Finance and Mental Health Services Training in Czech Republic/Central Europe

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学伯克利分校和布拉格查尔斯大学提议继续他们的联合项目，为来自捷克和斯洛伐克共和国的杰出博士后经济学家、公共政策专家、社会学家、临床医生和精神卫生专业人员提供关于精神卫生服务融资和提供的最新研究方法和问题的高级多学科研究培训。此外，我们建议继续扩大这一计划，该计划在头五年已经从捷克共和国扩展到斯洛伐克，并扩展到中欧地区的其他国家，这些国家既有a)发展中国家，中等收入经济体，也有b)在提供精神卫生服务的系统方面面临重大挑战。查尔斯大学将继续作为该项目在欧洲的中心，吸引和筛选候选人，并促进他们随后的职业发展。伯克利将继续作为主要的培训地点，提供高级教师指导学员上课，参加研讨会，从事研究项目。2006 - 2011年方案的目标是：a.继续增加能够执行捷克和斯洛伐克共和国精神卫生服务研究议程的训练有素的人员人数，以提高精神卫生保健的质量，改善精神卫生保健系统的状况，并改善获得精神卫生保健服务的机会。b.通过继续提供学术职业建议和指导，继续就研究主题和开展研究向他们提供建议，并继续促进发展强大的区域和全球学术联系和工作关系网络，继续帮助发展这支训练有素的劳动力队伍，使其能够在其国家承担与精神卫生财务和系统研究相关的领导角色。c.在地理上向该地区的邻国扩张。正在考虑扩大计划的其他国家的例子有匈牙利、克罗地亚、罗马尼亚和保加利亚。（四）扩大促进本地区与美国非学术机构之间的政策性合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California, Berkeley and Charles University, Prague, propose to continue their joint program for advanced, multidisciplinary research training of outstanding post-doctoral economists, public policy experts, sociologists, clinicians and mental health professionals from the Czech and Slovak Republics in the latest research methods and issues regarding the financing and delivery of mental health services. Further, we propose to continue to expand this program, which in its first five years has already expanded from the Czech Republic to Slovakia, into other countries in the Central European region that have both a) developing, middle income economies, and b) significant challenges in their systems of delivering mental health services. Charles University will continue to serve as the hub of the program in Europe, attracting and screening candidates, and fostering their subsequent career development. Berkeley will continue to be the primary training site, providing senior faculty to mentor the trainees as they take classes, participate in seminars, and engage in research projects. The goals of the program for 2006 - 2011 are: a. Continue to add to the numbers of highly trained individuals who are available to carry out the mental health services research agendas of the Czech and Slovak Republics to improve the quality of mental care, improve the status of mental health care systems, and improve access to mental health care services. b. Continue to help develop this highly trained workforce to be available to assume leadership roles related to the mental health finance and system research in their countries by continuing to provide academic career advice and mentoring, continuing to advise them regarding research topics and conducting research, and continuing to foster development of strong regional and global networks of academic contacts and working relationships. c. Expand geographically to neighboring countries in the region. Examples of other countries being considered for program expansion are Hungary, Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria. d. Expand the promotion of policy-related cooperation between non-academic institutions in the region and in the United States.