About Us

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  Dr. Abdelhamid Afana is the founder of Global mental health Centre for Emotional Wellbeing, has significant experience in the field of mental health and trauma interventions at both individual, group and community levels. He is a board member of the Unite Lebanon Youth Education (ULYE), the former President of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), and was associated with Trauma and Global Health Program at Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University in Canada. He was the coordinator for the multicultural mental health resource center at the institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, McGill University, targeting Canadian policy makers, primary health care, community organizations and consumers and their families.Dr. Afana Designs training courses for health and allied professionals in various mental health fields; psychology of management, communication skills, stress management, mental health prevention and promotion, child and adolescent mental health, breaking bad news, dealing with anger, and mental health and human rights. He also provides crisis intervention services.He is familiar with global policy and guidelines regarding mental health reform: participated in the revision of Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package WHO 2005, and participated in the strategic planning, guidelines and policy of the International Council for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (IRCT). He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve, Leigh Day & Co (UK), Conseil Santé S.A, (France), Noradic Consultancy Group (NCG) and other international NGO's that work with torture and trauma survivors. 

 Dr. Jess Ghannam is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF. His research areas include evaluating the long-term health consequences of war on displaced communities and the psychological and psychiatric effects of armed conflict on children. Dr. Ghannam has developed health clinics in the Middle East that focus on community-based treatment programs for families in crisis.  He is also a consultant with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Reprieve and other international NGO's that work with torture survivors. Locally he works to promote and enhance the health and wellness of refugee, displaced, and immigrant populations from the Middle East,North Africa and South Asia and has established a community-based Mental Health Treatment Programs to support these communities.  At UCSF Dr. Ghannam develops culturally competency training programs for staff, students and faculty working with patients from the Middle East. He serves on the Chancellor's Council of Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion and is a member of the UCP, University and Community Partnerships Committee.He works with medical students and residents across disciplines to promote and enhance their clinical and research skills. Dr. Ghannam specializes in working with chronic illness, including chronic pain and cancer. He also works and does research in the area of Global Health and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Dr. Ghannam is also a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) for the State of California.