University of Manchester
The Academic Environment
Psychiatry research within the University of Manchester is based within the new Division of Psychology and Mental Health. The Division contains one of the strongest groupings of psychiatry researchers in Europe. Through senior academic appointments in the majority of psychiatric specialties, the Division has close collaborations with other research groups and is able to offer a wide range of translational research experience from basic science to health services research.
Opportunities include:
Manchester is in the top tier of sites for NIHR funded mental health research and recruitment. We were ranked 8th in the UK (UoA 4) in terms of research power in REF 2014. The new Division of Psychology and Mental Health within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health will strengthen opportunities for interdisciplinary working, particularly between psychology and psychiatry. There have been major grant successes with intervention work, NIHR programme grants, and dementia research. The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC - http://www.mahsc.ac.uk) has a significant mental health component and is intended to improve the health of the local population by facilitating implementation of evidence based interventions.
Clinical Training
Clinical training is based around the Manchester Teaching Hospitals (South, Central and North Manchester, covered by the Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust and Central Manchester Hospitals University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which provide majority of the the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training in North, Central, South and Salford Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) and Bolton, Salford and Trafford (covered by the Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust). Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is in the process of merging with Greater Manchester West Foundation Trust. This will form the largest Mental Health Trust for training purposes in the Health Education North West footprint. In addition ACFs can also rotate to Pennine Care Foundation Trust which provides secondary care mental health to the boroughs of Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside and Stockport within Greater Manchester. ACFs will not be expected to rotate outside of Greater Manchester in most instances.
Clinical training in core psychiatry normally takes three years. Success in the MRCPsych exams [or equivalent] is required for entry to Psychiatry Higher Specialist training. The trainees spend up to three years as part of the Core Training Scheme with placements possible in all the major specialties in psychiatry. A CCT is awarded after a further three years in higher training. A flexible training scheme is available which runs in parallel with the main scheme.
Academic Training
The following main research areas are open for individuals interested in a psychiatry ACF post.
Old Age Psychiatry
Old Age Psychiatry has an active research and clinical training programme which is closely interlinked with the current research undertaken on clinical trials in dementia, aetiology of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, depression and service evaluation. There are strong links with the Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre which specialises in PET imaging, the Cerebral Function Unit which has an international reputation in the diagnosis of frontal lobe dementias and the Dept. of Psychology which has international expertise in aphasia research.
Biological psychiatry
This is based around the Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit which was established to bring together a group of psychiatrists, psychologists and laboratory scientists to identify the abnormal brain mechanisms which underlie common mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression. This research group is funded from the MRC, EU and US sources with particular expertise relevant to training in psychopharmacology and in imaging, with MRI and PET
The Centre for Mental Health and Safety
The Centre for Mental Health and Risk (Appleby, Kapur, Shaw) is a national resource with an international reputation. It includes the Centre for Suicide Prevention which is one of the leading units in the world with a number of ongoing programmes of research in clinical and non-clinical populations. The current Forensic Psychiatry academic complement consists of a Professor supported by a number of more junior staff. Forensic research income is in excess of £4 million, based around the themes of personality function and factors affecting outcomes, addiction services, prison health research (including homicide and serious violence), and the North West Forensic Academic Network .
Child and Adolescent psychiatry
Child mental health is a high policy priority and child psychiatry generates the greatest part of its evidence base. Academic child and adolescent psychiatry (led by Professor Green) has an active research profile ranging from basic research into social development in children to a leading international role in clinical trials in areas such as autism, foster care and depression.
Women’s mental health and International Mental Health
Professors Abel and Husain are able to offer opportunities in these areas
Contact
Academic Lead: Nav Kapur
Clinical Lead: Dr Taseer Kazmi
Head of School of Psychiatry: Damien Longson
Recruitment Helpdesk: helpdesk.recruitment@pat.nhs.uk or call 0161 604 5553
Applicants wishing to find out more about the relevant clinical training programme(s), should go to the Specialties Schools page and click on the link(s) for the relevant clinical training programme(s).
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Last updated: 05/12/2016