Columbia-WHO Center for Global Mental Health

LAST CALL TO REGISTER for tomorrow's University Seminar on #globalmentalhealth at 9AM Eastern Time / 4pm Central Africa Time. Dr. Brooks, attending physician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will join us to share her work with adolescents living with #HIV. This seminar is open to the public with our partners in Columbia Psychiatry. We hope you will register and join us! https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_VKTDzSPfQNe3xJ5XPM1WBw

Remember to register for our University Seminar on #globalmentalhealth next week - February 16th, at 9AM Eastern Time / 4pm Central Africa Time. Dr. Brooks, attending physician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will join us to share her work with adolescents living with #HIV. This seminar is open to the public with our partners in Columbia Psychiatry. We hope you will register and join us! https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_VKTDzSPfQNe3xJ5XPM1WBw

Coming up on Wednesday, February 10th at 10am EST: Join our conversation with Dr. Pike and AXA's Dr. Yi Mien Koh to explore the importance of employee mental health! Register here: https://www.iriweb.org//how-employee-well-being-and-mental

#Mentalhealth alert: Take the time to ask a friend how they are doing. Notice the signs. It can be hard to ask these questions when you see the warnings signs of #suicide with family and friends. Use this short, 5-question guide here (Columbia Lighthouse Project Suicide Severity Rating Scale) http://ow.ly/Qb9w50DkYYX https://www.youtube.com/watch

Coats negotiate the space between inside and out. On the exterior, coats shield us from the elements. On the interior, they nestle against our bodies so we feel warm and protected. When carefully considered and certainly that was the case on Inauguration Day this public-facing garment is also exquisitely personal. What do the #inauguration #coats say about mental health? Read the full #FiveonFriday blog post here: https://www.cugmhp.org/five-on-friday/coats-of-many-colors/

In the darkest hours of our lives, light has the capacity to help us heal and grow and celebrate scientifically and metaphorically. Want to learn how light impacts mood, sleep, and mindsets as we move toward the end of the year? Read more of Dr. Pike's #FiveonFriday here: https://www.cugmhp.org/five-on-friday/light/

Want to learn more about capacity building? In a recent publication by Tarik Endle and colleagues, study participants highlighted the importance of training, supervision, and quality assurance as both barriers and drivers of capacity building in global mental health projects. In addition, an in-depth understanding of the contextual factors and integration into the local systems of education and service delivery are crucial to successful capacity building. ... Check out the Global Mental Health Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University (a collaborator of our center) to learn more about their ongoing research projects! To read the full text article: https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com//10.11/s13033-020-00420-4

Ever wonder what a hospital chaplain does, or doesn't do? You're in luck. We interviewed Staff Chaplain Linda Golding, who works at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, for our most recent #FiveonFriday blog. To Linda, being a chaplain means to see the full humanity in all patients, family members, and staff. It means "being with patients, hearing their stories, and conveying to them that I see them as whole people who are alive in this moment..." ... To read more about Chaplain Linda Golding's dedication to integrating hope, meaning, and connection into her work, click here: https://www.cugmhp.org/five-on-friday/who-heals/

Happening TODAY at 4:30pm! Register to receive Zoom link and learn more about large-scale mental health interventions for youth in Sierra Leone and Rwanda! #globalmentalhealth Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_LXefr5rwQCiS7Tubbv824Q

Join us next Monday, at 4:30pm, and learn about large-scale mental health initiatives that improve youth's emotional regulation and school and work functioning. The seminar will feature guest speakers Dr. Betancourt and Dr. Desrosiers from the Boston College School of Social Work, as well as other panelists who work in the field of adolescent mental health. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_LXefr5rwQCiS7Tubbv824Q