University of Gothenburg
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
  2. Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
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  4. Psychiatry and Neurochemistry

Psychiatry and Neurochemistry

We conduct education and internationally leading research on human behaviour, neuropsychiatric pathogenic processes as well as psychiatric treatment and diagnosis.

Our research

Our research is translational, covering cell and animal models, clinical studies and extensive epidemiological research. We conduct research on, for example, bipolar disorder, addiction disorders, ageing, neurochemistry and forensic psychiatry.

Research groups

Principal investigator – Research group

Child and adolescent psychiatry

Neurochemistry

Psychiatry

Forensic psychiatry

Centers and networks

All researchers at the department
News – 18 November 2024
Simple Alzheimer's test in the works
News – 17 October 2023
Smarter CT scans may approach the level of MRI
In certain cases, a new method can provide as much information from brain images taken with computed tomography (CT) as…
News – 20 September 2023
Obesity notably tough in bipolar disorder
News – 26 April 2022
Towards improved diagnostics for several types of dementia
Twenty years of research have culminated in blood tests that can be used for clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…
News – 12 October 2021
Brain damage from long stays in space

Study here

The department teaches psychiatry in undergraduate education, mainly in the Programme in Medicine, and runs a graduate school in psychiatry. We teach Supplementary Education for physicians with a degree outside the EU/EEA and we also organize several METIS-courses (theoretical medical specialist training) and conduct Commissioned Education in neuroscience and psychiatry.

Study in Gothenburg
Courses conducted by the department are mainly in Swedish. Welcome to study at the University of Gothenburg, more…
Doctoral Studies
At the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology we conduct third-cycle education within the following PhD subjects: medical…

Contact information

Management and administration

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Department Office

Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
SU/Sahlgrenska
Blå Stråket 15, vån 3
SE-413 45 Göteborg
Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)31 786 1000 (switchboard)

Visiting address
Blå Stråket 15, 3rd floor
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Map - Blå stråket 15

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