Meeting: One Year Since the Dead Sea Conference – Mental Health: The Pandemic After the Pandemic

The meeting took place on 15 July 2025.

Chairs of the Meeting: Prof. Gil Zalsman, Prof. Ido Lurie

To view the presentations from the meeting, please click on the lecture title.

Session I – Introduction

Prof. Nachman Ash, Chair of the Executive Board, The National Institute
Prof. Gil Zalsman, Geha Mental Health Center
Prof. Ido Lurie, Shalvata Mental Health Center
Dr. Gilad Bodenheimer, Inbal Yarkoni, Ministry of Health

• Presentation: Recommendations of the 2024 Dead Sea Conference

• Summary: Click here to view

Session II – From Then Until Today

Prof. Gil Zalsman, Geha Mental Health Center – Findings of the “Zalsman Committee”: Regionalization in Psychiatric Hospitalization
Iris Florentin, Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs – Socio-Emotional Deprivation
Prof. Shlomo Mandelovitch, Shalvata Mental Health Center – Findings of the “Resilience Coaches” Study
Dr. Yuval Hirsch, Forum of Public Psychology Organizations – The Public Psychology Wage Agreement: Opportunities for Reform and Steps Required for Implementation
Dr. Gilad Eger, Geha Mental Health Center – When the Muses Fall Silent: The Role of Innovation in Mental Health During Wartime

• Summary of Session II: One Year Since the 2024 Dead Sea Conference

Open Discussion

Moderated by Prof. Gil Zalsman