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