IAWMH Secretary, Dr Gihan ELNahas, Prof of Psychiatry, Head of Liaison Psychiatry Unit, Head of Women Mental Health Program, Head of Tobacco Control and Cessation Unit, Chair CME Committee, Institute of Psychiatry-Ain Shams Medical School, Cairo, Egypt.and
Established in 2001 to improve the mental health of women throughout the world, the International Association for Women’s Mental Health is a Not for Profit, Non-Governmental Organization.
The Association’s purposes are:
To create a network of national and international societies and sections (hereinafter called “Societies and Sections”), devoted to mental health of women.
Through international collaboration and networks, to promote research into:
The social, economic, ethical, legal, cultural, psychological and biological factors, which affect Women’s Mental Health.
Women’s roles in marriage, family and society, and the effects on mental health.
The causes, effects and elimination of domestic violence and abuse of women.
The causes, treatment and prevention of mental diseases or disorders that are specific, more prevalent, more severe or have different risk factors or outcomes in women.
Gender-specific effects of treatment.
Basic sciences pertinent to gender difference and female biology.