State Mental Health Agency Services Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)：自1990年以来，国家精神卫生计划主任协会研究所(NRI)主办了一次关于国家精神卫生机构服务研究、计划评估和政策的年度会议。会议提供了仅有的几个国家论坛之一，公共精神卫生机构的研究人员可以在这里与来自其他州的同事分享他们的工作。会议的目标是为研究人员提供机会，传播有关服务系统研究的最新成果，并继续培养对公共服务研究感兴趣的个人网络。接下来的五个会议的一个主要主题是“科学服务--服务科学”。演讲将侧重于循证做法及其在科学基础上的实施(科学为服务)，以及国家精神卫生机构和其他组织通过其实施努力(为科学服务)所汲取的经验和教训。这项赠款申请的目的是确保2006-2010年会议的资金。NIMH会议赠款的资金将与其他小额赠款和实物捐助一起使用，为这一独特的联网和国家知识传播机会提供资金。在真实的公共精神卫生环境中进行的研究通常不会到达全国受众手中，因为国家研究人员缺乏时间和资源来寻求发表论文。NRI会议为这些有用的成果提供了一个论坛，以接触到消费者、服务提供商、机构决策者以及州立和大学研究人员的目标受众。听众还将有机会就精神健康服务领域进行公开讨论，并将有助于塑造未来的研究议程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since 1990 the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc. (NRI) has hosted an Annual Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation and Policy. The Conference provides one of the only national forums where public mental health agency researchers can share their work with colleagues from other states. The goals of the meeting are to provide an opportunity for researchers to disseminate the most current findings on service systems research and to continue to foster a network of individuals who are interested in public services research. A major theme of the next five conferences will be "Science to Service - Service to Science". Presentations focused on evidence-based practices and their implementation based on science (science to service) and the experiences and lessons being learned by state mental health agencies and other organizations through their implementation efforts (service to science) will be included. The purpose of this grant application is to secure funding for the 2006-2010 meetings. Funds from an NIMH Conference grant will be used in conjunction with other small grants and in-kind contributions to fund this unique opportunity for networking and national knowledge dissemination. Research conducted in real public mental health settings do not often reach national audiences because state researchers lack the time and resources to spend on seeking publication. The NRI conference offers a forum for these useable results to reach a targeted audience of consumers, service providers, agency decision makers, and state and university researchers. The audience will also have an opportunity for open discussion of the field of mental health services and will help shape the future research agenda.