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.
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Researchers
Per Carlbring
Professor
Stephan Hau
Professor
Therese Anderbro
Assistant Professor
Azade Azad
Postdoc
Jan Bergström
Assistant Professor
Alexandra Billinghurst
Psychologist
Charlotta Björklind
Adjunct Teacher
Nora Choque Olsson
Assistant Professor
Sven Christianson
Professor Emeritus
Herman Daniels
Lecturer
Lillian Döllinger
Lecturer
David Anders Forsström
Researcher
Katarina Georgsson
PhD Student
Jakob Jonsson
Guest Researcher
Malin Levin
Lecturer
Peter Lilliengren
Assistant Professor
Aina Lindgren
Lecturer, Psychologist, Head of Psychology Clinic
Karin Lindqvist
Researcher
Ingrid Ljunggren
Guest
Jan Erik Lundkvist
PhD Student
Anna Mautner
Psychologist, Adjunct Teacher
Jakob Mechler
Researcher
Ewa Mörtberg
Guest, Associate Professor
Mats Najström
Assistant Professor
Björn Philips
Professor
Jonas Rafi
Researcher
Margareta Simonsson-Sarnecki
Assistant Professor
Ann-Charlotte Smedler
Professor Emerita
Kristina Sundqvist
Researcher
Christopher Richard Francis Sundström
Researcher
Liv Svirsky
Adjunct Teacher
Andrzej Werbart
Affiliated Professor
Bo Vinnars
Assistant Professor
Camilla von Below
Assistant Professor
Lars-Göran Öst
Professor Emeritus
Research groups
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.
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