Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

The community centers offer psychotherapy for referred cases, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, EEG scans, physiotherapy, intelligence testing and crisis intervention.

GCMHP research has shown that Palestinian children have developed feelings of hostility, anger, fear and frustration which has led to an increase of violence among school students.

[4] In response to this, GCMHP has implemented a school mediation program which aims to reduce the level of violence and to educate children in peaceful conflict resolution techniques.

GCMHP enables Palestinian patients to receive medical treatment abroad by coordinating with Israeli associations that work in the human rights field.

Research papers published in international journals include "The Relations between Traumatic Experiences, Activity, and Cognitive and Emotional Responses Among Palestinian Children,"[4] "Relationships between Traumatic Events, Children's Gender, and Political Activity, and Perceptions of Parenting Styles,"[6] "Home Demolition and Mental Health: Victims and Witnesses,"[7] and "Mental Health of Palestinian Women.