INAUGURATION OF GIFTS ROOM AT MAYANEI HAYESHUA
After extensive preparations, a dedicated gifts room was inaugurated in a festive ceremony in the pediatric ward of the Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center. The new room, donated by “Yair’s Gift House” headed by Meirav Hollander, was established with the aim of alleviating the anxiety and pain that form part of hospitalization, especially when it comes […]
Prestigious Magazine “Frontiers” features groundbreaking research by Mayanei Hayeshua’s Eating Disorders Unit
Virtual Online Home-Based Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Ultra-Orthodox Young Women With Eating Disorders Written by: Yael Latzer, Esther Herman, Rachel Ashkenazi, Orna Atias, Sofia Laufer, Ateret Biran Ovadya, Tova Oppenheimer, Meirav Shimoni, Moria Uziel, Daniel Shtein Background: With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need arose to maintain treatment continuity for religious […]
In the wake of recent events: This is how we will cope with anxieties
In the wake of recent events: This is how we will cope with anxietiesThe sequence of difficult events, starting with the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, continuing on to the Meron disaster and now, the missile attacks, has aroused fears and anxieties among children. Professor Israel Strous, Director of the Psychiatric Department of the Mental Health Division […]
Asking our specialists – Meron disaster
Doctor, I have a question:How can we properly mediate the Meron disaster for our children and how are you helping families in the difficult days following the disaster? Yael Parush, an expert clinical psychologist and Director of Parenting for Toddlers at the Mayanei Hayeshua Mental Health Center, responds: “We woke up on Friday to news […]
Meron rescue workers who assisted the victims themselves require treatment
Meron rescue workers who assisted the victims themselves require treatment
Mercaz Shalom – Young Adult Center
In loving memory of Anna (Chana Bat Alter) Rosenberg ע”ה April 2021, Iyar 5781 The yartzeit of my wife Anna Rosenberg A”H (חנה בת אלתר) is approaching. Our family goal is to finish a project that Anna started before she was diagnosed. The project is called Mercaz Shalom – a young adult center for mental healing, […]
International Zoom Event
PRESENTING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DISCUSSING THE COVID-19 CONUNDRUM Fighting the Physical and Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF MAYANEI HAYESHUA MEDICAL CENTER THE ANGLOS IN ISRAEL CHAPTER WHAT: A PANEL OF EXPERTS WHEN: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 8PM WHERE: On-Line – On Zoom. THIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT SPACE IS […]
The story of ‘Y’ – a miraculous return to life
When ‘Y’ was hospitalized in the Eating Disorders Unit of Mayanei Hayeshua, she was desperately ill – physically and emotionally. She was horribly emaciated. She was so weak that she could barely lift herself up. Most frightening of all, ‘Y’, a young teenager, had completely given up on herself. She had lost the will to […]
The story of ‘M’ – an eyewitness report of a ‘wow’ experience
My recent visit to MAYANEI HAYESHUA Eating Disorders Unit can be described as nothing short of extraordinary. I was part of a truly ‘WOW’ – transformational experience. I met a young woman – let’s call her ‘M’ to protect her privacy – who has been an in-patient in this program for just over a year. […]