The transformative power of bringing flowers to Mayanei Hayeshua’s psychiatric wards
For several years, Professor Rael Strous, director of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Center, has decried the fact that visitors to psychiatric wards in Israel do not bring bouquets of flowers. He has often shared his pain that patients in psychiatric wards are not treated in the same way as patients in the other hospital wards. […]
Using Big Data to help personalize mental health treatment
Mayanei Hayeshua’s Professor Rael Strous participated in the “Future of Healthcare” panelat the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, September 2022 The medical director of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Center, Professor Rael Strous, was a member of the “Future of Healthcare” onstage live panel at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York on […]
Mayanei Hayeshua co-hosts 1st Annual Jerusalem Mental Health Expo
Close to 2,000 participants from all over Israel attended a first-ever Expo dedicated entirely to raising awareness of mental health issues in Israel and beyond. Co-hosted by Mayanei Hayeshua, and tailored to the needs of English-speaking immigrants, the Expo included briefings and panels seeking to give people the same clarity regarding mental health access that […]
Mayanei Hayeshua Battles Eating Disorders in Bnei Brak & Beyond
By Esther Perkal Eating disorders were long regarded as a non-issue in Israeli charedi society. A study conducted in 2009 by Ben Gurion University contrasting psychological perceptions within the secular and religious sectors even revealed that the more religious a group, the lower the number of eating disorder (ED) cases. Yet in the past decade, […]
Harnessing the power of technology to transform mental health care
With the establishment of its new research institute, Mayanei Hayeshua is at the forefront of medical research in the fields of mental health and women’s wellness BY NERIA BARR NOVEMBER 1, 2021 14:06 Mayanei Hayeshua’s acclaimed mental health center is regarded as a role model for psychiatric hospitals in Israel. Now with the establishment of […]
Mayanei Hayeshua in ’50 Most Influential Jews’- Jerusalem Post’s special edition
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical CenterTreating the body and mind By Alan Rosenbaum “COVID gave us a bit of a jolt,” says Chaim Fachler, Director of International Resource Development at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, with typical British understatement, “but we were one of the first community hospitals to react in an efficient and effective way.” Mayanei Hayeshua […]
Medical Research Collaboration between Mayanei Hayeshua and JCT
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center recently hosted a special lecture on the subject: “Preventive Treatment for Postnatal Depression – Prediction and Preventive Therapy – A Presentation.”At the invitation of the Clinical Research Department at Mayanei Hayeshua, the Lev Academic Center (JCT), presented the results of a groundbreaking and encouragingly hopeful study on the painful subject of […]
Mayanei Hayeshua’s Professor Rael Strous takes London by Storm
In the last week of November 2019, Professor Rael Strous, the South African-born medical director of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Centre, and professor of psychiatry at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medicine, was in London for a busy round of meetings and events organised by the British Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua.
Professor Rael Strous leads training event at major London Hospital
“Food Fight: tackling the stigma of eating disorders,” was the title of a Level 3 annual Safeguarding Children training event covering key aspects and approaches to managing eating disorders. The evening training session at London’s St Pancras Hospital on 26 November 2019 was under the auspices of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Centre, and was attended […]