Perspectives on Developing a Global Mental Health Training Curriculum: Education, Research, and Policy-View Recording

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The presentation focused on the integration and current state of global mental health curricula within psychiatric training programs in the U.S. The APA's Global Mental Health Curriculum Working Group emphasized the importance of developing curricula that address global mental health, cultural psychiatry, structural competency, and social determinants of health. One of the session's primary goals was to highlight the lack of global mental health training available to U.S. psychiatric residents, despite significant interest in the topic. The program outlined various approaches to global mental health education: offering educational programming, providing service opportunities, and engaging in research initiatives. Emphasis was placed on building partnerships and developing equitable relationships between high-resource and low-resource countries. The discussion also covered how global mental health is not limited to geographical borders but pertains to universal issues affecting mental health worldwide. Speakers advocated for multidirectional learning and cultural humility as vital components of training curricula. The need for inclusivity and the importance of addressing power dynamics in global health environments were underscored. Question and answer sessions revealed a concern among trainees over the perceived inadequacy of global mental health representation in current curricula, with suggestions to address institutional barriers like capitalism that inhibit broader empathy and action. Resident experiences also emphasized the potential of global mental health to challenge existing social structures and encourage education beyond national borders.

Keywords

global mental health

psychiatric training

curricula

cultural psychiatry

structural competency

social determinants

educational programming

service opportunities

research initiatives

equitable relationships

multidirectional learning

cultural humility

institutional barriers