Culture and Mental Health Behavior Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案寻求 继续 NIMH 的“文化与心理健康”培训计划 芝加哥大学人类发展委员会的行为”。 在过去的十年中，该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“文化与心理”培训项目 健康行为”一直是促进 心理健康相关的文化研究和文化相关的心理健康 研究。该计划有两个主要目标：1）培养表现出 特别承诺为他们的研究和应用职业做出贡献 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) 促进心理健康的发展 通过文化心理学的跨学科培训来学习科学。的 该计划的理论基础源于新兴的界面 文化心理学与临床相关人类学研究之间的关系 了解福祉、痛苦和治愈的环境背景。的 项目对学生进行理论、方法、数据收集和分析方面的培训 有必要对心理的异同进行研究 功能（无论是情感的、动机的、道德的还是认知的） 功能）跨越不同文化的人群和种族社区。 多元文化健康中的各种问题是培训计划的核心。 随着美国的种族变得更加多元化，需要适应 医疗保健研究和提供这种多样性已变得越来越普遍 紧急。同样，心理健康研究的国际范围不断扩大 努力需要关注文化问题。 “文化与 心理健康”项目的理论、方法、数据收集和 进行心理学初步研究所需的分析程序 不同文化和种族内部和之间的功能和心理健康 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.