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Technical Demonstrations

Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations

Demonstrating Scalable CBT and Psychological First Aids in Humanitarian Crises: Media-Based and Virtual Training Approaches Following Earthquake and Political Violence in Myanmar

Technical Demonstration 3 - Demonstrating Scalable CBT and Psychological First Aids in Humanitarian Crises: Media-based and Virtual Training Approaches Following Earthquake and Political Violence in Myanmar

Saturday, June 27, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
Location: Golden Gate C3, B2 Level
Earn 1.5 Credit
Keywords: Trauma, Disaster Response, Global Mental Health
Level of Familiarity: Basic
Recommended Readings: Singla, D. R., Kohrt, B. A., Murray, L. K., Anand, A., Chorpita, B. F., & Patel, V. (2021).Psychological treatments for the world: Lessons from low- and middle-income countries. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 17, 495–523. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-093355,   Tol, W. A., Song, S., & Jordans, M. J. D. (2022). Annual research review: Resilience and mental health in children and adolescents living in areas of armed conflict – A systematic review of findings in the past 25 years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(1), 5–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13461,   Xue, S., Charlson, F., Lund, C., Prince, M., & Whiteford, H. (2024). Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change and disasters: A scoping review. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 11, e54. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2024.54,   ,  
In humanitarian settings affected by political violence and natural disasters, access to evidence-based mental health care is often constrained by workforce shortages, displacement, and safety concerns. Recent global mental health research supports scalable, digitally mediated, and task-shared cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)–informed interventions for addressing trauma-related distress and suicide risk in low-resource and crisis-affected contexts (Singla et al., 2021; Tol et al., 2022; Xue et al., 2024).

This technical demonstration presents a structured, replicable approach to delivering CBT-informed psychoeducation, coping skills, and suicide prevention interventions to earthquake survivors and conflict-affected communities in Myanmar. Trainings are delivered via live and recorded Zoom sessions for clinicians and community health workers and broadcast in refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) camps through shared devices and local facilitators to reach communities without reliable household internet access.

Participants will be guided through a multi-modal dissemination approach integrating virtual CBT trainings, short-form psychoeducational content via social media, and population-level mental health messaging delivered through mass media platforms, including BBC Burmese. Through these collaborations, trauma education and CBT-based psychoeducation—covering grounding, cognitive flexibility, behavioral activation, problem-solving, and safety planning—are translated into culturally resonant formats to support communities affected by mass violence and displacement.

The demonstration will showcase specific tools, including visual CBT skill modules, structured suicide risk screening and response scripts, and brief intervention frameworks adapted for disaster recovery and chronic political instability. Implementation data, including trainee feedback and audience reach, will illustrate how these approaches support rapid knowledge transfer, stigma reduction, and community-level coping. This demonstration offers a practical model that behavioral health practitioners and organizations can adapt for use in other disaster- and conflict-affected settings.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify three core CBT skills adapted for trauma and disaster contexts.
  • Demonstrate one CBT-based grounding or coping skill suitable for crisis settings.
  • Describe how CBT skills can be delivered via Zoom and media platforms in low-resource settings.
  • Outline a task-shared CBT training workflow for community health workers.
  • Apply one suicide prevention strategy adapted for disaster and mass trauma contexts.
  • Identify methods for disseminating CBT psychoeducation through media platforms.
  • Select one component of the model that can be replicated in their own setting.