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Introduction
Iara Meili's research interests focus on various aspects of cultural-clinical psychology and Global Mental Health. With a background in clinical and social psychology, she has worked in a number of research institutes, both in Switzerland and internationally, which also comprised field studies in low- and middle-income countries. Her previous positions as research assistant have mainly encompassed research on trauma, posttraumatic growth, resilience and stigma. She has experience in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
Additional affiliations
June 2015 - August 2018
September 2018 - present
September 2016 - July 2018
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Main course: "Case-related learning in Psychopathology"; Various invitations for teaching "Culture and Mental Health"; Teaching assistance in Master's level seminar "Global Mental Health"; Supervision of numerous Bachelor and Master students' theses
Education
May 2018 - June 2018
February 2017 - February 2018
September 2015 - July 2018
Publications
Publications (12)
The concept of psychological trauma implies that people experiencing traumatic stress are wounded, thus relating to the metaphor of a physical injury. Although this notion is widely accepted by clinicians and researchers in mental health, there is evidence of a broad range of metaphorical idioms for extremely aversive experiences or catastrophic ev...
Adversity-related metaphors Sometimes we feel imprisoned [tied], with tied hands, without being able to do anything. As vezes a gente se sente amarrados. De mãos atadas, sem ter como agir. This was the moment we felt blocked. E aí foi quando bloqueou. We are branded, marked. Nos somos marcados. Feeling empty Senir-se vazio Live this constant fight...
The expressions resilience and posttraumatic growth represent metaphorical concepts that are typically found in Euro-American contexts. Metaphors of severe adversity or trauma and the expressions of overcoming it vary across cultures—a lacuna, which has not been given much attention in the literature so far. This study aimed to explore the metaphor...
In Euro-American societies, “resilience” and “post-traumatic growth” are commonly used metaphorical terms for positive responses to extreme adversity. However, research on illness narratives has demonstrated that other cultures may have different metaphorical concepts that act as vehicles for shared beliefs about how to overcome extreme adversity o...
The metaphorical concepts resilience and post-traumatic growth (PTG) reflect the contemporary Western understanding of overcoming highly challenging life events. However, it is known that across different cultures, a broad range of metaphorical idioms for describing adaptive responses to severe adversity exists. This study aimed to explore and cont...
The global mental health movement endeavors the recognition that Western-devised concepts of mental health cannot be applied on a universal scale. Cultural concepts of psychological distress and their broader socio-cultural context are increasingly gaining importance in the process of understanding the complexity of mental health around the globe....
Improved hand hygiene efficiently prevents the major killers of children under the age of five years in Ethiopia and globally, namely diarrhoeal and respiratory diseases. Effective handwashing interventions are thus in great demand. Evidence- and theory-based interventions, especially when matched to the target population's needs, are expected to p...
