CIHC/IIHA Fordham University 33 West 60th Street, Suite 804, New York, NY 10023, USA Tel: +1 212 636 6294 Email: [email protected]1 Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (MHCE) 10 July 13 – July 18, 2014 (six day basic course) July 21 – 23 (optional workshops) Fordham University – New York, USA STAFF LIST COURSE DIRECTORS: Larry Hollingworth, C.B.E. Humanitarian Programs Director, Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC) Visiting Professor, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA), Fordham University Lynne Jones, O.B.E. FRCPsych., Ph.D. Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust Visiting scientist, FrançoisXavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University School of Public Health Peter Ventevogel, M.D. Senior Mental Health Expert, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees COURSE FACULTY: Judith Bass, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Heidi Landis, RDTBCT, LCAT, TEP, CGP Associate Executive Director, Creative Alternatives of New York Sarah Mosely, M.P.H. Senior Genderbased Violence Officer, International Medical Corps Andrew Rasmussen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Psychology, Fordham University Director, MS in Applied Psychological Methods Jack Saul, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City Director, International Trauma Studies Program Laura Simms Storyteller, writer, humanitarian Senior Research Fellow, International Peace Institute, Rutgers University Newark Annie Sparrow, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P, M.P.H., M.D.
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July 13 – July 18, 2014 (six day basic course) July 21 – 23 (optional workshops)
Fordham University – New York, USA
STAFF LIST
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Larry Hollingworth, C.B.E. Humanitarian Programs Director, Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC) Visiting Professor, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA), Fordham University Lynne Jones, O.B.E. FRCPsych., Ph.D. Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust Visiting scientist, François-‐Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University School of Public Health Peter Ventevogel, M.D. Senior Mental Health Expert, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees COURSE FACULTY:
Judith Bass, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Heidi Landis, RDT-‐BCT, LCAT, TEP, CGP Associate Executive Director, Creative Alternatives of New York Sarah Mosely, M.P.H. Senior Gender-‐based Violence Officer, International Medical Corps Andrew Rasmussen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Psychology, Fordham University Director, MS in Applied Psychological Methods Jack Saul, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City Director, International Trauma Studies Program Laura Simms Storyteller, writer, humanitarian Senior Research Fellow, International Peace Institute, Rutgers University Newark Annie Sparrow, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P, M.P.H., M.D.
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Deputy Director Human Rights Program Assistant Professor Global Health Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, New York City Lindsay Stark, Dr.P.H. Assistant Professor, Program on Forced Migration and Health Director, Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Network, Columbia University Willem van de Put Director, HealthNet TPO Lene Verdeli, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of the Global Mental Health Lab, Columbia University Inka Weissbecker, Ph.D., M.P.H. Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Advisor, International Medical Corps COURSE ADMINISTRATION: Alexandra DeBlock International Programs Coordinator, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA), Fordham University Email: [email protected]
*Please refer to Page 12 for a complete list of faculty biographies
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The Mental Health in Complex Emergencies course is an intensive multidisciplinary six-‐day training course for mental health workers and humanitarian program staff who wish to gain insight and competency in establishing mental health or psychosocial programs in (post) conflict areas or in complex disaster settings. The course will provide practical orientation and training to equip participants to establish and organize programs in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and strengthen adjunct applicable skills for use in complex humanitarian emergencies and relief situations, such as needs assessments, monitoring and evaluation, understanding the humanitarian context, security and self care. Through this course, students are exposed to both the most recent academic thought on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) as well as the experiences of field practitioners in implementing MHPSS programming in complex emergencies. Students are sensitized to the non-‐material, social aspects of humanitarian assistance and will be able to take into account the psychosocial context when planning humanitarian assistance. This course emphasizes the well-‐being of the beneficiaries as considered in the 2007 'IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings' as endorsed by WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, IFRC and numerous local and international agencies working in the field of psychosocial assistance. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After the course students will have an increased understanding of mental health and psychosocial needs and interventions in complex emergencies. They will also have an overview of the important guidelines, key issues and debates within the field. They will have been introduced to the key capacities required for establishing MHPSS services in the field and had a chance to critically reflect on their own role as a humanitarian actor. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
• Describe the diversity of mental health and psychosocial issues in complex emergencies and the role of cultural and contextual factors influencing MHPSS problems;
• Work with the IASC guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings and use the tools in these guidelines such as the multi-‐layered service pyramid;
• Be familiar with appropriate training materials and curricula for use in the field, such as the mhGAP Intervention Guide and the guide for Psychological First Aid (PFA);
• Describe the principles of assessment, monitoring & evaluation of MHPSS problems in emergency contexts including familiarity with WHO/UNHCR MHPSS assessment tools;
• Define the various roles of mental health professionals, psychosocial professionals and non-‐specialized MHPSS workers in different emergency contexts;
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• Outline the principles of establishing programs in the mental health and psychosocial domains;
• Critically assess the academic literature covering MHPSS interventions in complex emergencies, with a view to continued learning and professional development.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
PRE-‐COURSE READINGS (sent out prior to course and also available on course Google Site)
1. Wessells, M., & van Ommeren, M. (2008). Developing inter-‐agency guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings. Intervention, 6(3-‐4), 199-‐218.
2. Jones L, Asare JB, El Masri M, Mohanraj A, Sherief H, van Ommeren M. Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies. Lancet. 2009; 374(9690): 654-‐61.
3. Tol WA, Barbui C, Galappatti A, Silove D, Betancourt TS, Souza R, et al. Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research. Lancet. 2011; 378(9802): 1581-‐91.
4. Ventevogel, P, Jordans, M.J., Reis, R. De Jong, J.T.V.M. (2013). Madness or sadness: Lay concepts of mental illness in four African communities. Conflict and Health, 7:3.
5. Rehberg, K. (2014). Revisiting therapeutic governance: The politics of mental health and psychosocial programmes in humanitarian settings. Working paper 98. Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course will begin with an introduction to main concepts including a discussion about the contexts surrounding different emergency situations. Using the IASC guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings as a framework for analysis, participants will evaluate the different roles of mental health and psychosocial professionals in humanitarian emergencies and discuss the different problems and contextual obstacles that may arise in various humanitarian crises. Participants will then examine the clinical issues including severe mental disorders, substance abuse, traumatic reactions, and grief and loss. Through lectures, discussions, and case studies, participants will learn how to set up mental health and psychosocial support programs in emergencies and how to monitor and evaluate these programs. Participants will then undertake a critical examination of the main aspects and challenges confronting humanitarianism and explore cross cultural issues, human rights, and conflict resolution. The course will conclude with a full day scenario exercise. Methods and tools used will include:
• Interactive presentations; • Scenario exercises, group work and discussions;
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• Combination of theoretical foundation through lecture and practical application through case studies;
• Facilitation by experienced humanitarian aid workers, psychosocial and mental health professionals, and Fordham academic faculty.
FORDHAM POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS
Students and faculty have a shared commitment to Fordham University’s mission and values: http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/mission_26603.asp The course is regulated by the Fordham University discipline and grievance policies, available online at: http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/arts__sciences/forms__resources/policies_and_procedu/10_discipline_and_gr_73049.asp ASSESSMENT AND GRADING POLICY
All participants are expected to uphold the following classroom requirements: 1. Active participation in class and all group work assignments 2. On-‐time attendance of all sessions 3. Submission of original work
Credit-‐earning participants who have registered as non-‐matriculated students and submitted the required paperwork and additional fee for credit will be assessed and given a letter grade for the course. Grades will be based on participation (15% of final grade), which includes presentations and other work done in class, and on an academic paper (85% of final grade). The academic paper must be submitted in order to receive full credit for the course.
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TIME TOPIC/ ACTIVITY LECTURER 8:30-10:30 Psychosocial Programs: Community Support
and Protection • What is the psychosocial domain? • Ensuring community ownership and
participation • Child protection issues
Lindsay Stark
10:30-10:45 BREAK 10:45-12:30 Early child development and nutrition- an
example of integrated programmes Lynne Jones
12:30-1:30 LUNCH 1:30-3:00 Recognizing, Understanding, Treating, and
Preventing Sexual Violence Looking at the scale of the problem how and to whom it presents, its short- and long-term consequences, appropriate services, legal issues,
Sarah Mosely
3:00-3:15 BREAK 3:15-5:00 Recognizing, Understanding, Treating, and
Preventing Sexual Violence (cont.) Sarah Mosely
DAY 4: Wednesday, July 16
Understanding the clinical issues
TIME TOPIC/ ACTIVITY LECTURER 8:30-10:30 Severe mental disorders and epilepsy
Looking closely at some of the major mental health problems in the field, how they present and how they should be managed
• Severe mental disorders • Substance abuse • Epilepsy
Peter Ventevogel
10:30-10:45 BREAK 10:45-12:30 Grief loss and depression Lynne Jones 12:30-1:30 LUNCH 1:30-3:00 Stress related disorders Lynne Jones 3:00-3:15 BREAK 3:15-5:00 Psychological First Aid Inka Weissbecker 5:30-7.00 (optional) Movie Alter Ego
Film by Joop van Wijk and Hillie Molenaar (1986) on the work of Joop de Jong, psychiatrist in setting up mental health services in post war
Peter Ventevogel
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TIME TOPIC/ ACTIVITY LECTURER Guinea Bissau in the 1980s
DAY 5: Thursday, July 17
Critically Examining Humanitarianism, Cross Cultural Issues, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution; Taking Care of Ourselves
TIME TOPIC/ ACTIVITY LECTURER 9:30-11:00 Mental Health Case Management Inka Weissbecker 11:00-11:15 BREAK 11:15-12:30 Cross Cultural Issues, Human Rights,
Conflict Resolution A critical exploration of individual, family and community based approaches and relations with indigenous healers
WEEK 2: Optional workshops This year we offer three optional workshops of three days each. These workshops are open to anyone who has done the basic course Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (MHCE) (Week 1 of the course) on this occasion, or in any of the previous years.
Workshop 1 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for conflict affect populations in low resource settings
Facilitator Lena Verdeli Dates July 21 - 23 Description This workshop will introduce the participants to the basic principles
strategies, and techniques of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) adapted for low resource settings and guide the participants through the process of contextual adaptation and skills training in IPT for non-specialized workers. This workshop will be highly interactive and use practical exercises and role-plays.
Requirements No prior clinical expertise is necessary.
Workshop 2 MHPSS research and evaluation in humanitarian emergencies
Facilitators Judith Bass, Andrew Rasmussen & Peter Ventevogel Dates July 21 - 23 Description This workshop will provide an introduction to doing research on aspects of
mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in conflict affected areas. A key element in the workshop is the need to combine qualitative (ethnographic) methods and quantitative techniques such as randomized controlled trials. The format of the workshop is participatory and the participants are encouraged to bring in their own research questions.
Requirements No prior research expertise is necessary. Potential participants who have plans to do research in a humanitarian setting are specifically encouraged to join the workshop.
Workshop 3 Using creative therapies in humanitarian settings
Facilitator Jack Saul, Lynne Jones, Laura Simms & Heidi Landis Dates July 21 - 23 Description This workshop will introduce the participants to the basic principles
strategies, and techniques of using arts and creative therapies in working with children, adolescents and adults affected by disasters and armed conflict. Various techniques will be discussed (and experienced where possible) such as theatre, story telling, drama therapy, photography and film.
Requirements No prior experience with creative therapy is necessary.
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MASTERS OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ACTION (MIHA)
Fordham University’s Masters of Arts in International Humanitarian Action provides an unparalleled opportunity for humanitarian professionals to develop the comprehensive knowledge and on-‐the-‐ground skills needed to deal with the world’s most pressing challenges and disasters. Offered by Fordham’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the MIHA program combines the experience of seasoned humanitarian professionals with the academic strength of Fordham faculty from the School of Law and the Graduate Schools of Business and Social Service, who provide students with the political, historical, legal and ethical contexts of past, present and future emergencies. The program is made up of four advanced modules, which are flexible enough to fit a humanitarian professional’s schedule. Courses are offered in one-‐, two-‐ and four-‐week intensive sessions in various locations around the world, including Barcelona, Geneva, Goa, Kuala Lumpur, Nairobi, Dublin, Rome, Penang, New York, and Berlin. Two credits are attributed to each week, and participants must complete eight total credits in each of the program’s four topic modules. Humanitarian professionals can complete the 32-‐credit program in 18 months or as long as five years, depending on individual schedules and resources. Please visit www.fordham.edu/iiha for additional information.
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Faculty biographies Judith Bass, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Mental Health. She received her Ph.D. in psychiatric epidemiology from Johns Hopkins, and obtained Masters degrees in Public Health and in International Affairs from Columbia University. Her areas of expertise include designing and evaluating methods for assessing mental health in non-‐Western cultures and investigating the effectiveness of innovative prevention and intervention strategies in collaboration with in-‐country service providers. Judith is interested in the interconnectedness of mental health and economic development with the goal of understanding how interventions and programs addressing each of these domains can be integrated to better improve health and well-‐being. Currently she is the principal investigator for two randomized controlled trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to improve social, psychological and economic well-‐being of sexual violence survivors as well as a trial of caregiver interventions for HIV-‐affected families in Uganda. Judith is a collaborating investigator on other trials of evidence-‐based mental health services in Iraq, Thailand and Colombia.
Larry Hollingworth, C.B.E., is the Humanitarian Programs Director for the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC) and a visiting Professor of Humanitarian Studies at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) at Fordham University. Over the past few years, he has served as Humanitarian Coordinator on CIHC-‐sponsored missions for the United Nations in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, and Pakistan. After serving as a British Army officer for thirty years, Larry joined UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and held assignments in Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was appointed Chief of Operations of UNHCR in Sarajevo, during the siege of the city in the Balkan conflict. He is a frequent lecturer on relief and refugee topics in universities and is a commentator on humanitarian issues for the BBC. Lynne Jones, OBE, FRCPsych., Ph.D., is a child psychiatrist, relief worker, writer and experienced trainer. She has spent much of the last 20 years establishing and running mental health programs in areas of conflict or natural disaster including the Balkans, East and West Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East, Central America, Haiti and most recently the Philippines. Her most recent book is Then They Started Shooting: Children of the Bosnian War and the Adults they Become (Bellevue Literary Press, 2012). Jones has an MA in human sciences from the University of Oxford. She qualified in medicine before specializing in psychiatry and has a PhD in social psychology and political science. In 2001, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her work in child psychiatry in conflict-‐affected areas of Central Europe. She regularly consults for UNICEF and WHO. She is an honorary consultant at the Maudsley hospital, London, and a visiting scientist at the François-‐Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University. She is currently a part time Consultant in child and adolescent mental health for the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Heidi Landis, RDT-‐BCT, LCAT, TEP, CGP, is a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT), Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), Trainer Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama (TEP) and Certified Group Psychotherapist. As Associate Executive Director at CANY, Heidi runs a variety of Trauma-‐Informed Drama Therapy groups with many different populations including refugee children and adults, adults and youth on the autistic spectrum and youth in residential settings and therapeutic schools. Heidi is the lead trainer at CANY and facilitates CANY’s Learning Collaborative and trainings in New York City,
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nationally and internationally. In addition, Heidi is the Drama Therapy Liaison at the Psychodrama and Creative Arts Therapy Institute in NYC and is in private practice. Heidi is an adjunct professor at The College of New Rochelle, frequent guest lecturer at New York University and has presented workshops and classes at many national conferences and institutes. She served two terms as Education Chair of the North American Drama Therapy Association and serves on the Executive Council of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. Heidi is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and The Moscow Art Theater School. Sarah Mosely, M.P.H., is the Senior Gender-‐based Violence (GBV) Officer for the International Medical Corps providing technical support to ten countries worldwide. Since 2004, she has worked in conflict and transitional settings managing and coordinating multi-‐sectoral GBV programs. She has overseen both direct service as well as partnership-‐based programs in Mozambique, Darfur, DRC, and Ethiopia with various international nongovernmental organizations. Prior to joining International Medical Corps, Sarah was senior technical advisor with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to the DRC ESPOIR consortium and consulted for Oxfam GB researching the Great Lakes security sector reform initiative’s impact on women’s security and well-‐being. Sarah regularly deploys to new emergencies, most recently Turkey, Mali and the Central African Republic, to support IMC in the prevention and response to gender-‐based violence. She has a Master of Public Health from Tulane’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Andrew Rasmussen, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the MS program in Applied Psychological Methods at Fordham University. His academic work focuses on psychosocial assessment and care for displaced populations across multiple stages of migration. His academic work focuses on culture, stress and trauma; mental health services research; and community structures that impact service delivery. In addition to his academic work, Andrew has evaluated psychosocial programs for USAID, conducted forensic assessments for US Immigration Court cases, and provided care to survivors of political violence from around the world. Jack Saul, Ph.D., is a psychologist and family therapist, who has worked since the early 1980’s in clinical and community settings creating programs that address the psychosocial needs of children and families suffering from domestic, urban, and political violence. He co-‐founded the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture in 1995 and was its clinical director until 1998 when he founded the International Trauma Studies Program at NYU School of Medicine (ITSP). He currently directs ITSP, an independent post-‐graduate training and research institute in NYC and Istanbul. In 1999, he establish Refuge, a resource center in NY for survivors of political violence and forced migration, and a member of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs. Following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Refuge established the FEMA funded Downtown Community Resource Center, a demonstration project in community resilience for residents and workers in downtown New York. Refuge recently developed African Refuge – a community drop in center for African refugees and immigrants in Staten Island. Jack has been a member since 2000 of the Kosovo Family Professional Educational Collaborative, which has been instrumental in the development of the community mental health system in post-‐war Kosovo. He is the recipient of the 2008 American Family Therapy Academy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Social Justice. His book, Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Promoting Community Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster was published by Routledge in 2013
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Laura Simms is an award winning performer, writer, and educator advocating storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation. She is a Senior Research Fellow for the International Peace institute at Rutgers University Newark under the auspices of UNESCO. She performs worldwide for adult and young audiences. As a spokesperson for storytelling she presents keynotes and workshops in conferences, villages, schools, universities and community events. She is a member of the Therapeutic Arts Alliance of Manhattan, and a senior teacher of Shambhala Buddhist meditation, Laura received the Brimstone Award for Engaged Storytelling, a CHOICE award for best story collection and the Sesame Street’s SUNNY DAYS award. She has worked for UNICEF, Norwegian People's Aid, Mercy Corps and the International Medical Corps. Presently she is working in Haiti with adolescent Girls. Annie Sparrow, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P., M.P.H., is a pediatrician and a public health expert. She is Assistant Professor of Global Health and Deputy Director of the Human Rights Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City (NYC). After a Masters in Public Health at Harvard (2004) she did field work in Haiti, health education and training of community leaders in northern Afghanistan, clinical work in Darfur and surveillance in infectious disease following Hurricane Katrina. Most recently she spent several years with Catholic Relief Services working on health issues in various natural disasters and complex humanitarian crises (East Timor, Sudan, Chad, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia) for their Emergency Response Team, and a further year as director of UNICEF’s malaria program in Somalia. Since moving to NYC in 2011, in addition to relicensing as a pediatrician she teaches humanitarian aid in complex emergencies and is engaged in research of proximal and distal health outcomes of human rights violations of refugees. Annie is an alumnus of the 2007 edition of the Mental Health in Complex Emergencies course. Lindsay Stark, Dr. P.H., is an Assistant Professor in Columbia University's Program on Forced Migration and Health. She has over a decade of experience leading applied research on protection of women and children in humanitarian settings. Her particular area of expertise is measuring sensitive and difficult-‐to-‐measure social phenomenon. She has led assessment and evaluation projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Lindsay is the author of multiple publications on the rehabilitation and resiliency of former child soldiers and survivors of sexual violence, and previously served as the Director of Research and Curriculum at the Center on Child Protection, a teaching and research center jointly established by Columbia University, the University of Indonesia, UNICEF and the Government of Indonesia. She currently serves as Principal Investigator and Executive Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network, a consortium of agencies and academic institutions that work together on global learning associated with children in humanitarian and development settings. She co-‐chairs the Assessment and Measurement Taskforce of the Child Protection Working Group, the global level coordination body for child protection in humanitarian settings. Willem van de Put studied history, philosophy and cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He specialized in medical anthropology, with an interest in collective trauma and health systems rehabilitation. After field assignments as a medical anthropologist in Nicaragua, Uganda and Cambodia, he became a staff member of the medical department of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF-‐Holland) responsible for applied medical anthropology and mental health & psychosocial intervention models in the organization. In 1994 he became program director for the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), building up a community mental health program throughout Cambodia. In 1997-‐1998 he was visiting professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Phnom Penh. Since 1998
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Willem is director of HealthNet TPO, an independent non-‐governmental organization aiming to build ‘healthy communities’ and the re-‐establishment of health care in situations of chronic conflict and postwar development. HNTPO is focusing on developing a new model that aims to integrate lessons learned from 20 years of MHPSS: ‘Community Resource Mapping & Mobilization’. Peter Ventevogel, M.D., is a psychiatrist and a medical anthropologist. Since Oct 2013 he is the Senior Mental Health Expert with UNHCR, the refugee agency of the United Nations. From 2008-‐2013 he was the editor-‐in-‐chief of ‘Intervention, Journal for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas’, published by the War Trauma Foundation. He worked with the NGO HealthNet TPO in mental health projects in Afghanistan (2002 – 2005) and Burundi (2005-‐2008) and as their Technical Advisor Mental Health in the head office in Amsterdam (2008-‐2011). In 2011 and 2012 he also worked as psychiatrist with Arq Foundation, the national trauma expert centre in the Netherlands. Peter regularly did consultancies for the World Health Organization and the UNHCR in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan and Syria. He has been course director of several academic short courses such as the course ‘Culture, Psychology & Psychiatry’ (Amsterdam Masters of Medical Anthropology), and the ‘Practice Oriented Course Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Post Conflict Setting’ (HealthNet TPO, the Netherlands). Helena (Lena) Verdeli, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Education and Director of the Global Mental Health Lab at the Teachers College, Columbia University. As a clinical psychologist and researcher she is involved in randomized controlled trials with psychotherapy for depressed people across a variety of cultures and contexts. Lena has collaborated with academic and humanitarian groups in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa in the contextual modification of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for use in resource-‐poor communities: depressed adults in South Uganda, depressed adolescents in refugee camps in North Uganda (many of whom were child soldiers) and distressed patients in primary care in Goa, India. Inka Weissbecker, Ph.D., M.P.H. is the Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Advisor for the International Medical Corps (IMC). In this role, she provides remote and on-‐site technical oversight and support to IMC project countries in the areas of assessment, program design, project implementation, and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial programs. She has completed field assignments in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Japan. Inka has been a contributor to several and global IASC and WHO guidelines and working groups. She has also served as an NGO representative of the International Union of Psychological Science to the United Nations (ECOSOC and DPI). Her academic credentials include a PhD in Clinical Psychology specializing in health and public sector psychology from the University of Louisville and University of South Florida as well as an MPH in Global Health and Population Studies from the Harvard School of Public Health. For more information please contact: Peter Ventevogel at [email protected] Lynne Jones at [email protected] Alexandra DeBlock at [email protected]
