7. GMH Training

Update August 2026: Many of the links below no longer work,  indicating that the site pages have changed as well as that the programs and courses etc. have been redesigned or no longer exist. We have not been able to research GMH-related training--which has greatly increased--to provide updated information. If you would like to update this list then please contact us at MCArersources@gmail.com.

Update November 2022: We are recommending three resources for GMH training as well as for training in graduate schools of psychology/mental health and related areas.  We consider the first two resources below  to be "GMH Bookends" that help support the  many GMH resources (research, practice guidelines, reports, etc).  We encourage training programs to emphasize, reference regularly, and include them in their overall programs and as texts in at least one specific course. 

--Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2030
World Health Organization (updated 2021)

--World Mental Health Report
World Health Organization (2022)

--Mental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals
K4D Emerging Issues Report  (2020)

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--For more information see the “Training” section in the GMH articles:

A Resource Primer for Exploring the Domain  (2012)

Sharing and Synthesizing Knowledge for Sustainable Development (2016)

(there is also a list of Conferences/Events with links to presentations (videos and/or power points)

See also: GMH-related Events 2017: Conferences and Training 

Note: The lists on this page are not complete. 

Some updates are also in the 2021 article, GMH: 

Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing (see GMH-Map Project section).

If you are interested in helping us to update this list , please contact us: MCAresources@gmail.com

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• 1. Training Programs and Courses

Doctoral Programs

• • Chicago School of Professional Psychology, International Psychology, online with concentrations in Organizations/Systems or Trauma Services.

Masters Programs

• • MSc Global Mental Health, London-based course taught jointly between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and King's College London Institute of Psychiatry. Click here for the online prospectus.

  • MSc Global Mental Health: University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences. Click here for the programme brochure.

  • International Masters in Mental Health Policies and Services, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Click here for the program brochure.

  • International Masters Degree, Primary Care Mental Health (2016-2018), NOVA University of Lisbon

  • Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Global Mental Health: William James College (formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology). Click here for the program brochure.

  • MSc International Humanitarian Psychosocial Intervention, University of East London (online/distance learning approach)

  • (see also the database on MHPSS-related courses, accessed from MHPSS.net)

Courses

• • GMH: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (on-site learning in Italy, and web-based learning). Certificates of completion are awarded by HPRT and the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education. 

  • Leadership in Mental Health Course, Sangath Centre and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine(Goa, India).

  • International Diploma in Mental Health Law and Human Rights, Indian Law Society and WHO. (distance learning program to accommodate working professionals across the globe)

  • Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), with links for training in over 20 countries (e.g., in Asia: Cambodia, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, etc.)

  • Note that there are individual courses taught as part of graduate studies programs: There are or have been specific GMH courses (GMH overviews), George Washington University (Dr. Eliot Sorel, Dr. Brandon Kohrt), Columbia University (Dr. Kathleen Pike), Fordham University (Dr. Andrew Rasmussen), and Johns Hopkins University (Dr. Judith Bass). Also note the ongoing special GMH seminars and additional courses as part of GMH programs at Columbia University, Yale University, University of Washington, University of Toronto, etc. and at schools of public health. There are a growing number of emphases in psychiatry programs on GMH that include options for training and experience. Psychology programs for the most part are not yet including these options.

Other Training Examples

• • Masterclass on Implementation Science, 1-2 June 2015, Kings College London

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Summer Institute in Mental Health Research, Online Course on Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings (8-26 June 2015), Dr. Wietse Tol

  • Centre for Global Mental Health Summer School, London, 14-17 September 2015

  • Global Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing--Knowledge Exchange/Summer School. A one-week course offered by the University of Glasgow and University of Rwanda, 15-19 June 2015, Kigali, Rwanda 

  • Summer Institute in GMH and Psychosocial Support, Teachers College, Columbia University, 8-16 July 2015

  • Fordham University (Institute of International Affairs), International Medical Corps, HealthNet TPO,  Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (20-30 September 2015), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

GMH Week+ Geneva: Connecting-contributing via a strategic week of events/activities  (3-11 October 2013)

This is an example of some of the various activities done around World Mental Health Day (related to the Geneva area). The theme this year was Mental Health and Older Adults. We encourage other locations and organizations to organize various events around the time of the time of WMHD.

3-4 October: Webster University’s Psychology/Counselling Conference--Ties that Heal (existential, interpersonal, neurobiological pathways to healing)

3-4 October: Geneva colleagues will be joining with many others from around the world for the International Forum on Innovation in Mental Health, Lisbon (this is the first technical meeting of the Gulbenkian GMH Platform)

7 October: mhGAP Forum (focusing on the implementation of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020

8 October: Working Consultation—Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Low Resource Countries (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, NGO Forum for Health, USAID Victims of Torture Fund, WHO Collaborating Center on Mental Health of the University of Geneva—Department of Psychiatry) click here for flyer

 8 October: Knitting the Net (informal dinner event for developing GMH connections and sharing GMH reflections)

9 October: MHPSS in Emergencies: How Do the Existing Guidelines Help Practical Applications Across Sectors? (IASC event convened at the United Nations, focussing on the IASC 2007 MHPSS guidelines in emergency settings and subsequent materials for different users/settings)

10 October: Hidden Pictures part of the worldwide film screening and World Mental Health Day (Webster University, co-organised with the NGO Forum for Health; click here for more information on the Webster University screening and the poster for the Webster University screening; note that the theme this year for WMHD is Mental Health and Older Adults; click here to see the list of previous WMHD themes since the first one in 1992)

11 0ctober: Breaking the Chains of People with Mental Illness in Indonesia (film screening at WHO)