Abstract
Building on growing interest in translational research, this paper provides an overview of a special issue of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Service Research, which is focused on the process of forging and sustaining partnerships to support child mental health prevention and services research. We propose that partnership-focused research is a subdiscipline of translational research which requires additional research to better refine the theoretical framework and the core principles that will guide future research and training efforts. We summarize some of the major themes across the eight original articles and three commentaries included in the special issue. By advancing the science of partnershipfocused research we will be able to bridge the gap between child mental health prevention and services research and practice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 221-224 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Keywords
- Child mental health
- Community-based participatory research
- Partnerships
- Prevention
- Services
- Translational research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health Policy
- Phychiatric Mental Health