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 partnership-focused research we will be able to bridge the gap between child mental health prevention
and services research and practice.
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 partnership-focused research we will be able to bridge the gap between child mental health prevention
and services research and practice.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Guest Editorial
- Pages 1-4
- DOI 10.1007/s10488-012-0427-7
- Authors
- Catherine P. Bradshaw, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention and Early Intervention, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Room 839, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Katherine Taylor Haynes, Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, Peabody College, National Center for Scaling Up Effective Schools, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203-5721, USA
- Journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
- Online ISSN 1573-3289
- Print ISSN 0894-587X