"Get to know us!" Book launch (English)
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2025
- Virtual book launch for "Get to know us: Our lived with mental illness in the Palestinian community".
This book is unique in that it has been fully co-produced by people with severe mental illness with researchers from Birzeit University (Suzan Mitwalli, Dr Yoke Rabaia) and King's College London (Prof. Hanna Kienzler) and practitioners from the Palestinian Counseling Center. The accompanying illustrations have been created by the award-winning Palestinian artist Amer Shomali.
During the event, speakers will provided insight into community inclusion and participation of people with severe mental illness in Palestine. They also tell you about how the process of co-producing the book came about and how you can use the book as part of your teaching, training and awareness raising initiatives.
A PDF copy of the book (Arabic and English) as well as audio recordings (Arabic) of all the chapters are freely available to you on this website: www.get-to-kno...
The book explores the difficulties and limited opportunities for people with mental illness to live and participate in their communities with chapters focusing on the notions of community, life with mental illness, equity, spare time, and the rights to medication and work.