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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORTThis report presents recommendations regarding the overall need for interdisciplinary scientists in behavioral science and neuroscience, the type and extent of training and funding mechanisms that might be needed to support interdisciplinary training programs and research, and the overcoming of barriers to the development and support of interdisciplinary education, programs, and research. Chapter 2 begins by providing concrete examples of health problems that require an interdisciplinary approach. It provides the context of the rest of the report. Chapter 3 describes the obstacles to interdisciplinary research and training, ranging from personal obstacles to institutional barriers. It recommends approaches to overcome these obstacles. Chapter 4 describes several approaches to interdisciplinary training. It reflects on the programs reviewed by the committee and the lessons learned. It recommends approaches to improving the number and quality of such programs. Chapter 5 brings together the committee's vision of interdisciplinary training and defines the need for future assessments of training programs. REFERENCES1Anderson NB. 1998. Levels of analysis in health science. Ann NY Acad Sci 840:563–576. 2Azar B. 1998. Federal agencies encourage more cross-disciplinary work. APA Monitor 29[Online]. Available: http://www.apa.org/monitor/may98/cross/html. 3Bruhn JG. 1995. Beyond discipline: Creating a culture for interdisciplinary research . Integr Physiol Behav Sci 30:331–341. 4Burton LM, Dilworth-Anderson P, Bengtson VL. 1991. Theoretical challenges for the twenty-first century. Creating culturally relevant ways of thinking about diversity and aging. Diversity Fall/Winter:67–72. 5Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. 1961. Action for Mental Health. New York: Basic Books, Inc. 6Luszki MB. 1958. Interdisciplinary Team Research Methods and Problems. Vol. 3 of the Research Training Series Edition. New York: New York University Press. 7Rosenfield PL. 1992. The potential of transdisciplinary research for sustaining and extending linkages between the health and social sciences. Soc Sci Med 35:1343–1357. 8Schermerhom RA. 1964. Psychiatric Index for Interdisciplinary Research: A Guide to the Literature, 1950–1961. Washington, DC: US Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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