Behavioral Research
Core Description
The Behavioral Research component provides the expertise, techniques, and tools to permit the inclusion of state-of-the-art behavioral science in clinical and translational research. Many diseases and health problems in Arkansas and nationally have a significant behavioral component. UAMS has a variety of experts in behavioral science whose expertise extends and complements clinical and translational studies. These novel approaches have the potential to become an important component of interventions for rural states such as Arkansas, where lack of access or inability to travel can be barriers to treatment and participation. The services include support to clinical, population, and health services investigators seeking to enhance or incorporate psychosocial, behavioral, or quality-of-life research methods into useful research tools.
The Center for Addiction Research (CAR) provides the addiction component services for this core. The Center has a commitment to research with important implications for treatment, prevention and the clinical significance of substance use. Projects involve the translation of basic behavioral and pharmacological processes into methods to enhance outcomes during treatments for substance dependence for adults and adolescents. http://www.uams.edu/psych/car/
The Division of Health Service is also active in this TRI core. DHSR has been recognized as one of the largest, most comprehensive and most innovative health services research centers in the nation for over a decade. The DHSR seeks to improve mental health via the implementation and dissemination of policy relevant health services research. There are four themes that guide DHSR work: 1) Access to and utilization of care, 2) Outcomes and effectiveness of care, 3) Quality of care, and 4) Implementation of best practices.http://www.uams.edu/dhsr/
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