Research Training in Social Work and Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：此修订后的申请寻求支持， 社会工作心理健康服务研究的博士前培训计划。 基于22年的心理健康研究教育经验 科学家们在NIMH NRSA计划的支持下，我们建议继续 该计划侧重于精神卫生临床服务和服务的问题 系统研究。在这一广泛的指定范围内， 被选中进行研究。这些心理健康问题涉及：（1）评估; (2)特殊群体，包括少数种族和族裔、儿童和 青少年及爱滋病病毒感染者;及（3）社会工作及社会服务 精神卫生服务研究中的政策分析。这三个领域一直是 选择，因为他们目前的重要性，他们的跨度， 临床服务和服务系统的关注，以及课程的存在， 高级教师与正在进行的研究在每个领域。培训将强调 精神卫生服务实践相关性的应用干预研究 系统.弥合研究与实践之间的差距是人们关注的中心问题。 目标是教育社会工作研究人员与学术准备， 既有临床服务，又有服务体系， 实证研究和监督研究领域的经验。这些研究 将在哥伦比亚大学进行的资助研究中提供实地经验 大学社会工作学院和纽约州精神病研究所。 博士预科学员将继续全日制学习三年，包括 夏天。我们请求支持2个博士前实习生职位在 第一年，第二年4人，随后三年各6人 年在拟议培训方案的第一年， 将被任命。此后每年将任命两名新学员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised application seeks support for a predoctoral training program in social work mental health services research. Building upon twenty-two years of experience educating mental health research scientists supported by the NIMH NRSA program, we propose a continuation of this program focusing on issues of mental health clinical services and service systems research. Within this broad designation, three specific areas have been selected for study. They are mental health issues related to: (1) assessment; (2) special populations including racial and ethnic minorities, children and adolescents, and those affected by AIDS/HIV; and (3) social work and social policy analysis in mental health services research. These three areas have been selected because of their current importance to the field, their span of clinical services and service system concerns, and the presence of courses and senior faculty with ongoing research in each area. Training will emphasize applied intervention research of relevance to practice in mental health service systems. Bridging the gap between research and practice is of central concern. The goal is to educate social work researchers with academic preparation in both clinical services and service systems, knowledge of sophisticated methods of empirical research, and supervised research field experience. These research field experiences will be provided in funded research conducted at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Predoctoral trainees will remain in full-time study for three years including summers. We request support for 2 predoctoral trainee positions during the first year, 4 during the second year, and 6 during each of the three subsequent years. During the first year of the proposed training program two new trainees will be appointed. In each subsequent year, two new trainees will be appointed.