Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health and Director of the Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University and Senior Global Mental Health Advisor, ArcaMind
“Community relationships are the fuel that makes everything else possible.”
Profile
Dr. Kohrt, an anthropologist and psychiatrist, holds the Charles and Sonia Akman Professorship in Global Psychiatry at George Washington University. He has worked with children and families affected by war and political violence, disasters, and other forms of adversity in Nepal, Haiti, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Brazil, and Mongolia.
Dr. Kohrt has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fulbright Program, the United Kingdom Medical Research Council, the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Kohrt serves as the Scientific Co-Chair of the Health Research in Humanitarian Crises initiative at the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. He is also the scientific advisor for the World Health Organization’s EQUIP program which is establishing global competency standards for non-specialists delivering psychological interventions.
Luitel, Nagendra P., Damodar Rimal, Georgia Eleftheriou, Kelly Rose-Clarke, Suvash Nayaju, Kamal Gautam, Sagun Ballav Pant, et al. “Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of Patient Health Questionnaire and generalized anxiety disorder among adolescents in Nepal.” Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 18, no. 1 (June 19, 2024): 74.
Heerden, Alastair van, Anubhuti Poudyal, Ashley Hagaman, Sujen Man Maharjan, Prabin Byanjankar, Dörte Bemme, Ada Thapa, and Brandon A. Kohrt. “Integration of passive sensing technology to enhance delivery of psychological interventions for mothers with depression: the StandStrong study.” Sci Rep 14, no. 1 (June 12, 2024): 13535.
Elnasseh, Abdelrhman, Varun S. Mehta, Gergana Manolova, Gloria A. Pedersen, Shannon Golden, Liyam Eloul, Frezgi Gebrekristos, et al. “Perspectives on competency-based feedback for training non-specialists to deliver psychological interventions: multi-site qualitative study of the EQUIP competency-based approach.” BJPsych Open 10, no. 4 (June 3, 2024): e125.
Zonca, Valentina, Moira Marizzoni, Samantha Saleri, Zuzanna Zajkowska, Pedro H. Manfro, Laila Souza, Anna Viduani, et al. “Inflammation and immune system pathways as biological signatures of adolescent depression-the IDEA-RiSCo study.” Transl Psychiatry 14, no. 1 (June 1, 2024): 230.
Carvajal-Velez, Liliana, Malvikha Manoj, Eva Quintana, Sunil Mehra, Emmanuel Adebayo, Lucy Fagan, Elizabeth Saewyc, Peter Azzopardi, and Brandon A. Kohrt. “The Path Forward: Emerging Lessons From Validating a Multicountry Population-Level Data Collection Tool to Measure Adolescent and Youth Mental Health.” The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 74, no. 6S (June 2024): S27–28.
Luitel, Nagendra P., Bishnu Lamichhane, Pooja Pokhrel, Rudrayani Upadhyay, Tatiana Taylor Salisbury, Makhmud Akerke, Kamal Gautam, Mark J. D. Jordans, Graham Thornicroft, and Brandon A. Kohrt. “Prevalence of depression and associated symptoms among patients attending primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional study in Nepal.” BMC Psychiatry 24, no. 1 (May 14, 2024): 356.
Viduani, Anna, Daniel Luccas Arenas, Silvia Benetti, Syed Shabab Wahid, Brandon A. Kohrt, and Christian Kieling. “Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis: How Is Depression Experienced by Adolescents? A Synthesis of the Qualitative Literature.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, February 8, 2024.
Gurung, D., M. Neupane, K. Bhattarai, B. Acharya, N. C. Gautam, K. Gautam, S. Koirala, et al. “Mental health-related structural stigma and discrimination in health and social policies in Nepal: A scoping review and synthesis – ERRATUM.” Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 32 (January 4, 2024): e72.
Daniel, M., S. Kallakuri, P. C. Gronholm, S. S. Wahid, B. Kohrt, G. Thornicroft, and P. K. Maulik. “Cultural adaptation of INDIGO mental health stigma reduction interventions using an ecological validity model in north India.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 15 (January 1, 2024).
Other Writings
Dr. Kohrt has published scientific articles and book chapters about mental health among conflict- and disaster-affected populations in Nepal, Liberia, and Haiti.
He has co-edited the books, Global Mental Health: Anthropological Perspectives, and Global Mental Health Ethics.
He has also collaborated on numerous documentary films about human rights and global health including Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal’s Maoist Army.
Awards & Honors
Physicians for Human Rights Navin Narayan Award for leadership in health and human rights.
Degrees
Emory University, Ph.D.
Emory University, M.D.
Professional Affiliations
Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Trauma and Timing. United States of America. 2013–2014
Expert Academic Trainers
Adam Brown, PhD
Professor of Psychology (Clinical) and Vice Provost of Research, The New School for Social Research
Rick Gertsema, MS, LP
Senior Mental Health Advisor, Miller-Dwan Foundation
Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health and Director of the Division of Global Mental Health, George Washington University
Traci Marciniak, MBA, CFRE
President, Miller-Dwan Foundation and ArcaMind CEO
Ari Holman
Training and Education Specialist
Languages: English, Spanish
Programs: Problem Management Plus (PM+), Group PM+
Linda Kim
Research Coordinator
Languages: English, Korean, Japanese
Programs: Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Samantha Anduze, MA
Trainer, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate
Languages: English
Programs: Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Nicole Ross, MA
Trainer, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate
Languages: English, French
Programs: Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Caroline McEneaney
Trainer, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student
Languages: English
Programs: Problem Management Plus (PM+)
