Course Description
Advanced core course in HDFS, MFT specialization, uses a social justice orientation to address global mental health with an emphasis on systemic applications to contemporary challenges. Evidence-based clinical interventions will be introduced in prevention, intervention, and translational sciences. Implications for the design and conduct of trials will be integrated.
Athena Title
Global Mental Health
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Understand global mental health within the complexities of employing a social justice orientation, cultural attunement, and action research. 2. Demonstrate content and critical knowledge of contemporary contexts of global mental health, with specific implications for prevention and intervention research. 3. Understand the role of evidence-based systemic interventions in mental health and family relationships globally. 4. Identify and critically analyze a range of challenges and future directions in global mental health – intersections with theoretical frameworks in HDFS. 5. Examine ethical implications for addressing complex systems in global mental health. 6. Examine the legal and policy level implications of addressing global mental health nationally and internationally. 7. Develop conceptually and applied knowledge in Narrative Exposure Therapy and Parent Management Training-Oregon Model. 8. Reflect on your own assumptions and subjectivities regarding the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions. 9. Integrate content and applied knowledge into your own scholarly areas of interest.
Topical Outline
1. Introduction to Global Mental Health: Contemporary Challenges and Implications for Global Mental Health a. Mental health and family interventions for displaced populations b. Implications of displacement and resettlement for mental health and family functioning 2. Introduction to Posttraumatic Stress a. Posttraumatic Stress: Neurology, Symptoms, and Treatments 3. Introduction to Narrative Exposure Therapy a. Psychoeducation demonstration b. Review of Trauma Cascade c. NET procedures d. Lifeline demonstration e. Practice psychoeducation and lifeline role play f. Exposure demonstration and discussion g. Practice exposure role plays 4. Parent Management Training - Oregon Model a. Introduction, research, and dissemination b. Cultural adaptation and dissemination c. Core components - demonstration and practice 5. Designing and Implementing Systemic Mental Health Interventions