Press Release June 2008 New York, NY: The Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) has organized the second team of the Mental Health Outreach Project (MHOP) in Armenia from June 12- 22. Dr. Ani Kalayjian and Ani Jilozian, President and Public Relations Coordinator for ATOP, respectively, will be delivering this mission to Armenia.  They… Continue reading >>

Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP) Mental Health Outreach Projects (MHOP) Below is a list of Mental Helath Outreach Projects and post disaster healing, conflict transformation, training of mental health professionals, peace building, menatal health policy development, and reseach projects. 2008    Darfur, Sudan                         Post war and HIV (Planning) (Human-made) 2008    The Republic Of Armenia         Second team of… Continue reading >>

Title:  Generational Impact of Mass Trauma of Genocide Date:  October 30, 2007 Time:  16:00 Place:  Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI), Komitas Hall E-mail:  info@genocide-museum.am Lecturer:  Ani Kalayjian Ph.D Description:  The attempted destruction of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turkish Government from 1895-1923 not only cost one-and-a-half million Armenian lives but created massive trauma for many… Continue reading >>

Dr. Ani Kalayjian and Crystal Barry Click here or on the above image to view more photos The Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention’s (ATOP) first Mental Health Outreach Project (MHOP) team, invited by the Lebanese Psychological Association (LPA) as well as the American University of Beirut (AUB), arrived safely in Lebanon on May 15th. … Continue reading >>

This important and exciting joint Armenian-Turkish project, entitled “Imagining the Future: Armenian and Turkish Artists in Dialogue” will be coming soon to New York This project will be a show of leading, world-class Armenian and Turkish artists.  Our goal in doing so is to represent the common cultural and artistic concerns of Armenia and Turkey… Continue reading >>

The Mental Health Outreach Program (MHOP), organized by the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) which was formerly known as the Association for Disaster & Mass Trauma Studies, is a not-for-profit (501c3) organization, spearheaded by trauma expert Dr. Ani Kalayjian. The MHOP is a disaster relief project that has been recruiting teams of professional… Continue reading >>

On October 8. 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the moment monitor scale struck the northeastern region of Pakistan. Wikipedia reported that entire villages and roads were buried by landslides in the North-West Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The destruction of the earthquake was even felt in India and Afghanistan. Because of… Continue reading >>

MHOP meeting Sri Lancan Red CrescentsThe first team of the Mental Health Outreach Project meeting local Sri Lancan Red Crescents in Batticaloa, February 2005 Tsunami Press Release UN Tsunami Press Release Tsunami Pictures Post Tsunami Mental Health Outreach Project Tsunami Relief  

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In response to this crisis, the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) spearheaded by Dr. Ani Kalayjian, is implementing its Mental Health Outreach Project (MHOP) in the Gulf Coast. The MHOP is mobilizing teams of mental health volunteers to treat survivors. Unfortunately, at least 15% of survivors will present symptoms of PTSD that will… Continue reading >>