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

申请者描述(由申请者提供)：申请者提出一项计划，在该计划中，公共卫生和精神健康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。认识到翻译研究目前处于创新研究教育的前沿，儿童和青少年行为健康翻译研究教育研究所(ITRE)将侧重于翻译研究方法、政策和视角，以及参与性研究的实用技能。南佛罗里达大学的两所学院：公共卫生学院和行为与社区科学学院，以及当地的社区服务机构，建议采取跨学科合作的方法，特别关注循证实践、转化性研究，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问题的儿童和青少年的研究教育，这些问题被定义为儿童时期的一系列精神、情感和行为障碍，与药物滥用一起，对青少年的发展具有破坏性影响。将特别关注儿童时期的药物滥用和青春期中后期精神障碍的前兆，例如早发性药物使用和外部性破坏性行为障碍。

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.