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CASRC Mission
The mission of the Child & Adolescent Services Research
Center is to improve publicly funded mental health service delivery
and quality of treatment for children and adolescents who have
or are at high risk for the development of mental health problems
or disorders.
Center Goals
The Center has 4 primary goals:
1. Extend an existing interdisciplinary, public agency and academic
liaison research program that emphasizes research
interests in mental health services for youth at high-risk for
mental disorders. Research will focus on examining and improving
care for diverse populations and fostering the growth of methods
and statistics support capability for mental health services
research.
2. Provide advanced mentoring to doctoral and
post-doctoral researchers, which will enable them to conceptualize,
design and conduct research on child and adolescent mental health
services. Support from existing large-scale CASRC studies, CASRC-linked
institutions, and other services research centers provides opportunities
to learn about research in the field from multi-disciplinary
teams of experienced investigators.
3. Collaborate and provide technical assistance
for state and county policy makers, mental health providers
and managers in youth service agencies, consumers and their
families, and to improve the delivery of child and adolescent
mental health services among agencies working in child welfare,
health services, mental health, education, probation, and substance
abuse services.
4. Disseminate research findings and methods/statistics
developments to the academic community, public and private providers,
systems managers, public and private policy makers, and mental
health care consumer groups. In addition, efforts will be made
to disseminate information to the families of children with
mental health problems. This process includes publications in
peer-reviewed journals, presentations at academic, professional,
and policy forums, and a series of Center research reports,
in addition to the CASRC website and newsletter.
Studies and personnel within CASRC are structured into two
core research areas: 1) Examining care for diverse populations,
and 2) Improving care for diverse populations. These research
programs focus extensively on practice-based research including
implementation, effectiveness, and service system research.
These areas were identified by the National Institute of Mental
Health as key areas for mental health services development in
their 1999 report, Bridging
Science and Service.
CASRC personnel comprise an interdisciplinary staff of over
100 researchers, statisticians, data analysts, and administrative
staff. Key investigators and administrative personnel are described
in the CASRC organizational chart.
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May 18, 2007
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San Diego, CA 92123
Telephone:
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**Please
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