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Blueprint for Change: Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Child Council Workgroup on Intervention Development and Deployment |
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The Child Council Workgroup on Intervention Development and Deployment was the first pediatric workgroup ever to be established by the National Advisory Mental Health Council and provides an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the field of research and practice in children's mental health. In September 1999, Steve Hyman, MD, the former Director of the NIMH, gave the work group its formal charge to:
- Assess the status of the NIMH portfolio and identify research opportunities in the development, testing, and deployment of treatment, service, and preventive interventions for children and adolescents in the context of families and communities;
- Assess the human resource needs in recruiting, training, and retaining child mental health researchers;
- Make recommendations for strategically targeting research activities and infrastructure support to stimulate intervention development, testing, and deployment of research-based interventions across the child and adolescent portfolio.
A report, "Blueprint for Change: Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Health" (PDF file, 175 pages), summarizes their findings, as well as recommendations for future research.
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