Meeting Summaries about Mental Health Services Research
- Research to Improve Health and Longevity of People with Severe Mental Illness
- September 10, 2012 – September 11, 2012
Bethesda, MD
On September 10-11, 2012, the NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health (ORDGMH) and Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR) convened the meeting, “Research to Improve Health and Longevity of People with Severe Mental Illness.” The purpose of the meeting was to assess the state of the science in preventing and treating medical comorbidities in people with severe mental illness (SMI) and identify the most critically needed research to reduce premature mortality in this vulnerable group. - Mental Illness, Incarceration, and Community Re-entry: Telepsychiatry and Continuity of Mental Health Care
- October 29, 2008 – October 30, 2008
Austin, Texas
Participants discussed whether current knowledge and practices related to the continuity of mental health care in general and telepsychiatry specifically are effective, and how effective methods can be generalized to other domains of mental health care. - Enhancing the Impact of Mental Health Services Research
- July 23, 2007 – July 24, 2007
Washington, D.C.
The Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch of DSIR sponsored the 19th National Conference on Mental Health Services Research: “Enhancing the Impact of Mental Health Services Research”. - Dissemination and Implementation Research Workshop: Harnessing Science to Maximize Health
- May 26, 2007
Rockville, Maryland
On March 26, 2007, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) co-sponsored a meeting entitled “Dissemination and Implementation Research Workshop: Harnessing Science to Maximize Health.” - NIMH Special Symposium: Mental Illness, the Person, and Prison
- May 14, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In May 2007, NIMH hosted a symposium on the urgent problem of prisoners with serious mental illness. - The 13th NIMH Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health
- September 25, 2006 – September 26, 2006
Bethesda, Maryland
In September 2006, the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR) sponsored a national research conference on mental health economics. - Northeast Regional Meeting on Connecting Science and Service
- September 04, 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
NIMH, the Center for Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), held this two-day meeting in September in Baltimore, Maryland, to identify relevant research and service development agendas to improve the public mental health system in the region. - Federal Partnership on the Transformation of Mental Health Care in the United States
- August 01, 2006
Washington, DC
Led by the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, NIMH participates in this Federal effort to improve the quality of mental health care delivered to US citizens. - NIMH/National Business Group on Health Roundtable on Medication Management in Employer-Based Behavioral Health Systems
- July 01, 2006
Washington, DC
The Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch of the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research held this one-day meeting to identify relevant research findings for employers and to discuss new opportunities to bridge the gap between research and practice.