Harvard Program at Massachusetts General Hospital Presents a Series of Expert Lectures

The Harvard Program at Massachusetts General Hospital is presenting a series of expert lectures to assist Ukrainian healthcare professionals, especially primary care physicians, doctors, nurses, psychologists, and educators.

The video lectures are concise, clear, presented in both English and Ukrainian, and are available online for your convenience.

The lectures are designed to support the mental health and well-being of the population affected by violence, with a focus on three levels:

• Living in conditions of ongoing war violence and witnessing war crimes.
• Experiencing displacement within Ukraine.
• Being a refugee in another country.

The lectures are free to access. We hope that the information presented in these videos will help you in your quest for new knowledge that you can apply.

Links to the lectures - mghcme.org.

The lecture series consists of the following 12 segments:

 1. OVERVIEW: Richard Mollica, MD, and Gregory Fricchione, MD, will explain the topics covered in individual lectures.

2. FAMILY AND CHILD CARE: Wendi Waits, MD, discusses how women, children, and families can cope with the violence that surrounds them daily.

3. TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT THEORY: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CHALLENGES OF WAR: Gregory Fricchione, MD, discusses general trends with a focus on women and children.

4. REFUGEE EXPERIENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN: Elizabeth Levey, MD, focuses on pregnant women, mothers, and children in conflict zones.

5. THE FUGEE EXPERIENCE/HPRT: Richard Mollica, MD, and Fanny Cai present the "pocket card" for HPRT refugee caregivers.

6. CHILD PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES: Mark Alexakos, MD, discusses general child mental health issues and interventions/directions for serious disorders (e.g., suicidality).

7. ECOLOGICAL MODEL OF COMMUNITY CARE: Giuseppe Raviola, MD, MPH, discusses the ecological care model with an emphasis on family and community strengthening.

8. SELF-CARE FOR THOSE WORKING WITH DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES IN UKRAINE: Eugene Augusterfer, MSW, discusses the self-care model of the Harvard Program for Refugee Trauma (HPRT) and "personal pocket cards."

9. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING: Rebecca Hock, PhD, focuses on fundamental challenges for children and adolescents.

10. HISTORY OF TRAUMA: Richard Mollica, MD, MA, examines the role of trauma history in trauma treatment.

11. WAR STRESS IN UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS: Oleh Hukovskyy (Ukraine) discusses the issue of war stress for Ukrainian soldiers fighting for their families and their country.

12. CLOSING REMARKS: Valentina Bronkema (Ukraine) discusses the important use of this lecture series.