Child Mental Health Services and Service System Research

描述(由申请者提供)：这个博士后和博士后培训计划目前已进入第19个年头，培训科学家从公共卫生的角度对影响心理健康服务和预防干预的组织、实施和结果的因素进行研究。随着时间的推移，随着研究重点和计划的变化，培训计划的具体重点也发生了变化。目前的培训更加强调了解翻译和有效性研究的重要性问题，并与临床和翻译研究所和儿科初级保健精神卫生服务中心建立了新的关系。研究员学习应用理论和尖端研究方法来解决预防、治疗和支持发生在儿童和青少年中的精神障碍的康复问题，以及支持患有或处于精神障碍高危状态的儿童和青少年的父母和照顾者。一个特别的重点是缩小健康差距和改善人口健康，以及开发和测试更有效率和成本效益的研究设计。博士后和博士后研究员参加核心研讨会和一系列相关研究活动。而当 根据个性化的培训计划，博士后研究员还参加课程以提高他们的分析能力。他们在两名导师的监督下进行研究，其中一人来自本国部门以外，预计他们将提交论文发表并在全国会议上发表，并完成拨款申请。在我们目前的五年周期中，我们增加了对学前和基于学校的干预措施的研究，以及对青年参与就业发展活动的干预措施。在接下来的五年里，我们建议扩大这些研究活动，并与最近由NIMH资助的儿科初级保健精神卫生服务中心的努力联系起来。该方案的一个新重点是研究培训，旨在确定可持续的方法，以提高初级保健提供者的能力，以改善情绪和行为障碍儿童及其家庭的功能，减少痛苦，并防止残疾。由于附属教员正在进行的研究项目的数量和多样性，研究员们被提供了一系列不同的潜在培训地点和合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This pre- and post-doctoral training program, currently in its 19th year, trains scientists to conduct research from a public health perspective concerning factors that affect the organization, implementation, and outcomes of mental health services and preventive interventions. Over time, the specific foci of the training program have evolved as research priorities and programs have changed. The current training places increased emphasis on understanding issues of importance for translational and effectiveness research and builds on new relationships with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Center for Mental Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care. Fellows learn to apply theories and cutting- edge research methodologies to address prevention, treatment, and support of recovery for mental disorders occurring in children and, youth, and support for parents and caregivers of children and youth with or at high risk for mental disorders. A particular emphasis is in reducing health disparities and improving the health in populations and in developing and testing more efficient and cost effective research designs. Predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows participate in a core seminar and series of related research activities. While working from an individualized training plan, postdoctoral fellows also take courses to increase their analytic capacities. They conduct research with the supervision of two mentors, one from outside their home department, and are expected to submit papers for publication and presentation at national conferences, and complete a grant application. During our current five year cycle, we have increased research on pre-school and school- based interventions and interventions with youth involved in employment development activities. Over the next five years we propose to extend these research activities and link with the efforts of the recently NIMH-funded Center for Mental Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care. A new focus of the program is training on research aimed at identifying sustainable ways to increase primary care providers' capacity to improve functioning, reduce distress, and prevent disability among children with emotional and behavioral disturbances and their families. Fellows are presented with a diverse set of potential training sites and collaborations because of the number and diversity of research projects being conducted by affiliated faculty.