Global Psychiatry

The Global Dinner Series scheduled for next Tuesday, March 17, 2020 with Dr. Lamis Solaim is cancelled. We hope to reschedule in the future and will keep you up to date. Thank you!

To deliver #HealthForAll, @WHO’s strategy is impact in countries. Here are two examples WHO Executive Management discussed this week

Join us Tuesday, March 17th for a #GlobalDinner. Our own Lamis Solaim, PhD presents Capacity Building Efforts Amidst Social & Economic Transforation: The Case of Saudi Arabia." 6 PM, MGH Trustees Room. Free! Dinner served: RSVP to: globallocalcenter@bmc.org

What caused the opioid crisis? The answer is complicated, according to an analysis of medical and policy research by #TheAtlantic, including a new study co-authored by #MonganInstitute faculty Alexander Tsai, MD. JAMA Article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Join us Tuesday, January 7th for a Global Dinner. Alethea Desrosiers, PhD presents "Alternative Delivery Platforms for Expanding Evidence-based Mental Health Interventions for High Risk Youth in Sierra Leone: A Pilot Study." 6 PM, MGH Trustees Room. RSVP globallocalcenter@bmc.org

Congratulations to our Dr. Shreedhar Paudel on winning a MGH Executive Committee grant to fund his project - Enhancing Community Access to Psychiatric Care through a Consult and Return Model @MGH_RSLC

#MassGeneral faculty Maggie Alegria of @MonganInstitute and @drdrtsai of @GlobalHealthMGH guest edit, with @chngn_the_wrld, new @PLOSMedicine special issue on substance use. Introductory editorial here: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

Join us for the Global Dinner on Tuesday, 11/5. Featured speaker: Menekse Alpay, MD. 6 PM in Their Conference Room. Free and open to all. Dr. Alpay will present "Developing psychiatric programs for children under government custody in Turkey." RSVP to globallocalcenter@bmc.org

Great event @GMHatHarvard @HLSPOD #Mentalhealth #opera

We are proud that @MassGeneralNews is the #1 hospital on the East Coast, having been named #2 in America by @usnews ort. It is the only hospital in America to be recognized across all 16 specialties assessed by U.S. News. Read the full article mgh.to/2MksggG

What a great collaboration! Proud of our colleagues @KarestanKoenen @b_gelaye @HarvardChanSPH @BUMedicine @broadinstitute chimpreports.com/mental-health-…

A recent @BMJ paper by @AnupamBJena evaluated the working hours of physicians in training to see if working less than the traditional 100 work week could still provide valuable experience and high quality patient care. @MGHMedicine @MassGeneralNews statnews.com/2019/07/11/med…

Our new paper on improving relationships with artificial agents in healthcare @keloveys @LizBroadbent @kavikolappa @FMHS_UoA jmir.org/2019/7/e13664/

Realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals, universal health coverage and the control and elimination of #NTDs all rely on ensuring people with #disabilities are not left behind. #SDGs #UHC sightsavers.org/news/2019/05/n… @RSTMH @OxUniPress

@SocietyGIM #SGIM19 Best Published Research Paper of the Year Award goes to @JacobBor Atheen Venkataramani @D_R_Williams1 and @drdrtsai of @GlobalHealthMGH and @MGHGlobalPsych for their @TheLancet paper on police killings and population health: https://ow.ly/Tv3j50ugRdm

Join us for the June Global Dinner talk w/ @CDenckla of @HarvardChanSPH "Global #MentalHealth #Resilience: Toward a Multi-Method, Integrative & Culturally Informed Model." 6/17 6:00 @BUMedicine Free & open to all RSVP: globallocalcenter@bmc.org.

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