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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Mental Health Care for the Unhoused in Boston: Challenges and Solutions</h2><p>Few populations bear a greater psychiatric burden than the homeless population. In this seminar, we will illustrate the landscape of inequities faced by individuals experiencing homelessness. We will describe innovative models of mental health care to reach and treat these individuals, such as “street psychiatry.” Finally, we will discuss re-entry initiatives for individuals about to release from incarceration as an approach to mitigate homelessness for people at risk. The session grows out of the work of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, describes the team’s experiences providing mental health care for the unhoused of Boston, the deep links among incarceration, homelessness, and mental illness, and challenges emerging from increased criminalization and involuntary commitment of people experiencing homelessness.</p><h3>Speakers</h3><ul><li>Katherine Koh, psychiatrist, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.</li><li>Margaret (Maggie) Sullivan, Instructor and Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University.</li><li>Neal Chaudhuri, Manager of Re-entry Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.</li></ul><h3>Contact</h3><p><strong>Byron Good</strong><br><a href="mailto:byron_good@hms.harvard.edu">byron_good@hms.harvard.edu</a></p>
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