Integrated Health – Mental Health and Primary Care Collaboration
Please join us for Integrated Health – Mental Health and Primary Care Collaboration Opening Pandora’s Box hosted by The National Capacity Building (NCB) Project at the Center for Victims of Torture, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, and The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs.
Date: April 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT (11:00 – 12:30 CDT, 10:00 – 11:30 MDT, 9:00 – 10:30 PDT)
Description: Torture and all other forms of human rights violations are highly associated with medical, mental health and spiritual problems over the entire life span. Special attention is needed to address the medical problems of family members, particularly women and children. Women’s health is of special concern because of the medical, mental health and spiritual impact of the violence that is specifically targeted towards them. Children and teenagers may suffer from direct torture, in addition to resulting physical and mental health problems of displacement and homelessness.
Survivors of torture (SOT) providers can play a key role in offering the torture survivors an integrated holistic approach to health care and health promotion by working closely with specialists from different fields (i.e. primary health care, obstetrics and women’s health, and pediatrics).
Every torture survivor and their family members need primary health care. The SOT provider’s role in communicating with primary health care is essential. Research reveals the maximum health care benefits result from co-locating behavioral health, primary health care, and social services. To support these services, the HPRT 11-point toolkit has been effective worldwide in offering a science based, culturally valid system of care.
Learning Objectives:
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply the proven scientific importance of a co-located primary health care, behavioral health, social service system of care.
- Learn the importance of establishing regularly scheduled communication between primary care health teams and the SOT treatment team to monitor and improve.
- Learn and use the HPRT 11-Point Toolkit and teach the primary health care team how to use the 11-Point Toolkit.
- Top Priority: Learn how to elicit the torture survivor’s trauma story and teach this method to primary health care providers.
- Practice and teach self-care; engage primary care practitioners in BALINT GROUPS.
Who should attend?
This session is designed for providers working with survivors of torture populations across disciplines, including legal services, social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, and case management.
Integrated Health – Mental Health and Primary Care Collaboration
Please join us for Integrated Health – Mental Health and Primary Care Collaboration Opening Pandora’s Box hosted by The National Capacity Building (NCB) Project at the Center for Victims of Torture, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, and The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs.
Date: April 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT (11:00 – 12:30 CDT, 10:00 – 11:30 MDT, 9:00 – 10:30 PDT)
Description: Torture and all other forms of human rights violations are highly associated with medical, mental health and spiritual problems over the entire life span. Special attention is needed to address the medical problems of family members, particularly women and children. Women’s health is of special concern because of the medical, mental health and spiritual impact of the violence that is specifically targeted towards them. Children and teenagers may suffer from direct torture, in addition to resulting physical and mental health problems of displacement and homelessness.
Survivors of torture (SOT) providers can play a key role in offering the torture survivors an integrated holistic approach to health care and health promotion by working closely with specialists from different fields (i.e. primary health care, obstetrics and women’s health, and pediatrics).
Every torture survivor and their family members need primary health care. The SOT provider’s role in communicating with primary health care is essential. Research reveals the maximum health care benefits result from co-locating behavioral health, primary health care, and social services. To support these services, the HPRT 11-point toolkit has been effective worldwide in offering a science based, culturally valid system of care.
Learning Objectives:
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply the proven scientific importance of a co-located primary health care, behavioral health, social service system of care.
- Learn the importance of establishing regularly scheduled communication between primary care health teams and the SOT treatment team to monitor and improve.
- Learn and use the HPRT 11-Point Toolkit and teach the primary health care team how to use the 11-Point Toolkit.
- Top Priority: Learn how to elicit the torture survivor’s trauma story and teach this method to primary health care providers.
- Practice and teach self-care; engage primary care practitioners in BALINT GROUPS.
Who should attend?
This session is designed for providers working with survivors of torture populations across disciplines, including legal services, social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, and case management.