Research Training in Pediatric Psychology

描述（由申请人提供）：这个博士前培训项目解决了加强儿科人群精神障碍预防和治疗研究的关键需求。儿科环境为研究预防儿童和家庭心理健康风险和负担的风险因素和干预措施提供了重要背景。本申请请求资金，以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，该计划解决了发展该领域研究人员职业生涯的需要。该计划的优势包括：1)教师参与跨学科研究培训的高水平；2)强化研究训练课程，注重研究技能的发展；3)研究机会的广度和人口的多样性；4)对其他专业培训的广泛影响。项目毕业生在取得教职、开展儿科人群研究、在同行评审文献中发表文章、被其他研究人员引用以及根据他们的研究获得资助等方面取得了成功。学生和项目毕业生的研究贡献与NIMH的研究重点相关，包括患有慢性身体疾病的儿童的精神障碍风险，包括那些影响中枢神经系统和心理干预以减少精神障碍对儿科人群的影响。此外，该项目采用的跨学科研究训练方法和基于技能的研究训练方法已经发表，并对多个专业学科的研究训练产生了广泛的影响。拟建的培训项目建立在以下方面的成功记录之上：1)扩展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)在以下领域发展教学和体验式培训重点：a)流行病学和行为学；B)儿童神经心理学；C)儿科生命伦理学；d)儿童慢性疾病心理/行为干预的随机对照试验（rct）方法；e)高危儿童人群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.