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Following years of conflict, the Middle East has one of the highest rates of serious mental health problems, according to the World Health Organisation. Al Quds University in Jerusalem and a Palestinian non-profit organisation called Sunna Al Amal have collaborated to start a master’s degree in psychotherapy, to improve mental health training and provide badly needed care.

Hanan (not her real name), a patient at the Halkhal Community Center for Mental Health near Hebron, explains how the treatment provided by one of the master’s students – Hamza – has helped her.

Picture: A Palestinian woman looks after a boy near the West Bank city of Hebron, Credit: Getty Images