The importance of social support cannot be underestimated, this section directs you to some of the resources available in your country.
Please remember that you can contact a mental health specialist or one of the offered mental health services in your country if you feel that stress is disturbing your daily activities.
If you have a pre-existing mental health condition, please remember that it is important to continue with your treatment.
Afghanistan
Hotline for awareness and psychosocial support
Dr. Abdul Fattah Najm
+0093729070605
+ 0093789797698
Hotline for psychological intervention
Dr Atah Hewad Attal
+93785637133
+93785159208
Hotline for those under stress due to COVID-19
Dr Fareshta Quedes
166
Online psychological counselling
Ms Yalaqi
https://www.ipso-ecare.com
Bahrain
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
+97366399789
Specialized psychiatric management
Psychiatrists
Weekdays from 7:00 am to 2:15 pm
+973 32229275
Djibouti
De. Ide Wais Ibrahim
Chief of the Mental Health Department at the Ministry of Health
+253857529
+253606181
+253352712
Egypt
Psycho-Social Services and Training Institute in Cairo (PSTIC)
https://www.facebook.com/RefugeesTogether
All Emergencies: 0110 060 4002 / 0106 439 0175
Health Emergency: 0110 0782 000
National hotlines
Social workers receive the phone call and then the person is referred to a psychologist or a psychiatrist on the phone
24/7
+208008880700
+20220816831
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
MdM Mental health professionals
Sunday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
+201062866107
Islamic Republic of Iran
National helpline
(1) Automatic replies to frequently asked questions
(2) Specialized services on the phone
Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
4030
(1) Automatic counselling to frequently asked questions
(2) Trained mental health staff
Partners above in addition to the department for mental health and substance use at the Ministry of Health (600 psychologists)
8:00 am to 12:00 am
Iraq
Heevie – WHO-supported nongovernmental organization
Erbil: Basic counselling skills
Social workers and psychiatrists
+964771 077 2229
Kalak/Dohuk: Counselling and specialized services
Psychotherapists and psychiatrists
+964750 891 3093
Camps/Dohuk: Basic counselling
Trained health workers
+9647507654039
Specialized services
Psychiatrists at MAM
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
+9647701599059
+9647717261135
+9647715008787
SEED Foundation in Dohuk
Referral/hotline for community, mental health, and legal assistance needs
Counselling and specialized services
+9647517406826
Cordaid – WHO-supported nongovernmental organization
Sinjar/Ninewa
Counselling by psychologists and case workers
+9647517572194
Specialized services by psychiatrists
+9647517885325
Telafar/Ninewa
Counselling by psychologists and case workers
+9647517418178
Specialized services by psychiatrists
+9647500173537
PUI
Ninewa/Dohuk
Basic counselling by social workers
+96377080044780
+96375080012416
Specialized services
+9637708295358
Anbar
Basic counselling by social workers
+9637880074061
Specialized services
+9637833060426
Jordan
Hotline 1:
Collaboration between Ministry of Health, Jordanian Association of Psychiatrists, and the International Medical Corps (IMC)
Services: remote MHPSS
Contact number: 0795785095
Hotline 2:
Jordanian Clinical Psychologists Association
Service: remote MHPSS support
Contact numbers:
Mohammed Shoqeirat: 0795440416
Ahmed Matarneh: 0796206768
Manar Hasan: 0787700373
Hotline for mental health psychosocial support, and referral for medications and consultation
Case managers (psychosocial staff) and psychiatrists
24/7
+96279785095
Remote mental health and psychosocial support support and delivery of medications, when needed
Specialized psychologists (25) and psychiatrists (47) through the Clinical Psychologists Association
24/7
+962795440416
Mohammed Shoqeirat
+96796206768
Ahmed Matarneh
+962787700373 Manar Hasan
Kuwait
Online and hotline mental health and psychosocial support services
Psychologists and psychiatrists under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice
@kcmh on Instagram
Lebanon
The National Emotional Support and Suicide Prevention Hotline “Embrace Lifeline”
12h pm – 5h30 am
1564
Ministry of Public Health hotline
1214
COVID-19 Call centre
01-594459
Libya
Mental health and psychosocial support support hotline
Libyan psychosocial support team (6 psychologists)
Every day from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm except for Friday
1417
Coronavirus hotline
National Centre for Disease Control to offer psychosocial support
195+218
Phone consultations about mental health
Arrazi Psychiatric Hospital
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
+218214781712
+218214781711
Morocco
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline for individuals in distress or suffering from mental health disorders
Clinical psychologists
+212522548526
Psychiatric associations
+212639099552
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline for substance use
The Association of Doctors in Addictology
+21266035816
Oman
Dr Mahmoud Zahir Al-Abri
Supervisor-Executive Office, National Committee for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Affairs-Ministry Of Health
+968 99345209/
+968 24873010/
+96824873011
Pakistan
Institute of Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre, Rawalpindi Medical University
Prof Asad Tamizzuddin
Head Institute of Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre, Rawalpindi Medical University
0336-55057
Baluchistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Quetta
Prof Ghulam Rasool,
Executive Director
BIPBS Quetta, Pakistan
Hotline Number: 0092-81-9213093/3042
Skype ID: info@bipbs.gob.pk
10 am to 1 pm Monday to Saturday
WhatsApp
Prof Ghulam Ra
sool
+923133816786
5-7 pm
Dr Ilyas Baloch
0092-321-8036365
12-3 pm
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University,Larkana, Sindh
Prof Rahmat Ali Wagan
00-92-333-7538646
(His personal Cell)
Rozan (NGO)
080022444 (land line closed due to Covid-19)
0092 3355000401
0092 3355000402
0092 3355000403
Monday - Saturday: 10.00am – 6.00 pm
Monday - Friday: 9.00am – 5.00 pm
Telephonic counseling
E-mail counseling
Letter counseling
In person counseling
Sahil (NGO)
080013518
0512850574
0992383880 (Abbotabad)
0838510912 (Jaffarabad)
04235165357 (Lahore)
07 15633615 (Sukkar)
Telephonic counseling
E-mail counseling
In person counseling
Khpal Kore (NGO)
Dosehra Chowk, Nodiya
Market Mardan
Rafi Ullah Chairman
03125102404
Email: rafiullahkko@gmail.com
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Twitter/chairmankko
Instagram/chairmankko
Mayo hospital Lahore
Prof. Aftab Asif and Associate Prof Ali Hashmi
Helpline 03126765604
Lady reading hospital, Peshawar
helpline 03359168800
Hayat Medical complex, Peshawar
Prof. wajid
Helpline 03334770819
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Umang
Dr. Kinza Naeem
24/7
+92 311 7786 264
Email:kinza@umang.com.pk
WhatsApp:
8am-12pm : 03109990828
12pm-4pm : 03109990832
4pm-8pm : 03109990829
8pm-12am : 03109990830
12am-4am : 03109990831
4am-8am : 03109990829
Facebook handle: /umangpakistan
Instagram handle: @umangpakistan
Twitter: @pakistanumang
www.umang.com.pk
Palestine
SAWA helpline
Nongovernmental organization
121 (West Bank and Gaza) or 1-800-500-121 (East Jerusalem)
Qatar
National Mental Health Helpline
Toll free number: 16000
Available from 7:00am to 10:00pm
Primary Health Care Corporation
Contact: Customer Services Team, Hayyak on 107 to schedule an appointment for mental health services in primary care
Hamad Medical Corporation
Contact: National Mental Health Helpline 16000
Available from 7:00am to10:00pm
Sidra Medicine (Women and Children)
Contact: Call Center +974 4003 3333
Naufar (Addiction and Substance Use Disorders)
Contact: Call Center Team +974 4494 6000
Saudi Arabia
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Ministry of Health
24/7
937
Somalia
Dr Zeynab Ahmad Noor
Head, Mental Health Unit, Ministry of Health
+252616336044
Sudan
Dr Zienat Bella Mohamed Ahmed Sanhori
Mental Health Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum
+2490912649191
Syria
Dr Amal Shakko
Director for mental health at the Ministry of Health
+963933275156
Tunisia
"Cellule d'Assistance Psychologique des victimes de catastrophe" CAP
200 psychiatrists and psychologists from the public and the private sector from all over Tunisia volunteer to answer calls
+21680105050
United Arab Emirates
Helpline for psychological support
RAK Hospital, by clinical psychologists
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
+9717 207 4444
Online support – “Let’s Support, Together” presents daily online sessions where support is provided, questions are answered, and tips are offered
National Programme for Happiness and Wellbeing, mental health professionals
8:30 pm
Social media channels under the handle @HappyUAE
Online support – “Let’s Reassure, Together” presents short, focused, awareness-raising videos how to build coping skills and mental resilience
@HappyUAE
Online support – “Let’s Talk, Together” offers virtual support groups that provide mental health support to community segments, including mothers, students, older people
Online mental health support through video conferencing
VPS Healthcare and India's psychosocial rehabilitation centre, Cadabam's mental health professionals
24/7
+9618005546
www.vpshealth.com
Remote consultations
Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children in Abu Dhabi
www.wasfati.ae
Yemen
Mental health and psychosocial support helpline
Family Counselling Development Foundation
12 hours/day, 6 days/week
Hotline: 8000202
Dr Abdulrahman M. Abdo
General Director
Psychiatric care foundation
12 hours/day, 6 days/week
Hotline: 8000202
Email: psycarefoundation@gmail.com