French
Arabic
Myrna GANNAGE
Professor
Faculty of Humanities – Doyen FLSH
Faculty of Medicine – Chargé de Cours
+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.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, | Université René Descartes(Paris V) | France | 1995 |
| Master in Clinical Psychology | Université René Descartes(Paris V) | France | 1988 |
Teaching at USJ
University teaching outside USJ
| University teaching outside USJ | Country | Institution | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | France | Université René Descartes(Paris V) | 01/09/1991 | 30/07/1996 |
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychologist Consultant | Hotel-Dieu de France | 01/02/1996 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
Publications and communications
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., dosSantos Elias, L. C., Dunsmuir, S., Egorova, N., Escobar, M. J., ... Roskam, I. (2023). Parenting Culture(s): Ideal-ParentBeliefs 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). ParentalBurnout 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 theLebanese Arabic Version of the Parental Burnout Assessment. New Directionsfor 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 lanotion de diagnostic, Bulletin de psychologie, 72, 1/559, 29-36. Articlesélectionné par le Bulletin de psychologie et traduit en anglais sur Cairn« Is the clinical presentation and treatment of trauma in children of warcompatible with the concept of diagnosis ?
5-Gannagé, M/ (2017),L’enfant et la guerre : Quels dispositifs de soins ? Enfances §Psy, 74, 51-60