City-Wide Psychiatry Rounds April 2026
Implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Low-Resource Settings: Insights from HIV Care in Global Mental Health
Dr. Pamela Y. Collins presents the 2026 Dr. Mary Seeman Lecture
Hosted by: University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Moderated by: Dr. Raj Rasasingham
Online via Zoom
Dr. Pamela Y. Collins, MD, MPH, is a Bloomberg Centennial Professor, chair of the Department of Mental Health and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Mental Health. She works at the intersections of global mental health, HIV care, and urban mental health for adolescents and adults. Her current projects integrate psychosocial interventions into routine HIV care for adolescents living with HIV and into community-based care with faith-based providers in sub-Saharan Africa, and she explores urban responses to youth mental health needs in the U.S. Through leadership at the National Institute of Mental Health, she launched research initiatives to expand access to evidence-based mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries and among populations experiencing disparities in the US. Prior to her current position, while professor of Psychiatry and Global Health at the University of Washington, she oversaw the implementation of HIV and mental health integration activities in Ukraine, sub-Saharan Africa, India, and the Caribbean as executive director of I-TECH. Dr. Collins is a scientific advisor to PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program, has served on the National Advisory Mental Health Council, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is a co-director of the Johns Hopkins-Emory University Center for HIV and Mental Health Stigma Elimination Strategies (CHIMES). She has a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Learning Objectives
- List three harmful sequelae of untreated depression among people living with HIV.
- Describe two factors that influence psychotherapy outcomes for people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries.
- Explain the process of training lay providers to deliver a psychological intervention in HIV care.
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