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Mental Health Statistics 1

• Why a new ASA section?
• Overlap and synergy with existing sections
• Proposed section objectives
• Proposed section officers
• History and activities
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• Preamble to proposed charter
– http://smhr.org/newsletter/2012/04/29/updated-mhs-charter-for-yourreview/
• Unique interests in Mental Health Statistics
• Psychiatry and psychology
– Medication, therapy, and prevention
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM)
– http://www.dsm5.org/research/pages/publications.aspx
– Kraemer, HK, Shrout PE, Rubio-Stipec M. Developing the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual V: what will “statistical” mean in DSM-V?
Social
Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology , 2007; 42: 259-267.
• Parity in health care coverage
• Early adopters of new statistical methods
• Interdisciplinary nature of mental health statistics
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• Shared interests with many ASA sections
• No existing section fully captures broad scope of mental health statistics
• Liaison Officer and Liaison Committee
– Liaison with other ASA sections
– Liaison with other professional organizations
• Facilitate broader participation of statisticians who are interested in topics relevant to mental health statistics
– Serve as a bridge between statistics and related areas
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• http://smhr.org/newsletter/2012/04/29/updatedmhs-charter-for-your-review/ , updated 7/29/12
• To provide a forum for communication among statisticians who are interested in topics relevant to mental health research; to facilitate the development and application of sound statistical methods for mental health studies; and
• to promote career opportunities for statisticians in mental health research.
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• http://smhr.org/newsletter/2011/12/29/mhs-proposed-executive-committee-andofficers/
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Co-Chairs:
Robert Gibbons , University of Chicago
Naihua Duan , Columbia University
• Chair-Elect:
Andrew Zhou , University of Washington
•
Program Chair:
Yuanjia Wang , Columbia University
•
Program Chair-Elect:
Patrick Shrout , New York University
• Representative on the Council of Sections:
Liz Stuart , John Hopkins University
•
Secretary/Treasurer:
Hongyuan Cao , University of Chicago
•
Liaison Officer:
Nicole Lazar , University of Georgia
• Communications Officer:
Juned Siddique , Northwestern University
• Education Officer:
Don Hedeker , University of Illinois at Chicago
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• Statistics in Mental Health Research, established in
June 2011 as an ASA Interest Group
• Currently 181 members
• Newsletter: http://smhr.org/newsletter/
• JSM 2011: group dinner
• ENAR 2012: invited session (1/2), group breakfast
• JSM 2012: invited session (1/2, 4 co-sponsored), 2 topic contributed, 2 contributed sessions, business meeting/mixer, group dinner
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