The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, with support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is pursuing a research agenda to improve mental health care in the social services.

This agenda is supported through a P30 award via the Advanced Centers for Interventions and Services Research (ACISR) funding mechanism.

New Implementation Research Institute to advance the field of implementation science in mental health
NIMH-funded training institute invites applicants

Brown School Names New Associate Deans
Haire-Joshu named associate dean for research; Proctor named associate dean for faculty

Youth with autism coming of age: new NIMH study will focus on transitions in service use and coverage
Paul Shattuck, PhD, receives five-year grant to study understand and address this issue

What are your colleagues doing?
Results from a 2008 MO Therapy Network Practice Survey are analyzed.

Are Missouri Therapists Underpaid by MO Healthnet?
Dr. Curtis McMillen researches the amount of unreimbursed time MO Healthnet therapists are spending with clients.

Develop/Test a Web-Based Dissemination Tool (WDT) to Support Quality Implementation of Community-Based Mental Health EBIs for Youth
Dr. Curtis McMillen’s recently funded NIMH project to create a highly innovative, web-based tool of community-based behavioral interventions that is applicable to a wide array of evidence based interventions.

Service Transitions among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Aging from adolescence to adulthood is a challenging developmental period for all youth, but it is especially difficult for youth with autism spectrum disorders.
New NIMH funded training institute invites applications
If you wish to join an exciting learning collaborative of implementation researchers, we invite you to apply to the Implementation Research Institute (IRI). Learn more about the IRI