Operations Research and Economics in Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将对个人进行心理健康经济学和心理健康服务方面的培训。请支助8名博士预科学员。最近的课程毕业生已被安置在主要的学术和研究机构。对在心理健康服务研究和相关领域受过培训和有经验的经济学家的需求仍然强劲。最近的主要公开报告强调了成本效益研究和经济分析在研究预防和治疗干预措施、减少未得到满足的服务需要和促进更有效的治疗做法的战略以及服务需要和使用方面差异的根源方面的重要性。拟议的培训计划旨在为学员提供：(1)强大的微观经济理论和计量经济学技能；(2)对精神障碍的性质和精神卫生服务体系有扎实的知识基础；(3)有实际的实证研究经验；

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program will train individuals in the economics of mental health and mental health services. Support of 8 pre-doctoral trainees is requested. Recent program graduates have been placed in major academic and research settings. Demand for economists with training and experience in mental health services research and related fields remains strong. Recent major public reports have emphasized the importance of cost-effectiveness studies and economic analysis in studying preventive and treatment interventions, strategies for reducing unmet service needs and promoting more effective treatment practices, and the sources of disparities in service needs and use. The proposed training program seeks to provide trainees with: (1) strong skills in microeconomic theory and econometrics; (2) a solid knowledge base regarding the nature of mental disorders and the mental health services system; (3) hands-on experience in empirical research; (4) familiarity with basic public health disciplines; (5) tools for evaluating interventions with empirical evidence; (6) exposure to multiple disciplinary perspectives; and (7) understanding of major mental health and health policy issues. Multiple research centers provide a rich research environment and offer collaboration opportunities with faculty in multiple departments in the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing and Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins and the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland. The academic program at Johns Hopkins includes a rigorous curriculum for the Ph.D. in Health Economics, the teaching and mentoring efforts of Hopkins core faculty in the Departments of Health Policy and Management, Mental Hygiene, Economics, Emergency Medicine, and the Institute for Policy Studies, and strong working relationships with associated faculty at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland as well as state and local agencies involved in mental health services provision and/or policy.