Leshner A I
National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD 20857.
Am Psychol. 1991 Sep;46(9):977-9. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.46.9.977.
As an essential contributor to the scientific understanding of mental health and illness, psychology continues to be the leading discipline receiving National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) research support. Future behavioral science research initiatives at NIMH are likely to emphasize cognitive science, behavioral genetics, behavioral patterns and physiological systems, and personality, motivation, emotion, and interpersonal processes. Although prognostication is particularly risky in times of transition such as the present, advocacy efforts focused on mental-illness-related research are most likely to help the NIMH and the field if they avoid polarization and factionalization by providing equal encouragement for studies of biological aspects, of behavioral aspects, and of their interaction.
作为对心理健康和疾病科学理解的重要贡献者，心理学仍然是获得美国国立精神卫生研究所（NIMH）研究支持的主导学科。NIMH未来的行为科学研究计划可能会强调认知科学、行为遗传学、行为模式与生理系统，以及人格、动机、情感和人际过程。尽管在当前这样的过渡时期进行预测特别危险，但专注于精神疾病相关研究的倡导工作，如果能避免两极分化和派别化，通过对生物学方面、行为方面及其相互作用的研究给予同等鼓励，最有可能帮助NIMH及该领域。
