Translating population based mental health and ageing research into evidence-based prevention and policy

心理健康问题和认知障碍是澳大利亚残疾的主要原因。要解决这些问题，我们需要了解它们的原因，如何预防它们，以及利用这些信息改善所有澳大利亚人健康的最佳方式。该项目旨在培养五个需要领域的六名年轻研究人员，以便今后开展心理健康和老龄化方面的相关和反应研究。在第一个领域，研究人员将学习开发和测试减少焦虑、抑郁和药物使用的互联网干预措施。无法接触医生或希望匿名的人可以使用这些经过验证的工具进行自我治疗。领域2提供培训，以便来自不同专业领域的研究人员充分了解彼此的学科，以应对老龄化过程--了解如何保持更长时间的健康，以及如何避免痴呆症。这个领域需要在遗传学、生物学、心理学、数学建模和成像(脑扫描)方面的专业知识和合作，仅举几个所需的专业。区域3提供统计方法方面的培训。需要新的方法来分析日益复杂和庞大的数据集。在第四区，研究人员接受的培训是进行消费者(患有焦虑和抑郁的人)希望看到的研究。对焦虑和抑郁有直接经验的研究人员将接受培训，以产生满足这些障碍患者需求的高质量研究。最后，第5领域提供培训，让那些就卫生优先事项和预算作出决定的人了解研究结果。我们要解决的许多能力差距是由于卫生和通信技术的快速发展以及认识到研究需要更加相关和负责任。由于这些差距需要开发复杂的知识，以及开发新的技术、知识和流程，因此需要长期稳定的资金。

Mental health problems and cognitive impairment are major causes of disability in Australia. To tackle these areas, we need to understand their causes, how to prevent them, and the best ways of using this information to improve health for all Australians. This project aims to develop six young researchers in five areas of need so that future relevant and responsive research in mental health and ageing is undertaken. In area 1, researchers will learn to develop and test Internet interventions that reduce anxiety, depression and drug use. People with no access to doctors or who wish to remain anonymous can then self-treat using these proven tools. Area 2 provides training so that researchers from different expert areas understand enough of each other's discipline to tackle the process of ageing - to understand how to stay healthy longer and how to avoid dementia. This area requires expertise and collaboration in genetics, biology, psychology, mathematical modelling and imaging (brain scans), to name just a few specialities required. Area 3 provides training in statistical methods. New methods are needed to analyse increasingly complex and large data sets. In Area 4 researchers are trained to conduct research that consumers (people with anxiety and depression) want to see done. Researchers with direct experience of anxiety and depression will be trained to produce high quality research that meets the needs of those who have these disorders. Finally, Area 5 provides training in getting the outcomes of the research understood by those who make decisions about health priorities and budgets. Many of the gaps in capacity we will address have come about by rapid developments in health and communication technologies and by the recognition that research needs to be more relevant and responsible. Because these gaps require the development of sophisticated knowledge, and the development of new techniques, knowledge and processes, long term stable funding is required.