About us

The General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment (GSMHAT) is a governmental body dedicated to the provision of mental health services and drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation including inpatient psychiatric hospital, outpatient mental health care center and primary health care services.

GSMHAT supervises the 20 governmental mental health hospitals in Egypt. In addition, GSMHAT works as the main educational body in the area of mental health and addiction treatment.

General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment (GSMHAT) is considered the main provider of service in the field of mental health in Egypt (Ministry of Health); it was established after the Ministerial Decree (No. 32) for the year 1998.