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Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illness through research
DIVISION OF INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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 Office of the Clinical Director - Overview

The National Institute of Mental Health Division of Intramural Research Program (NIMH DIRP) conducts extensive research into the mechanisms of and treatments for a range of mental illnesses including schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, childhood psychotic and affective disorders, as well as genetic studies, therapeutics and basic laboratory research. The DIRP conducts clinical trials that are designed to expedite the exchange of information between scientists and clinicians so that basic findings can be moved quickly from the laboratory setting to the treatment of patients at the bedside. Clinical trials are of primary importance to the research mission of the NIMH. The clinical research portion of the program comprises tenured and tenure-track clinical investigators, staff clinicians, and fellows in more than a dozen clinical Branches and free-standing Sections. There are approximately 120 NIMH protocols, which accounted for approximately 7,000 inpatient days and 7,000 outpatient visits in FY07.

The mission of the Office of the Clinical Director (OCD) is to ensure that subjects participating in NIMH protocols receive the highest quality clinical care. This is accomplished by the activities of the Human Subjects Protection Unit, the NIMH Intramural Research Program Protocol Office, the Combined Neuroscience Institutional Review Board (IRB), Clinical Fellowship Training activities, and the Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service. The overall responsibilities of the office include the following: oversight of the clinical care provided to our research subjects, management of the NIMH protocol review process, administration of the quality assurance program, authorization of medical staff credentials, and allocation of Clinical Center (CC) resources.
Office of the Clinical Director Section
Welcome Letter for New Clinical Research Fellows
OCD Staff
Clinical Care in a Research Setting
Outpatient Clinical Guidelines
Guidelines for Emergency Transfer
Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service
Combined Neuroscience
Institutional Review Board
Documents and Forms
Human Subject Protection Unit
Marketing and Community Relations Unit
On Call/Officer of the Day
Patient Recruitment

Information for Staff Section
Office of the Scientific Director
Office of the Clinical Director
Office of Fellowship Training
Office of Technology Transfer
Administrative Services Branch
Administrative Services

About the DIRP Section
Office of the Scientific Director
Site Map
Participate in Research
Contact Us
Careers in Research
What’s New

Research at DIRP Section
Principal Investigators
Scientists & Clinicians
DIRP Labs and Branches
DIRP Research Areas
Staff Scientists/Clinicians

Core Facilities Section
Functional MRI Core
Magnetic Resonance Core
Magnetoencephalography Core
Microarray Core
Non-Human Primate Core
Scientific and Statistical Computing Core
Transgenic Core
Veterinary Medicine Resources (Staff only)




This page was last updated January 13, 2009.


 The Division of Intramural Research Programs is within the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is a part the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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