Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality & Psychopathology

描述(申请人提供)：理论基础--精神病理学研究中出现的生物革命现在已经得到了强有力的巩固，使得许多年轻的博士在生物学概念和方法方面没有得到充分的培训，导致缺乏有创造力的年轻心理学家，他们有能力研究正常和不正常的人格和精神病理综合症，在不同的分析水平上。大多数临床心理学的研究生课程主要面向认知和心理社会的行为方法。我们现有的培训计划将行为神经生物学和行为遗传学整合到精神病理学和人格研究中，利用心理学提供的关于情绪行为系统的独特视角。到目前为止，该项目仅限于培养博士前学生。在这里，我们建议将该计划扩大到包括博士后实习生。培训计划的七个部分包括：1)行为神经生物学、行为遗传学、个性和精神病理学的课程；2)与指定的研究专门培训实验室合作，有机会参与提案制定、研究设计和赠款撰写活动；3)应用研究培训，包括面谈、心理测量评估和/或心理治疗管理；4)脑成像技术培训，包括安全、扫描仪操作、数据收集和统计分析；5)参加培训计划导师领导的研究研讨会；6)由受邀学者组成的系列讲座和以学生陈述为特色的年终研究会议；以及7)出差参加国家会议，展示研究成果。实习生-作为目前资助的博士后培训计划的补充，4个博士后职位寻求3年的支持。受训者将通过国家搜索来挑选，旨在确定其职业发展可以受益于应用于人格和精神病理学研究的神经行为研究技术的培训的合格个人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rationale- The emergence of a biological revolution in psychopathology research is now strongly solidified, leaving many young Ph.D.s inadequately trained in biological concepts and methods, contributing to a void of creative young psychologists equipped to study normal and abnormal personality and psychopathological syndromes across varying levels of analysis. Most graduate programs in clinical psychology are primarily oriented toward cognitive and psychosocial approaches to behavior. Our existing training program integrates behavioral neurobiology and behavior genetics in the study of psychopathology and personality, taking advantage of the unique perspectives on emotional behavioral systems offered by psychology. To date, the program has been limited to training pre-doctoral students. Here, we propose to extend this program to include postdoctoral trainees. Seven components of the training program are described: 1) coursework in behavioral neurobiology, behavioral genetics, personality, and psychopathology; 2) association with a designated lab for specialized training in research, with opportunities to participate in proposal development, design of studies, and grant writing activities; 3) training in applied research, including interviewing, psychometric assessment, and/or administration of psychological treatment; 4) training in brain imaging techniques, including safety, scanner operation, data collection, and statistical analysis; 5) participation in research seminars led by training program mentors; 6) lecture series composed of invited scholars and a year-end research conference which featuring student presentations; and 7) travel to national conferences to present research findings. Trainees- As a supplement to the currently funded pre-doctoral training program, 3 years of support is sought for 4 postdoctoral positions. Trainees will be selected via national searches designed to identify qualified individuals whose career development can benefit from training in neurobehavioral research techniques applied to the study of personality and psychopathology.