16. Manasra, N. The Mental and Psychological Health of Palestinian Women Norway: Presented at the Women’s World Conference, 1999: 16pp.

This paper presents a description of the mental and psychological health of Palestinian women in addition to a description of the current situation of the Palestinian society now-a-days. The paper I divided into 5 parts; part one in an introduction and description of the Palestinian society and women’s role in it, part two discuses the state of women mental health in Palestine, part three discuses the social sphere of mental illness, part four presents a mapping of the mental health services in Palestine, and the last part of the report consists of a summary of the paper and recommendations.