Mental Health
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Staff is great and facilities were amazing and I enjoyed my time.
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Adapting was difficult a bit, but overall it's ok.
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Getting a thrill out of the course, and thinking that it is fascinating. Drawbacks are most social orders and clubs have a high accentuation on drinking as a feature of their social side which can be overwhelming for those that lean toward not to drink.
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PhD
In Glasgow
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
Glasgow (Scotland)
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Start date
Different dates available
Mental disorders are the leading global cause of disability and the World Health Organisation estimates that over 0.8 million deaths are due to suicide associated with mental disorders. Therefore, research on mental disorders and suicide is vital to reducing the global burden of disease. Our more fundamental research examines the contribution of psychological, biological and social factors to the causation of mental disorders and suicidal behaviours. Postgraduate research students working in this area can develop cutting edge, skills relevant to experimental, epidemiological, qualitative and neuroimaging research methods. A translational approach makes use of the evidence from fundamental research to develop innovative therapeutic approaches for the prevention and treatment of mental disorders and suicidal behaviours. We have expertise in clinical trial methodologies to evaluate complex interventions and implementation science.Interdisciplinary research groups provide postgraduate research opportunities in these themes: suicidal behaviour research psychological therapies bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression big data and mental disorder neuropsychology of neurological disorders autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities attachment, childhood maltreatment and mental disorders
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Reviews
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Staff is great and facilities were amazing and I enjoyed my time.
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Adapting was difficult a bit, but overall it's ok.
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Getting a thrill out of the course, and thinking that it is fascinating. Drawbacks are most social orders and clubs have a high accentuation on drinking as a feature of their social side which can be overwhelming for those that lean toward not to drink.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Leiomi
Joel
Kirstie
Subjects
- IT
- Mental Health
- Global
- Clinical Trial
- Bipolar
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
Course programme
PhD programmes in Mental Health last 3-4 years, with individual research projects tailored around the expertise of principal investigators within the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. Our supervisors are from clinical and scientific backgrounds and use a variety of approaches including experimental psychology and psychophysiology, functional neuroimaging, multilevel modelling of complex datasets, health services research, qualitative, and clinical trial methodologies. We have excellent engagement with the NHS and with service user and carer organisations.
Specific areas of interest include:
- Experimental approaches to understanding suicidal behaviours and self-harm
- Acceptance and commitment therapy for severe mental disorders
- Interpersonal and attachment based models of affect regulation
- Developing interventions for detecting, responding to and preventing relapse in psychosis
- Mother-infant attachment in depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis
- Psychological therapies for negative symptoms of schizophrenia
- Neuroinflammatory models of mental disorders
- Low intensity psychological therapies for mental disorders
- Understanding the outcomes of traumatic brain injury
- Autism spectrum disorders and comorbid mental disorders
- Longitudinal studies of the health of people with intellectual disabilities
- Multimorbidity and mental disorders
- Physical activity and weight management programs for people with intellectual disabilities
- Assistive technologies for adults with specific neuropsychological impairments
- Identifying shared genetic risk factors for mental disorders and cardiovascular disease
- Attachment, Childhood maltreatment and mental disorders
- Socio-ecological models of stigma and discrimination in vulnerable populations
Additional information
All Postgraduate Research Students are allocated a supervisor who will act as the main source of academic support and research mentoring.You may want to identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss your research proposal before you apply.
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Mental Health