- Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network is dedicated to identifying and advancing opportunities for improving addiction treatment. Their vision is to unify science, education and services to transform the lives of individuals and families affected by alcohol and other drug addiction.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ provides high quality research on a variety of health care topics.
- Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
CCEP is part of the American Institutes for Research and is jointly funded by the Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education and the Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CCEP works at the Federal, State and local level to develop new knowledge and practises in the treatment of children with, or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbances.
- Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
The Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health is a mental health service research center in New York funded by NIMH/NIH that studies the public mental health system. Research focuses on adults with serious mental illness.
- Consumer-Operated Services Program
This is a multi-site research initiative was designed to examine the effect of consumer-operated mental health services and determine how participation in such services affects overall costs to patients, facilities, and the health care system in general. Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the research involves seven study sites, including include drop-in centers, education and advocacy training programs, and peer or mutual support programs, and a coordinating center.
- CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is a searchable database of Federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database is maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at NIH and includes projects funded by several HHS agencies.
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns, and theoretical formulations on trauma. It is dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and to the stimulation of policy, program and service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic stressors and their immediate and long-term consequences.
- Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is a primary research and training center for mental health services and a nationally recognized source for its innovative research and training.
- Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program
The Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program develops standards for colleting mental health information or data—how to collect it, what needs to be collected, where to find what others have collected, how to understand what you find, how to report it so other people can understand it, and how to use it to make decisions.
- Mental Health Systems and Services Research: A Program of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
This group is involved in studies throughout the Nation concerning many mental health issues at the national, State, and local level.
- NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc.
The NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. is a nonprofit research corporation established to study issues in the delivery of mental health services supported by State mental health agencies.
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
This organization conducts research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and populations. On-line publications on a variety of topics related to pregancy, human development, and children are available.
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAAA supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. Online and print resources are available—links to Medline and ETOH databases, information on grants and research, and related sites.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA supports and conducts research, and ensures the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. Online resources include information on common drugs of abuse, trends and statistics, grants and research, publications, and links to other relevant sites.
- National Institutes of Health
This institution works to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH conducts and supports research, aids in the training of research investigators, and fosters communication of medical information. NIH is comprised of 27 separate components, mainly institutes and centers.
- New Hampshire/Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
The New Hampshire/Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center conducts research on the elderly, dual diagnosis, trauma, HIV, vocational rehabilitation is conducted by the Center. Visitors can order publications about these topics on this site.
- President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health seeks to improve the quality and availability of mental health services.
- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University is a think/action tank that brings together all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat all forms of substance abuse—illegal drugs, pills, alcohol, and tobacco.
- The Renfrew Center Foundation
The Renfrew Center Foundation is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization advancing the education, prevention, research, and treatment of eating disorders.
The information above was taken, in part, from material provided by SAMHSA.
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