The
Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC) at Rady
Children’s Hospital-San Diego is a consortium of over
100 investigators and staff from multiple research organizations
in San Diego County, including Rady
Children's Hospital, University
of California at San Diego, San
Diego State University, University
of San Diego, and California
State University, San Marcos. CASRC has a strategic focus
on improvement of public pediatric mental health care through
a program of mental health services research that spans clinical
epidemiology studies linked to evidence-based practice, effectiveness
and quality of care studies, and implementation studies that
include organizational, financing, and policy issues. An overarching
center perspective of cultural exchange guides an active partnership
with major stakeholders in youth mental health care across the
public sectors of mental health, child welfare, juvenile justice,
substance abuse services, and education. The CASRC mission includes
a strong focus on research that informs efforts to decrease
racial-ethnic disparities. For highlights of CASRC’s research
accomplishments in the past year, click
here.
CASRC supports an interdisciplinary staff of over 100
researchers, statisticians, data analysts, and administrative
staff. Over the past eighteen years funding for the center
has come from a broad base of government agencies and
philanthropic foundations, including the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug
Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Administration
for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the State of California,
the County of San Diego, and branches of the United States
military.
CASRC focuses on mental health care issues for vulnerable children,
including children in public service sectors. In addition, CASRC
specializes in longitudinal studies of children at risk for
development of mental disorders and other problems in psychosocial
functioning, and the effectiveness of interventions.
Last updated
November 20, 2008
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The
Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC) at Rady
Children’s Hospital-San Diego is a consortium of over
100 investigators and staff from multiple research organizations
in San Diego County, including 
2008
CASRC