Lyla Schwartz
Job role:
Psychology Director
Affiliation:
Member type:
Practitioner/Implementer
Researcher
Service User Representative/Advocate
Brief Biography:
Lyla Schwartz is a clinical psychology practitioner and researcher with expertise in childhood trauma, gender-based violence, childhood abandonment, war-conflict trauma, emergency psychological interventions and behavioral health.
Since late 2018, Lyla has led POMA Global, a non-profit focused on delivering MHPSS in emergency settings.
Regions of interest:
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Population:
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorders of interest:
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Country:
Afghanistan
