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Dr Ahmed Hankir's journey with melancholia and elation in medicine
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Dr Ahmed Hankir is a Lebanese-British-Irish psychiatrist with expertise by lived experience. He serves as the Lead for Public Engagement and Education at the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University, UK. Dr Hankir is passionate about empowering and dignifying people living with mental health conditions and is the creator of the mental health-focused performing arts piece, The Wounded Healer.
Trigger warning: In this interview, we talk about war, suicidality, depression, witnessing violence and homicide, racism, Islamophobia, and classism.
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