Research Training in Pediatric Psychology

描述（由申请人提供）：这个博士前培训计划解决了迫切需要加强对预防和治疗儿科人群精神障碍的研究。儿科环境为研究风险因素和干预措施提供了重要背景，以预防儿童和家庭的心理健康风险和负担。该申请要求资助继续支持一个非常成功的儿科心理学博士前研究生水平的研究培训计划，以满足发展该领域研究人员职业生涯的需要。拟议方案的优势包括以下几点：1）教师参与跨学科研究培训的高水平参与; 2）集中研究技能发展的密集研究培训课程; 3）研究机会和多样化人群的广度; 4）对其他专业培训的广泛影响。计划毕业生已经开发了成功实现教师职位的跟踪记录，与儿科人群进行研究，发表在同行评审的文献，其他研究人员的引用，并根据他们的研究获得赠款资金。学生和项目毕业生的研究贡献与NIMH的研究重点有关，包括慢性身体疾病儿童的精神障碍风险，包括影响中枢神经系统和心理干预的儿童，以减少精神障碍对儿科人群的影响。此外，该计划中使用的跨学科研究培训方法和基于技能的研究培训方法已经出版，并对多个专业学科的研究培训产生了广泛的影响。拟议的培训计划建立在一个成功的跟踪记录：1）扩展了跨学科培训的强大传统，在心理学，精神病学，儿科学，临床流行病学和生物统计学，神经心理学和儿科生物伦理学方面提供指导; 2）在以下领域开发教学和体验式培训重点：a）流行病学和行为; B）儿科神经心理学; c）儿科生物伦理学; d）对儿童慢性病进行心理/行为干预的随机对照试验（RCT）方法，以及e）对高危儿童人群进行的心理卫生服务有效性研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This predoctoral training program addresses the critical need to enhance research on the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in pediatric populations. Pediatric settings provide a critical context for research on risk factors and interventions to prevent mental health risk and burden for children and families. This application requests funding to continue support of a highly successful predoctoral graduate level research training program in pediatric psychology that addresses the need to develop the careers of researchers in this field. Strengths of the proposed program include the following: 1) high level of involvement of faculty involvement in interdisciplinary research training; 2) intensive research training curriculum that focuses on research skill development; 3) breadth of research opportunities and diverse populations; and 4) broad impact on the training of other professions. Program graduates have developed a track record of success in achieving faculty positions, conducting research with pediatric populations, publishing in peer reviewed literature, citations by other researchers, and obtaining grant funding based on their research. Students' and program graduates' research contributions are relevant to NIMH research priorities, including risk for mental disorders in children with chronic physical conditions, including those that affect the central nervous system and psychological interventions to reduce the impact of mental disorders in pediatric populations. Moreover, the methods of interdisciplinary research training and skill-based methods of research training used in this program have been published and have a broad impact on research training of multiple professional disciplines. The proposed training program builds on a successful track record by: 1) extending a strong tradition of interdisciplinary training with mentorship in psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, neuropsychology, and pediatric bioethics; and 2) developing didactic and experiential training emphases in the following areas: a) epidemiology and behavior; b) pediatric neuropsychology; c) pediatric bioethics; d) methods of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of psychological/behavioral intervention with pediatric chronic illness, and e) mental health services effectiveness research with high-risk pediatric populations.