GAZA, March 26, 2010 (WAFA)- President of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme Dr. Eyad El Sarraj received the most prestigious International Award in Psychiatry for the Year 2010.

This year, the award was given to a recipient who has devoted his professional career to the rights and dignity of the mental health patients and contributed to the promotion of mental health through scientific research. 

Among fourteen prominent scientists and researchers in the field of psychiatry, Dr. Ahmed Okasha, Professor in Psychiatry and President of Arab Federation of Psychiatrists, nominated Dr. Eyad El Sarraj. The arbitrary committee, which consisted of eight international experts, granted the award in Copenhagen to both Dr. Joel Engest from Switzerland and Dr. Eyad El Sarraj from Palestine.

On behalf of all GCMHP staff and the Palestinian community, the Programme thanked Dr. Okasha for nominating Dr. Eyad El Sarraj, a prominent psychiatrist of Palestinian heritage.