GPSY
6451

Designing Mental Health Interventions for Low-Resource Settings

New School for Social Research: Psychology

Liberal Arts
Graduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
DesMentHeaInterv f/LowRes Set
Spring 2025
Taught By: Kendall Pfeffer
Section: A

CRN: 15773

Credits: 3

This course will focus on how to design mental health interventions to meet the unique needs of populations living in low-resource settings (such as low and middle-income countries, conflict-affected areas, and marginalized communities within high-income countries). It will explore existing global mental health intervention models and methods for adapting interventions to fit the culture, context, and idioms of distress in these settings. Students will gain tools to adapt interventions and examine the socio-cultural factors and systems issues that impact the implementation, delivery, and sustainability of mental health interventions in low-resource settings. Coursework will approach adaptation from the lens of capacity building while also considering challenges of equity and cultural sensitivity. Note: Students enrolled in programs other than the NSSR Psychology program should register for UTNS 6451.

College: New School for Social Research (GF)

Department: Psychology (PSY)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 11:42pm EST 1/14/2025

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 6:00pm - 7:50pm
Building: 6 East 16th Street
Room: 910
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/6/2025