Mental Health PhD

Our PhD/MPhil Mental Health programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Mental Health.<br/><br/>Our postgraduate researchprogrammes in mental healthare based on individually tailored projects. Applicants are specifically matched with a primary academic supervisor according to their research interest and background.<br/><br/>All of our postgraduate research students have more than one supervisor, and our dynamic multidisciplinary supervisory teams typically cover a wide and diverse range of academic disciplines beyond mental health and psychology, including nursing, pharmacy, epidemiology and biostatics, informatics, health economics, sociology and qualitative research.<br/><br/>Our academics have internationally outstanding knowledge and expertise in conducting research studies in mental health across the life course. Particular strengths include:<br/><br/><br/>- severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (including the prodromal stages of these conditions);<br/><br/><br/>- dementia<br/><br/><br/>- depression;<br/><br/><br/>- anxiety disorders;<br/><br/><br/>- personality disorders;<br/><br/><br/>- autism spectrum disorder;<br/><br/><br/>- attachment disorders;<br/><br/><br/>- self-harm and suicide<br/><br/><br/>- homicide and other forms of interpersonal violence<br/><br/><br/>- forensic mental health;<br/><br/><br/>- neurobiological and imaging studies;<br/><br/><br/>- mental health epidemiology;<br/>