17. Global Mental Health & Human Rights Activism with Brazilian Psychologist Ana Florence

This week I got to talk to my friend and colleague, Ana Florence, Brazilian clinical psychologist and researcher, about the impact of globalization, the export of psychiatry from the global north to the south, and what it means to be a clinician dedicated to consistent self-inquiry. Also in this episode: Psychology and human rights activism in Brazil, how open dialogue revolutionizes crisis treatment, social determinants of health and the power asymmetries between global north and south when it comes to the medicalization of mental health, subverting academic spaces by fostering critical doubt, self-inquiry, and tolerating uncertainty. Dr. Florence is an early career investigator at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute. She is a Brazilian clinical psychologist fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. As the project manager of the NIMH Early Psychosis Intervention Network -- OnTrackNY Hub -- her current research focuses on early intervention for first-episode psychosis. Other research interests include global mental health and community-based participatory research. She is a person with lived experience. Links:  - Get bonus episodes on substack! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://depthwork.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Institute for the Development of Human Arts - https://www.idha-nyc.org/ -  Healing as Homecoming Dec 4th 2022 - https://idha.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/idha/event.jsp?event=44 Research: Cristian Montenegro- Chilean sociologist discussing the gaze of the global north on the global south - https://sites.google.com/view/crmontenegro/home Jose Bleger - Argentinian institutional analyst  Joana Montcrieff, psychologist and researcher - https://joannamoncrieff.com/ Interview with Dainius Puras for Mad in America: https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/05/bringing-human-rights-mental-health-care-interview-dainius-puras/  Global South activism: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10597-022-00959-1.pdf https://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/human-rights/research-and-practice/health-human-rights-and-social-justice Email: [email protected] Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.

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