The importance of social support cannot be underestimated, this section directs you to some of the resources available in your country.
Please remember that you can contact a mental health specialist or one of the offered mental health services in your country if you feel that stress is disturbing your daily activities.
If you have a pre-existing mental health condition, please remember that it is important to continue with your treatment.
Afghanistan
Hotline for awareness and psychosocial support
Dr. Abdul Fattah Najm
+0093729070605
+ 0093789797698
Hotline for psychological intervention
Dr Atah Hewad Attal
+93785637133
+93785159208
Online psychological counselling
Ms Yalaqi
https://www.ipso-ecare.com
Dr.Wahidullah Nusrat
Director of Mental Health
General Directorate Of Preventive Medicine, MoPH
Square Dist # 9
Kabul-Afghanistan
www.moph.gov.af
Wahidafghan4594@gmail.com
Dr Bashir Taseer
Bashirtaseer@gmail.com
Dr Nesar Ahmad Shams
nesarshams1998@gmail.com
Dr Mubarak Mubarak Ismaeel
Advisor to Minister on policy and Plans
Mubarak.ismaeel@gmail.com
Dr Shamsurahman Menhaj
DDR Director /MOPH
shmenhaj786@gmail.com
Bahrain
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
+97366399789
Specialized psychiatric management
Psychiatrists
Weekdays from 7:00 am to 2:15 pm
+973 32229275
Dr Eman Ahmed Haji
Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Psychiatry and Special Care for the Elderly
Affiliation
Ministry of Health
Manama
EHaji@health.gov.bh
Dr Shaima Ali Bucheeri
SBucheeri@health.gov.bh
Mohammed Ahmed Alafaiei
Consultant of general adult psychiatry
Ministry of Health Manama
mnafaiei@health.gov.bh
Dr. Adel Oufi
Director Psychiatric hospital
alzbahrain@gmail.com
ADEL888@hotmail.com
Dr. Hussain Ali Alshakhoori
Chairperson of mental health
HShakhoori@health.gov.bh
Dr. Ihab Ahmed Rakha
Chief of psychiatrist of mental health
IRakha@health.gov.bh
Ameera Nooh
international coordinator with WHO
anooh2@health.gov.bh
Dr Hani Jameel Humaidan
Neurologist consultant, Governmental Hospitals
HHumaidan@health.gov.bh
Dr. Hamed Ahmed Hussain
Director Psychiatric hospital
hhussain2@health.gov.bh
Djibouti
De. Ide Wais Ibrahim
Chief of the Mental Health Department at the Ministry of Health
+253857529
+253606181
+253352712
De. Ide Wais Ibrahim
Chief of the Mental Health Department at the Ministry of Health
+253857529
+253606181
+253352712
Egypt
Psycho-Social Services and Training Institute in Cairo (PSTIC)
https://www.facebook.com/RefugeesTogether
All Emergencies: 0110 060 4002 / 0106 439 0175
Health Emergency: 0110 0782 000
National hotlines
Social workers receive the phone call and then the person is referred to a psychologist or a psychiatrist on the phone
24/7
+208008880700
+20220816831
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
MdM Mental health professionals
Sunday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
+201062866107
Menan A. Rabie,
Secretary General of Mental Health & Addiction treatment, GSMHAT, MOH, Egypt
menan74@yahoo.com
extaffairs@gsmhat.gov.eg
Dr.Mohamed Mahmoud
External Affairs Department
General Secretariat of Mental Health& Addiction treatment
Ministry of Health & Population, Egypt
moh.mahmoud84@gmail.com
Dr Sally Ibrahim Noby Saeed
Executive Director of Research Unit, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo – Egypt
Med.sally77@gmail.com
Dr. Dalia Ismail
daliaismail07@gmail.com
Islamic Republic of Iran
National helpline
(1) Automatic replies to frequently asked questions
(2) Specialized services on the phone
Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
4030
(1) Automatic counselling to frequently asked questions
(2) Trained mental health staff
Partners above in addition to the department for mental health and substance use at the Ministry of Health (600 psychologists)
8:00 am to 12:00 am
Dr Hamed Moslehi,
Head of Mental Health Department ;Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME)
Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
moslehi88@gmail.com
Maryam Abbasinejad,
Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse,
m-abbasinejad@health.gov.ir
mabbasinejad@yahoo.com
Dr Sedigeh Keyghobad Khadem
se.khadem@yahoo.com
Iraq
Heevie – WHO-supported nongovernmental organization
Erbil: Basic counselling skills
Social workers and psychiatrists
+964771 077 2229
Kalak/Dohuk: Counselling and specialized services
Psychotherapists and psychiatrists
+964750 891 3093
Camps/Dohuk: Basic counselling
Trained health workers
+9647507654039
Specialized services
Psychiatrists at MAM
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
+9647701599059
+9647717261135
+9647715008787
SEED Foundation in Dohuk
Referral/hotline for community, mental health, and legal assistance needs
Counselling and specialized services
+9647517406826
Cordaid – WHO-supported nongovernmental organization
Sinjar/Ninewa
Counselling by psychologists and case workers
+9647517572194
Specialized services by psychiatrists
+9647517885325
Telafar/Ninewa
Counselling by psychologists and case workers
+9647517418178
Specialized services by psychiatrists
+9647500173537
PUI
Ninewa/Dohuk
Basic counselling by social workers
+96377080044780
+96375080012416
Specialized services
+9637708295358
Anbar
Basic counselling by social workers
+9637880074061
Specialized services
+9637833060426
Dr Adnan yassin
Advisor on Mental health
Ministry of health , Bab Almhudam,Baghdad,Iraq
adnanyassin2@gmail.com
Dr Zaid Wajeeh Awad Alkubaisi
Mental Health Focal Point Ministry of Health
Baghdad
dr.zaidwajihawad@gmail.com
Dr Sarah Ahmed Khaleel
MH in the Public Health Directorate
Ministry of Health
Baghdad
sarahahmed537@yahoo.com
Dr. Zaid Wajeeh
MH section manager.
dr.zaidwajihawad@gmail.com
Dr. Riyadh Shiltag
MH supervisor PHC
riyadhalredainy@yahoo.com
Jordan
Hotline 1:
Collaboration between Ministry of Health, Jordanian Association of Psychiatrists, and the International Medical Corps (IMC)
Services: remote MHPSS
Contact number: 0795785095
Hotline 2:
Jordanian Clinical Psychologists Association
Service: remote MHPSS support
Contact numbers:
Mohammed Shoqeirat: 0795440416
Ahmed Matarneh: 0796206768
Manar Hasan: 0787700373
Hotline for mental health psychosocial support, and referral for medications and consultation
Case managers (psychosocial staff) and psychiatrists
24/7
+96279785095
Remote mental health and psychosocial support support and delivery of medications, when needed
Specialized psychologists (25) and psychiatrists (47) through the Clinical Psychologists Association
24/7
+962795440416
Mohammed Shoqeirat
+96796206768
Ahmed Matarneh
+962787700373 Manar Hasan
Dr Mohammad Shawkat Al Qaddoumi
Head of the Mental Health and Disabilities Directorate
msalqaddoumi@gmail.com
Dr Nayel AlAdwan
Director national mental health centre,Amman
Dr.nayel@yahoo.com
ncfmh@yahoo.co.uk
Dr Nader Mohammad Musa AlSmadi
Mental Health Specialist
National Mental Health Center
smady99@gmail.com
Dr Montaser HYARI
National Center for Mental Health
montaser.hyari.mh@gmail.com
Kuwait
Online and hotline mental health and psychosocial support services
Psychologists and psychiatrists under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice
@kcmh on Instagram
Dr Hussain Fadel Al Saraf
Psychiatry specialist
Head of psychiatry unit, Amiri Hospital
Director of Cognitive Sciences, Dasman Diabetes Institute
President of Kuwait Psychiatric Association
Ministry of Health
Kuwait
hfmsarraf@icloud.com
Dr. Najah Al-Enezi
Consultant psychiatrist & head of psychiatric emergency department at Kuwait center of mental health
Focal Point of Mental Health
Ministry of Health
Ahmadi the South, Street no.20, hse 774, Kuwait
Kuwait
najahalenezi@hotmail.com
Dr Haya Abaas Al Mutairi
Focal Point of Mental Health
Ministry of Health
Ahmadi the South, Street no.20, hse 774, Kuwait
Kuwait
haya_almutari@yahoo.co.uk
Dr. Adel Ahmed Alzayed
Senior Consultant
Head of Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services
Director of Kuwait Center for Mental Health
adelalzayed@gmail.com
Dr Hussain Hamid Alshatti
Focal Point, Ministry of Health
Kuwait
shattimd@gmail.com
Lebanon
The National Emotional Support and Suicide Prevention Hotline “Embrace Lifeline”
12h pm – 5h30 am
1564
Ministry of Public Health hotline
1214
COVID-19 Call centre
01-594459
Dr Rabih El Chammay
Department of Psychiatry
Saint Joseph University
Beirut
Lebanon
rabihelchammay@gmail.com
Mr. Wissam Kheir
Mental Health programme
MOPH
Lebanon
wissamkheir@hotmail.com
Libya
Mental health and psychosocial support support hotline
Libyan psychosocial support team (6 psychologists)
Every day from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm except for Friday
1417
Coronavirus hotline
National Centre for Disease Control to offer psychosocial support
195+218
Phone consultations about mental health
Arrazi Psychiatric Hospital
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
+218214781712
+218214781711
Dr Ali Abdulsamad
Head
MNH
NCDC
Tripoli
Libya
aliabdusamad@gmail.com
Husamadin Asaibi
Mental health focal point
h.m.asaibi@gmail.com
Dr. Doaa Mormesh
Head of the Mental Health Unit PHC Institute
d.mormesh@phci.gov.ly
Dr Amel AbdulGadir Ahmed Knan
Head of Psychological support in Emergency Services Department
Ameldent22@gmail.com
Morocco
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline for individuals in distress or suffering from mental health disorders
Clinical psychologists
+212522548526
Psychiatric associations
+212639099552
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline for substance use
The Association of Doctors in Addictology
+21266035816
Dr BOURAM Omar
Spécialiste en Santé Publique
Service de la Santé Mentale
DELM,
Ministère de la Santé
RABAT
aitsmail119@yahoo.fr
Dr Zaki Hanane
Focal Point national Mental Health program
zakihanane3@yahoo.fr
Dr Awatef Bellekhel
Head of NCD division
belakhel@gmail.com
belakhel2020@gmail.com
Dr YOUBI Mohammed
Director of Mental health
youbimohammed@yahoo.fr
Oman
Dr Mahmoud Zahir Al-Abri
Supervisor-Executive Office, National Committee for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Affairs-Ministry Of Health
+968 99345209/
+968 24873010/
+96824873011
Dr. Azza Al Hinai
Head of Mental Health Section
azzaalhinai.moh@gmail.com
Muzna Al Bulushi
Mental Health Section
muznalbalushi.ncd@gmail.com
Ms Faiqa Al Sinawai
Director, Department of School Health
alsinawi66@gmail.com
Dr, Muna Al Shekaili
Adolescent mental health
m.alshekaili@gmail.com
Pakistan
Institute of Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre, Rawalpindi Medical University
Prof Asad Tamizzuddin
Head Institute of Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre, Rawalpindi Medical University
0336-55057
Baluchistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Quetta
Prof Ghulam Rasool,
Executive Director
BIPBS Quetta, Pakistan
Hotline Number: 0092-81-9213093/3042
Skype ID: info@bipbs.gob.pk
10 am to 1 pm Monday to Saturday
WhatsApp
Prof Ghulam Ra
sool
+923133816786
5-7 pm
Dr Ilyas Baloch
0092-321-8036365
12-3 pm
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University,Larkana, Sindh
Prof Rahmat Ali Wagan
00-92-333-7538646
(His personal Cell)
Rozan (NGO)
080022444 (land line closed due to Covid-19)
0092 3355000401
0092 3355000402
0092 3355000403
Monday - Saturday: 10.00am – 6.00 pm
Monday - Friday: 9.00am – 5.00 pm
Telephonic counseling
E-mail counseling
Letter counseling
In person counseling
Sahil (NGO)
080013518
0512850574
0992383880 (Abbotabad)
0838510912 (Jaffarabad)
04235165357 (Lahore)
07 15633615 (Sukkar)
Telephonic counseling
E-mail counseling
In person counseling
Khpal Kore (NGO)
Dosehra Chowk, Nodiya
Market Mardan
Rafi Ullah Chairman
03125102404
Email: rafiullahkko@gmail.com
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Twitter/chairmankko
Instagram/chairmankko
Mayo hospital Lahore
Prof. Aftab Asif and Associate Prof Ali Hashmi
Helpline 03126765604
Lady reading hospital, Peshawar
helpline 03359168800
Hayat Medical complex, Peshawar
Prof. wajid
Helpline 03334770819
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Umang
Dr. Kinza Naeem
24/7
+92 311 7786 264
Email:kinza@umang.com.pk
WhatsApp:
8am-12pm : 03109990828
12pm-4pm : 03109990832
4pm-8pm : 03109990829
8pm-12am : 03109990830
12am-4am : 03109990831
4am-8am : 03109990829
Facebook handle: /umangpakistan
Instagram handle: @umangpakistan
Twitter: @pakistanumang
www.umang.com.pk
Dr Saira Kanwal
saiyrakanwal88@gmail.com
Mr Naeem Malik
Deputy Director Ministry of National Health Services
Regulation & Coordination Islamabad
naeem_nacp@yahoo.com
Palestine
SAWA helpline
Nongovernmental organization
121 (West Bank and Gaza) or 1-800-500-121 (East Jerusalem)
Dr. Samah Jabr,
Head of Mental Health Unit
MoH
Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist
Assistant Clinical Professor, George Washington University
samahjabr@hotmail.com
Qatar
National Mental Health Helpline
Toll free number: 16000
Available from 7:00am to 10:00pm
Primary Health Care Corporation
Contact: Customer Services Team, Hayyak on 107 to schedule an appointment for mental health services in primary care
Hamad Medical Corporation
Contact: National Mental Health Helpline 16000
Available from 7:00am to10:00pm
Sidra Medicine (Women and Children)
Contact: Call Center +974 4003 3333
Naufar (Addiction and Substance Use Disorders)
Contact: Call Center Team +974 4494 6000
Susan Clleland
Director - National Mental Health Program
Office of General Directorate of Health Affairs Department P.O. BOX: 42 – Qatar
Dr Kholood Al Mutawaa
Public Health Specialist
Head Of Non Communicable Disease Supervisor mental health and trauma
Public health department
kalahmed@MOPH.GOV.QA
Dr Fatema Mussa
Consultant Community Medicine,
Head of Mental Health Program,
Service Development and Health Promotion Dept.
PHCC
fmusa@phcc.gov.qa
Saudi Arabia
Dr Hasan Al Sheheri
Director general Mental and social health
HAL-Shehri@moh.gov.sa
Dr Abdul Hameed
Focal point for Mental Disability
ahh9940@yahoo.com
Mental health and psychosocial support hotline
Ministry of Health
24/7
937
Sudan
Dr Hoyam Ibrahim Abdallah
Mental Health Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum
hoyamibrahim@yahoo.com
Somalia
Dr Zeynab Ahmad Noor
Head, Mental Health Unit, Ministry of Health
+252616336044
Sudan
Dr Zienat Bella Mohamed Ahmed Sanhori
Mental Health Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum
+2490912649191
Syria
Dr Amal Shakko
Director for mental health at the Ministry of Health
+963933275156
Dr Ahmad Fayez Al Salameh
Director of Mental Health Programme
Ministry of Health
ahmadalsalameh234@gmail.com
mentalh22@gmail.com
Tunisia
"Cellule d'Assistance Psychologique des victimes de catastrophe" CAP
200 psychiatrists and psychologists from the public and the private sector from all over Tunisia volunteer to answer calls
+21680105050
Dr. Wahid Melki
President of the Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Committee
MOH Tunisia
Chief Psychiatrist Razi Hospital.
wahid_melki@yahoo.fr
Dr Fatma Charfi
Suicide focal point
fatmacharfi1@gmail.com
Prof. Rym Ghacem
Hopital Razi Tunis, University of Tunis el Manar and CHU la Marsa, Tunis
rym_rafrafi@yahoo.fr
Dr Uta Ouali
uta.ouali@gmail.com
United Arab Emirates
Helpline for psychological support
RAK Hospital, by clinical psychologists
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
+9717 207 4444
Online support – “Let’s Support, Together” presents daily online sessions where support is provided, questions are answered, and tips are offered
National Programme for Happiness and Wellbeing, mental health professionals
8:30 pm
Social media channels under the handle @HappyUAE
Online support – “Let’s Reassure, Together” presents short, focused, awareness-raising videos how to build coping skills and mental resilience
@HappyUAE
Online support – “Let’s Talk, Together” offers virtual support groups that provide mental health support to community segments, including mothers, students, older people
Online mental health support through video conferencing
VPS Healthcare and India's psychosocial rehabilitation centre, Cadabam's mental health professionals
24/7
+9618005546
www.vpshealth.com
Remote consultations
Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children in Abu Dhabi
www.wasfati.ae
Yemen
Mental health and psychosocial support helpline
Family Counselling Development Foundation
12 hours/day, 6 days/week
Hotline: 8000202
Dr Abdulrahman M. Abdo
General Director
Psychiatric care foundation
12 hours/day, 6 days/week
Hotline: 8000202
Email: psycarefoundation@gmail.com