Psychiatry PhD 36 months PHD Program By The University of Edinburgh |Top Universities
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Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Anatomy and PhysiologyMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Anatomy and Physiology

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Division of Psychiatry is internationally recognised for its research and teaching.

We focus on the mechanisms underlying the development of major psychiatric disorders, including:

  • autism and learning difficulties
  • bipolar disorder
  • depression and mood disorders
  • dementia
  • schizophrenia
  • cognition and behaviour
Research expertise

We have a particular expertise in longitudinal, clinical and biological studies of clinical and population-based cohort studies of people with or at high risk of mental disorders. The studies we have recruited or have worked on include:

  • Edinburgh High Risk Studies of young people at high genetic cognitive risk for schizophrenia
  • bipolar disorder and other related conditions
  • Generation Scotland - a family and population-based study of 24,000 individuals recruited from the general population of Scotland.
  • UK Biobank - a UK- and population-based study of more than half a million people from across England, Wales and Scotland
In psychiatric genetics, we take part in international genome-wide association studies of psychiatric disorders - including the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and ENIGMA that seeks to identify the genetic causes of psychiatric disorders.

Our work then utilities the findings in order to identify the environmental risk factors and neurobiological mechanisms of mental disorders, using genetic factors as causal anchors.

Program overview

Main Subject

Anatomy and Physiology

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Division of Psychiatry is internationally recognised for its research and teaching.

We focus on the mechanisms underlying the development of major psychiatric disorders, including:

  • autism and learning difficulties
  • bipolar disorder
  • depression and mood disorders
  • dementia
  • schizophrenia
  • cognition and behaviour
Research expertise

We have a particular expertise in longitudinal, clinical and biological studies of clinical and population-based cohort studies of people with or at high risk of mental disorders. The studies we have recruited or have worked on include:

  • Edinburgh High Risk Studies of young people at high genetic cognitive risk for schizophrenia
  • bipolar disorder and other related conditions
  • Generation Scotland - a family and population-based study of 24,000 individuals recruited from the general population of Scotland.
  • UK Biobank - a UK- and population-based study of more than half a million people from across England, Wales and Scotland
In psychiatric genetics, we take part in international genome-wide association studies of psychiatric disorders - including the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and ENIGMA that seeks to identify the genetic causes of psychiatric disorders.

Our work then utilities the findings in order to identify the environmental risk factors and neurobiological mechanisms of mental disorders, using genetic factors as causal anchors.

Admission Requirements

3 Years
Jan
Apr

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