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University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry

 
http://www.psychiatry.unimelb.edu.au/
 
 
From its first inception as a centre for clinical research in first episode psychosis, and through the Orygen Research Centre, EPPIC has forged strong links with the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Melbourne.
 
The aim of the Department of Psychiatry is to advance psychiatry both nationally and internationally through commitment to excellence in teaching, research and clinical leadership and through involvement in the development of service systems. The Department brings together clinical and academic expertise to enhance the quality of these clinical services.

Specifically, the Department's objectives are as follows:

  • To provide teaching programs in psychiatry of the highest quality, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as training of the highest standard in clinical and research domains
  • To generate new knowledge relevant to psychiatry, psychology and the neurosciences through research and postgraduate programs which are internationally recognised, as well as to contribute a biopsychosocial approach to health in both research and teaching
  • To enhance departmental research output with cohesion around some specific themes, allowing opportunities for work in areas of overlap and even radical departures into specific areas which may be of strategic significance to the Department
  • To ensure a leadership role for the Department in education, training, research, policy, and service development in Victoria, Australia, and internationally, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific Region