Community Chat with Dr. Samah Jabr

Join us for our next Community Chat! We’re thrilled to have Dr. Samah Jabr joining us as our special guest. We’ll dive into a deep discussion for 30 minutes followed by a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask your burning questions.

Our Community Chats are all about sharing ideas and learning from each other in a safe, inclusive space. Whether you’re looking for a little inspiration, ready to soak up some wisdom, or want to just connect in community, this is the perfect opportunity.

Dr. Samah Jabr (she/her), is a psychiatrist practicing in the public and private sectors within Palestine in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. She is currently the Head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian MoH. She has taught both in the classroom and in clinical settings on the faculties of several Palestinian universities and she is affiliated with George Washington University within the Division of Global Mental Health, where she is currently an associate clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. She is a trainer of several subjects related to psychiatry and psychotherapy including CBT, mhGAP, Istanbul Protocol for the documentation of torture, and Treatment package for drug addiction. Dr. Jabr often serves as a consultant for international organizations regarding program development, policy planning, and program implementation and as a provider of psychological support and well-being workshops for human rights organizations. Her varied areas of interest include the rights of prisoners, the problem of stigma, psychoanalysis, childhood trauma, and the integration of mental health with public health. She is a prolific writer on diverse subjects, in both academic and public media, related to Mental Health and human rights; she authored the book Beyond the Frontlines,  Derrière les fronts: Chroniquesd’une psychiatre psychothérapeute palestinienne sous occupation, published by PMN in 2017,  which appeared in French, Italian and Spanish, and the book Sumud, resistere all’oppressione, published in Italian by Sensibili alle foglie in 2021. She is also an author of several Arabic professional manuals and guidebooks, one of them, on Suicide Prevention, won the 2021 prize of the Arabpsy.net. Dr. Jabr is also a founding member of the Palestine Global Mental Health Network.

*Image description: This image shows Dr. Jabr smiling wearing a pink hijab and a pink striped shirt. She appears to be holding a pen or pencil. The background is purple, and there is text above and below her image advertising a “Community Chat” event featuring Samah Jabr on Sunday 8/25 at 10AM PDT.

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