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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.

Dr Basher Ahmad Sarwari

Afghanistan

Dr Basher Ahmad Sarwari
Director, Mental Health
Ministry of Public Health
Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: +937 993 010 90
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Website: https://moph.gov.af/en 

Dr Eman Ahmed Abdulla Haji

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
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Website: www.moh.gov.bh/Home?lang=en

Professor Menan Abd El-Maksoud Rabie

Egypt

Professor Menan Abd El-Maksoud Rabie
Professor, Psychiatry
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +2 0100 575 8864
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Iraq

Dr Ausama Abbas Jaber
Manager, Addiction Program
Ministry of Health
Baghdad, Iraq
Phone: +964 771 159 8596
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Dr Emad Abdulrazaq Abdulghani

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dr Aseel Omran Al-Sabbrei

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
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Dr Rabih El Chammay

Lebanon

Dr Rabih El Chammay
Psychiatrist, Head of National Mental Health Programme
Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon
Phone: +961 1 611 672 ext.: 125
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Website: https://www.moph.gov.lb/en/Pages/6/553/the-national-mental-health-program

Dr Ali Abdallah Abdusamad

Libya

Dr Ali Abdallah Abdusamad
Head, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Unit
National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health
Tripoli, Libya
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Dr Bouram Omar

Morocco

Dr Bouram Omar
Acting 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
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Website: www.sante.gov.ma
Dr Ghizlane Benjelloun

Morocco

Dr Ghizlane Benjelloun
Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hassan II University Hospital
Phone: +212 661 097 281
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Website: www.chuibnrochd.ma (Chu Ibn Rochd)
Website: www.unih2c.ma (Hassan II University)

Dr Jallal Toufiq

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
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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
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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
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Website: www.moph.gov.qa

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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
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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 
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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
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Tunisia

Dr Azza Turki
Focal Point, National Program for Mental Health 
Phone: +216 207 58 802
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