Madison Rafah Journal

A Forum for the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project

Mental Health Library Campaign


Palestinian child’s drawing during the Al-Aqsa Intifada (GCMHP)

We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental Health Library of professional books requested by providers. This is a critical need: the Gaza Strip — one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with two thirds of the population refugees and half younger than 16 years — has witnessed extreme forms of violence and suffering from the Israeli occupation and military operations.

Our contact in Rafah is Manal Awad, Director of the Women’s Empowerment Project at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP). GCMHP works to provide comprehensive community mental health services — therapy, training and research — for three target groups: children, women, and victims of organized violence. For more information on their work, see

  • Mental Health Clinics
  • Research on children and trauma, women and families, and victims of torture.
  • Child therapy for anxiety, depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), behavioral disorders, bedwetting, and nightmares.
  • Survivors of torture and violence.
  • Women’s Empowerment Project (WEP).

    • These books have been requested by Manal:

    1. Culturally diverse children and adolescents : assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
      Canino, Ian A.
      Guilford Press, 2000. xii, 228 p.
    1. Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents
      Ammerman, Robert T.
      Allyn and Bacon, c1999. xx, 426 p.
    1. Child and adolescent psychiatry in Europe : historical development, current situation, future perspectives
      Engeland, Herman van, 1943-
      Steinkopff ; 1999. xvi, 409 p.
    1. Child and adolescent psychiatry : a comprehensive textbook
      Lewis, Melvin, 1926-
      Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002
    1. Handbook of correctional mental health
      Scott, Charles L., 1960-
      American Psychiatric Pub., c2005
    1. The epilepsies: seizures, syndromes and management
      Panayiotopoulos, C. P. (Chrysostomos P.) Bladon Medical Pub., c2005.
    1. Descriptions and prescriptions [electronic resource] : values, mental disorders, and the DSMs
      Sadler, John Z., 1953-
      Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
    1. Comprehensive emergency mental health care
      Zealberg, Joseph J.
      W.W. Norton, c1996
    1. Severe emotional disturbance in children and adolescents : psychotherapy in applied contexts
      Flynn, Denis Christopher.
      Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
    1. Work with parents : psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children and adolescents
      Tsiantis, J. (John)
      Karnac, 2000
    1. Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents : theory and practice for school and clinical settings
      Brown, Douglas T.
      John Wiley, c1999
    1. Handbook of child and adolescent psychotherapy
      Horne, Ann, 1944-
      Routledge, 1999
    1. The who you dream yourself : playing and interpretation in psychotherapy and theatre
      Richards, Val, psychotherapist.
    1. Play therapy techniques
      Schaefer, Charles E.
    1. Family stressors : interventions for stress and trauma
      Catherall, Donald Roy, 1946-
    1. The essentials of family therapy
      Nichols, Michael P.
    1. Handbook of family therapy : the science and practice of working with families and couples
      Sexton, Thomas L., 1953-
    1. Coping through conflict resolution and peer mediation
      Simpson, Carolyn.
    1. EMDR and the relational imperative : the therapeutic relationship in EMDR treatment
      Dworkin, Mark, 1950
    1. Early intervention for trauma and traumatic loss
      Litz, Brett T.
    1. Clinical skills for managing PTSD : proven practical techniques for treating posttraumatic stress disorder
      Giarratano, Leah.
    1. Child psychopathology
      Mash, Eric J.
    1. Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
    1. DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
      Fourth Edition, Text Revision (Hardcover) by Robert L. Spitzer (Editor), Miriam Gibbon (Editor), Andrew E. Skodol (Editor), Janet B. W. Williams (Editor), Michael B. First (Editor), or DSM-V Casebook (when available)
    1. The Clinical Interview Using DSM-IV-TR: Fundamentals
      by Ekkehard Othmer, Sieglinde C. Othmer, or DSM-V Interview (when available)

    The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and donations are tax deductible. Checks can be made out to MRSCP with the memo “books” and mailed to MRSCP, P.O. Box 55371, Madison WI 53705. Donated books are welcome.

    Donations may also be made by credit or debit card through PayPal:

    If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact us at health (at) madisonrafah.org.

    On July13, 2008 Manal Awad of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme notified us that “a Spanish delegation came to Gaza and brought the books with them. . . thanks a lot for all the efforts to make this successful.”

     
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