Dr. Wolfgang Krahl reporting After four years, I returned to Ethiopia for the first time. The pandemic and the devastating civil war in Tigray had long made travel impossible. During this period, contact with my friends and colleagues there was broken off; it was not until the beginning of last year that messages reached me again. They spoke of hunger, isolation, the lack of medical care, and an entire region suffering from the consequences of war. Despite all this hardship, they asked for support in rebuilding mental health services.I therefore decided to travel to Ethiopia once more. In Addis Ababa, I worked for several days with trainee psychiatrists, teaching the fundamentals of group therapy, day-clinic treatment, and outpatient addiction care. I also had the opportunity to visit a child psychiatry department and gain insight into projects dedicated to children’s mental health. I then flew on to Mekelle, where I led a workshop on outpatient addiction rehabilitation for healthcare professionals. There, it became clear how deep the psychological wounds are among healthcare workers themselves; an additional trauma-focused session was urgently requested.Finally, I traveled to Adama, where an exchange on treatment approaches took place together with traditional healers. Using case studies, both sides spoke openly about how they work, where differences lie, and how collaboration might look. The response was surprisingly positive, and a desire for further joint training emerged. This journey [...]

Continuous support and further development of a community psychiatric project in Campulung. Implementation of an exchange/observation of employees of psychiatric facilities. Content-related support for reforms in forensic psychiatry  

On the island of Flores, support for the rehabilitation of severely mentally ill people in cooperation with the Receng Mose rehabilitation center, the KKI group and Puskesmas.

Lectured at the training of Bachelors of Science in Mental Health and Rehabilitation (BSc MHR) in Lushoto. Expert advice on the establishment of a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Kiuma in southern Tanzania.

Material support for Jyothi Nivas in Kerala, a rehabilitation facility for mentally ill people. Further training for employees of NGOs in the field of mental health together with Indian colleagues - South-South cooperation. Visit to various rehabilitation facilities in South India with Ethiopian colleagues.

Further training for employees from Africa, Asia and Latin America on the topic of mental health in developing countries in cooperation with the University of Heidelberg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Organization of International Symposia "Global Mental Health - Mental Health in Developing Countries" together with the Center for International Health (CIH- LMU) and the Global Mental Health Group of the Psychiatric Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Inviting staff from developing countries to share knowledge and experience in the field of Mental Health.

Since 2012 Organization of workshops on the topic: Training of nurses in the field of mental health and outpatient addiction rehabilitation together with Somali and Ethiopian colleagues. Support for the training of psychiatric specialists in cooperation with the St. Paul Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa/Ethiopia.