The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), originally founded at the Harvard School of Public Health, is a multi-disciplinary program that has been pioneering the health and mental health care of traumatized refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict and natural disasters for over two decades. http://www.hprt-cambridge.org/Layer3.asp?page_id=32
Enhanced Mental Health Interpreting http://www.harvardpilgrim.org/cistraining CIS at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation This program will introduce the medical interpreter to key concepts in mental health assessment and treatment. The following topics will be examined: • Introduction of key concepts used in assessment and diagnosis • Fundamental issues in medical interpreting for psychological testing • Discussion around issues in interpreting for the psychotherapy visit with • adults and with children • Discussion around issues involved in interpreting for psychological assessments of dangerousness, especially suicidality and assaultiveness
