PROGRAM FOR SERVICES RESEARCH ON SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS

印第安纳州大学，与印第安纳州州分部合作， 心理健康和印第安纳州大学/普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校， 建议建立一个研究基础设施计划，重点是心理 为严重精神病患者提供医疗服务。目的是，与 P. A.L.的倡议，是连接不同的学术团体， 实践者和公共部门的研究人员在一个合作计划， 改进、丰富和扩大针对以下方面的总的研究工作： 在NIMH的《关怀》中概述的研究议程的重要部分， 严重精神障碍患者：改善服务的国家计划。 具体目标包括：1）整合当前的服务研究工作 一群年轻但资深的研究人员，2）发展兴趣 和潜力的一组有前途的初级研究人员，和3）捆绑 这两个群体更直接地进入更大的心理网络， 卫生研究人员和研究工作。 提出了实现这些目标的两个关键机制。第一 一是组织核心参与者， 研究工作组，以制定和扩大一套独立但相关的 侧重于社区与治疗之间的联系的研究项目 系统.拟拟订的四个主要次主题如下： 严重精神病患者的长期社区职业; 法律的和治疗系统;社区治疗模式;以及 访问/创建基于社区的纵向数据集。第二 该机制包括一系列密集的培训和研究讲习班， 核心参与者将在每年的八个周末举行会议。这些 密集的周末将带来重要的，成熟的心理健康服务 研究人员前往印第安纳州大学，让核心参与者了解 尖端问题核心参与者将被告知国家的- 心理学相关领域的艺术方法、测量和分析技术 卫生服务研究。将引进外部咨询人参加核心工作 研究项目，并将开始积极和直接的协商， 目前和计划中的项目。 另外四项努力补充了这些主要机制： 和资金，以增加核心教师的参与， 2）尽早传播和及时出版 通过预印本系列发表研究结果：3）可行性、试点和 通过提供种子资金等资源继续进行研究， 研究人员和当地顾问;以及，4）与其他有关的联系 学术和公共组织。

Indiana University, in collaboration with the Indiana State Division of Mental Health and Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, proposes to build a research infrastructure program focusing on mental health services for the severely mentally ill. The aim, consistent with the P.A.L. initiative, is to link a diverse group of academic, practitioner and public-sector researchers in a collaborative program to improve, enrich and expand the total research effort directed to significant parts of the research agenda outlined in NIMH's Caring for People with Severe Mental Disorders: A National Plan to Improve Services. Specific goals include 1) integrating the current service research efforts of a group of young but senior researchers, 2) developing the interests and potential of a promising group of junior researchers, and 3) tying both of these groups more directly into the larger network of mental health researchers and research efforts. Two key mechanisms are proposed to accomplish these aims. The first mechanism is to organize core participants into substantively based research work groups to develop and expand a set of separate but related research projects focusing on the interface of community and treatment systems. The four major subthemes to be developed are the following: the long-term community careers of the severely mentally ill; the interface of legal and treatment systems; community treatment models; and accessing/creating community-based, longitudinal data sets. The second mechanism involves a set of intensive training and research workshops for the core participants to be held during eight weekends each year. These intensive weekends will bring important, mature mental health service researchers to Indiana University to keep core participants informed on cutting edge issues. Core participants will be apprised of state-of-the- art methods, measures and analytic techniques in related areas of mental health services research. Outside consultants will be introduced to core research projects, and will begin active and direct consultation on current and planned projects. Four additional efforts supplement these main mechanisms: l) information and funds to increase participation of core faculty in significant national activities; 2) early dissemination and timely publication of march findings through a preprint series: 3) feasibility, pilot and continuation studies through provision of such resources as seed money, research staff and local consultants; and, 4) links with other related academic and public organizations.