Global Mental Health: Five Areas for Value-Driven Training Innovation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the field of global mental health, there is a need for identifying core values and competencies to guide training programs in professional practice as well as in academia. This paper presents the results of interdisciplinary discussions fostered during an annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture to develop recommendations for value-driven innovation in global mental health training.

Methods

Participants (n = 48), who registered for a dedicated workshop on global mental health training advertised in conference proceedings, included both established faculty and current students engaged in learning, practice, and research. They proffered recommendations in five areas of training curriculum: values, competencies, training experiences, re

SUBMITTER: Kohrt BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4938758 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature