Public Use of PRN Databases
Data from the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE)’s Psychiatric Research Network (PRN) are available to external investigators. The PRN databases, which include the Study of Psychiatric Patients and Treatments (SPPT) and the National Survey of Psychiatric Practice (NSPP), are clinically detailed and provide information on a large national sample of psychiatrists and patients in the full range of public and private, managed and non-managed practice settings. The data have been effectively used to study a broad range of clinical and policy issues, including patterns of treatment for specific disorders, quality of care, and access and patterns of care in different types of health plans and systems of care.
An outline of the domains of information collected from these studies, and information regarding the use of PRN data is available below.
Researchers interested in using these unique databases to develop and disseminate mental health clinical and services research findings are encouraged to contact the PRN Director, Eve K. Mościcki, Sc.D., M.P.H., at emoscicki@psych.org or telephone 1-800-713-7123.