Harvard Global Mental Health Trauma and Recovery 2025 (Videos + Slides PDFs)

The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) and the Harvard Medical School are offering an extraordinary 3‑day online certificate program, Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery (GMH). The program provides training for health care practitioners, humanitarian relief workers and policy planners addressing the health and mental health sequelae of traumatized patients and communities. The curriculum is adaptable for diverse populations and global environments affected by violence, natural disasters, and climate change.

Mission and Learning Objectives

More than one billion people have been affected by violence and disasters throughout the world. Our mission is to maximize a scientific and cultural approach and methodology to reduce suffering, minimize disabilities, and increase resiliency for survivors of violence worldwide. This Program offers a transformative training experience to create a network of global leaders in mental health recovery.

Upon completion of the certificate program, participants will be able to:

• Integrate science, culture, and evidence-based knowledge and practices in policy planning, clinical care, humanitarian, and human rights activities.
• Implement and use advances in the neurosciences and cultural knowledge of the clinical care of traumatized persons, their families, and communities.
• Define effective scientific approaches for the care of survivors of extreme violence and climate change.
• Analyze the important historical scientific and evaluation approaches to the care of survivors of trauma.
• Apply professional development and ethics in working with vulnerable populations.
• Understand the impact of trauma on the bio-psycho-social and spiritual state of survivors of trauma.
• Learn methods for self-care.