Institute for
Global Mental Health
Our Vision,
Mission &
Philosophy
Mental health professionals have a strong role to play in reducing inequalities and developing communities. One of our main objectives is to make mental health services accessible, affordable, and none-stigmatized around the world. Our focus is low and middle-income countries, where health systems are greatly under-resourced, and populations particularly under-served.
Dr Ghannam is on the faculty with the UCSF School of Medicine's Global Health Sciences Program
Project
Bridging the gap between research, knowledge transfer, and community based mental health intervention in low- and high-income countries. This will be accomplished through raising awareness about the macro-perspectives of mental health issues and human rights among grassroot community organizations, as well as policy and decision makers.
Get Involved
Help bring together grassroot groups and top-level organizations with active
involvement in issues of mental health and human rights to create a forum for open exchange, debate, and innovation to better understand the impact of poor mental health due to factors such as unemployment, violence, poverty, war, and disasters.
Created by Tanal Barakat and Linda Khoury © 2014