RURAL MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER

本申请书为NIMH东南乡村的延续 心理健康研究中心是两年前资助的。这个 该中心的主要目的是进行心理健康服务研究 旨在改善农村少数民族的精神卫生服务和 南方贫困的高危人群。的总体目标 未来五年的中心是：(A)加强和扩大 加州大学农村精神卫生服务研究能力 弗吉尼亚州的目标是高风险的农村地区。少数人，贫穷的 (B)通过以下方式加强和扩大PAL研究工作 与DMHMRSAS研究能力建立伙伴关系；(C)审查问题 确定、服务利用和结果与正式和 非正式精神卫生服务的提供与联动效应 为这些高危人群提供非正式和正式服务；和(D) 招募少数民族调查员进入农村精神卫生领域 服务研究。 SRMHRC的研究目标是：(1)描述事实上的系统(正式 和非正规服务)被农村少数民族和贫困程度较高的人利用 对需要心理健康服务的个人进行风险评估；(2)研究 正式和非正式提供者之间的联系影响问题 识别、服务利用和结果；(3)发展 具有文化能力的精神卫生服务研究方法， 文书和调查结果的解释；(4)检查可获得性， 美国东南部供应商的能力和有效性 在未来五年内，将提出三个核心。行政核心 将监督日常运作，并为 科学核心。一个科学核心专注于正规服务 包括提供者、利用率和结果。非正式的服务 核心将侧重于消费者、非正式护理提供者以及与 正式的系统。将扩大一系列综合实地研究 并为中心今后的工作提供信息。

This application is for the continuation of the NIMH Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center which as funded two years ago. The Center's main purpose is to conduct mental health services research aimed at improving mental health services for rural minority and impoverished high risk populations in the South. The overall goals of the Center for the next five years are: (a) to strengthen and expand the rural mental health services research capacity at the University of Virginia targeting high-risk, rural. minority, and impoverished populations; (b) to strengthen and expand PAL research efforts through partnerships with DMHMRSAS research capacity; (c) to examine problem identification, service utilization and outcomes relate to formal and informal mental health service delivery and the effects of linkage of informal and formal providers for these high-risk populations; and (d) to recruit minority investigators into the field of rural mental health services research. SRMHRC research goals are: (1) To describe the de facto system (formal and informal services) utilized by rural minority and impoverished high risk individuals in need of mental health services; (2) To examine how linkage between formal and informal providers affects problem identification, service utilization and outcomes; (3) To develop culturally competent mental health services research methods, instruments and interpretation of findings; (4) To examine availability, competence and effectiveness of providers in the southeastern U.S. In the next five years, three cores are proposed. An administrative core will oversee the daily operations and set research priorities for the scientific cores. One scientific-core focuses on formal services including providers, utilization, and outcomes. An informal services core will focus on consumers, informal care providers, and linkages with formal systems. A series of integrated field studies will be expanded and serve to inform future efforts of the Center.