The Centre for the Promotion of Global Health
The Centre for the Promotion of Global Health was founded by Richard Sheiner MD, F.R.C.P.(C.), D.A.B.P.N., a Canadian child and adult psychiatrist with a vision of improving the conditions affecting the health of children and families on a global scale. Our Center Focuses on using strategies from behavioural science and family systems theory to help create solutions for complex international problems.
The Centre for the Promotion of Global Health is constantly expanding its partnership network, forming alliances with passionate individuals and organizations.
Centre Leadership
Dr. Sheiner is the Director for the Centre for the Promotion of Global Health and provides oversight for all centre activities. He is a board certified psychiatrist, who has worked with children, adolescents, and adults. He has worked in children's hospitals both in the United States and Canada, and more recently in private practice in Montreal, Quebec.
Dr. Sheiner is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada) as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a member of the American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Sheiner is a graduate of McMaster University medical school. He completed his psychiatry and child psychiatry residency training at McGill University in Montreal. In the past, Dr. Sheiner has worked as a member of the AACAP committee dealing with childhood trauma. Through his work, he developed a special interest in the effects of trauma, conflict and war on the mental health of children. This interest fueled his past advocacy work on behalf of children in the Middle East as well as Asia, and persists today as a major motivation behind the Centre for the Promotion of Global Health.
Over the past 15 years Dr. Sheiner has worked in Montreal, Canada with adolescents and adults. His expertise includes psychiatric evaluations and psychopharmacology interventions as well as psychotherapy with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness and Positive Psychology strategies.
Dr. Sheiner received extensive training in Family Therapy during his residency at McGill University in Montreal. He has a special interest in applying Family Dynamics and Psychological Theory to solve international problems.