Research Training in Mental Health Services and Systems

描述（由申请人提供）：这一竞争性的继续申请申请为心理健康服务和系统研究的机构博士后培训计划（TP）提供资金，该计划由美国东南部两所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共同赞助，这两所大学位于北卡罗来纳三角地区，彼此相距不到10英里。培训在北卡罗来纳大学的塞西尔·g·谢普斯健康服务研究中心（谢普斯中心）和杜克大学医学中心精神病学和行为科学系的心理健康服务有效性研究项目和发展流行病学中心进行。计划的目标是扩大能够在以下三个领域开展与政策相关的精神卫生服务和系统研究的独立调查人员队伍：精神卫生法律和国家政策、精神卫生和刑事司法以及儿童和青少年精神卫生服务。这个面向社会/行为科学家和临床医生的TP有两个组成部分：(1)核心活动和(2)个性化研究。核心部分包括每两周一次的研究研讨会和期刊俱乐部会议，一个学期的研究计划写作研讨会，部门研讨会和合作机构的大型会议，以及北卡罗来纳大学或杜克大学的其他研究研讨会/讲习班。个性化的学习部分是根据每个学员的特殊兴趣和需要量身定制的。它基于学徒式模式，每个研究员与一个或多个导师联系在一起，导师与研究员一起开发研究技能和机会。计划继续致力于跨学科培训，以公共部门为导向，并特别关注患有严重疾病的人

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing continuation application requests funding for an institutional postdoctoral Training Program (TP) in Mental Health Services and Systems Research co-sponsored by the two leading public and private universities in the southeastern United States-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 and the Mental Health Services Effectiveness Research Program and Center for Developmental Epidemiology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Duke University Medical Center (Duke). The TP goals are to expand the pool of independent investigators capable of undertaking policy-relevant mental health services and systems research in three areas: mental health laws and state policies, mental health and criminal justice, and child and adolescent mental health services. This TP for social/behavioral scientists and clinicians has two components: (1) core activities and (2) individualized study. The core component involves alternating bi-weekly research seminars and journal club meetings, a semester-long research proposal writing seminar, departmental seminars and grand rounds at the collaborating institutions, and other research seminars/workshops at UNC or Duke. The individualized study component is tailored to the special interests and needs of each fellow. 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 research skills and opportunities. The TP remains committed to interdisciplinary training, a public sector orientation, and a special focus on persons with severe and persistent mental illness. The success of this interdisciplinary training can be measured by the accomplishments of the 48 fellows who have participated to date. Most now hold academic or other research positions, have numerous publications, and funded research projects. Innovative emphases have been continually added to the TP since its inception to assure that graduates are capable of pursuing the latest developments in services and systems research. During the next five years, we will introduce and enhance fellows' research in comparative- effectiveness and patient-centered care, integration of mental health and health care, and legal aspects of population mental health. Given the sustained excellence of this training program, funds are requested to continue NRSA-support for four postdoctoral fellows each year during the next five-years.