MAGAZY
SPRING 2012:
ARAB & HUMANITY SPRING
Magazy Editorial:
 Spring 2012: Arab
& Humanity Spring
 Awaken to Spring
Spring in all traditions means
awakening after sleep, rebirth
after death.
 PHASE Initiative: A
New Start
It is a natural phase in the cycle
of existence.
 News: PHASE
Becomes
Member of The
World
Association for
Social Psychiatry
Humanity is waking up after
years of consumerism and
hegemony of multinationals.
Inside this issue:
Integrated
Counseling
Services to
Revolution
Victims
2
AWAKEN TO SPRING
Conference On The 2
Psychological
Aspects of
Violence Against
Women
Rehabilitation
Training For Women
Victims Of Violence
Wall street movement, Arab
revolutions and change of
political leaders in the world
indicate the rebirth of the
foundations of humanity:
The Human Values.
2
Awareness Raising 3
Activities To
Promote Mental
Health in Egyptian
Society
Future Projects
3
First International
Psychosocial
Conference in
Egypt
3
Fund &
4
Awareness
Raising Activities &
Volunteering
Awakening is not only a
political phenomena, but also a
social and psychological one.
Human Values fostering
humanity awakening are:
Truth
Love
Peace
Right Action
Non–Violence
PHASE INITIATIVE:
Psychological
Health & Awareness
Society in Egypt
(P.H.A.S.E)
Quarterly Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2
April-June 2012
A NEW START
To promote awakening, PHASE
organized during March 2012
a Rehabilitation Training for
Women Victims of Violence
who received psychological
treatment by PHASE.
The training program aimed at
offering
to
these
p s y c h o l o g i c a l l y a ffe c t e d
women a chance to find at the
end of the tunnel a light, a new
beginning, the human support
to believe in it, and the tools to
create it themselves.
“If There Is Righteousness In The
Heart,
There Will Be Beauty In
Character;
If There Is Beauty In Character,
There Will Be Harmony In The
Home;
When There Is Harmony In The
Home,
There Will Be order In
The Nation;
When There Is Order In The
Nation,
There Will Be Peace In the
World ”
SAI BABA
NEWS:PHASE BECOMES MEMBER OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
Social psychiatry is a branch of
psychiatry that focuses on the
"interpersonal" and cultural
context of mental disorder and
mental wellbeing.
Social psychiatrists help test
the cross-cultural use of
psychiatric diagnoses and
assessments of need or
disadvantage.
Social psychiatry has been
particularly associated with the
development of therapeutic
communities, and to
highlighting effect of
socioeconomic factors on
mental illness.
Social psychiatrists often focus
on rehabilitation in a social
context to facilitating the social
inclusion of people with mental
health problems.
Pr. Driss Moussaoui, Professor
of Psychiatry, head of
psychiatry department, Ibn
Roshd
Faculty of Medicine,
Casablanca, Morocco is the
actual president of the World
Association For Social
Psychiatry (WASP).
By becoming member of
WASP, PHASE is now a pioneer
mental health institution in
social psychiatry in Egypt.
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Integrated Counseling Services To Revolution Wounded Victims
Sheikh Emad
Mina Daniel
Ahmad Sharara
Despite the financial crisis the
society is going through and
thanks to the help of generous
donations and volunteering,
Mashoura services are actually
providing integrated counseling
services to revolution wounded
victims
who
suffer
psychologically .
Trauma.
2- Psychological Counseling
(individual and group therapy)
These services include:
“A man who was
1– Psychological Assessment
completely innocent,
offered himself as a
sacrifice for the
good of others,
including his
enemies, and
Using Harvard Trauma
Questionnaire (HTQ) and Hopkins Symptoms Checklist 25
(Arabic Version) generously
offered by Pr. Mollica, head of
Harvard Program In Refugee
3– Psychiatric Consultations
4– Training
To
Referring
NGOs Teams & Volunteers:
PHASE is offering to 20 people
working in the coalition of
NGOs dealing with the
revolution wounded victims a
training on how to identify
traumatized victims who would
need psychological and
psychiatric help in order to refer
them to PHASE team.
“Doctors should recognise the
importance of the five human
values; Truth, righteousness,
Peace, Love and Nonviolence. Love is the basis for
all the other values. Doctors
can infuse courage in patients
by the love they show towards
the patients. If doctors carry
out their duties with love they
will be crowned with success.“
Sai Baba
became the ransom
of the world. It was a
perfect act. “ Gandhi
Rehabilitation
Training For
Women Victims
Of Violence
Conference On The Psychological Aspects of Violence Against Women
Pr. Unaiza Niaz, Psychiatry
Professor, Lahore University
Pakistan, Head of
Women
Mental Health Section at the
World Psychiatric Association
and PHASE gave a conference
in January 2012 .
and civil society actors.
The conference was held at
PHASE
premises and was
attended by more than 70
people :
Her Excellency
Ambassador of Pakistan, many
diplomats, university professors
It included the presentation of
Mawadda (program treating
women victims of violence)
statistical results and testimony of treated women.
The conference aimed at
introducing the Pakistani and
Egyptian experiences in dealing
with the psychological aspects
of violence against women.
“The healthy man does not
torture others. Generally it is
the tortured who turn into
torturers.”
Carl Jung
Rehabilitation Training For Women Victims Of Violence
PHASE is offering a
Rehabilitation Training for 15
women treated by PHASE team
for violence.
This training is offered by
professionals volunteering
during many months to enable
these women to acquire self
awareness and empowerment
through many awareness and
training sessions that will help
them to become active
members of the society
and to prevent their relapse.
The training topics are:
-Stress, Anger, Conflict
Management
-Addiction Management
-Lifestyle & Relooking
-Facial Harmony
-Nutrition
-Child care
-Managing Relationships &
Intimacy
-Family and Parenting
-Spirituality
-Personal Growth (Human
Values)
-Life Coaching
-Motivation & Time
Management
-Career Planning &
Development
-Entrepreneurial & Small
Business Development
-Human & Political Rights
-Gender sensitivity
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Awareness Raising Activities To Promote Mental Health in Egyptian Society
P H A SE is l aun ch in g a
psychological
health
awareness campaign to
foster Antistigma against
mental health and to create
Acceptance for psychologically
affected people in the society.
the live show a woman victim of
violence accepted to testify.
Other media will be approached
to convey PHASE Awareness
message as radio, social media
tools etc.
Media:
The campaign started with
media coverage for PHASE
activities as in CBC program on
March 11th 2012 where a
docu men tary on P HASE
rehabilitation training program
was filmed.
Awareness Sessions :
Psy cho log ic al awar eness
sessions to Imams in Mosques
including numerous important
psychological topics will be
offered during the coming
months
by
PHASE
professionals.
These awareness sessions will
also be held in many clubs and
public spaces and will address:
Beneficiaries from the training
appeared in the film and during
-Manifestations and causes of
psychological complaints
-Schizophrenia and psychotic
disorders
-Depression and suicide
-Anxiety & obsessive
compulsive disorder
-Addiction and the role of
religion
-Epilepsy and conversion
disorders
-Treatments in psychiatry
-Child psychiatry
-Sexual disorders
-Antisocial personality and
conduct disorder
-Somatoform disorders
-Psychiatry and religion
PHASE activities
media coverage
CBC TV Channel
11th March 2012
“I prefer to be
a dreamer
Future Projects
We still have a lot of dreams.
Numerous perspectives are
rising at the horizon.
Most importantly we are hoping
to be able to provide the free of
charges Mashoura services
permanently.
We also hope to be able to establish and run a Community
Mental Health Facility where
up-to date integrated in-patient
and out-patient services will be
offered to children, women and
men. Although women represent 50% of the population,
and children under 15 years
34% of Egyptian population,
mental health facilities devoted
to them in Egypt are still very
rare and difficult to access because of social stigma and
lack of efficient referral system.
Psychosocial Trainings for
school staff on dealing with
violence, for professionals
working with orphans and
street children (with Samu
Social; French NGO) are being
implemented.
In association with Tahseen el
seha NGO:
1-Extension of rehabilitation
training to women victims of
abuse in Darb el ahmar, Sayeda
zeinab, Gamaleya etc.
2-Psychological counseling to
HIV positive women in
Alexandria.
among the
humblest, with
visions to be
realized, than
lord among
those without
dreams and
desires.”
Khalil Gibran
First International
Psychosocial Conference in Egypt: Bridging The Gap Between
Psychological Health and Society.
As you surely know, mental
health
has gained in our
s o c i e t y an i n cr e a s in g l y
important place yet received
scarce opportunities to be
represented am ong the
community services provided to
the general public.
From our experience, as
psychological service provider
to community institutions
(schools, NGOs, etc), came the
realization of the need to
organize a public conference
where
the importance of
mental health in the Egyptian
community will be emphasized.
affect individuals, families,
community institutions and
society as a whole: Addiction &
Violence. The tentative date for
the conference is 28-29
November 2012.
The main topics around which
will be revolving the conference
are mainly psychosocial
phenomena frequently
encountered in our society and
Conference title: First
International Psychosocial
Conference in Egypt: Bridging
the Gap Between Psychological
Health and Society.
Awareness
Activities and
Public Events
To Introduce
P.H.A.S.E
Goals &
Projects
P.H.A.S.E Contacts
Address:
41 Cornish el Nil
Al Aseel Building
3rd Floor
Maadi 11431
Cairo. Egypt
P.H.A.S.E
Helps
Women, Children, Men
Who Suffer Psychologically
But Can’t Afford To Pay For The Care They Need
Phone & Fax: (202) 27507406
(202) 23580640
Cellular:
Registered Non-Profit Organization
Number 6692/2006
(20) 01116528153
(20) 01008995878
Account Number: 717-2031981215652
National Société Générale Bank
Street 9 Maadi Branch
E-mail:
info@ephase.org
Website: www.ephase.org
Facebook: PHASE org
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Fund & Awareness Raising Activities & Volunteering
His Excellency Ambassador
PHASE would like to thank Mr Wahib El Menyawy
everyone
who
is
Pr Ahmad Okasha
participating, volunteering
Pr Driss Moussaoui
and donating for PHASE.
Pr Unaiza Niaz
We would like to thank:
Her
Excellency
the
Ambassador of Pakistan to
Egypt
Her Excellency The Wife of
Germany Ambassador to
Egypt & Facial Harmony
Team
Her Excellency The Wife of
Kingdom of Morocco
Ambassador to Egypt
Mrs Sherin Effat
Mrs Cherine Derbala
Ms Nayera Fadel
Mrs Jocelyne Garana
Mrs Catherine Goddard
Mrs Aisha Aboulnour
Mrs Aisha Rafea
Mrs Alia Moursy
Mrs Sawsan Atteya
Mr Negad El Borai
Pr Ihab El Ayouti
Mrs Myriam Zaki
Ms Anais Bock
Pr Soraya El Torki
Mr Jim
Pr Rania Maher
Pr Amira Seif El Din
Pr Sadek Abdel Al
Pr Richard Mollica
Dr Ola Seif
Mrs Souheir Gouda
Mrs Gihan Abouzeid
Pr Ibrahim Karim
Mr Raef Fahmy
Mr Yasser Assem
Mrs Hatem Othman
Mrs Randa El Masry
Mrs Sylvie Atteya
Mrs Rania Taha
Mr Ihab Shawi
Ms Maya Kaliouby
And last not least to the
memory of
Pr
Sherine
Fahmy & Pr Magdi Francis
Fundraising Events
Organized By PHASE
Attended By Egyptian &
International Supporters
to PHASE Humanitarian
Cause