National Institute of Mental Health Strategic Plan 2008

2008 This plan outlines the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) commitment to continue the accelerated pace of scientific progress by generating, over the next five years, the best mental health research that will have the greatest public health impact and continue to fuel the transformation of mental health care. To fully address these issues, the NIMH must continue to discover the fundamental knowledge about brain and behavior and use such discoveries to develop better tools for diagnosis, preemptive interventions, more effective treatments, and improved strategies for delivering services for those who provide direct mental health care. These activities . . .