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Our lives with mental illness in the Palestinian community
Book launch in Arabic:
When: Dec 13, 2022 01:00 PM Jerusalem
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(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)
Book launch in English
When: Dec 14, 2022 01:00 PM Jerusalem
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(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)
This book is unique in that it has been fully co-produced by people with severe mental illness with researchers from Birzeit University (Suzan Mitwalli, Dr Yoke Rabaia) and King's College London (Prof. Hanna Kienzler) and practitioners from the Palestinian Counseling Center. The accompanying illustrations have been created by the award-winning Palestinian artist Amer Shomali.
The book launch will be held online in Arabic (13th December) and English (14th December). During the event, we will provide insight into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine. We will also tell you about how the process of co-producing the book came about and how you can use the book as part of your teaching, training and awareness raising initiatives. At the end, there will be time for questions and conversation.
Feel free to read and engage with the book beforehand. A PDF copy of the book (Arabic and English) as well as audio recordings (Arabic) of all the chapters are freely available to you on this website
Our book explores the difficulties and limited opportunities for people with mental illness to live and participate in their communities with chapters focusing on the notions of community, life with mental illness, equity, spare time, and the rights to medication and work.
Please share this invitation and the link to our book with others in your networks and do not hesitate to invite people you think might be interested in learning more about community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in war-affected settings.
If you have questions, please get in touch with Suzan Mitwalli at [email protected]
We hope to see many of you soon!
With best wishes,
Suzan Mitwalli, Yoke Rabaia and Hanna Kienzler
You can also ask for hardcopies of the book.
If you are based in Palestine, please contact Suzan Mitwalli from the Institute of Public and Community Health - Birzeit University: [email protected]
If you are based outside Palestine and would like English copies, please contact Hanna Kienzler from King's College: [email protected]
