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Global Mental Health Learning Series: Cultural Contexts and Research Methodologies

Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 Category II CEs

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Special Offers
Instructors:
Jay Unick, PhD |  Dr. Christine Descartes
Duration:
1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Description

The Global Mental Health Learning Series is aimed at increasing global learning among students through a series of virtual discussions with 8 experts in the field who are engaged in global mental health work through research, practice and policy. We plan to have 4 workshops that focus on assessment, equity, intervention and policy. This workshop focuses on global mental health assessment.

This workshop will include a discussion among the panelists around their work assessing mental health concepts in global contexts. We will examine ways in which the panelists have assessed mental health using rigorous research methods and tools in global contexts (e.g., Peru and Trinidad and Tabago). The discussion will also offer insights into ways in which we can ensure assessment tools developed based on western conceptualizations of mental health are valid, reliable and account for cultural/contextual differences. The discussion will also allow for questions and answers.

Instructor

Jay Unick, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Jay Unick has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, since 2009. Currently, Dr. Unick is involved with the evaluation of the Baltimore Child and Adolescent Crisis Response System (BCARS) emergency diversion project and consulting on reforms for the State of Maryland’s crisis system with The Institute. Some current projects include validating the State of Maryland’s Mental Health Outcomes Measurement Survey, developing measures for understanding recovery from mental illness and the organizational characteristics of mental health agencies, developing post-acute psychiatric care discharge interventions, and evaluating child and adolescent child emergency room diversion interventions. Jay’s current research agenda focuses on understanding how mental health policy and social factors interact with individual’s mental health service utilization and how differences across these systems and policies affect racial and ethnic disparities in mental health service use. From 2007 to 2009 he was a National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Jay received his MSW in 2002 and his PhD in 2006 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Christine Descartes Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Christine Descartes is a lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus. She is also the programme coordinator of the psychology programme at the UWI. With specialization in Developmental Psychology, her research focuses on behavioral and psychosocial development in children and adolescents. In particular, she is currently involved in national and regional research that centers on child maltreatment and trauma, as well as the development of aggression and other behavioural problems in children and adolescents. She is keen to much needed interdisciplinary research that will promote children’s rights, and advance policies that can positively impact the psychosocial well-being of children and their families. Her scholarly work has been published in both regional and international peer reviewed journals. Recently, Dr. Descartes co-authored the edited book titled, Prospects and Challenges for Caribbean Societies in and Beyond COVID-19. She is presently a member of the UWI Press Editorial Committee and an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. Since 2020, she is serving as a member of the UWI Campus Research Ethics Committee. Dr. Descartes was a member on the Board of Management of Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago from 2017-202 

Learning Objectives

Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to: 

  • Evaluate and critique at least three assessment tools for reliability and validity in specific cultural contexts, demonstrating their understanding through a group discussion or written reflection.
  • Explain how to incorporate at least two local idioms of distress into mental health assessments by creating a sample assessment tool that reflects these idioms.
  • Identify and describe at least three common mental health problems experienced in different cultural contexts by the end of the workshop.

Bibliography & References

BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES

 

Haroz, E.E., Bolton, P, Gross, A, Chan, K., Michalopoulos, L., & Bass, J. (2016). Depression symptoms across cultures: An IRT analysis of standard depression symptoms using data from eight countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51, 981-991. doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1218-3 

 

Michalopoulos, L., Meinhart, M., Yung, J., Barton, S.M., Wang, X., Chakrabarti, U.,Ritchey, M., Haroz, E., Joseph, N., Bass, J., & Bolton, P. (2018). Global post-trauma symptoms: A systematic review of qualitative literature. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 21(2), 406-420. doi: 10.1177/1524838018772293 

 

Carroll, H. A., Hook, K., Perez, O. F. R., Denckla, C., Vince, C. C., Ghebrehiwet, S., ... & Henderson, D. C. (2020). Establishing reliability and validity for mental health screening instruments in resource-constrained settings: systematic review of the PHQ-9 and key recommendations. Psychiatry research, 291, 113236. 

 

Bolton, P., & Tang, A. M. (2002). An alternative approach to cross-cultural function assessment. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 37, 537-543. 

 

Bolton, P. (2001). Cross-cultural validity and reliability testing of a standard psychiatric assessment instrument without a gold standard. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 189(4), 238-242. 

 

Michalopoulos, L. M., Meinhart, M., Barton, S. M., Kuhn, J., Mukasa, M. N., Namuwonge, F., ... & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Adaptation and validation of the shame questionnaire among Ugandan youth living with HIV. Child indicators research, 12, 1023-1042. 

 

Michalopoulos, L. T., Murray, L. K., Kane, J. C., Skavenski van Wyk, S., Chomba, E., Cohen, J., ... & Bolton, P. A. (2015). Testing the validity and reliability of the shame questionnaire among sexually abused girls in Zambia. PLoS One, 10(4), e0123820. 

Course Completion & CE Information

Category II Maryland BSWE Requirement

The Office of Continuing Professional Education at the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs. This workshop qualifies for 1.5 Category II Continuing Education Units. The Office of Continuing Professional Education is also authorized by the Maryland Board of Psychologists and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors to sponsor Category A continuing professional education.


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Target Audience

Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists

We welcome anyone interested in the topic!

 

Late Fees and Refunds

This workshop is free.

1.5 Cat II CEs: $25

Refunds or Credits are not granted for this workshop. 

 

 

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