The Center for Multicultural Mental Health (CMMH)/Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP) at Boston Medical Center offers disaster behavioral training for public health, healthcare, public safety, and other disaster response personnel throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Trainings are held in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management (OPEM), and Department of Mental Health (DMH).
The training programs provide information about the basics of psychological first aid, psychological resilience, and stress identification, as well as management in the aftermath of disasters. The target audience will be local/public health first receivers and hospital preparedness staff, disaster behavioral health workers, emergency medical services, emergency management staff, Medical Reserve Corps, and others involved in disaster behavioral health response.
Please visit the CMMH-CMTP official website for the latest information on psychological resilience training programs and registration dates.