Institute for Translational Research Education (ITRE) in Adolescent Drug Abuse

描述（由申请人提供）：申请人提出了一项计划，其中研究生水平的学生和公共卫生和心理健康领域的专业人员获得创新的研究技能，以解决儿童和青少年的药物滥用和其他行为健康问题。在承认转化研究现在是创新研究教育的最前沿，儿童和青少年行为健康（ITRE）转化研究教育研究所将专注于转化研究方法，政策和观点，以及参与性研究的实践技能。一个跨学科的collaborativ的方法，涉及两个学院在南佛罗里达大学：公共卫生学院和行为与社区科学学院，以及当地的社区服务机构，提出了特别注意以证据为基础的实践，转化研究，儿童和青少年作为一个高危人群。我们的重点是解决有药物滥用问题和其他共同病态行为健康状况的儿童和青少年的研究教育，这些健康状况被定义为儿童时期的一系列精神、情感和行为障碍，沿着药物滥用，对青少年的发展产生破坏性影响。将特别关注儿童期药物滥用和青春期中后期精神障碍的前兆，如早发性物质使用和外部破坏性行为障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The applicant proposes a program in which graduate level students and professionals in the fields of public health and mental health acquire innovative research skills to address drug abuse and other behavioral health concerns of children and adolescents. In acknowledgement that translational research is now at the forefront of innovative research education, the Institute for Translational Research Education in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (ITRE) will focus on translational research methods, policies and perspectives, and the practical skills of participatory research. A cross-disciplinary collaborativ approach, involving two Colleges at the University of South Florida: the College of Public Health and the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, as well as local community service agencies, is proposed with special attention to evidence-based practice, translational research, and children and adolescents as an at-risk population. Our emphasis is on addressing research education for children and adolescents who have drug abuse problems and other co-morbid behavioral health conditions, defined as the array of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders of childhood that, along with drug abuse, have devastating effects on adolescent development. Special attention will be afforded to childhood precursors to drug abuse and mental disorders in middle to late adolescence, such as early onset substance use, and externalizing disruptive behavior disorders.