Culture and Mental Health Behavior Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案寻求 继续实施国家精神卫生研究所“文化与精神卫生”培训方案 行为”在人类发展委员会在芝加哥大学。 在过去十年中，委员会已成为国际知名的 和领先的文化心理学培训和研究中心 心理健康和痛苦。NIMH的“文化和心理”培训计划 健康行为”一直是努力促进 与心理健康相关的文化研究和与文化相关的心理健康 research.该计划有两个主要目标：1）培养学生谁显示 在他们的研究和应用事业作出贡献的特殊承诺， 了解心理健康的社会文化和环境预测因素 行为和疾病，以及2）进一步的心理健康的成长 通过文化心理学的跨学科培训。的 该计划的理论基础来自于新出现的接口 文化心理学和临床相关的人类学研究之间的联系， 理解幸福，痛苦和愈合的环境背景。的 该计划培训学生的理论，方法，数据收集和分析 有必要对心理学的异同进行研究 功能（无论是情感、动机、道德还是认知 在文化多样性的人口和族裔社区中发挥作用。 多文化健康方面的各种问题是培训方案的核心。 随着美国在种族上变得更加多样化， 针对这种多样性的卫生保健研究和提供已经变得越来越多 紧急同样，国际上越来越多的心理健康研究 这些努力需要注意文化问题。“文化与社会”培训班学员 心理健康”计划的理论，方法，数据收集和 进行心理学初步研究所需的分析程序 在不同文化和种族之间的运作和心理健康 社区.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposal seeks continuation of the NIMH training program in "Culture and Mental Health Behavior" in the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago. During the past decade the Committee has emerged as an internationally renowned and leading center for training and research on the cultural psychology of mental health and suffering. The NIMH training program in "Culture and Mental Health Behavior" has been a centerpiece of efforts to promote mental-health-relevant cultural research and culturally relevant mental health research. The program has two primary aims: 1) to train students who show special promise of contributing in their research and applied careers to understanding sociocultural and environmental predictors of mental health behavior and illness, and 2) to further the growth of the mental health sciences through interdisciplinary training in cultural psychology. The theoretical rationale for the Program grows out of the emerging interface between cultural psychology and clinically relevant anthropological research in understanding environmental contexts of well being, suffering, and healing. The Program trains students in the theory, methods, data collection, and analyses necessary to conduct research on similarities and differences in psychological functioning (whether it be emotional, motivational, moral, or cognitive functioning) across culturally diverse populations and ethnic communities. Various issues in multicultural health are at the core of the training program. As the United States becomes more heterogeneous ethnically, the need to adapt health care research and delivery to this diversity has become increasingly urgent. Likewise, the increasing international scope of mental health research efforts requires attention to cultural issues. Trainees in the "Culture and Mental Health" program are schooled in the theory, methods, data collection and analytic procedures necessary to conduct primary research on psychological functioning and mental health within and across diverse cultures and ethnic communities.