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NYU Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Mission

World Health Organization Collaborating Center Training and Research in Mental Health and in the Prevention of Substance Abuse. Statistics and Services Research Division, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962 Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse,

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NYU Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Mission

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  1. World Health Organization Collaborating Center Training and Research in Mental Health and in the Prevention of Substance Abuse • Statistics and Services Research Division, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962 • Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016 Eugene Laska, Ph.D. Director Carole Siegel, Ph.D. Deputy Director Marc Galanter, Ph.D. Deputy Director

  2. Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research NYU Department of Adult Psychiatry NYU Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryMission • Training in and conduct of epidemiological studies of the etiology and course of mental illness • research design • instrument design • statistical analysis • Development and transfer of information gathering technologies to improve local capacities • useful across cultural and national boundaries • flexible to allow modification to meet local needs • Input to WHO and PAHO on • international policy and planning tools and strategies

  3. NYUDivision of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Mission • Development of medical curricula on addictive illness for international dissemination • Organization and training of an international cadre of senior professionals for medical education programs in addictive illness and for the dissemination of the results of treatment research • Development and dissemination of a cross-national evaluation of treatment programs for addiction.

  4. IllustrationMulti Center Study of the Long Term Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia • 1043 individuals, from eighteen study cohorts from17 countries including cohorts from • International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia • Determinants of Outcome of Severe Mental Disorder • Reduction and Assessment of Psychiatric Disability • Southeast Asia

  5. Multi Center Study of the Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia • Hopper K • Harrison G • Alexsandar J • Sartorius N Oxford Press 2007

  6. Illustration Information System Development for the People’s Republic of China • Development of a national mental health information system • worked with local health care staff • trained visiting scientists • provided continuous support to the project including promoting the use of the system • In January, 1995, the Center was notified that the information system was approved by the Ministry of Health for use nationwide.

  7. Planned Future Activities • Development and promotion of sustainable methodologies for planning and monitoring of services • Needs assessment tools • Instruments • Development of local capacities • Promotional training • Monitoring tools • Cultural competencies • Education, training and implementation assistance

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