Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality & Psychopathology

描述（由申请人提供）：基本原理-精神病理学研究中生物学革命的出现现在被强烈地固化，使得许多年轻的博士在生物学概念和方法方面没有得到充分的训练，导致缺乏有创造力的年轻心理学家，他们配备了在不同水平的分析中研究正常和异常人格和精神病理综合征的能力。大多数临床心理学研究生课程主要面向行为的认知和心理社会方法。我们现有的培训计划将行为神经生物学和行为遗传学整合到精神病理学和人格的研究中，利用心理学提供的情感行为系统的独特视角。迄今为止，该计划仅限于培养博士前学生。在这里，我们建议将该计划扩展到包括博士后培训生。介绍了培训计划的七个组成部分：1）行为神经生物学，行为遗传学，人格和精神病理学的课程; 2）与指定的实验室进行专门的研究培训，并有机会参与提案开发，研究设计和资助写作活动; 3）应用研究培训，包括访谈、心理测量评估和/或心理治疗管理; 4）脑成像技术培训，包括安全、扫描仪操作、数据收集和统计分析; 5）参加由培训计划导师领导的研究研讨会; 6）邀请学者和年终研究会议组成的系列讲座，其中包括学生演讲;和7）前往全国会议，介绍研究成果。作为目前资助的博士前培训计划的补充，3年的支持是寻求4个博士后职位。受训人员将通过全国性的搜索来选择，这些搜索旨在确定合格的个人，他们的职业发展可以从应用于人格和精神病理学研究的神经行为研究技术的培训中受益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rationale- The emergence of a biological revolution in psychopathology research is now strongly solidified, leaving many young Ph.D.s inadequately trained in biological concepts and methods, contributing to a void of creative young psychologists equipped to study normal and abnormal personality and psychopathological syndromes across varying levels of analysis. Most graduate programs in clinical psychology are primarily oriented toward cognitive and psychosocial approaches to behavior. Our existing training program integrates behavioral neurobiology and behavior genetics in the study of psychopathology and personality, taking advantage of the unique perspectives on emotional behavioral systems offered by psychology. To date, the program has been limited to training pre-doctoral students. Here, we propose to extend this program to include postdoctoral trainees. Seven components of the training program are described: 1) coursework in behavioral neurobiology, behavioral genetics, personality, and psychopathology; 2) association with a designated lab for specialized training in research, with opportunities to participate in proposal development, design of studies, and grant writing activities; 3) training in applied research, including interviewing, psychometric assessment, and/or administration of psychological treatment; 4) training in brain imaging techniques, including safety, scanner operation, data collection, and statistical analysis; 5) participation in research seminars led by training program mentors; 6) lecture series composed of invited scholars and a year-end research conference which featuring student presentations; and 7) travel to national conferences to present research findings. Trainees- As a supplement to the currently funded pre-doctoral training program, 3 years of support is sought for 4 postdoctoral positions. Trainees will be selected via national searches designed to identify qualified individuals whose career development can benefit from training in neurobehavioral research techniques applied to the study of personality and psychopathology.