Research subject Clinical psychology
Clinical psychology refers to professional activities that aim to prevent, cure and alleviate human suffering and mental components of ill health, as well as systematic exploration of the origin, development, diagnosis, assessment, treatment and prevention of clinical mental conditions.
Clinical psychology can be defined as the systematic study of the origin, development, diagnosis, assessment and treatment and prevention of clinical conditions.
Source: The Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences
The Division of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology conducts research and organizes undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies in the area of clinical psychology.
Related research subject
Psychology
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Researchers
Per Carlbring
Professor, Leg psykolog, Leg psykoterapeut, Specialist i klinisk psykologi
Stephan Hau
Professor
Therese Anderbro
Universitetslektor
Azade Azad
Researcher
Gunnar Berggren
Adjunkt
Jan Bergström
Universitetslektor
Alexandra Billinghurst
Psykolog
Charlotta Björklind
Adjungerad lärare
Nora Choque Olsson
Lektor
Sven Christianson
Professor emeritus
Herman Daniels
Adjunkt
Lillian Döllinger
Doktorand
Christer Ekelund
Adjunct teacher
David Anders Forsström
Researcher
Katarina Georgsson
Doktorand
Jakob Jonsson
Gästforskare
Aina Lindgren
Adjunkt, psykolog
Karin Lindqvist
Doktorand
Ingrid Ljunggren
Psykolog
Jan Erik Lundkvist
Doktorand
Anna Mautner
Psykolog och adjungerad lärare
Jakob Mechler
Doktorand
Ewa Mörtberg
Docent, universitetslektor
Mats Najström
Universitetslektor, leg. psykolog leg. psykoterapeut
Björn Philips
Professor
Jonas Rafi
Doktorand
Margareta Simonsson-Sarnecki
Universitetslektor
Ann-Charlotte Smedler
Professor emerita
Kristina Sundqvist
Researcher
Christopher Richard Francis Sundström
Researcher
Liv Svirsky
Adjungerad lärare
Andrzej Werbart
Affilierad professor
Bo Vinnars
Universitetslektor
Camilla von Below
Universitetslektor
Lars-Göran Öst
Professor emeritus
Courses and programmes
The following courses on basic and advanced levels are mainly in the area of clinical psychology.
Please note the elegibility demands, which in some cases may include being admitted to an education programme.
In addition to these there are many courses in clinical psychology within the Master of psychology programme (Psychologist Programme) and the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy Programme.
Doctoral studies
For information about studying at the PhD level and finding courses in the area of clinical psychology, see the page Courses and programmes.
Between 5 and 10 PhD students study clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, often leading to at least one new doctoral dissertation every year.
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Departments and centres
The research in this subject at Stockholm University is mainly done within the Division of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology. The research done within the Stockholm University Psychology Clinic is also within this subject.
Department of Psychology Stockholm University Psychology Clinic