PLEASE NOTE:

This conference is now being presented as a one day event.

More information to follow.

Presented by the Center for Multicultural & Global Mental Health

Working with Syrian Refugees:

Medical and Psychological Implications for Self- Care

Friday, October 27, 2017 from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

With the Syrian conflict now in its seventh year, the war has created one of the biggest crises since World War II. Five million Syrians are currently displaced outside of their home country, and 13.5 million people inside Syria are in need of aid. This one day conference will focus on the challenges confronted and strategies devised to provide health and mental health care to Syrians within Syria and to those displaced in neighboring countries.

Conference Faculty:

Physicians from the Syrian American Medical Society.

Jill Bloom, PhD, Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department; Co-Director of the Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health; and Director of the Global Mental Health Concentration at William James College.

Richard Mollica, MD, MAR, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; and a faculty member in the Counseling Psychology and Global Mental Health program at William James College.

WSR12 | 6 CE Credits | $125

Graduate Students, General Public, Other Professionals | No CE Credits | $67.50

At William James College, Newton

The Center for Multicultural & Global Mental Health (CMGMH) at William James College aims to be a preeminent academic, clinical training and research center in promoting social justice and addressing mental health disparities among culturally diverse populations. Its primary mission is to train, educate, mentor, and prepare a cadre of professionals to serve historically marginalized groups locally and around the globe. CMGMH is comprised of three academic concentrations—African and Caribbean Mental Health, Global Mental Health, and Latino Mental Health—that focus primarily on underserved communities in the U.S. and abroad. Additionally, CMGMH offers a series of professional development events on the mental health needs of culturally diverse individuals, families and communities.