Trauma: neurobiology, mental health and prevention

In the face of growing global challenges and ongoing psychological distress, understanding and addressing trauma, stress, and mental health issues has become increasingly crucial.

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Description

In the face of growing global challenges and ongoing psychological distress, understanding and addressing trauma, stress, and mental health issues amidst the crisis has become increasingly important. This course provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary approaches and research aimed at improving mental health outcomes for people in adversity.

Through eight lectures, the course covers early Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) secondary prevention and the brain's role in trauma, resilience strategies during global crises such as COVID-19, and community-based interventions for large-scale traumatic events. It also explores the transdiagnostic Self-Help Plus program, designed for low-resource settings, the impact of stress on sleep and its relation to PTSD, neuroscience-based approaches to address traumatic intrusions, cognitive-behavioural approaches to grief therapy, and innovative technologies in suicide prevention. The course integrates current research with practical strategies to address and mitigate psychological distress following complex emergencies effectively.

Learning objectives

  • Identify key strategies for early intervention following traumatic experiences
  • Understand and apply early and secondary prevention of PTSD techniques
  • Implement scalable community-based mental health interventions
  • Explore innovations in mental health technologies

Audience

This course is ideal for mental health professionals and researchers engaged in or interested in trauma and stress-related fields. It is also suitable for those working in emergency response, prevention, community health, and humanitarian contexts, as well as individuals seeking to deepen their understanding of mental health interventions and strategies.

Course format

At the start of the course, your existing knowledge on the subject will be assessed through a pre-course test. The course comprises eight 30-min lectures, which can be viewed at your convenience. Each lecture concludes with three multiple-choice questions.

The course is completed upon the successful completion of the post-course test.

How to enrol

This course is freely accessible to all individuals with a myECNP account. If you do not yet have a myECNP account, please visit the ECNP website at ecnp.eu and navigate to the ‘myECNP’ tab.

Registration is open now. 

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at courses@ecnp.eu.

Faculty

Kerry Ressler

Speaker

Harvard Medical School | United States

Arieh Shalev

Speaker

Hebrew University | Israel

Stevan Hobfoll

Stevan Hobfoll

Speaker

Germany

Ken Carswell

Speaker

WHO | Geneva

Katherine Miller

Katherine Miller

Speaker

United States

Paul Boelen

Paul Boelen

Speaker

University Utrecht | The Netherlands

Matthew Nock

Matthew Nock

Speaker

Harvard | United States

Emily Holmes

Speaker

Uppsala University | Sweden

Faculty

Kerry Ressler

Speaker

Harvard Medical School | United States

Arieh Shalev

Speaker

Hebrew University | Israel

Stevan Hobfoll

Stevan Hobfoll

Speaker

Germany

Ken Carswell

Speaker

WHO | Geneva

Katherine Miller

Katherine Miller

Speaker

United States

Paul Boelen

Paul Boelen

Speaker

University Utrecht | The Netherlands

Matthew Nock

Matthew Nock

Speaker

Harvard | United States

Emily Holmes

Speaker

Uppsala University | Sweden