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• Improving the outcomes of public mental health programs,
• Promoting the integration of research, policy and practice in public mental health.
  

How to Contact Us

 

Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
140 Old Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Phone: (845) 398-6594
Fax: (845) 398-6592

E-mail to Dixianne Penney, Dr. P.H..

Developing, conducting research within the context of a rigorous research program, influenced by the requirements of a public mental health system

• Influences the development of policy and practice in mental health,
• Creates research partnerships with service recipients,
• Shares research findings with the scientific, policy and practice communities,
• Investigates the effects of different methods of inquiry and dissemination on the process of change in public mental health systems,
• Responds to key issues likely to affect public policy and practice.
  

CENTER PROJECTS

Research organized along four core themes:

Promoting Recovery in Target Populations

Seeking Systems Integration

Negotiating Lives in Communities

Methods for Mental Health Services Research

Aimed at increasing knowledge in:

• Organizing, delivering, evaluating and financing mental health services,
• Developing relevant information for effective mental health policy. 
  

OUR APPROACH

• Multidisciplinary team of researchers, policy makers, practitioners, providers and recipients
  of mental health services,
• Research investigators are members of our Center Faculty or affiliated with our Research Partners,
• Scientific integrity and coordination by the Director, Co-director, Executive Committee and a nationally representative Policy Advisory Board.