Welcome!
Goals & Purpose
There are a number of Christian psychiatrists and colleagues of other specialties with interest in mental health care support of Global Workers. Our group's goal is to serve as a means to facilitate networking, including but not limited to the following:
- clinical and research based resources
- information about availability of suitable providers in various locations for potential referrals
- availability of specific medications in certain countries
- forum for discussion of specific issues in a confidential manner
- coordination of consultation and support for medical providers and psychiatrists in member care
- information and recruitment of interested colleagues including those in their early career into the fascinating work of mental health care of global workers
- facilitate conversations through a variety of means, be it blog, forum, email, webinar, conference call, etc.
Topics of interest
Below is a list of topics and suggestions provided by our members. This list continues to grow with each member...
- Distance Services: working ethically and effectively; technology and boundary issues
- Supervision and support for member care psychiatrists and other providers
- Challenge of locating liability coverage for work in multiple countries and with distance services
- Managing boundaries
- with administrators and personnel departments while caring for their staff members
- dual and triple relationships
- Ethical dilemmas
- wisely and appropriately handling mandatory reporting laws in an intercultural context
- Medications:
- Stimulant treatment, when supplies are unavailable in the country of service
- Complexity of prescribing for global workers
- Assuring medication supply
- Culture
- understanding of psychiatric illness
- treatment practices in multicultural teams
- Improving the Candidate Screening Process
- within organizations we are connected with
- Issues resulting from no screening, no clear accountability, and very limited personnel policies
- Work on a joint statement to organizations regarding standards for accepting, placement, and care for global workers with bipolar disorder, personality disorders, or those with emotional bruising, or immature in their faith.
- EMDR and other specific therapies - resource sharing, and professional support
- Room for your suggestions