Conference on Multicultural & Global Mental Health

Crossing Borders:

Meeting the Needs of Immigrant & Refugee Communities from Across the Globe

 Friday, June 26, 2015

9:00 am – 4:30 pm at William James College

Conference Organizers: Gemima St. Louis, PhD, Jill Bloom, PhD, Natalie Cort, PhD and Mari Bennasar, PsyD

Keynote Speakers:

Janet E. Helms, PhD, Augustus Long Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Director of the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College

David C. Henderson, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director of the Chester M. Pierce Division of Global Psychiatry, and Medical Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital

Richard F. Mollica, MD, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

The Conference on Multicultural & Global Mental Health aims to create a forum for information sharing and knowledge exchange; increase public awareness of mental health disparities among historically marginalized groups and underserved communities in the U.S.; promote multicultural and global perspectives in clinical training, psychosocial research, and treatment interventions; and build cultural bridges among academics, mental health professionals, public health advocates and service providers with an interest in addressing the diverse mental health needs of immigrant and refugee communities locally and around the globe.

Program Code: CB06
6 CE Credits
Location: William James College, Newton