Policy Research Organizations

Policy Research Organizations Links

• The National GAINS Center A national locus for the collection and dissemination of information about effective mental health and substance abuse services for people with co-occurring disorders who come in contact with the justice system.
  
• Office of Science Policy and Program Planning - NIMH OSPPP provides advice and guidance to the NIMH Director and senior Institute staff concerning science policy; strategic planning; program planning and evaluation; other special crosscutting science programs; knowledge exchange; and technology and information transfer.
  
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute The NASMHPD Research Institute studies issues related to the delivery of public mental health services and responds to current needs by applying research findings to the management of state mental health programs.
  
• National Technical Assistance Center NTAC provides on-site technical assistance to individual states and regions on all issues of importance to mental health planning, service delivery, and evaluation.
  
• Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research The CMHPSR researches the organization, financing, and management structure of mental health care systems and the delivery of mental health services and provides consultation and technical support to those individuals and programs involved in implementing system change. The Center has attempted to use the results of its research and evaluation efforts to inform the decision making of public policy makers at local, state, and national levels.
  
• Vanderbilt Center for Mental Health Policy The focus of the Center is on child, adolescent and family mental health services research. There are sixteen senior investigators engaged at the Center on mental health issues working in multidisciplinary teams; they represent the specialties of psychiatry, psychology, sociology, economics, policy analysis, pediatrics, and statistics.
  
• Policy Information Exchange The Policy Information Exchange is an authoritative source of information on a wide range of issues affecting mental health policy in North America.
  
• Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health The Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health seeks to improve the outcomes of public mental health programs and promote the integration of research, policy and practice in public mental health.
  
• The Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center Te Center provides technical assistance and targeted information to providers of health services for people who are homeless.
  
• National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness The National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness provides technical assistance, develops knowledge, and disseminates information related to homelessness, housing, and mental illness.
  
• Center for the Study of Mental Health Policies and Services (CSMHPS). The Center was established in 1996 to increase the development of high-quality social work research in an active program of public mental health research. It promotes research for children and adults with major mental illness at both the systems and intervention level with particular emphasis on consumer centered services.