This page connects you with mental health experts from countries across the Region. They are trained professionals who can either help you or point you in the right direction if you need help and are unsure of where to go. So, connect with them now because mental health and substance use disorders are real problems, and not a sign of physical or moral weakness. With the right help and support from your loved ones, you can manage these conditions and get the treatment you need to overcome these sometimes disabilitating conditions. Remember, recovery takes time so you and your loved ones need to be patient and perseverant. Get connected now.
Afghanistan
Dr Basher Ahmad Sarwari
Director, Mental Health
Ministry of Public Health
Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: +937 993 010 90
Email:
Website: https://moph.gov.af/en
Bahrain
Dr Eman Ahmed Abdulla Haji
Chairman, School Health Department
Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health
Consultant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Manama, Bahrain
Cell: +973 33 33 37 80
Email:
Website: www.moh.gov.bh/Home?lang=en
Egypt
Professor Menan Abd El-Maksoud Rabie
Professor, Psychiatry
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +2 0100 575 8864
Email:
Iraq
Dr Ausama Abbas Jaber
Manager, Addiction Program
Ministry of Health
Baghdad, Iraq
Phone: +964 771 159 8596
Email:
Iraq
Dr Emad Abdulrazaq Abdulghani
National Adviser, Mental Health, Ministry of Health
Chairman, Iraqi National Council for Mental Health
Chairman, Iraqi psychiatric Association
Baghdad, Iraq
Phone: +964 7 901 909 255
+964 7 725 492 302
Email:
Iraq
Dr Salah Hassan Rahim
Director, Training Coordinator, Wchan Organization for Victims of Human Rights Violations
Psychotherapist, Mental Health Director, Mental Health Treatment Center, Directorate of Health, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi KurdistanSulaymaniyah, Iraq
Phone: +964 770 139 7914
Cell: +964 770 249 3311
Email:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr Mitra Hakim Shooshtar
Head, Kids and Family Group Research
Mental Health Research Center
Tehran Institute of Psychiatry
Tehran, Iran
Phone: +982 122 266 846/+982 122 266 849/+982 166 551 515/+982 166 551 616
Email:
Jordan
Ms Amira Ali Hassan El Jamal
President, Our Step Association to support persons living with mental disabilities and their families
Amman, Jordan
Phone: +962 797 922 0 56
Email:
Website: http://ourstep.net/
Jordan
Dr Nader Al Smady
Psychiatrist, National Center Hospital for Mental Health
Head, Judicial Department at the National Center Hospital for Mental Health
Member, Jordanian Association of Psychiatrists
Amman, Jordan
Email:
Jordan
Dr Nayel Aladwan
Consultant, Psychiatrist
Director, National Center for Mental Health Hospital
Head, Psychiatric Specialty, Ministry of Health
President, Jordanian Psychiatric Association
Amman, Jordan
Phone: +962 799 043 850
Email:
Kuwait
Dr Aseel Omran Al-Sabbrei
Head, Sabah Al Ahmed Primary Health Center
Member: World Federation of Mental Health, National Program for Mental Health with Primary Care,
ALO Seha Group for Medical Telephone Consultancy Mental Health Team
Phone: +965 990 75 613
Email:
Lebanon
Dr Rabih El Chammay
Psychiatrist, Head of National Mental Health Programme
Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon
Phone: +961 1 611 672 ext.: 125
Email:
Website: https://www.moph.gov.lb/en/Pages/6/553/the-national-mental-health-program
Libya
Dr Ali Abdallah Abdusamad
Head, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Unit
National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health
Tripoli, Libya
Email:
Morocco
Dr Soumaya Rachidi
Senior Medical Assistant, Department of Mental Health and Degenerative Diseases
Directorate of Epidemiology and Diseases Control, Ministry of Health
Rabat, Morocco
Phone: +212 537 671 195
Cell: +212 666 013 598
Email:
Website: www.sante.gov.ma
Morocco
Dr Bouram OmarActing Head of the Mental Health Department and Focal Point for the Global Dementia Observatory
Directorate of Epidemiology and Diseases Control, Ministry of Health
Rabat, Morocco
Phone: +212 537 671 195
Cell: +212 659 801 969
Email:
Website: www.sante.gov.ma
Morocco
Dr Ghizlane Benjelloun
Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hassan II University Hospital
Phone: +212 661 097 281
Email:
Website: www.chuibnrochd.ma (Chu Ibn Rochd)
Website: www.unih2c.ma (Hassan II University)
Morocco
Dr Jallal Toufiq
Director, Ar-razi University Psychiatric Hospital, Salé
Director, Moroccan Observatory on Drugs and Addictions
Head, National Center for Drug Abuse Prevention and Research
Professor, Psychiatry, Rabat Faculty of Medicine
Rabat, Morocco
Phone: +212 537 861 957
Cell: +212 661 223 060
+212 661 289 421
E-mail:
Oman
Dr Amira Abdul Mohsin Saleh Al Raidan
Senior Medical Officer, Addiction Unit, Al Massarah Hospital
Head, Mental Health Section, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Health
Muscat, Oman
Phone: +968 9989 8097
Email:
Oman
Dr Mahmoud Zaher AL Abri
Supervisor, Executive Office of the National Committee of Narcotic and Psychotropic Affairs
Head, National Inspection Team of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs
Coordinator, National Narcotic and Psychotropic Affairs Committee
Muscat, Oman
Cell: +96824121124
Email:
Qatar
Ms Susan Clelland
Executive Director
Office, General Directorate of Health Affairs Department
National Mental Health Program, Ministry of Public Health
Doha, Qatar
Phone: +974 440 70 675
Email:
Website: www.moph.gov.qa
Sudan
Dr Zienat Sanhori
Head, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Division
Focal Point, Mental Health and Drug Abuse
Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases Control Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health
Sudan, Khartoum
Phone: +249 912 649 191
Email:
Tunisia
Professor Riadh Gouider
Head, Department of Neurology, Razi Hospital
Head, Alzheimer’s Center and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Fields of interest: dementia, epilepsy, inherited peripheral neuropathies and multiple sclerosis
Tunis, Tunisia
Phone: +216 701 62 234
Cell: +216 983 21 005
Email:
Tunisia
Dr Fatma Charfi
Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine, and Child and Adolescent Department, Mongi Slim Hospital
Coordinator, Suicide Prevention, Technical Committee, Ministry of Health
Tunis, Tunisia
Phone: +216 233 16 661
Email:
Tunisia
Dr Azza Turki
Focal Point, National Program for Mental Health
Phone: +216 207 58 802
Email:
