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The Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry McGill University
The Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry McGill University
The Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry is a network of scholars and clinicians devoted to promoting research, training and consultation in social and cultural psychiatry. The broad themes of research and training conducted by members of the Division include:
- Social Psychiatry: psychiatric epidemiology, social determinants of mental health, community mental health, psychiatry in primary care, evaluation of mental health services and global mental health
- Cultural Psychiatry: mental health of indigenous peoples, immigrant and refugee mental health, ethnopsychology and ethnopsychiatry, Indigenous healing systems, responding to diversity in mental health care and anthropology of psychiatry
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The Global Mental Health Program (GMHP) Columbia University
The Global Mental Health Program (GMHP) Columbia University
A collaboration in the development of research training in culture and mental health.
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The Institute of Muslim Mental Health
The Institute of Muslim Mental Health
The Institute of Muslim Mental Health is a non-profit organization dedicated to Community Outreach, Research, and Education. Their broad vision is the long-term mental health and well-being of Muslim communities supported through preventative interventions and education which is accessible, culturally relevant and academically sound through:
- Providing educational workshops
- Hosting an online clinical directory of Muslim mental health professionals
- Hosting an annual conference
- Partnering with organizations such as MentalHealth4Muslims.com and The Muslim Wellness Foundation to help educate Muslims about mental health.
- Publishing an overview of Muslim mental health needs with the Nathan Kline Institute.
- Producing an academic, peer reviewed, scholarly publication called The Journal of Muslim Mental Health
- Supporting collaborative research
- Connecting graduate students and junior investigators to mentors and offer informal feedback to research proposals
- Educating both Muslim and non-Muslim mental health professionals about cultural issues that affect the management of Muslim populations
- Teaching Imams and Islamic Chaplains basic counseling skills, how to screen for mental illness, and how to collaborate with mental health professionals.
Hosting an annual Muslim Mental Health Conference in collaboration with Michigan State University Department of Psychiatry. The conference showcases the latest research in the field, offers a venue for interdisciplinary collaboration, and provides training for mental health professionals, Imams, Chaplains, and community leaders.
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Members of The Institute of Muslam Mental Health have consulted and developed education material for organizations such as the Nathan Kline Research Institute, the National Alliance for Mental Health, the Islamic Society of North America, Lutheran Medical Center, Islamic Networks Group, and the Muslim Consultative Network. They have developed courses and models to train Imams, Islamic chaplains, and community leaders to recognize severe mental illness, refer to appropriate professionals, and offer basic supportive counseling. For more information of courses our members teach as well as other mental health professional provide visit our Education section.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education
In collaboration with Yale School of Medicine, The Institute For Islamic Mental Health is offering an online cultural competency program that offers 2.0 hours of continuing medical education credits. Participants will be able to describe the diverse demographic and culture diversity across the American Muslim community; describe the ways Islam and the Muslim tradition may inform explanatory models of mental health, disease, and treatment among the Muslim clientele; describe and reflect on the specific types of transference and counter-transference experienced in cross-cultural counseling; and be able describe behavioral interventions and models of delivering care that have been explored in different communities Yale Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Find a Therapist
Find a Therapist
Find a Therapist is a directory to help people find a counselor, therapist, psychologist, and/or psychiatrist throughout North America.
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