Institute for Translational Research Education (ITRE) in Adolescent Drug Abuse

描述（由申请人提供）：申请人提出了一个项目，在该项目中，公共卫生和精神卫生领域的研究生和专业人员获得创新的研究技能，以解决儿童和青少年的药物滥用和其他行为健康问题。认识到转化研究现在处于创新研究教育的前沿，儿童和青少年行为健康转化研究教育研究所（ITRE）将重点关注转化研究方法、政策和观点以及参与性研究的实践技能。建议采用一种跨学科协作方法，涉及南佛罗里达大学的两个学院：公共卫生学院和行为与社区科学学院，以及当地社区服务机构，特别关注循证实践、转化研究以及作为高危人群的儿童和青少年。我们的重点是解决有药物滥用问题和其他共病行为健康状况的儿童和青少年的研究教育问题，共病行为健康状况的定义是儿童时期的一系列精神、情感和行为障碍，与药物滥用一起对青少年发展产生破坏性影响。将特别注意儿童时期药物滥用的前兆和青春期中后期的精神障碍，如早发性物质使用和外化破坏性行为障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The applicant proposes a program in which graduate level students and professionals in the fields of public health and mental health acquire innovative research skills to address drug abuse and other behavioral health concerns of children and adolescents. In acknowledgement that translational research is now at the forefront of innovative research education, the Institute for Translational Research Education in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (ITRE) will focus on translational research methods, policies and perspectives, and the practical skills of participatory research. A cross-disciplinary collaborativ approach, involving two Colleges at the University of South Florida: the College of Public Health and the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, as well as local community service agencies, is proposed with special attention to evidence-based practice, translational research, and children and adolescents as an at-risk population. Our emphasis is on addressing research education for children and adolescents who have drug abuse problems and other co-morbid behavioral health conditions, defined as the array of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders of childhood that, along with drug abuse, have devastating effects on adolescent development. Special attention will be afforded to childhood precursors to drug abuse and mental disorders in middle to late adolescence, such as early onset substance use, and externalizing disruptive behavior disorders.