherish. It sums up the masterful life and career of a healer, synthesizing the compassionate mission of psychiatric medicine with a paean to justice and beauty. It should not surprise that Mollica has a Master’s degree in Religious Arts from Yale. With its humanistic message and call for healing, Mollica’s Manifesto joins the corpus of devotional literature resonant with Teresa d’Ávila’s The Interior Castle and Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises.
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COVID-19 Focus of Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review
1. Eliot Sorel, MD
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board
MansoorMalik,MDMBA
Senior Editor
GlobalMentalHealth&PsychiatryReview,Vol.1No.3,Autumn2020
ZONAL EDITORS:
AFRICA:
Prof. David M. Ndetei, Kenya
Prof Bonginkosi Chiliza, South Africa
Victoria Mutiso, PhD, Kenya
ASIA/PACIFIC:
Prof. Yueqin Huang, China
Prof. Roy Kallivayalil, India
THE AMERICAS:
Prof. Fernando Lolas, Chile
Prof. Vincenzo Di Nicola, Canada
EUROPE:
Prof. Gabriel Ivbijaro, United Kingdom
Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa, Portugal
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Miguel Alampay, MD
John Chaves, MD
Kyle Gray, MD, MA
Madeline Teisberg, DO, MS
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2. Eliot Sorel, MD
Founding Editor-in-Chief
MansoorMalik,MDMBA
Senior Editor
GlobalMentalHealth&PsychiatryReview,Vol.1No.3,Autumn2020
Volume 1, No. 3
Autumn 2020
Eliot Sorel, MD, Founding Editor-in-Chief
ZONAL EDITORS:
AFRICA:
Prof. David M. Ndetei, Kenya
Prof Bonginkosi Chiliza, South Africa
Victoria Mutiso, PhD, Kenya
ASIA/PACIFIC:
Prof. Yueqin Huang, China
Prof. Roy Kallivayalil, India
THE AMERICAS:
Prof. Fernando Lolas, Chile
Prof. Vincenzo Di Nicola, Canada
EUROPE:
Prof. Gabriel Ivbijaro, United Kingdom
Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa, Portugal
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Miguel Alampay, MD
John Chaves, MD
Kyle Gray, MD, MA
Madeline Teisberg, DO, MS
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Welcome to the Autumn 2020 issue of Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review…!
We are very pleased to welcome cordially to our Review’s Editorial Board two new Africa Zon-
al Editors, Professor Bonginkosi Chilliza of South Africa and Victoria Mutiso, PhD of Kenya,
enhancing the quality, depth, and diversity of our team. We are also delighted to start a Book
Review Section led by Professor Vincenzo Di Nicola, one of our Zonal Editors.
As CVD-19 erupted in Wuhan, China in the autumn of 2019 and quickly engulfed the world,
infecting more than 26 million people, nearly 19 million have recovered and causing nearly
900,000deathsasofSeptember4th,withnopandemicendinsight,wehavedecidedtodedicate
this consecutive GMHPR issue to a CVD-19 focus and its primary care, mental health, and
public health consequences: a populations’ TOTAL Health focus.
We commend Madame Ursula van der LEYEN, European Commission President, and Doctor
Victor DZAU, the President of the United Stated National Academy of Medicine, for their su-
perb leadership. A high-level Vaccine Development Funding meeting, led by Mme. LEYDEN
and Dr. DZAU in June of this year focused on a rapid CVD-19 vaccine development, received a
€ 16 B pledge from those attending.
As with any vaccine for populations’ health, public trust is essential for a successful vaccination
campaign launch and sustaining it to its effective completion. Public health depends on public
trust.
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Toachievepublictrust,requiresaclear,concise,consistent,transparent,andreliablesetofcom-
munications among the public, the scientific community, and policy makers in anticipation,
prior and during the vaccination campaign, nationally and globally.
The successful implementation of a safe, effective, and reliable CVD-19 vaccine buttressed by
public trust, will have a catalytic impact; restoring populations’ health and stimulating a global
economic recovery.
Stay well, Be safe…!
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GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHIATRY REVIEW:
Introduction ..............................................................................................................1
Eliot Sorel, MD, Founding Editor-in-Chief
AFRICA ZONE:
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Consequences in Kenya ..........................................................................................3
Prof. David M. Ndetei, Dr. Frida Kamati, Dr. Victoria Mutiso and Christine Musyimi
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Consequences in South Africa ..............................................................................4
Prof. Bonginkosi Chiliza, MD, PhD
the AMERICAS ZONE:
Syndemics And Suffering:
The Goals Of Medicine Revisited ......................................................................................5
Prof. Fernando Lolas
Inauguration of a New Section: BOOK REVIEW
A Manifesto: Healing a Violent World.......................................................................6
Prof. Vincenzo Di Nicola
ASIA/PACIFIC ZONE:
COVID-19: A Review of
Psychological Crisis Intervention in China .........................................................8
Prof. Yueqin Huang, MD, MPH, PhD
Covid-19: Fight Against Drug Abuse and for Mental Health in
South Asia.....................................................................................................................9
Prof. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, MD
EUROPE ZONE:
Pandemics – Have Any Lessons Been Learned? .............................................10
Prof. Gabriel Ivbijaro, MBE, JP
Eliot Sorel, MD, Founding Editor-in-Chief
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