Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery
- Continuing Education
Develop expertise in trauma-informed global mental health care through a three-day certificate program that combines evidence-based training, neuroscience, psychosocial interventions, and culturally responsive recovery practices for traumatized individuals and communities worldwide.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for on-demand online viewing for 90 days after the end of the course.
$1,000 Save with early registration
This is the standard price, for a full list of profession pricing see below.
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
22.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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Three Days
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Overview
Excellence in Global Mental Health! Join us in 20th year anniversary of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) and The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Course (GMH).
HMS and HPRT are offering an extraordinary 3-day online program, Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery. The program provides training for health care practitioners, humanitarian relief workers and policy planners addressing the health and mental health sequelae of traumatized patients and communities. The curriculum is adaptable for diverse populations and global environments affected by violence, natural disasters, and climate change.
The Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Program is the first of its kind in global mental health, trauma, and post-conflict/disaster recovery. The major rationale for this program emerged from 40+ years of clinical care, training, and research by the faculty with survivors of violence and natural disasters throughout the world.
In collaboration with Caritas Rome, Fulbright New Century Scholars Program and the World Bank, HPRT and the Italian Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) developed the global Project 1 Billion: International Congress of Ministers of Health for Mental Health and Post-Conflict Recovery. In December 2004, this project brought together Ministers of Health from the world's post-conflict countries to endorse a science-based, culturally effective and sustainable Mental Health Action Plan and Book of Best Practices for post-conflict recovery. Project 1 Billion revealed the great need for the education and capacity building of health care professionals, international relief workers and policy makers in the area of mental health. This Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Program is a major result of Project 1 Billion.
Upon successful completion of the GMH program, participants receive a certificate of participation with continuing medical education credits from Harvard Medical School.
Learning Objectives
- 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 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.
- Learn methods for self-care.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Massachusetts General Hopsital.
Who Should Participate
Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Welcome and Orientation
9:00-9:30 am
Global Mental Health Overview
9:30-11:00 am
Break
11:00-11:15 am
Global Mental Health Action Plan
11:15 am-12:15 pm
Human Rights
12:15-1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm
Global Mental Health – Africa
2:15-3:15 pm
War, Trauma & Children
3:15-4:15 pm
Break
4:15-4:30 pm
Education, Trauma & Mental Health
4:30-5:30 pm
Q&A
5:30-6:00 pm
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Neuroscience 1
9:00-10:00 am
Neuroscience 2
10:00-11:00 am
Break
11:00-11:15 am
Neuroscience 3
11:15 am-12:15 pm
Clinical Toolkit
12:15-1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm
Trauma Informed Care
2:15-3:15 pm
Women’s Health
3:15-4:15 pm
Break
4:15-4:30 pm
Leadership
4:30-5:30 pm
Q&A
5:30-6:00 pm
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Trauma and the Arts
9:00-10:00 am
Expressive Arts
10:00-11:00 am
Break
11:00-11:15 am
Nature and Well-Being
11:15 am-12:15 pm
HPRT 20-Year Celebration
12:15-1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm
Empathy: Franco Paparo Memorial Lecture
2:15-3:15 pm
HPRT 20 YEAR CELEBRATION : ABC Nightline, HPRT videos, Marjorie Agosin, GMH alumni
3:15-4:15 pm
Break
4:15-4:30 pm
Meditation & Reflection
4:30-5:30 pm
Q&A
5:30-6:00 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education offers faculty who are international experts and leading educators in their fields. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Richard Mollica
MD, MAR | Course Director
- Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT)
- Director of the Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Course
Eugene F. Augusterfer
LCSW | Course Director
- Deputy Director and Director of Telemedicine, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Co- Founder, World Bank Mental Health, and Psychosocial Working Group
- Former U.S. Air Force Mental Health Officer
Maria Leister
JD, MSc | Course Director
- Director of Education and Bioethics, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
- Chief Operations Officer at Pocket Project
- Former Fellow at the Harvard University Office of the President
Massimo Ammaniti, MD
Child Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst
Honorary Professor of Developmental Psychopathology Former Chairman of the Faculty of Infant Adolescent Clinical Psychology at University of Rome La Sapienza
Eugene F. Augusterfer, LCSW
Deputy Director and Director of Telemedicine, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Founder, World Bank Mental Health Psychosocial Working Group
Former U.S. Air Force Mental Health Officer
Omar Bah, PsyD, MPH
Psychologist and Founder and Executive Director: The Refugee Dream Center, Inc., Rhode Island
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MBBS, MACP
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Marshall Wolf Distinguished Clinician Educator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School
Sondra Crosby, MD
Medical Doctor and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Medical Centers
Sadie Elisseou, MD
Practicing Physician at Mass General Brigham, faculty at Harvard Medical School
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and an internationally recognized expert in trauma-informed care
Gregory L. Fricchione, MD
Psychiatrist and Associate Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Maria Leister, JD, MSc
Director of Education and Bioethics, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
Chief Operations Officer at Pocket Project
Former Fellow at the Harvard University Office of the President
Joe Mageary, PhD, LMHC, CCMHC
Associate Professor and Department Chair in Lesley University’s Department of Counseling and Psychology
Laura McDonald, PhD, MALD
Senior Member of the Operations and Evaluations, Education Global Practice at the World Bank
Co- Founder, World Bank Mental Health and Psychosocial Working Group
Richard Mollica, MD, MAR
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director and Founder, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT)
Director of the Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Course
Giovanni Muscettola, MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry University “Federico II” Napoli, Italia
Giampaolo Nicolais, PhD
Professor of Child Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Director of the School of Specialization in Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Head of the Clinical Psychology Unit, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine
President of AISMI - Italian Association for Infant Mental Health
Susan Rees, PhD, MSoc.Pol, BCW
Professor in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of New South Wales, Australia
Nisha Sajnani, PhD, RDT-BCT
Director of the Program in Drama Therapy, the Theater & Health Lab
Chair of the Creative Arts Therapies Consortium at New York University
Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, MBBS
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Chief Examiner, Faculty of Psychiatry, West African College of Physician and a member of the African Union Center for Disease Control (Psychiatry)
Frederick (Jerry) Streets, MDiv, MSW, DSW, LICSW
Professor of Divinity and Social Work at Yale University Divinity School
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Former Chaplain of Yale University and the first African American to serve in this role
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Course Fees
Registration Details
You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.
Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus, some recordings for up to 90 days after course has ended.
At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Early Registration Deadline:
| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| PA | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| Psychologist | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| Resident/Fellow | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| Social Worker | $1,250 | $1,000 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $1,250 | $1,000 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this Live Virtual for a maximum of 22.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.