Organization: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
Mission: TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING, TREATMENT, HARM MINIMIZATION AND PREVENTION OF ADDICTION AND OTHER BIO-BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS.
Activities: THE ORGANIZATION IS DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, TRAINING AND PREVENTION PROJECTS THAT EXAMINE AND ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF URBAN HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH AND CO-OCCURING DISORDERS, HIV/AIDS AND OTHER RELATED INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OF ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE INCLUDES TOPIC FOCUSED CENTERS AND INSITIUTES, AND INCLUDES A TRAINING INSTITUTE THAT DEVELOPS, DELIVERS AND ASSESSES TRAINING THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE AND NATIONALLY.
Religious classification: None