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National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC)

Advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Director, National Institutes of Health; and the Director, National Institute of Mental Health, on all policies and activities relating to the conduct and support of mental health research, research training, and other programs of the Institute.

Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC)

Provides scientific and technical peer review for intramural research at NIMH; evaluates NIMH laboratories to assess the research programs in progress and the proposed research, and the productivity and performance of individual staff scientists.