Experts discuss counseling and psychological support available for women in Qatar

Doha: Women in Qatar must speak out if they are facing mental health challenges because help is at hand, experts from Hamad Medical Corporation have said at a discussion session held in collaboration with Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Reads initiative and Qatar National Library.

The event - titled Mother’s Mental Health - discussed women’s psychological and psychosocial support services at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), and the objectives of mental health nursing, family therapy, and its uses in psychology and psychiatry. It also focused on the role of pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to improve the mental health of women in Qatar, occupational therapy, the role of social workers and nutritionists, and the importance of proper nutrition.