Institute of Psychiatry

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For other uses, see Institute of Psychiatry (disambiguation).

The Institute of Psychiatry, a faculty of King's College London, United Kingdom, is one of the world's largest postgraduate teaching and research centres in the sciences relevant to mental health. Its work encompasses almost the entire range of disciplines required to understand the causes of mental disorders, to develop new treatments, and to evaluate their implementation at a patient level, as well as at the level of services and national health and social care policies.

Research and teaching cover the broadest spectrum - from molecular genetics and biology, through, neuroscience, neuroimaging, clinical research studies, psychological studies, new treatments, longitudinal studies, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services research, to transcultural studies.