Child and Family Mental Health Research Division Missouri Institute of Mental Health University of Missouri – St. Louis
Faculty Amanda W. Bequette, Ph.D., Research Assistant Prof. Robyn Boustead, M.P.A., Research Associate Susan Depue, Ph.D., Research Asst. Prof. Mary Dugan, Ph.D., Research Asst. Prof. Carol J. Evans, Ph.D., Research Assoc. Prof. & Director Liz Sale, Ph.D., Research Assoc. Prof.
What we do Applied research Evaluation Training –Motivational Interviewing –Suicide/Gatekeeper Training
Areas of Interest Substance abuse prevention (Bequette, Depue, Dugan, Evans, Sale) Mental health prevention and intervention (Bequette, Dugan, Evans, Sale) Motivational interviewing - effective training and use (Dugan)
Examples of current grants/contracts Substance abuse prevention –Community based Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (Dugan, Depue) –School based SPIRIT (Evans, Sale) Missouri Student Survey (Depue, Evans, Sale)
Current grants/contracts (cont.) Mental health prevention & intervention –Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant (Evans, Sale) –Suicide Prevention (Sale) –Healthy Transitions (Evans, Depue, Boustead) –Project Launch (Evans, Boustead, Bequette)
Continuing Education Missouri Institute of Mental Health University of Missouri – St. Louis
Continuing Education
Behavioral Health Division Missouri Institute of Mental Health University of Missouri – St. Louis
Staff and researchers work Across the life span Focus on people and systems Create innovative programs Develop advanced technology
Across the life span Fetal Alcohol syndrome Medically fragile/developmentally disabled Developmental trajectory for substance attitudes and use Adults in many programs
Focus on people and systems Families Mental Health consumers HIV/AIDs
Innovative programs Girls Holla Back! Program in Consumer Studies & Training MOSBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment)
Advanced technology Behavioral Informatics group Prototypes for DMH systems Consumer facing web applications Professional applications Follow-up tracking
Collaboration Real world applications Diversity Collaboration
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Evaluation, Policy & Ethics Division Missouri Institute of Mental Health University of Missouri – St. Louis
Faculty Ron Claus, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor Andy Homer, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor Jim Topolski, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
What we do Evaluation Policy Analysis Consultation
Areas of Interest Substance abuse prevention Co-occurring disorders Mental Health Epidemiology Statistical analysis Special Populations
Examples of current grants/contracts Substance abuse treatment evaluation Adolescents Adult males Co-occurring Disorders Cadre support