Course description
Clinical researchers from different countries will present their research from various phases of forensic/compulsory psychiatric care. Students will advance their knowledge regarding available theoretical and methodological choices within this research. Students will learn to apply this knowledge into practical considerations using their own, and their co-students’, research projects. The course meetings, a lecture followed by a moderated discussion, are held over one year. Between meetings, students will develop a document, applying the lecture’s content and discussion to their own research. They will obtain collegial feedback after each meeting. This document, and feedback on other students’ projects, will be graded and forms one part of the course’s examination. During the last course meeting, each student presents the document and its progression.
Requirements and Selection
Entry requirements
Enrolled in doctoral education or holding a PhD in a relevant subject. The course is an elective course within the doctoral education at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
Selection
Selection is performed according to the following:
- PhD students at Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another university within a formal collaborative agreement on doctoral education with Sahlgrenska Academy,
- PhD students enrolled at another faculty at the University of Gothenburg or another university in Sweden,
- PhD students enrolled at a university outside Sweden.
Other information
Course coordinator: Malin Hildebrand Karlén (malin.karlen@psy.gu.se), Elisabeth Punzi, Anne Crocker
Course administrator: Caroline Söderblom, caroline.soderblom@gu.se
Course dates: 24 September 2026 - 22 April 2027
Teaching sessions will be given on Thursdays at 3PM-5PM, Swedish time (9-10AM Canadian time, 2-3PM English time):
- Autumn 2026: 24 September, 22 October, 3 December
- Spring 2027: 17 February, 18 March, 22 April (examination)
Link to website
https://www.gu.se/celam/compfor-research-school
Course syllabus
SN00051
Department
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Subject
Health Sciences
Type of course
Method course, Subject area course
Research School/Graduate School
COMPFOR Research School
Keywords
tvångs- och rättspsykiatrisk vård, compulsive and forensic psychiatric care