Prof. David Roe (Department of Community Mental Health) is at the forefront of promoting improved mental health services and combating damaging stigmas that people with mental health issues face on a regular basis. Prof. Roe’s research advocates a personal recovery-oriented approach that focuses on helping people return to their lives, rather than narrowly treating their psychiatric syndromes. He and his colleagues are responsible for pioneering the implementation of several recovery-oriented programs to the mental health system in Israel. “The mental health consumer, whose life is most directly influenced, must receive center stage,” asserts Roe. His work was highlighted in an interview conducted with the American Society of the University of Haifa for World Mental Health Day. READ FULL INTERVIEW HERE