Institute for Global Mental Health
INTERVENTION
From mass-outreach via the internet to on-the ground support in underserved communities, PAU faculty, staff and students are working to extend the availability of professional mental health services.
The Gap Foundation, based in Hong Kong, funds and manages projects to improve and nurture the lives of children and youth living in conditions of need, hardship, and distress. Their mission is to "stand in the gap" -- the gap in basic provisions, opportunities and privileges -- that prevents for the disadvantaged children and youth in Asia and the rest of the world from living a full life.
The purpose of the Center for m²Health is to develop, evaluate and disseminate new ways to use technology and to help provide affordable, accessible, evidence-based mental health care to large, defined, populations. m2Health works with collaborators across the world on advancing the field of mobile mental health technology.
The Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health is developing ways to provide health and mental health services to underserved communities using interactive and internet-accessible technology. Learn more...
Researchers from Palo Alto University have been awarded a contract by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to provide a scientific evaluation of trauma healing and peace education interventions under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Learn more...
Insights from the June 2015 convocation of the Consortium on Peacebuilding have potential to influence community policing and heal historically divided communities. Learn more...
In the Rwandan genocide of 1994, more than 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. PAU involvement in Rwanda is aimed at understanding the psychology of genocide -- its causes and its lingering aftermath -- and sharing expertise and support strategies. Learn more...
During the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, Dr. Lynn Waelde collaborated with Filipino colleagues to integrate mindfulness and meditation training into Philippine-adapted Psychological First Aid with the goal of helping disaster relief workers manage their own stress while assisting others. Learn more...