Doctors Without Borders - France

General Information
Type of Organization:	International NGO	Acronym:	MSF-F
Governorate:	Nablus (Main Branch)	Establishment Year:	1972
Address:	Nablus / 15 Street	Telephone:	09-2339491 \1800124125
Website:	www.msf.org	Fax:	09-2339489
E-mail:	msff-nablus@paris.msf.org
Person in Charge Name: tareq zaid Position: Project Coordinator Telephone: 09-2339491 Mobile: 09-2339491 E-mail: msff-nablus@paris.msf.org
Staff:	Psychiatrist (1) Psychologist (5) Social Worker (2)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

Since 2004, MSF provides psycho-medico-social support program in Nablus.
The project targets both adults and children who have experienced or witnessed an event of violence related to the conflicts (Israeli-Palestinian or Intra-Palestinians) and shows consequent psychological suffering impeding their normal life (attendance to school, work, movement, participation to social & familial events, etc…). It aims to help the patients to maintain an acceptable level of global health (medical and psychological).

The social/outreach workers present in the program also ensure referrals between isolated communities / individuals and major social organisation/actors able to provide them with relevant care.

The project targets the population of Nablus and Qalqilya governorates and focuses mostly on isolated villages, confronted to regular violent situations.

The general objective is to alleviate the psychological suffering of people living in sensitive areas (mainly rural areas) of the northern West Bank and to mitigate the pejorative psychological effects of the conflict’s violence on the daily life of patients.

Goals:

1 – To provide short/mid term psychotherapy depending on the patients needs.
2 – To provide Medical/Social assistance to the most in need patients and their families.
3 - To respond efficiently to emergencies (e.g. burst of violence, natural catastrophe) in NWB

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Men

Elderly

Families

Activities / Interventions

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Information dissemination to the community at large
	Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Strengthening of community and family support
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
	Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
	Psychotherapy
Clinical management of mental disorders
	Pharmacological management of mental disorder
	Non-pharmacological management of mental disorder
	Inpatient mental health care
General activities to support MHPSS
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Research

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Home	Clinic	Community
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City	Village	Camp
Cost of the services provided:	Free

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Phobic anxiety disorders
	Obsessive – compulsive
	Acute stress disorders
	Emergency
	Grief
	PTSD
	Adjustment disorders
	Brief depressive
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
	Somatoform disorders
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Conduct disorders
	Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
Behavioral syndrome associated with physiological disturbances & physical factors
	Sleep disorders
	Nonorganic eating disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Specific personality disorders
	Habit & impulse disorders
	Gender identity
Mood (affective) disorders
	Manic
	Depressive