Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF)
We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental Health Library of professional books requested by providers. This is a critical need: the Gaza Strip — one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with two thirds of the population refugees and half younger than 16 years — has witnessed extreme forms of violence and suffering from the Israeli occupation and military operations.
Our contact in Rafah is Manal Awad, Director of the Women’s Empowerment Project at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP). GCMHP works to provide comprehensive community mental health services — therapy, training and research — for three target groups: children, women, and victims of organized violence. The programs include:
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Mental Health Clinics
Research on children and trauma, women and families, and victims of torture.
Child therapy for anxiety, depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), behavioral disorders, bedwetting, and nightmares.
Survivors of torture and violence.
Women’s Empowerment Project (WEP).
These books have been requested by Manal:
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Culturally diverse children and adolescents : assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
Canino, Ian A.
Guilford Press, 2000. xii, 228 p.
Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents
Ammerman, Robert T.
Allyn and Bacon, c1999. xx, 426 p.
Child and adolescent psychiatry in Europe : historical development, current situation, future perspectives
Engeland, Herman van, 1943-
Steinkopff ; 1999. xvi, 409 p.
Child and adolescent psychiatry : a comprehensive textbook
Lewis, Melvin, 1926-
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002
Handbook of correctional mental health
Scott, Charles L., 1960-
American Psychiatric Pub., c2005
The epilepsies: seizures, syndromes and management
Panayiotopoulos, C. P. (Chrysostomos P.) Bladon Medical Pub., c2005.
Descriptions and prescriptions [electronic resource] : values, mental disorders, and the DSMs
Sadler, John Z., 1953-
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
Comprehensive emergency mental health care
Zealberg, Joseph J.
W.W. Norton, c1996
Severe emotional disturbance in children and adolescents : psychotherapy in applied contexts
Flynn, Denis Christopher.
Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
Work with parents : psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children and adolescents
Tsiantis, J. (John)
Karnac, 2000
Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents : theory and practice for school and clinical settings
Brown, Douglas T.
John Wiley, c1999
Handbook of child and adolescent psychotherapy
Horne, Ann, 1944-
Routledge, 1999
The who you dream yourself : playing and interpretation in psychotherapy and theatre
Richards, Val, psychotherapist.
Play therapy techniques
Schaefer, Charles E.
Family stressors : interventions for stress and trauma
Catherall, Donald Roy, 1946-
The essentials of family therapy
Nichols, Michael P.
Handbook of family therapy : the science and practice of working with families and couples
Sexton, Thomas L., 1953-
Coping through conflict resolution and peer mediation
Simpson, Carolyn.
EMDR and the relational imperative : the therapeutic relationship in EMDR treatment
Dworkin, Mark, 1950
Early intervention for trauma and traumatic loss
Litz, Brett T.
Clinical skills for managing PTSD : proven practical techniques for treating posttraumatic stress disorder
Giarratano, Leah.
Child psychopathology
Mash, Eric J.
Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
Fourth Edition, Text Revision (Hardcover) by Robert L. Spitzer (Editor), Miriam Gibbon (Editor), Andrew E. Skodol (Editor), Janet B. W. Williams (Editor), Michael B. First (Editor), or DSM-V Casebook (when available)
The Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR: Fundamentals
by Ekkehard Othmer, Sieglinde C. Othmer, or DSM-V Interview (when available)
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and donations are tax deductible. Checks can be made out to MRSCP with the memo “books” and mailed to MRSCP, P.O. Box 55371, Madison WI 53705. Donated books are welcome.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact us at health (at) madisonrafah.org.
Updates
On July 13, 2008 Manal Awad of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme notified us that “a Spanish delegation came to Gaza and brought the books with them. . . thanks a lot for all the efforts to make this successful.”
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme Bombed, December 31, 2008