Health awareness
Videos and guides on the health issues that matter to the Somali community, many of them in Somali.
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Mental health service maps
Children's mental health services in cities with large Somali communities, services across London, and Somali community organisations across the UK.
Dissociation
Feeling detached from yourself or your life, and losing memories of childhood. Kabasho season 2, episode 12.
SomaliKabasho podcast, Hamda Hussein
Panic attacks
What happens in a panic attack, when the heart races and breathing feels hard. Kabasho season 2, episode 7.
SomaliKabasho podcast, Hamda Hussein
Neutralising anxious thoughts
How to take the power out of fearful thoughts. Kabasho season 2, episode 3.
SomaliKabasho podcast, Hamda Hussein
How your GP practice team can help you, in Somali
Who works in a GP practice and how they can help, explained in Somali. Made by the NHS with community partners.
SomaliNHS
Delirium
What delirium is and how to spot it early, from Greater Manchester's Dementia United programme.
SomaliNHS Greater Manchester
Birmingham Mind helpline, in Somali
"It's okay to talk": Birmingham Mind's helpline flyer in Somali, with its phone line, web chat, email and Talking Spaces in Erdington, Northfield and Solihull. The flyer says 24/7; the helpline is now open 9am to 11pm every day on 0121 262 3555.
SomaliBirmingham Mind and Living Well UK, for the NHS
Social anxiety
Where the fear of being among people comes from, and ways to overcome it. Kabasho episode 21.
SomaliKabasho podcast, Hamda Hussein
Mental health awareness
What mental illness is and why it matters to talk about it. Not medical advice: see your GP if you are worried.
Somali, English subtitlesBlack Country Innovate CIC
Postpartum depression
What depression after giving birth is, how to cope, and what new mothers need. Kabasho episode 16.
SomaliKabasho podcast, Hamda Hussein
Mental Health Act leaflets, in Somali
What each section of the Mental Health Act means for a patient and their rights, including Sections 2, 3 and 136, community treatment orders, ECT and independent advocates.
SomaliFrom East London NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal positivity
Mental health problems in pregnancy and the first years of parenthood, for mums and dads, and where to find help.
Somali subtitlesFrom ForMed Films
Universal health coverage in Somalia
Dr Mohamed Jama on universal health coverage in Somalia. BSMA Lecture Series.
The flu jab: risks and benefits, in Somali
Dr Samira Hassan, the BSMA's Community Lead, answers common questions about the flu vaccine. Not medical advice: ask your GP or pharmacist.
SomaliDr Sam's Health Chats
COVID-19 guidance, in Somali
BSMA guidance on COVID-19 for the Somali community, recorded in Somali in March 2020.
Somali
Coronavirus guidance for the Somali community
A second BSMA video on the coronavirus guidance, in Somali, from March 2020.
Somali
‘Putting salt on the wound’: FGM safeguarding and British Somali families
A study of how FGM safeguarding in healthcare settings affects people of Somali heritage in Bristol, and what should change. Karlsen and colleagues, BMJ Open.
From BMJ Open
Somali mental health awareness
A conversation about mental illness, stigma and getting help, with the BSMA, on SomsatTV.
SomaliSomsatTV
Someone to talk to
An introduction to talking therapies on the NHS.
Somali subtitlesAvon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Common concerns about mental health
Answers to common worries about mental health and stigma, combining medical and faith advice.
Somali, English subtitlesMaslaha
Finding out about therapy
What depression and anxiety are, how therapy can help, and what happens in a therapy session.
Somali, English subtitlesMaslaha
Your questions answered: a film about dementia
Common questions about dementia, and the free support available in Bristol.
SomaliBristol Dementia Wellbeing Service
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
What CBT is and how it helps with depression and anxiety.
SomaliWandsworth Council
Psychiatric assessment: notes for interpreters, in Somali
A guide for interpreters working in mental health assessments, explaining the questions doctors ask and why. By David Curtis, Monir Ahmed and Lubie Ali.
SomaliFrom East London NHS Foundation Trust
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