Course description
This course will enable doctoral students without a clinical background in psychiatry or psychology to obtain an overview of mental health research from a clinical, epidemiological, and research perspective. The topics covered in lectures and group discussion seminars include the diagnosis, treatment, and measurement of psychiatric disorders (including depressive and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders), in addition to emerging research approaches in the field (e.g.brain imaging, multiomics).
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Donghao Lu (co-director: Mary Barker)
Course syllabus
C6F6063
Department
Institute of Environmental Medicine
Doctoral programme
Neuroscience
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Mental health, Psychiatric disorder, Psychiatry, Psychology, Epidemiology, Neuroscience, Epidemiologi, psykisk ohälsa, mental ohälsa, psykisk hälsa, mental hälsa