Clinical Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Methods and Practice

Third-cycle level | 1.5 credits (HEC) | Course code: K8F5287
HT 2024
Study period: 2024-10-14 - 2024-10-24
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-04-15 - 2024-05-06
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Course description

The "Clinical Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Methods and Practice" course aims to cover a range of methodological factors in clinical trials on youths with psychiatric disorders, including psychiatric assessment and psychological as well as pharmacological treatment. The course will provide broad as well as in-depth knowledge about methodological and practical aspects of clinical psychiatric research focusing on children and adolescents. The course also addresses good clinical practice principles and Swedish and international rules and regulations relevant to clinical research involving young individuals.

Prerequisites and Selection

Prerequisite courses, or equivalent

60 hp in psychology or psychiatry on an advanced level.

Selection

Selection will be based on:  
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation). 
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date). 

Course director

Course director: Martina Nordh, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Insitutet (martina.nord@ki.se)

Course examiner: Sarah Vigerland, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (sarah.vigerland@ki.se)

Other contacts: Jens Högström (jens.hogstrom@ki.se) and Lorena Fernández de la Cruz (lorena.fernandez.de.la.cruz@ki.se), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Course syllabus

K8F5287

Department

Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Doctoral programme

Neuroscience

Type of course

**Other course

Keywords

child psychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, clinical research, methods, randomized controlled trial

CONTACTMartina Nordh

martina.nord@ki.se