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Ms. Myrna GANNAGE

Faculty of Humanities Ramez G. Chagoury
Faculty of Medicine

Professor
Dean Of The Faculty Of Humanities

(+961) 1 421 000 ext 5122 myrna.gannage@usj.edu.lb

Myrna Gannagé is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head of the Psychology Unit at Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Beirut. She was Chair of the Department of Psychology at St. Joseph’s University in Beirut from 2012 to 2021. In September 2020, she was elected Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the same university. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Psychological Consultation Centers for the Welfare of War Children in Lebanon, the first specialized outpatient units for children who have suffered from the war. She is the author of numerous scientific publications in the field of trauma and a book, L’enfant, les parents et la guerre, une étude clinique au Liban, 1999, Paris, ESF. She is a member of the French Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions and was a member of the scientific committee of this society from 2018 to 2023. She was recognized with the Award of Human Rights of the French Republic in 2008 and the distinction of “Knight of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic” in 2017.

Highest degree : PhD in Clinical Psychology - Université René Descartes (Paris V) - France


DegreesUniversityCountryYear
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Université René Descartes(Paris V)France1995
Master in Clinical PsychologyUniversité René Descartes(Paris V)France1988

Experience in University Teaching Outside USJCountryInstitutionStart DateEnd Date
LecturerFranceUniversité René Descartes(Paris V)01/09/199130/07/1996

Professional ExperienceOrganizationStart dateEnd date
Psychologist ConsultantHotel-Dieu de France01/02/1996

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

1-Lin, G.-X., Mikolajczak, M., Keller, H., Akgun, E., Arikan, G., Aunola, K., Barham, E., Besson, E., Blanchard, M. A., Boujut, E., Brianda Brytek-Matera, A., César, F., Chen, B.-B., Dorard, G., dos Santos Elias, L. C., Dunsmuir, S., Egorova, N., Escobar, M. J., ... Roskam, I. (2023). Parenting Culture(s): Ideal-Parent Beliefs Across 37 Countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(1), 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221123043

2-Roskam, I., Aguiar, J., Akgun, E. et al. (2021). Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study. Affec Sci 2, 58–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-020-00028-4

3-Gannagé, M., Besson, E., Harfouche, J., Roskam, I., &Mikolajczak,M. (2020). Parental Burnout in Lebanon: Validation Psychometric Properties of the Lebanese Arabic Version of the Parental Burnout Assessment. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1–15.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20383

4- Gannagé, M. (2019), La clinique du traumatisme chez l’enfant de la guerre s’accorde-t-elle avec la notion de diagnostic, Bulletin de psychologie, 72, 1/559, 29-36. Article sélectionné par le Bulletin de psychologie et traduit en anglais sur Cairn « Is the clinical presentation and treatment of trauma in children of war compatible with the concept of diagnosis ?

5-Gannagé, M/ (2017), L’enfant et la guerre : Quels dispositifs de soins ? Enfances § Psy, 74, 51-60