?Dixon Chibanda?s beautiful and heroic book will inspire everyone who reads it.?
? Johann Hari, bestselling author of Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream
The powerful story of a psychiatrist in Zimbabwe partnering with grandmothers in his community to offer lifesaving mental healthcare via a revolutionary model based in simple human connection
When Dr. Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide, he began a soul-searching journey that eventually led to a mental healthcare revolution. As one of only five psychiatrists in all of Zimbabwe, a country traumatized by decades of conflict, Chibanda quickly realized that millions in his community were suffering from depression, substance abuse, and mental illness with no hope of receiving care. He saw that the only way to narrow this care gap was to leverage existing resources in the community, and one such resource was the care, compassion, empathy, and wisdom of grandmothers. With fourtee
