October 11, 2011
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Objectives
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Summary
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Activities
Improve the mental health of the Palestinians
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Ensuring better access to mental health care facilities
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Developing the mental health care staff’ capacities
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Improving the quality of services related to mental
health at the Primary Health Care level
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Improve mental health services infrastructures
◦ Constructing and equipping three community mental health
centers in Jenin, Nablus and Halhoul
◦ One Documentation Center in Al Bireh
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Improve the capacity of mental health professionals in Jenin,
Nablus and Halhoul as well as the staff dedicated to Ramallah
Documentation Center.
Improve the capacity of selected general practitioners and
nursing working in the Primary Health Care clinics in Gaza
and the West Bank.
Construction of new building that consists of two floors
(360 m2 area).
The center was constructed and equipped in 2008/09.
The center has been operating since April 2009.
Additional seven staff members were recruited by the
project to support the services provided by this center.
The Jenin CMHC is currently working in full capacity.
 A pilot center is the first of its kind in the occupied
Palestinian territory.
 Construction of an additional floor on the top of the
existing MOH's building in Halhoul (130 m2).
 Providing mental health services for children and
adolescents in the Hebron district
 Due to the high demand on the center services, another
floor currently under construction to maximize the
capacity of the center.
The Center is the first of its kind in the oPt and should
become a landmark for all researchers and service
providers seeking cutting-edge knowledge to better serve
the mental health sector in Palestine.
Occupying Part of the fourth floor of the Health
Directorate building in Al Bireh (140m2)
 The Center is currently fully functional and ready to
support mental health professionals and researchers with
the most up-to-date books, journals and online
resources.
The center’s clients have access to more than 900
specialized books in mental health, psychology and
thousands of online articles.
 This center staff will collect all data related to mental
health from the centers distributed in the west bank to
analyze and present in an efficient way.
 Website for this center is currently under construction.
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Training
• Primary Health Care Training.
• Mental Health Professionals’ Training.
• PMU Training.
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Very important to help in early detection of
Psychological disorders.
7O Primary Health Care staff members successfully
completed the training program in WB and Gaza.
WB : 54 GAZA :16
Training program consist of 13 modules.
PHC Staff members passed through verbal and
written exams.
The 7o staff members responsibility is to spread
the knowledge and experience they gained through
their colleagues.
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The Principles and Practice of Structured Parenting
Work course.
Intensive training on psychological assessment
tools. such as psychological evaluation of children
and focused mainly on the use of the Wechsler
Intelligence Scale for Children (version IV)
Intensive internship programs in Jordan and Egypt.
 Training for two MOH psychiatrists in Switzerland
and the UK.
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◦ Practical and theoretical.
◦ In groups and Individual.
◦ Constructive and cumulative.
◦ Concentrates on skills needed to
provide high quality service.
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Number of Cases
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Nablus :
Based on the statistics from the MoH, 77 new cases arrived to
the CMHC in Nablus during the year 2009 while in the year
2010, 312 new cases were opened. During 2011, additional
255 clients approached the center seeking help .108 females
and 147 males.
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Jenin:
The Jenin CMHC opened 243 new cases during the year 2009
and this number increased to 296 during 2010. During 2011,
additional 209 files opened , female=80, male= 129
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Halhul:
232 new clients approached the center. In total 1148 clinical
sessions were conducted by the center’s staff during 2010.
During 2011, 234 new case arrived to the center. 73 female and
161male .
Strengthen the Mental health unit
 Conduct a cumulative evaluation for
Phase I
 Secure funding for Phase II
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13 specialized training modules
WB & Gaza
Active referral and appointment systems
3 training components