Research and activism are the two main approaches I engage in these days. As I see it, these are the two components which can bring about change for people who have experienced a mental health crisis in their lives.
What do people do during their daily routine?
In what ways do they think?
What prevents them from completing everyday tasks?
and maybe the most important question - what allows them to engage in meaningful occupations?
I try to answer these question in my research as an occupational therapy researcher at the university of Haifa where nwadays I am a postdoctoral fellow and the main subject I study is executive functions in a daily life activities.
In this short lecture I talk about some of these question in sia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress in Manila in Nov. 2021
Check my CV for more academic activities
I am also an association editor at the israeli journal of occupational therapy (ijot)
In my activisem acvtivites I ask
How much do people know about mental health struggles?
How can we bring up the subject of mental health in a respectful way in public?
How can people with mental illnesses be more involved in the public sphere?
In fact, I do more then I ask
In this video you can see me with some of my partners in the initiative Nefashot
(We speak Hebrew but have English subtitles!)
How do I know that something have changed?
From what people say.
For example, one of the participated in the PhD study said:
"...The main experience I had was after the task. When I received Sivan's feedback for analyzing my actions, I was glad that someone was looking through my eyes and was understanding the way I think professionally..."
