Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program

The Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma present the Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Training Program, GMH, now in its 19th year. GMH was implemented in November 2006 by a call for training capacity in mental health by the World’s Ministers of Health (n=35) meeting in Rome in December 2004. The main objective of the GMH Program is to provide state-of-the-art cultural and evidence-based knowledge and skills to health and mental health professionals, humanitarian relief workers, and policy planners caring for traumatized patients, families, and communities worldwide. Advances in the neurosciences, psychosocial interventions, and community development will be offered. A major focus of the course is on the transfer of knowledge in trauma informed care of survivors, an in-depth study of the neuroscience of trauma, and leadership development of course participants. Course participants receive an online version of the textbook: Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery: A Companion Guide for Field and Clinical Care of Traumatized People Worldwide and a Culture/Evidence Based 11 Point Clinical Toolkit. Special highlighted topics include human rights, trauma informed care, racial trauma, the long- term impact of COVID-19, self-care for health care workers, climate change and ecocide. The combination of lectures, questions and answers with faculty allows for in-depth sharing of knowledge and expertise of faculty and participants. This program uses a lecture and discussion format for all the subjects included in the course. Additionally, there will be an opportunity for participants to network with one another and with the faculty.

Who Should Attend

This course is targeted to Internist, Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Physician Assistants, and Pharmacists.

Faculty

Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program features Harvard Medical School faculty and prominent experts and leaders in their field.

The course is led by:

Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR
Eugene F. Augusterfer, LCSW
Maria Leister, JD

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Integrate science, culture, and evidence-based knowledge and practices in policy planning, clinical care, humanitarian, and human rights activities.
• Implement and use advances in the neurosciences and cultural knowledge of the clinical care of traumatized persons, their families, and communities.
• Define effective scientific approaches for the care of survivors of extreme violence, racial trauma, and climate change.
• Analyze the important historical scientific and evaluation approaches to the care of survivors of trauma.
• Apply professional development and ethics in working with vulnerable populations. Understand the impact of trauma on the bio-psycho-social and spiritual state of survivors of trauma.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 40.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Visit their website for all credits available and additional details.