Gihane Endrawes

Western Sydney University, Australia

Title: Psychometric Properties Assessment of the Arabic Version of Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill Scale

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Biography

Dr Gihane Endrawes is a lecturer at Western Sydney University with more than 20 years teaching and mental health experience.  Gihane completed here PhD in 2003 on the caregiving experience of caring for a relative with mental illness, and worked as a Clinical Nurse Consultant -transcultural mental health, involved in review and development of policies, practice guidelines and various quality improvement projects. She received 2 Nurse Achievement awards and “Excellence in Engagement” award – Mental Health Theme due to her contribution to mental health nursing.  She has experience in research supervision, leading research teams, obtaining research grants, developed and reviewed curriculum, coordinating under-graduate and post-graduate subjects for many years.

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