Conclusion
The GCMHP is one of the leading mental health organizations in Palestine. We believe in community mental health principles. Sound mental health is the product of the subjective feeling of harmony between man and the environment: man can therefore never have real mental health in an oppressive environment.
We believe that mental health workers have an important role to play, along with all sectors of the community, in the struggle for democracy and peace.
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Qouta, S., El Sarraj, E. (2002). Community Mental Health as Practiced by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. In: De Jong, J. (eds) Trauma, War, and Violence: Public Mental Health in Socio-Cultural Context. The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47675-4_7
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