Research Training in Mental Health Services and Systems

描述(由申请者提供)：这份竞争性的续签申请要求为美国东南部领先的公立和私立大学--北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校和杜克大学--在北卡罗来纳州三角地区相距不到10英里的精神健康服务和系统研究机构培训计划的第14年至第19年(2003-2009年)提供资金。培训在北卡罗来纳大学的塞西尔·G·谢普斯卫生服务研究中心(谢普斯中心)和杜克大学医学中心的精神病学系进行。为寻求心理健康服务研究方面的高级培训的社会/行为科学家和临床医生的培训计划包括两个部分：(1)核心活动和(2)个性化学习。核心部分包括每周一次的研究研讨会，参加部门研讨会和在合作机构举行的大型研讨会，以及在北卡罗来纳大学或杜克大学举办的其他研究研讨会/讲习班。个性化学习部分是根据每个研究员的特殊兴趣和需要及其先前的经验而量身定做的。它基于学徒式的模式，每个研究员都与一个或多个导师(S)联系在一起，导师与研究员一起开发他/她自己的研究和技能发展计划。到目前为止，这种跨学科培训非常成功：(1)共有28名研究员接受了培训；大多数人现在担任学术或其他研究职位，发表了大量出版物，并资助了研究项目；(2)参与培训的教职员工人数增加了227%(从11人增加到25人)；(3)该计划在两所大学的外部资助研究补助金组合已从约220万美元极大地扩大到800多万美元；以及(4)与北卡罗来纳州和全国其他州的州和地方心理健康机构的关系得到了培养和扩展。鉴于这一计划的持续成功和教师资源的增长，请授权与北卡罗来纳大学公共卫生学院的卫生政策和行政系以及文理研究生院的公共政策系合作，在培训计划中增加博士前部分。除了目前每年提供经费的5个博士后名额外，今后5年还将申请4个新的博士后职位(错开招生)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing continuation application requests funding for the 14th thru 19th years (2003-2009) of an institutional training program in mental health services and systems research co-sponsored by the leading public and private universities in the southeastern US--the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University--that are located within ten miles of each other in the Triangle area of North Carolina. Training occurs at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (Sheps Center) at UNC-CH and the Department of Psychiatry at the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). The Training Program for social/behavioral scientists and clinicians seeking advanced training in mental health services research has two components: (1) core activities and (2) individualized study. The core component involves a weekly research seminar, participation in departmental seminars and grand rounds at the collaborating institutions, and other research seminars/workshops at UNC-CH or Duke. The individualized study component is tailored to the special interests and needs of each fellow and their prior experience. It is based on an apprentice-type model whereby each fellow is linked to one or more mentor(s) who works with the fellow to develop his/her own research and skill development program. This interdisciplinary training has been highly successful to date: (1) a total of twenty eight fellows have received training; most now hold academic or other research positions, have numerous publications, and funded research projects; (2) the participating faculty has grown by 227% (from 11 to 25 persons); (3) the program's externally-funded research grants portfolio at the two universities has expanded tremendously from about $2.2 million to over $8 million; and (4) relationships have been nurtured and expanded to state and local mental health agencies in North Carolina and other states throughout the country. Given the continued success of this program and growth in faculty resources, authorization is requested to add a predoctoral component to the training program in collaboration with the UNC-CH Departments of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health and Department of Public Policy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In addition to the five postdoctoral slots currently funded each year, a total of four new predoctoral positions (with staggered enrollments) are requested over the next five years.