Dr. Jess Ghannam On The Global Mental Health Crisis   While Dr.
Jess Ghannam might be known for his work in global health, his
definition of what makes up the most pressing issues might
surprise you.  As Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global
Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF, his research
areas include everything from evaluating the long-term health
consequences of war on displaced communities and the
psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on
children to the negative health impact that technology can have
on people, particularly when not used in a self-aware and
conscious way.Jess at TEDxSF  His perspective is naturally
global given his background. He grew up as a first generation
Palestinian in Detroit, which is where his family landed in the
1940s because that’s where the most promising jobs were at the
time.  His heritage is from a land that was much more
culturally, politically and socially integrated in his parent’s
time than it is today.  “Palestine pre-1948 was mu