The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations #UOSSM, in collaboration with the Arab Medical Union organized two training sessions for Syrian women in the field of mental health and psychosocial support at the UOSSM supported protection Center "Adn" in northern Lebanon.

The training sessions were customized to adapt to the needs of 18 specialists and 38 non-specialists and were aimed at providing lectures on Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy to specialists in post-traumatic stress and depression for adults and children.

The course focused on strengthening the role of the specialist trainees in behavioral therapy and their skills in the application of psychological tests. It also focused on teaching the non-specialists trainees methods of implementing psycho-social activities in daily programs for children, such as curative, recreational, social, communicative and problem solving skills.

The training session started on Oct. 13th and lasted for five days; two days of lectures and theory, and three days of practice and training in the Syrian refugees camps.