|
The
Institute is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious and academically
successful institutions in the world dedicated to the study
of psychiatry and brain disease. Current research involves
a wide range of mental, nervous and brain disorders, including
work on the underlying causes of these conditions and means
of preventing, treating, and curing them.
In all these
clinical spheres it sustains collaborative, interdisciplinary
research groups of international standard. Their work throughout
the years has brought countless benefits to hundreds of thousands
of people suffering from brain disease and mental illness,
and continues to do so. The advances they have made in their
particular field of knowledge are numerous. In recent years,
bodies such as Science Watch in the USA and the Department
of Health and the Higher Education Funding Council in the
UK have testified to this.
Much of the research
into mental illness and brain disease originated at the Institute
of Psychiatry and its associated Bethlem Royal and Maudsley
Hospitals. The research work carried out at the Institute
has been acclaimed for half a century to be of the highest
quality. The Institute receives funding from many sources:
government and university, commerce and industry, charitable
foundations and trusts, as well as individual donors. It is
this funding which makes the application of new technologies
possible.
The Psychiatry
Research Trust was formed at the Institute of Psychiatry in
1982 and exists solely to support the Institute's vital research
work.
The IOP is also
a major center for Postgraduate study (as well as providing
psychiatric teaching for GKT medical undergraduates). The
Institute provides MSc and PhD courses to both home and overseas
students.
Up to date information
can be found at the Institute's website at www.iop.kcl.ac.uk
|
