Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
PurposeResearch and teaching in Psychiatry
Head of Department
Professor Tamsin Ford
Parent organization
University of Cambridge
Website www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk

The Department of Psychiatry is a department of the University of Cambridge that conducts research and teaching in psychiatry. [1]

Founded in 1976, [2] the Department of Psychiatry is one of the smaller departments within the School of Clinical Medicine, dedicated to delivering excellence in scientific research and teaching related to psychiatry. [3]

Research

The department's research areas include cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging and neuropsychiatry, developmental psychiatry, epidemiology and health services research, and molecular neuropathology. [4]

Teaching

The department provides teaching in psychiatry for medical students, as well as research teaching. [5]

Clinical work

The department has close links to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, the local NHS provider of mental health and community care services. [3] The department's founding arose from links between the University of Cambridge and Fulbourn Hospital. [2]

Head of Department chronology

The Heads of Department have been:

References

  1. "Department of Psychiatry" . Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Thesis: John Adams PhD" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Department of Psychiatry: About us" . Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. "Department of Psychiatry: Research". 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  5. "Department of Psychiatry: Study with us". 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  6. "ORCID: Peter Jones". 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. "Members of University Bodies". 18 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. "ORCID: Tamsin Ford". 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.