---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1665n"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1665n"
heading: "Behavioral health research"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1665n"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter V–A — Behavioral Health Programs"
  - "Part A — General Programs"
---

# §1665n. Behavioral health research

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, shall make grants to, or enter into contracts with, [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14), [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26), and [urban Indian organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) or enter into contracts with, or make grants to appropriate institutions for, the conduct of research on the incidence and prevalence of [behavioral health](/usc/25/1603.md?p=2-A) problems among [Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) served by the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18), [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14), or [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26) and among [Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) in urban areas. Research priorities under this section shall include—
  - (1) the multifactorial causes of [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) youth suicide, including—
    - (A) protective and risk factors and scientific data that identifies those factors; and
    - (B) the effects of loss of cultural identity and the development of scientific data on those effects;
  - (2) the interrelationship and interdependence of [behavioral health](/usc/25/1603.md?p=2-A) problems with alcoholism and other [substance abuse](/usc/25/1603.md?p=21), suicide, homicides, other injuries, and the incidence of family violence; and
  - (3) the development of models of prevention techniques.
- (b) **Emphasis—** The effect of the interrelationships and interdependencies referred to in [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2) on children, and the development of prevention techniques under [subsection (a)(3)](#a-3) applicable to children, shall be emphasized.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 715, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 715 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.