Who Are We?

We are Palestinian mental health professionals dispersed throughout the globe. On June 9, 2019, we launched the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, which is to become an entity that adopts professional and ethical stances uniting the people of Palestine, regardless of their geographical location. The Network aims to promote the ideals of mental wellbeing, liberation, dignity, and social justice for peoples and societies throughout the planet and for Palestinians in particular. By articulating a professional discourse of personal freedom and respect for human rights, it also aims to increase public awareness of psycho-social issues which affect and hinder colonized people’s aspirations for a dignified living. The Network hopes to employ theoretical and pragmatic approaches to promote the understanding of fundamental human needs for liberation, and thus contribute to Palestinian resilience in the face of and resistance to the violence inherent in colonialism.