أصدقاء الصحة النفسية Friends for Mental Health

Friends for Mental Health is an organization that supports and advocates for the service users and families of mental health and psychosocial services so they can live in dignity within their communities.

Friends for Mental Health is a non-profit, non-governmentaorganization working in the Gaza Strip. It was founded in 2011 with the support of the World Health Organization and commenced its activities in 2013.

Mission :

We are a group of community activists and volunteers powered by dedication and passion to coordinate and integrate governmental and non-governmental efforts to ensure high quality mental health and psychosocial services based on principles of justice, equality and respect of the rights of service users and their families through:

1. Providing support and services for service users and their families, friends and service providers.

2. Advocating the rights of service users and their families.

3. Supporting social inclusion for service users.

4. Educating the community about mental health issues.

5. Contributing in developing services, policies and legislations of mental health and psychosocial services.

Goals :

- Raising awareness about mental health and psychosocial issues and the rights of service users.

- Promoting commitment to professional practices in mental health and psychosocial services.

- Promoting respect for service users rights.

- Monitoring and documenting any violations or discrimination towards services users and/or their families. - - Developing information support system for service users.

- Building the capacities of services users, their families and service providers