Palestinian Medical Relief Society

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	PMRS
Governorate:	Ramallah & Al-Bireh (Main Branch)	Establishment Year:	1979
Address:	Al-Bireh / Al-Ballou' / In front o Ramallah Mall	Telephone:	02-2969970
Website:	www.pmrs.ps	Fax:
E-mail:	pmrs@pmrs.ps
Person in Charge Name: Dr. Mahmoud Bergheeth Position: General Manager Telephone: 02-2969970 Mobile: 0599203522 E-mail: director@pmrs.ps
Staff:	Psychologist (6) Social Worker (5) Vocational Specialist (7) Community Worker (60) Occupational Therapist (2) Physio-Therapist (3)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

Mission:
Through high quality standards, driven principles, nurturing environments, and the development of civic and psycho-social skills necessary to function productively in the present-day world community, it is PMRS mission to cultivate and advance mental and social health in all Palestinian communities throughout the oPt..

Goals:

1- To provide public psychological counseling services in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with a particular focus on treating stress induced illnesses arising from the political climate and its inherent social circumstances.

2- To increase workers' experience in medical primary health care regarding psychiatric illnesses, recognizing and treating problems and adopting transferred measures.

3- To raise public awareness regarding psychiatric illnesses and their prevalent nature within Palestinian society due to severe socio-political context and climate of the region.

4-To conduct studies and research related to psychosocial conditions via partnerships with local civic institutions (governmental & private). Such cooperation cooperation will allow PMRS and local psychosocial professionals to outline psychosocial policy regulations in addition to creating a close-knit lobbying network.

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Men

Elderly

Families

Activities / Interventions

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Facilitation of conditions for community local
	Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
Strengthening of community and family support
	Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
	Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
	Structured recreational or creative activities
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Psychological first aid (PFA)
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy

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

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
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
	Scholastic skill
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Conduct disorders
	Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
Mental disability
	Mild
Behavioral syndrome associated with physiological disturbances & physical factors
	Sleep disorders
	Nonorganic eating disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Specific personality disorders
	Habit & impulse disorders