{"id":193643,"date":"2012-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193643"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:39:18","slug":"auto-insert-193643","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193643\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming mental health services in the oPt – EU Development and Cooperation-EuropeAid paper\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health care and training<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Transforming mental health services in the occupied Palestinian territory<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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"We have created the first and only association for families of persons with mental illnesses in the West Bank. They now have a place where they can get together and receive guidance on how to deal with various forms of mental illness. The families no longer feel alone, and this has a positive impact on the patients as well."<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Adnan Dagher, Executive Director, Mental Health Families and Friends Society<\/p><\/div>\n

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EC Partners<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ministry of Health<\/p><\/div>\n

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World Health<\/p><\/div>\n

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Organisation<\/p><\/div>\n

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Facts and Figures<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Project budget:<\/p><\/div>\n

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€3.4 million<\/p><\/div>\n

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Duration: 2008-2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Context<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Effective delivery of mental healthcare services requires that professionals, ranging from doctors and nurses to psychologists and social workers, work together to deliver a variety of services at the community, health centre and hospital level. Such integrated services are not currently available due to the limited capacity of the national health system, compounded by the social stigma attached to mental illness. As a result, only a small number of sufferers receive the services they need.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Objective<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n