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psychosis PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 7 psychosis PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Understanding needs and care pathways for people with co-morbid dementia and psychosis
Psychotic symptoms occur in one-third to one-half of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD; Ropacki & Jeste, 2005) and also occur in other forms such as vascular dementia, Lewy body disease (LBD), or frontotemporal dementia (FTD) (Agüera-Ortiz, 2022). Read more
GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: Neuroimaging brain reward systems to stratify patients across the psychosis spectrum
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed2 MRC Doctoral Training Partnership which is offering up to 21 studentships for entry in September 2025. Read more
Psychological causes and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and improvement of formal thought disorder in psychosis (Project ID SHSC0057)
Thought disorder is a commonly occurring symptom in individuals diagnosed with a psychotic illness. It can take many forms, all of which profoundly affect the individual’s ability to communicate. Read more
Shared decision making and psychosis – whose voice counts in the conversations about stopping or reducing antipsychotic medication
Prescribing antipsychotics has increased steadily in England over the last decade. For serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia, they are prescribed with the view of keeping the patient on them indefinitely. Read more
Metabolic psychiatry – Understanding ethnic and global differences in the inter-relationships between obesity and mental health. MRC GW4 BioMed DTP PhD studentship 2025/26
About the GW4 BioMed2 Doctoral Training Partnership. The partnership brings together the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff (lead) and Exeter to develop the next generation of biomedical researchers. Read more
Cognitive neuroscience of atypical attention in autism and ADHD
The perceptual saliency of distracting non-target information presents a major challenge for attention selection processes, which are required to bias selection away from distracting, non-target items. Read more
A social epistemological approach to delusions
The distinction between pathological beliefs (the delusions of patients with psychosis) and nonpathological beliefs has been debated for more than a century without resolution, and yet seems ever more important in a world in which many ‘crazy’ beliefs (conspiracy theories, political extremism) are proliferating via social media. Read more
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