State Mental Health Agency Services Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：自1990年以来，国家精神卫生项目主任协会研究所有限公司（NRI）主办了国家精神卫生机构服务研究、项目评估和政策年度会议。会议提供了唯一的国家论坛之一，公共精神卫生机构的研究人员可以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一个机会，传播有关服务系统研究的最新发现，并继续培养一个对公共服务研究感兴趣的个人网络。未来五次会议的一个主要主题将是“科学服务-服务科学”。将包括重点介绍基于证据的做法及其基于科学的实施（从科学到服务）以及国家精神卫生机构和其他组织通过其实施工作（从科学到服务）所吸取的经验和教训的介绍。本奖助金申请的目的是为2006-2010年度会议争取经费。NIMH会议赠款的资金将与其他小额赠款和实物捐款一起使用，以资助这一建立网络和国家知识传播的独特机会。在真正的公共心理健康环境中进行的研究通常无法达到全国受众，因为各州的研究人员缺乏时间和资源来寻求发表。NRI会议为这些有用的结果提供了一个论坛，以达到消费者、服务提供者、机构决策者以及州和大学研究人员的目标受众。听众还将有机会就精神卫生服务领域进行公开讨论，并将帮助制定未来的研究议程。

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.