who we are.
Responding to crises, expanding access, and promoting quality of mental health care
Pandemics, climate change, conflict and human migration present enduring challenges to humanity. We work in the US and globally to bridge knowledge and experience in global and domestic community mental health practice, with the aim of closing the mental health service delivery gap that exists in all global contexts. We seek to prepare the next generations of leaders in global and domestic community mental health care delivery.
15%
globally are at immediate risk of displacement due to ecological threat, and acute and chronic disaster events
42%
of Americans who need mental health care cannot access it
Dr. Pierce’s Vision
Founder, The Mass General Hospital
Division of Global Psychiatry
“The challenge before us is to mold a new sort of sub-specialist. Any person we send forth from the program should be, like Euripides, someone whose province is all of
humankind. Such sub-specialists hold the promise of modifying the practice, research and education of all psychiatrists, in a manner congruent with the tone of the 21st Century. ”
What we Do.
Crisis Response
Engaged in responding to disasters and humanitarian crises.
Service Delivery
Responding to the global mental health service delivery gap.
Training & Education
Preparing the next generation of leaders.
Engaging Early
Fostering collaborations to enhance trans-national and trans-disciplinary programs.
MGB Collaborative
Strengthening institutional collaborations in global mental health.
Team impact.
Collaborations in Psychiatric Education
The Division works to strengthen bi-directional collaboration in education and training in psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial care delivery.
Discover.
Browse by Region
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. Its clinical program serves as a global model that has been replicated worldwide.
our Projects.
Recent News & Updates
Dr. Richard Mollica on the invisible wounds of war today
In 1981, a young Italian-American psychiatrist founded the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, in Boston, a pioneering programme on the mental health care of survivors of mass violence and torture.…
Testimonials.
What people are saying about our work
Below is a quick sample of some testimonials that were sent to us from donors, nonprofits, children and their families.
“The contributions of the Pierce Division have been remarkable to our residency didactics in Sierra Leone. We’re learning from experts who strengthen our learning and professional development."
Elizabeth Allieu
Psychiatry Resident, Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital
“The quality of education for our medical students engaged in learning Psychiatry has been immeasurably helped by the contributions of excellent clinician-teachers at Mass General Brigham.”
Dean Abebe Bekele
University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
“The collaboration we’re engaged in to strengthen crisis response in mental health in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is exciting and practical.”
Mio Tamahana
Director, Behavioral Health Help Line, MA Department of Mental Health
“We’re bringing a new level of collaboration across Mass General Brigham in the service of complex mental health needs in the post-COVID future.”
Sofia Matta
Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
