The primary aim of the Division of Prevention and Community Research is to conduct studies that will enhance knowledge regarding the prevention of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders and the promotion of adaptation or resilience.
Divisional studies consist either of risk factor or intervention research.
Factors identified may be the target of change in subsequent intervention studies. Intervention research examines the effectiveness of interventions in preventing disorders or reducing risk, or in promoting adaptation or resilience. Both risk factor and intervention studies are conceptualized within developmental, ecological, and cultural contexts, and are conducted in a wide range of community settings, including schools, homes, clinics, the workplace, the neighborhood, human service organizations, and the broader community. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are employed by investigators, and findings are often explicitly conceptualized and presented at multiple levels of analysis, such as community, the service system, the organization, the group, the family, and the individual. All rights reserved.