title: Developing research and recruitment while fostering stakeholder engagement in a National Institutes of Mental Health-funded Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Programs grant for depression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the context of a National Institutes of Mental Health-funded Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Programs (IP-RISP) grant for the treatment of depression, a partnership was developed between a community mental health organization and a team of researchers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes the collaborative process, key challenges, and strategies employed to meet the goals of the first phase of the grant, which included development of a working and sustainable partnership and building capacity for recruitment and research.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper was developed through the use of qualitative interviews and discussion with a variety of IP-RISP partners.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Communication with multiple stakeholders through varied channels, feedback from stakeholders on research procedures, and employing a research liaison at the clinic have been key strategies in the first phase of the grant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The strategies we employed allowed multiple stakeholders to contribute to the larger mission of the IP-RISP and helped to establish an ongoing research program within the mental health organization.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Women's Health Schiences Division and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon Wiltsey
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Stirman
authors.forename: Lizabeth A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wrenn
authors.forename: Marna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Mary Beth Connolly
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: Delane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casiano
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Patricia P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: Jacques P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crits-Christoph
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration; D003142:Communication; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009315:National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States