INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH: BEHAVIORAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH

描述（由申请人提供）：此T32申请描述了一个博士后培训计划，旨在促进儿科，儿童/青少年精神病学，临床/发展心理学以及认知和行为神经科学领域的跨学科研究培训，以促进对儿童和青少年行为和情感健康问题的理解。本培训计划的中心主题将强调发育神经行为框架，以解决临床相关问题，包括发育过程中脑/行为相互作用的研究，神经影像学的使用，以及认知、行为和情感功能的测量。然而，同样强调的是指导这项研究的社会心理框架的重要性——需要考虑家庭、学校、社区、同伴以及各种社会和文化对这些神经发育过程的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This T32 application describes a postdoctoral training program that is designed to promote interdisciplinary research training at the interface of Pediatrics, Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical/Developmental Psychology, and areas of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience to advance understanding of behavioral and emotional health problems in children and adolescents. A central theme in this training program will emphasize a developmental neurobehavioral framework to address clinically relevant questions-including studies of brain/behavior interactions during development, the use of neuroimaging, and measures of cognitive, behavioral, and affective function. However, an equal emphasis will be placed on the importance of a psychosocial framework to guide this research-the need to consider the role of families, schools, communities, peers, and a diverse range of social and cultural influences on these neurodevelopment processes. For the purposes of illustrating this interdisciplinary approach, this application will highlight three examples of clinical research: a) affective disorders in children and adolescents; b) adolescent obesity, and c) the psychological and social consequences of chronic medical illnesses. While these three lines of investigation provide central areas of focus for training, they are being described as examples of a much broader range if behavioral and emotional health problems emerging in late childhood and adolescence-including alcohol, drug, and nicotine use, aggression and violence, risktaking and reckless behavior, accidents, health problems related to risky sexual behavior, attention deficit disorders, pediatric and adolescent bipolar disorder, child and adolescent sleep problems, and a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems associated with medical disorders in children and adolescents. The long-term goals of the research training activities are to increase the number of clinical investigators to advance knowledge that informs clinical practice and social policies leading to more effective treatment and prevention strategies, and thus, to reduce the suffering and disability related to behavioral and emotional health problems in youth.