Welcome to Careif’s 10th anniversary newsletter.
Careif is an international mental health charity that works towards protecting and promoting mental health and resilience, to eliminate inequalities and strengthen social justice. Our principles include working creatively with humili-ty and dignity, and with balanced partnerships in order to ensure all cultures and societies play their part in our mission of protecting and promoting mental health and well‐being. We do this by respecting the traditions of all world soci-eties, whilst believing traditions can evolve, for even greater benefit to individ-uals and society.
Careif believes that knowledge should not only be available to those with wealth or those who live in urban and industrialised parts of the world. It considers knowledge sharing to be a basic human right, where this knowledge can change lives and help realise true human potential. Further-more there is substantial knowledge to be found in the less developed, rural and poorer areas of the world and this is valuable to the wellbeing of people in areas which are wealthier.
The newsletter has been produced on a voluntary basis by me, Erica Camus, a freelance journalist, and public speaker with schizo-affective. If you’d like to book me for editorial work, or for a talk please contact me on cromptonerica@hotmail.com.
Restoring balance through cultural safety & the medicine wheelgriehl
North American culture sees health as an individual problem, but we live in dynamic, intercultural communities. Health is multifaceted with issues related to mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Our culture can be a barrier to caring for our clients. Each area of the medicine wheel needs to be balanced for wholistic health for the client, where the client is the person, family, group, or community. Indigenous teachings support addressing all areas of the person to achieve balance. Cultural safety stresses the importance of reflection and acceptance of differences. We should not treat everyone the same, but we do need to recognize and acknowledge our blind spots.
Restoring balance through cultural safety & the medicine wheelgriehl
North American culture sees health as an individual problem, but we live in dynamic, intercultural communities. Health is multifaceted with issues related to mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Our culture can be a barrier to caring for our clients. Each area of the medicine wheel needs to be balanced for wholistic health for the client, where the client is the person, family, group, or community. Indigenous teachings support addressing all areas of the person to achieve balance. Cultural safety stresses the importance of reflection and acceptance of differences. We should not treat everyone the same, but we do need to recognize and acknowledge our blind spots.
Where's the hope? Dialogues for Solidarity - Session 1ReShape
Session 1: GIPA Principles for the 21st Century with guest, Sean Strub, Sero Project, USA
Where’s the Hope?, a year-long series of dialogues for solidarity, is coordinated by ReShape, an independent London-based think tank formed to respond to the ongoing crisis in sexual health.
Working together, activists and organisers will share their experiences and explore new op- portunities to address explore chronic obstacles to successful organising in HIV, HCV and re- lated sexual and mental health concerns. Emerging advocates and organisers are especially welcome.
A briefing for Public Health teams on a public mental health approach resilience, trauma and coping beyond the pandemic, and addressing the needs of communities and workplaces
Advancing the field of cultural competency by providing the first structural competency certificate program in the country. Online, on-demand and FREE, including free continuing education credits. Live trainings coming soon. Give me a call!
This presentation looks at how Catholic theology and thought on social justice chimes with scientific evidence on social determinants of health and how the two might mutually engage and enrich . A written paper is available from jim.mcmanus@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Restoring balance through cultural safety & the medicine wheel WNRCASNgriehl
North American culture sees health as an individual problem, but we live in dynamic, intercultural communities. Health is multifaceted with issues related to mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Our culture can be a barrier to caring for our clients.
Each area of the medicine wheel needs to be balanced for wholistic health for the client, where the client is the person, family, group, or community. Indigenous teachings support addressing all areas of the person to achieve balance.
Through literature reviews and interviews with elders, it is clear health care providers can serve clients better with knowledge related to the medicine wheel. Cultural safety stresses the importance of reflection and acceptance of differences. As health care providers, and teachers, we should not treat everyone the same, but we do need to recognize and acknowledge our blind spots. Increasing awareness of Medicine Wheel teachings will support health care workers to care effectively for their clients.
Moving beyond our own and into the culture or the ‘other’ is required to provide care, treatment, and support to clients, and students, from diverse backgrounds and experiences. The culture of Western medicine places diagnosis as a central goal, whereas other approaches, including Aboriginal medicine, see diagnoses and the physical aspects of health as less central and pay more attention to finding a safe environment in which the patient may recover.
Mental wellbeing - Auckland Council Social and Community Development ForumMHF Suicide Prevention
Presentation on flourishing, mental health promotion and opportunities for Auckland Council to promote welbeing in the community, to Auckland Council Social and Community Development Forum, 26 February 2013.
Mission:
To provide healthcare to under served people and to promote humanitarian values through education.
WONM Values
We are called to serve the neediest of the most disadvantaged people of the earth and seek to relieve their suffering and to assist in making sustainable improvements in their lives.
We seek to engage them, to promote their voice, and to offer our hands and feet in service.
We respect those in need as active participants, not passive recipients, in this relationship.
We regard all individuals as created and loved by God.
We believe that healthcare should not focus on for profit care but geared towards self-care, prevention of disease and sustainable development of rural communities.
We are not owners of the resources made available to us on behalf of the forgotten of this world.
We are partners with those we serve as well as with those who invest into our shared mission.
Our relationships are purposeful, diverse, and encourage mutual participation in achieving WONM's mission.
WONM seeks cooperation and partnerships with other organizations and groups that share our vision.
President:
Hon. Dr. Sheila McKenzie, Doctor of Humanitarian Services, Public Health Diplomat, Dame Commander of the Sovereign Orthodox Order of Knights Hospitallers (OOSJ) and Global ambassador for women’s Rights-National Coalition Party of Canada (NCPC).
Pastoral care is "that aspect of the ministry of the Church which is concerned with the well-being of
the individual and of the community in general." 2 It is clear that the impact of multiple traumas from
the COVID-19 pandemic creates a major challenge for pastoral care. The purpose of this publication
is to enable faith leaders to get some rapid and concise orientation on the issues of population and
community trauma, resilience, self-care and coping during and beyond the pandemic, so they can
consider strategies both for their congregations and the wider community.
This briefing seeks to provide some frameworks for response to the needs of:
1. Populations and local communities, because there will be multiple and differential impacts
on various sub-populations both by life course stage and by identity, as well as
socioeconomic status. Impacts are multiple, from losing loved, to losing jobs, to having
essential treatment delayed. All of these can be traumatic.
2. Faith communities, because as the pandemic goes on, and we are now beyond 18 months of
response, the risks of compassion fatigue, burnout and traumatic stress to congregations
increase. Psychological injury to those who are involved in 'frontline' ministry, both as
ministers or as medical and care workers, may be worse than in other parts of the
population because the combination of enduring stress and their own motivation to keep
serving their populations may result in their feeling unwilling or unable to seek help.
This briefing is set within the context of public mental health, which means it intentionally seeks to
consider what can be done at population level (e.g. whole church or workplace), and group level, not
just individual level. The right kind of action aimed at populations is just as important as action
aimed at individuals and should be seen as
complementary. This is especially so where there
are resources and capabilities which churches can
bring to bear for their whole membership, and
which can help them respond to trauma and
become resilient. In this sense, a populationhealth approach sits well with the idea of the Church as a community where healing can occur
Where's the hope? Dialogues for Solidarity - Session 1ReShape
Session 1: GIPA Principles for the 21st Century with guest, Sean Strub, Sero Project, USA
Where’s the Hope?, a year-long series of dialogues for solidarity, is coordinated by ReShape, an independent London-based think tank formed to respond to the ongoing crisis in sexual health.
Working together, activists and organisers will share their experiences and explore new op- portunities to address explore chronic obstacles to successful organising in HIV, HCV and re- lated sexual and mental health concerns. Emerging advocates and organisers are especially welcome.
A briefing for Public Health teams on a public mental health approach resilience, trauma and coping beyond the pandemic, and addressing the needs of communities and workplaces
Advancing the field of cultural competency by providing the first structural competency certificate program in the country. Online, on-demand and FREE, including free continuing education credits. Live trainings coming soon. Give me a call!
This presentation looks at how Catholic theology and thought on social justice chimes with scientific evidence on social determinants of health and how the two might mutually engage and enrich . A written paper is available from jim.mcmanus@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Restoring balance through cultural safety & the medicine wheel WNRCASNgriehl
North American culture sees health as an individual problem, but we live in dynamic, intercultural communities. Health is multifaceted with issues related to mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Our culture can be a barrier to caring for our clients.
Each area of the medicine wheel needs to be balanced for wholistic health for the client, where the client is the person, family, group, or community. Indigenous teachings support addressing all areas of the person to achieve balance.
Through literature reviews and interviews with elders, it is clear health care providers can serve clients better with knowledge related to the medicine wheel. Cultural safety stresses the importance of reflection and acceptance of differences. As health care providers, and teachers, we should not treat everyone the same, but we do need to recognize and acknowledge our blind spots. Increasing awareness of Medicine Wheel teachings will support health care workers to care effectively for their clients.
Moving beyond our own and into the culture or the ‘other’ is required to provide care, treatment, and support to clients, and students, from diverse backgrounds and experiences. The culture of Western medicine places diagnosis as a central goal, whereas other approaches, including Aboriginal medicine, see diagnoses and the physical aspects of health as less central and pay more attention to finding a safe environment in which the patient may recover.
Mental wellbeing - Auckland Council Social and Community Development ForumMHF Suicide Prevention
Presentation on flourishing, mental health promotion and opportunities for Auckland Council to promote welbeing in the community, to Auckland Council Social and Community Development Forum, 26 February 2013.
Mission:
To provide healthcare to under served people and to promote humanitarian values through education.
WONM Values
We are called to serve the neediest of the most disadvantaged people of the earth and seek to relieve their suffering and to assist in making sustainable improvements in their lives.
We seek to engage them, to promote their voice, and to offer our hands and feet in service.
We respect those in need as active participants, not passive recipients, in this relationship.
We regard all individuals as created and loved by God.
We believe that healthcare should not focus on for profit care but geared towards self-care, prevention of disease and sustainable development of rural communities.
We are not owners of the resources made available to us on behalf of the forgotten of this world.
We are partners with those we serve as well as with those who invest into our shared mission.
Our relationships are purposeful, diverse, and encourage mutual participation in achieving WONM's mission.
WONM seeks cooperation and partnerships with other organizations and groups that share our vision.
President:
Hon. Dr. Sheila McKenzie, Doctor of Humanitarian Services, Public Health Diplomat, Dame Commander of the Sovereign Orthodox Order of Knights Hospitallers (OOSJ) and Global ambassador for women’s Rights-National Coalition Party of Canada (NCPC).
Pastoral care is "that aspect of the ministry of the Church which is concerned with the well-being of
the individual and of the community in general." 2 It is clear that the impact of multiple traumas from
the COVID-19 pandemic creates a major challenge for pastoral care. The purpose of this publication
is to enable faith leaders to get some rapid and concise orientation on the issues of population and
community trauma, resilience, self-care and coping during and beyond the pandemic, so they can
consider strategies both for their congregations and the wider community.
This briefing seeks to provide some frameworks for response to the needs of:
1. Populations and local communities, because there will be multiple and differential impacts
on various sub-populations both by life course stage and by identity, as well as
socioeconomic status. Impacts are multiple, from losing loved, to losing jobs, to having
essential treatment delayed. All of these can be traumatic.
2. Faith communities, because as the pandemic goes on, and we are now beyond 18 months of
response, the risks of compassion fatigue, burnout and traumatic stress to congregations
increase. Psychological injury to those who are involved in 'frontline' ministry, both as
ministers or as medical and care workers, may be worse than in other parts of the
population because the combination of enduring stress and their own motivation to keep
serving their populations may result in their feeling unwilling or unable to seek help.
This briefing is set within the context of public mental health, which means it intentionally seeks to
consider what can be done at population level (e.g. whole church or workplace), and group level, not
just individual level. The right kind of action aimed at populations is just as important as action
aimed at individuals and should be seen as
complementary. This is especially so where there
are resources and capabilities which churches can
bring to bear for their whole membership, and
which can help them respond to trauma and
become resilient. In this sense, a populationhealth approach sits well with the idea of the Church as a community where healing can occur
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Review of the research, literature and expert advice on reducing discrimination and enhancing social inclusion in mental health / illness. Written by Neasa Martin, funded by Queensland Alliance, Australia 2009
The Centre For Applied Research and Evaluation‐International Foundation: Position Statement on Stigma.
There is no doubt that cultural differences and exchanges can require great humility and sensitivity to avoid unintended insult or humiliation; the human desire to befriend and reach out can sometimes result in disagreements about entitlements and mutual obligations and rights.
Careif aims to address these aspects of stigma. We do this by identifying and confronting the sources of stigma and to empower all parties through dialogue, contact, education and research.
http://www.careif.org/news-a-events/131-careif-position-statement-on-stigma.html
Where's the hope? Dialogues for Solidarity - Session 4ReShape
This session explored current work experiences in HIV care from a specialist point of view and looked at how current conditions impacted related care providers. Reflecting on the changing nature of HIV care and the changing needs of people living with HIV, the session examined the policy implications of a fragmented system and the patients' perspective on HIV care.
The Care Providers session was expected to lay the groundwork for a future session on the failing Health Economy as a leading issue.
S o c i a l J u s t i c e Words such as culture, race,.docxjeffsrosalyn
S o c i a l J u s t i c e
Words such as culture, race, and ethnicity are extremely prevalent in counseling today. Counseling
does not exist in a vacuum. We may sometimes feel that what is happening in the outside world is
shut out of the counseling room, but it is not and has never been. Counseling and therapy exists to
serve the needs of the people within our societies. We have all read, wrote, and heard about the
importance of advocating for our clients. For many people, counseling provides the only safe space
they may ever experience. Therefore, it is our privilege and duty to serve our clients.
Many clinicians believe that counseling should hold a neutral position. However, I beg to differ. First,
the most basic fact is that we all share in the human experience which connects us, whether we
choose to acknowledge this fact or not. The therapeutic process is also built on our abilities as
counselors to connect and empathize with our clients. This concept was illustrated with the creation
of Rogerian and existential therapies. Social factors affect all individuals and as such directly
influences therapy as neither clients nor therapists checks their value systems at the door at the start
of the sessions. Secondly, how do we help clients make sense of their experiences if they are
unable to process all of their experiences in therapy? We all experience our worlds through our
environments, relationships that we build, and stories that we create to make sense of our worlds.
Therapy helps us to examine our stories and make healthy changes accordingly. And lastly,
psychology and counseling, which is still heavily based on the medical model, has difficulties
incorporating client experiences which are largely internal and individualistic. Many of the theories
that are utilized are western, male-Eurocentric based and some of the diagnoses that are available
do not fully facilitate the cultural experiences of the clients.
Counseling has a long history of being heavily influenced by the dominant white male culture. The
models and theories were created around a particular cultural and racial identity and was not
inclusive of minority groups. Hence, the creation of multicultural groups to help counseling become
more inclusive and also to help counselors meet clients where they are socially, culturally, and
racially. An important recognition about counseling is that it possesses an inherent power dynamic
that may appear threatening to minority groups who are already uncomfortable with the counseling
process. Adding the fears and social stigmas about therapy and mental health only highlights groups
of people who critically need mental health services but are instead left underserved or unserved
because our profession and practices do not meet these clients where they are.
The ironic things that I have learnt about counselors are that our profession trains us to deal with
trauma and difficult conversations with clients .
Where is the Family in Global Mental Health? Di Nicola - Opening Plenary - SS...Université de Montréal
Title: Where Is the Family in Global Mental Health?
Presenter: Vincenzo Di Nicola, M.D., Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
Audience participants will be able to:
(1) Articulate why a central role for families is needed for the effectiveness of clinical and research programs in Global Mental Health (GMH);
(2) Describe how health categories that focus solely on individuals can obscure awareness of relational, social, and cultural processes that contribute to health and illness.
Abstract:
From a family perspective, the Global Mental Health Movement appears as a regressive step to the usual Western health categories that focus on individuals as bearers of larger issues in the family, community, society and culture. These larger envelopes are addressed in the impersonal way of categories—e.g., child abuse, substance abuse, violence, and treatment gaps—rather than from the relational, social and cultural perspectives that define mental health and illness more fully, meaningfully, and realistically. These aspects of GMH may deepen the practitioners’ perception of public health and epidemiology and their international organizations as being removed from clinical concerns and from their meaningful relational contexts. Without such notions as attachment and belonging, ignoring the most significant of human relationships based on the family and community, GMH risks creating another disembodied field divorced from our lived experience as communal and relational beings.
References
Di Nicola, Vincenzo. A Stranger in the Family: Culture, Families, and Therapy. New York & London: W.W. Norton, 1997.
Di Nicola, Vincenzo. Letters to a Young Therapist: Relational Practices for the Coming Community. New York & Dresden: Atropos Press, 2011.
Di Nicola, Vincenzo. Family, psychosocial, and cultural determinants of health. In: Sorel, Eliot, ed., 21st Century Global Mental Health. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012, pp. 119-150.
Bio Sketch
Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who uses family, social and cultural perspectives to investigate children and families in disadvantaged contexts, both at home and abroad. He works with migrant children and families and the impacts of trauma. Di Nicola is the author of “A Stranger in the Family: Culture, Families, and Therapy” (1997), “Letters to a Young Therapist” (2011), and a forthcoming selection of his writing, “On the Threshold: Children, Families, and Culture Change,” edited and introduced by Armando Favazza, MD, MPH. Di Nicola is Chair of the APA Global Mental Health Caucus and Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Montreal.
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- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
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1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
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3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
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2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
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As flu season approaches, health officials in Bangalore, Karnataka, are urging residents to get their flu vaccinations. The seasonal flu, while common, can lead to severe health complications, particularly for vulnerable populations such as young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
Stay informed, stay safe, and get your flu shot today!
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
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Recomendações da OMS sobre cuidados maternos e neonatais para uma experiência pós-natal positiva.
Em consonância com os ODS – Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Estratégia Global para a Saúde das Mulheres, Crianças e Adolescentes, e aplicando uma abordagem baseada nos direitos humanos, os esforços de cuidados pós-natais devem expandir-se para além da cobertura e da simples sobrevivência, de modo a incluir cuidados de qualidade.
Estas diretrizes visam melhorar a qualidade dos cuidados pós-natais essenciais e de rotina prestados às mulheres e aos recém-nascidos, com o objetivo final de melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar materno e neonatal.
Uma “experiência pós-natal positiva” é um resultado importante para todas as mulheres que dão à luz e para os seus recém-nascidos, estabelecendo as bases para a melhoria da saúde e do bem-estar a curto e longo prazo. Uma experiência pós-natal positiva é definida como aquela em que as mulheres, pessoas que gestam, os recém-nascidos, os casais, os pais, os cuidadores e as famílias recebem informação consistente, garantia e apoio de profissionais de saúde motivados; e onde um sistema de saúde flexível e com recursos reconheça as necessidades das mulheres e dos bebês e respeite o seu contexto cultural.
Estas diretrizes consolidadas apresentam algumas recomendações novas e já bem fundamentadas sobre cuidados pós-natais de rotina para mulheres e neonatos que recebem cuidados no pós-parto em unidades de saúde ou na comunidade, independentemente dos recursos disponíveis.
É fornecido um conjunto abrangente de recomendações para cuidados durante o período puerperal, com ênfase nos cuidados essenciais que todas as mulheres e recém-nascidos devem receber, e com a devida atenção à qualidade dos cuidados; isto é, a entrega e a experiência do cuidado recebido. Estas diretrizes atualizam e ampliam as recomendações da OMS de 2014 sobre cuidados pós-natais da mãe e do recém-nascido e complementam as atuais diretrizes da OMS sobre a gestão de complicações pós-natais.
O estabelecimento da amamentação e o manejo das principais intercorrências é contemplada.
Recomendamos muito.
Vamos discutir essas recomendações no nosso curso de pós-graduação em Aleitamento no Instituto Ciclos.
Esta publicação só está disponível em inglês até o momento.
Prof. Marcus Renato de Carvalho
www.agostodourado.com
Tom Selleck Health: A Comprehensive Look at the Iconic Actor’s Wellness Journeygreendigital
Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
Fitness Regimen
Workout Routine
Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
Selleck adjusted his fitness routine as he aged to suit his body's needs. Today, his workouts focus on maintaining flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. He incorporates low-impact exercises such as swimming, walking, and light weightlifting. This balanced approach helps him stay fit without putting undue strain on his joints and muscles.
Importance of Flexibility and Mobility
In recent years, Selleck has emphasized the importance of flexibility and mobility in his fitness regimen. Understanding the natural decline in muscle mass and joint flexibility with age. he includes stretching and yoga in his routine. These practices help prevent injuries, improve posture, and maintain mobilit
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2. Editor’s letter
Welcome to Careif’s 10th anniversary newsletter.
Careif is an international mental health charity that works towards protecting
and promoting mental health and resilience, to eliminate inequalities and
strengthen social justice. Our principles include working creatively with humili-
ty and dignity, and with balanced partnerships in order to ensure all cultures
and societies play their part in our mission of protecting and promoting mental
health and well‐being. We do this by respecting the traditions of all world soci-
eties, whilst believing traditions can evolve, for even greater benefit to individ-
uals and society.
Careif believes that knowledge should not only be available to those with
wealth or those who live in urban and industrialised parts of the world. It considers knowledge sharing to be
a basic human right, where this knowledge can change lives and help realise true human potential. Further-
more there is substantial knowledge to be found in the less developed, rural and poorer areas of the world
and this is valuable to the wellbeing of people in areas which are wealthier.
The newsletter has been produced on a voluntary basis by me, Erica Camus, a freelance journalist, and
public speaker with schizo-affective. If you’d like to book me for editorial work, or for a talk please contact
me on cromptonerica@hotmail.com.
Contents
3. Careif contributors
4. News
5. Letter from the Queen
6. Features
8. Magna Carta for Mental Health
12. Special Report
All images posed by models
and courtesy of Flickr.com and
freeimages.com
3. Careif contributors
Dr. Albert Persaud
Albert co-founded the charity
CAREIF – a charity based at
the Centre for Psychiatry,
Barts and the London School
of Medicine and Dentistry—
with Professor Kamaldeep
Bhui. Careif is an organisation
that works to ensure that
working practices and services
in the area of mental health
are suited to different cultures
and societies across the world.
Dr. Yasmin Khatib
Yasmin's involvement as a volunteer with careif commenced in
2013, when she was requested to contribute to write an essay
for careif's newsletter series examining compassion and care.
Yasmin's involvement in careif
has grown recently and in 2014
Yasmin joined careif's board of
international advisors and she
also became the Editor for the
compassion and care news-
letter.
The Compassion and Care series
of essays is aligned to Careif's
ethos of sharing knowledge to
change lives. Sharing our narra-
tive often facilitates us to share
a very personal part of our-
selves. Yet reading these ac-
counts can also touch core
emotions in the audience read-
ing these narratives.
Through acknowledging our
common and often fragile emotions, the compassion and care
newsletter aims to bring people together - regardless of per-
ceived or real barriers.
Yasmin Khatib is a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine at
the University of Hertfordshire.
4. News
Latest research
Professor Edgar Jones, the chairman of Careif, is cur-
rently completing a study of UK veteran transition
funded by Forces in Mind Trust. It explores how ex-
service personnel with mental illness manage the
adjustment to civilian life and what might be done
to facilitate this process. He recently gave evidence
to the House of Commons Select Committee on De-
fence in connection with the Awards for Valour Pro-
tection Bill designed to address false veteran biog-
raphies and the wearing of decorations. Edgar Jones
is the programme leader of the masters’ in War and
Psychiatry run by King’s College London. Together
with Professor Kam Bhui he also researches the field
of radicalisation, and is currently exploring the effi-
cacy of English counter-terrorism legislation in ena-
bling the security services to protect the public,
whilst also safeguarding human rights.
Mental Health 4 Life
We are delighted to share with you our Mental
Health 4 Life Resource. Promoting Mental Health 4
Life is a learning resource we created with a number
of partners to help individuals and organisations im-
prove both their own mental health and the mental
health of the people they serve. There are many
small but powerful steps that can be taken by indi-
viduals and organisations from all sectors which can
make an impact on mental health. This resource is
designed to distil those into a concise and accessible
form, with links to other resources for further infor-
mation. The content is organised according to a life-
course approach, with sections on promoting men-
tal health at each stage of life to reflect the needs of
individuals at different points in their development.
Additional sections address mental health promo-
tion with schools, employers, health and emergency
services, and councils. “This set of learning materials
is for everyone to improve their own mental health
and that of their friends, family, neighbours and the
wider public” says Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Pro-
fessor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology; Co-
Founder/Director careif. Geraldine Strathdee Na-
tional Clinical Director Mental Health for NHS Eng-
land, added “The practical examples of how individ-
uals and communities can develop wellbeing and
resilience, and how they can work to tackle the
causes of ill health and put in place prevention strat-
egies”. For more information visit careif.org/
5.
6. FEATURES
Care-if/WPA Survey of Personal Wellbeing 2016
By Jenny Willis
As part of our shared belief that sound research
evidence is necessary to inform social and health
policy, careif joined forces with the World Psychi-
atric Society in 2016 to conduct a global survey of
individual perspectives on wellbeing. Using an on-
line survey, we invited participants to answer a
series of questions anonymously. To complement
the quantitative data collected regularly by bodies
such as the Office for National Statistics, our ques-
tions were predominantly open-ended, requiring
narrative responses. We also included a biograph-
ical section so that we could look for any differ-
ences according to gender, age, culture, etc.
We received 128 valid responses between May
and June 2016. Most respondents were UK based,
so we were unable to compare them by cultural
context. Nevertheless, their responses were so
thoughtful and detailed that we have been able to
make a considerable contribution to our under-
standing of wellbeing. The principal researcher, Dr
Jenny Willis, has just completed her report and it
will be launched at careif’s 10th
birthday celebra-
tion, on 26 October 2016, in the House of Lords.
We shall be publishing the Executive Summary on
our websites, so watch out for this!
We are indebted to everyone who contributed to
the research, most importantly those who respond-
ed to the survey.
Their nswers are invaluable and show that we did,
indeed, succeed in our first objective, “To sensitise
individual respondents to their personal perceptions
of wellbeing.” We conclude with the words of just a
few participants:
“Interesting exercise, made me think what is im-
portant to my well-being.”
“This has made me think. Thank you!”
Surprised that I could respond so easily to such
open /qualitative questions - well done.
“Fascinating topic, and questions, and happy to par-
ticipate further at any point if needed.
“Excellent survey - and a subject well worth further
exploration. Good luck with your research. :-)”
“Thanks for such though provoking questions.”
Jenny Willis has a PhD in socio-linguistics and a spe-
cial interest in mental health. She’s been working
with her partner, psychiatrist Dr N Yoganathan, on
the destigmatisation of mental illness for over 20
years. Together, they travel globally to contribute to
conferences on various aspects of wellbeing and
mental health.
7. FEATURES
Careif’s Dialectic (Yin and Yang) of Stigma
In its original sense, stigma simply meant to mark out – a term which was pejorative, indicating membership
of an undesirable group. This leads to a focus on the negative impact associated with belonging
to a group that is outside the norm. Paradoxically, stigma is an inevitable outcome of our living in
complex societies where order is maintained through rules and hierarchies which process re
quires defining and labelling. Definitions range from the apparently simple ‘dichotomous’ dist
-inctions of male/female; black/white; God/devil; heaven/hell; fidelity/infidelity; hetero-/homo-
sexual to the elusive sense of social capital. In between, we have countless elements which come
together to create in each of us our unique sense of self. A harmonious identity
might be seen as a well-balanced rainbow, where each dimension co-exists hap
pily without any one dominating.
8. Magna Carta for
people living with
Mental Illness
By Albert Persaud, et al
It is often said that the true test of a decent socie-
ty is the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
However, across the world, too often, politicians,
policy-makers, professionals and those with the
authority and duty to protect and provide for
them, fail to do so. In many countries people do
not have access to basic mental health care and
the treatment they require. In others, the absence
of community based mental health care means the
only care available is in psychiatric institutions,
which may be associated with grossly impover-
ished living conditions and even human rights vio-
lations, including inhuman and degrading treat-
ment. In addition, in countries recently affected by
economic depression, mental health services are
under threat from the economic-reductionist de-
bate as the engine of growth has gone into re-
verse. International Human Rights legislation is
having an important effect in challenging govern-
ments to have a policy and an infrastructure that
provides for those with mental health problems.
The core value at work here is the recognition and
protection of the rights and dignity of the individu-
al human being. The European Convention on Hu-
man Rights was adopted in 1953, following the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which had
been previously adopted by the General Assembly
of the newly formed United Nations, in Paris, on
10th
December 1948. The compelling reason for
establishing the Universal Declaration was the Sec-
ond World War, in which many deeply held human
rights had been violated, in Europe as in many oth-
er parts of the world. The Universal Declaration
drew on the French Declaration of the Rights of
Man and the Citizen of 1789 and the United States
Bill of Rights 1791, of which the core principle of
"everyone is subjected to and protected by the
law".
This dates back to the Magna Carta of 1215, which to-
day is in many if not all constitutional documents
around the world. In fact, in July 2016 The UN Human
Rights Council, adopted a Resolution on Mental Health
and Human Rights. The resolution highlights:
(i) that “persons with mental health conditions or psy-
chosocial disabilities, in particular persons using men-
tal health services, may be subject to, inter alia, wide-
spread discrimination, stigma, prejudice, violence, so-
cial exclusion and segregation, unlawful or arbitrary
institutionalisation, over-medicalisation and treatment
practices that fail to respect their autonomy, will and
preferences” and
(ii) “the need for States to take active steps to fully in-
tegrate a human rights perspective into mental health
and community services, particularly with a view to
eliminating all forms of violence and discrimination
within that context, and to promote the right of every-
one to full inclusion and effective participation in socie-
ty.”
“Magna Carta, meaning ‘The
Great Charter’, is one of the most
famous documents in the world;
originally issued by King John of
England, r.1199-1216”
This resolution provides additional impetus to address
human rights in mental health and also signals a com-
mitment by countries to achieve this. (Led by Portugal
and Brazil and co-sponsored by 61 countries, with
more countries still joining).
Globally, more than 150 million people suffer from de-
pression at any point in time; nearly one million people
commit suicide every year; approximately 25 million
people suffer from schizophrenia, another 60 million
people struggle with bipolar disorder and more than 90
million people suffer from an alcohol- or drug-use dis-
order. (World Health Organisation).
FEATURE
9. The number of individuals living with mental illness is
likely to increase further, with the increase in an age-
ing population, for whom, the development of de-
mentia, physical illness, as well as co-morbidities are
much more likely. Armed conflict in the world, (for
example the Syrian civil war, Iraq, Myanmar, Kashmir,
Sudan) major natural disasters (Nepal, Haiti, Italy
earthquakes), public health crises (Ebola, Zika) each
carry with them a largely invisible, often crippling and
indelible mark and impact on the mental health of
millions. Around the globe, hundreds of thousands of
people living with mental illness die prematurely eve-
ry year- sometimes 15-20 years earlier than those
who do not have a mental illness. People living with
mental illness are at high risk of developing respirato-
ry and chronic physical diseases, such as asthma, dia-
betes, heart disease and cancers. In addition, poor
mental health is associated with engaging in high risk
behaviour. For example individuals living with psycho-
logical distress are more like to engage in substance
abuse and unprotected sex resulting in increased risk
to sexual health.
Even outside the health care context, people living
with mental illness are excluded from community
life and denied basic rights such as shelter, food and
clothing, and are discriminated against in the fields
of employment, education and housing due to their
illness. Many are denied the right to vote, marry and
have children. As a consequence, many people living
with mental illness are living in extreme poverty
which in turn, affects their ability to gain access to
appropriate care, integrate into society and recover
from their illness.
Mental illness will cost the global economy US $16.1
trillion in lost economic output by 2030, (World Eco-
nomic Forum); yet the amount invested in treating
mental health problems is barely a fraction of this -
globally, spending is less than two US dollars per
year per capita and less than 25 cents in low income
countries. So there is a case for increasing the spend
on caring for people who suffer with mental illness
so that they are offered dignity and parity with peo-
ple with physical health conditions.
For more information about the Magna Carta for
people living with mental Illness visit www.careif.org
10. FEATURE
The promotion of children’s health and
wellbeing: the contributions of
England’s charity sector
By Kamaldeep S Bhui; Lul A. Admasachew, and
Albert Persaud
Background: Providing sports and arts based
services for children has positive implications
for
their mental and physical health. The charity
sector provides such services, often set up to
reflect
local community needs. The present study
maps services provided by children’s charities
in
England. Specifically, the prominence of tele-
phone help lines, sports and arts activities, and
mental health provision is established.
Methods/design: Cross-sectional web-based
survey of chief executives, senior mangers,
directors and chairs of charities providing ser-
vices for children under the age of 16. The
aims, objectives and activities of participating
children’s charities and those providing mental health services were described overall.
Results: In total 167 chief executives, senior managers, directors and chairs of charities in
England agreed to complete the survey. From our sample of charities, arts activities were the
most frequently provided services (58/167, 35%), followed by counselling (55/167, 33%) and
sports activities (36/167, 22%). Only 13% (22/167) of charities expected their work to contribute
to the health legacy of the 2012 London Olympics. Telephone help lines were provided by 16%
of the charities that promote mental health.
Conclusion: Counselling and arts activities were relatively common. Sports activities were
limited despite the evidence base supporting sport and physical activity as an intervention for
well being and health gain. Few of the samples expect a health legacy from the 2012 London
Olympics.
11. FEATURE
Careif calls for compassion, humility and mental
health for the young Americans held in Iran
A mission statement by Kamaldeep Bhui and Albert
Persaud
The arrest and detention of the three young Ameri-
cans, Sarah Shourd, Josh Fattal and Shaun Bauer
whilst hiking on the Iranian border has attracted sig-
nificant international attention, condemnation and
outrage. Sarah Shourd was released on grounds of
Islamic compassion. Careif cannot comment on the
mental status of the detainees, but clearly our social
and cultural obligations are to ensure that cultural
misunderstanding, contrasting judicial systems, and
posturing over sovereignty and entitlements do not
obscure the mental distress and well-being of the
detainees; we wish to assert their human rights
alongside the rights of those others in the world
who find themselves in such bewildering situations
having only wanted to get by and make a useful and
valuable contribution to the world. Young people in
particular are often full of the passions of life, of ide-
ologies that help them defeat their fears and over-
come adversity. Young people have the most to
offer our societies and the most to lose; they are
prepared to make sacrifices with total commitment
that resonate with their passion and belief in an
honest and just world. Thus the young detainees
must stand a good chance of sustaining and recover-
ing their mental health and well-being when re-
leased from custody. There is no doubt that cultural
differences and exchanges require humility and sen-
sitivity to avoid unintended insult or humiliation; the
human desire to befriend and reach out can some-
times result in disagreements about entitlements
and mutual obligations and rights. International law
is complex and often upheld in good faith by all par-
ties. Of course we appeal to the Iranian authorities
to show themselves to be above the misperceptions
and polarised opinions that can cloud a sense of jus-
tice, and to consider the release of the detainees on
grounds of human compassion and their own long
tradition of embracing truth.
There is an evidence base that social isola-
tion, linguistic isolation, detention in many
contexts, loss of friendships and family and
freedoms can have devastating consequenc-
es, producing states of depression, anxiety,
post-traumatic stress disorder, and even hal-
lucinations and suicide. Perceived discrimina-
tion, stigma and a sense of being treated un-
fairly are themselves risk factors for illness,
mental and physical. This is especially im-
portant to avoid in youth as it can lead to life
long problems. Permanent changes in per-
sonality can emerge, and a sense of moral
trauma and injustice, if permitted to emerge,
can result in long standing loss of valuable
human capital and an inability to return to
work. It is hard to recover from such states,
as the world is permanently changed in the
eyes of the sufferer. We all wish to maintain
our common humanity, irrespective of where
we live and what faith we follow. Josh and
Shaun, when released, will need their friends
and family to be true to their traditions to
comfort and return them to the young com-
passionate people they are known to be; at
times of adversity individuals find great sol-
ace in friendship, family, prayer, music, and
through acts of giving and forgiveness. At the
same time the Iranian authorities must surely
wish to be true to their traditions and consid-
er their rightful place in continuing to make a
progressive impact on human history and in-
ternational relations.
12. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees (UNHCR)1 estimates the number people for-
cibly displaced worldwide in 2014, to be, 59.5 mil-
lion. These figures are made up of Refugees, Asy-
lum Seekers, Internally Displaced people (IDP) and
Stateless People. War, conflict and political turbu-
lence in many regions of the world has increased
the number of displaced people fleeing complex
emergencies and disasters. They often end up in
large camps with low and middle income coun-
tries host over 86% of the world’s refugees, com-
pared to 70% ten years ago. The countries cur-
rently hosting the vast majority of refugees from
Syria are reaching breaking point. and even expe-
riencing food shortages, Lebanon, Jordan and Tur-
key, sheltering 3.6 million Syrian refugees be-
tween them, are overwhelmed and international
humanitarian funding are falling far short of the
need and indeed, were promised. Many would
rather attempt he dangerous journey to Europe
than exist in impoverished, overcrowded refugee
camps for many years, where they can experience
even more violence, rape and death.
About 38.2 million people were forcibly uprooted
and displaced within their own country and are
known as Internally Displaced People (IDP). Con-
tinued fighting in the Syrian, brought the number
of IDP in that country to 7.6 million. Iraq wit-
nessed massive new internal displacement as a
result of the Islamic State (or ‘ISIS’) offensive
across multiple parts of the country. Renewed
fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo dis-
placed 1 million people, bringing the total number
of IDP in that country to 2.8 million. The conflict in
South Sudan, which erupted in December 2013,
displaced more than 1.5 million individuals within
the country. In addition conflict in The Central Af-
rican Republic (611,000), South Sudan (200,000),
and Yemen (85,000) has added to crisis and inter-
national influences) .
Statelessness refers to the condition of an individual
who is not considered a national by any state. Although
stateless people may sometimes also be refugees.S yria
have more than 300,000 denationalized Kurds, Kuwait
have 93,000 Bidoon (Bidoon jiniya), Dominican Repub-
lic have an estimated 900,000 to 1.2 million undocu-
mented individuals of Haitian origin, many of who are
stateless or at risk of statelessness2. Asylum; 1.66 mil-
lion people submitted applications for asylum in 2014,
the highest level ever recorded. With an estimated
274,700 asylum claims, the Russian Federation became
the largest recipient of new individual applications in
2014, followed by Germany (173,100), and the USA
(121,200) . Europe is struggling to cope with the large-
scale influx of migrants making their way across the
Mediterranean to Europe in 2015, the biggest since the
aftermath of World War II,3 - sparking a crisis, as coun-
tries struggle to cope with the influx, and
creating division in the European Union (EU) over how
best to deal with resettling people. Squalid conditions
in makeshift refugee camps and a heart-breaking pho-
tograph of a drowned Syrian toddler have all helped
bring Europe’s refugee crisis into
the global spotlight. This has not stopped people mak-
ing desperate bids to reach Europe. According to the
UNHCR , more than 380,000 migrants and refugees
have landed on Europe’s southern shores so far this
year, up from 216,000 arrivals in the whole of 2014.
They are fleeing persecution, poverty and conflicts that
rage beyond the continent’s borders. The voyage
from Libya to Italy is longer and more hazardous; but
not all manage to reach safety –according to The Inter-
national Organization for Migration (IOM)4, more than
2,700 migrants are reported to have died trying to
make the crossing this year - altogether, 2,988 people
have died in the Mediterranean in 2015. With tensions
running high, Europe’s leaders remain divided and
challenged on how best to respond to the crisis.; with a
disproportionate burden continue to be faced by some
countries, particularly in Greece and Italy.
SPECIAL REPORT
Natural Disasters, Conflict, Insecurity, Migration, and Spirituality—Careif’s position statement on Europe's
Migrant Crisis at WACP, 4th Congress in Mexico as a resolution for discussion, open debate and progres-
sive actions
13. WACP call for action
* WACP call on all European Governments to respect,
uphold and administer The UNITED NATIONS
REFUGEE CONVENTION (1951) with fairness and
promptness. To act with humanity and compassion and
to not let the evil of Europe previous history taint or
threatened to repeat itself; European Governments
with influence in the regions of conflict and war also
with permanent positions at the UN Security Council
must begin to draft solutions to resolve these conflicts
and bring about an end to the crisis.
*WACP call on all European Governments to act with
promptness and fairness in assessing, screening and
deciding on the legal status of migrants; Prompt deci-
sions on refugee and asylum status must be done with
humanity and dignity. The host population must be re-
assured, their fears and concerns addressed, be in-
volved with re-settlement programmes and importantly
feel secure.
* WACP call for all basic health care to be provided to
migrants, with a clear emphasis on the immediacy of
physical care, ( injuries from violence, war, fractures,
rapes, diabetes, child birth, etc) emotional and psycho-
logical care (effects of torture, violence, rapes, deaths,
trauma, the journey, etc) and additional to children
health, to include basic immunisations. WACP can act
as a reservoir for cultural understanding and application
to increase recognition of the importance of cultural
influences on life and mental health.
* WACP call for respect and protection for individual
cultural, religious and spiritual dignity; Sometimes after
the
long haul of the trauma and the journey- these are the
most revered of what people are left with as their sur-
vival
and resilience; Safeguards and protection are needed
so as to avoid any coercion and fear.
* WACP to consider organising a special congress on
this subject of the Europe's Migrant Crisis; The purpose
is to
bring together European politicians, advocates, media,
communities, professionals, clinicians, organisations,
professional bodies ( public health, doctors, nurses, etc)
and others with an interest, to formulate some health
actions, offer intelligence on culture and its impact on
mental illness, trauma and recovery.( Should be an EU
funded event and WACP may want to seriously consider
partners with very strong political, academic, clinical
and international influences.)