BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The Behavioral Sciences Research Institute is a scientific
research program under the Deanship for Academic Affairs of
the Medical Sciences Campus. Its main goals are to carry out
studies of mental disorders, behavioral problems and their
associated features in the adult, child, and adolescent population
of Puerto Rico; to translate, adapt to the Puerto Rican culture,
and test the psychometric properties of the various diagnostic
instruments used in the research performed; to develop methodologies
and theoretical models which are applicable to research with
Hispanic and other minority populations within the United
States; to promote collaborative research with other research
centers and researchers within and outside the island, including
European research centers; and to provide training to students
in basic research skills, both within the University
and outside, particularly in Latin America. The Institute
has been funded by various grants from the National Institute
of Mental Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse, World
Health Organization, and the William T. Grant Foundation.
Current projects include: Antisocial Behaviors in US and Island
Puerto Rican Youth, Puerto Rico Neonatal Twin Registry, and
Pediatric Asthma Disparities: Perceptions and Management.
Past research includes: Vulnerability of Drug Abuse in Puerto
Rican Children, Service Use Need Outcomes in Puerto Rican
Children, and Translation and
Adaptation of the CAPA into Spanish.
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