Clinical and Health Psychology

The discipline of Clinical and Health Psychology is focused on the development, understanding, and intervention for psychological difficulties across all stages of life.

We offer a wide range of ways to study the theory, research and practice of clinical and health psychology, including MSc and PhD programmes, and continuous professional development (CPD) for those working in health and mental health related services. Our professional training programmes in Clinical and Health Psychology (DClinPsychol) and Applied Psychology for Children and Young People (MSc), offer comprehensive education and training to aspiring clinicians and psychologists.

Our Programmes

Our Research

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research (CAMHR) Centre

CAMHR is made up of a group of researchers specialising in and collaborating across themes of research exploring the mental health of children and adolescents and is based in Clinical and Health Psychology in the School of Health in Social Science. It bridges various specialised research groups in Clinical and Health Psychology, allowing researchers who specialise in Child and Adolescent Mental Health to collaborate on research within and across the different themes.

Current Research in Clinical and Health Psychology

ADVANCE-D: Advancing theory and treatment approaches for men convicted of intimate partner violence who misuse substances

Care-Experience Research Edinburgh Hub (CAREHub)

Children, Adolescents and Animals Research Group (caar)

CONNECT: using electronic devices to predict relapse of psychosis

Contextual Mental Health Research Group

Developing and evaluating interventions for eating disorders 

Developing and evaluating Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) interventions

Developing and evaluating Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) interventions

Drivingly

Early Intervention for Eating Disorders

Eating and neurodiversity

Eating Disorders and Behaviors Research Group

Eating disorders, public health and social inequalities

Everyday life experiences of Young People (EPIC-A and Day2Day)

Fetal Alcohol Advisory Support and Training Team (FAASTT)

Illegal Puppy Trade and Puppy Health and Welfare

iMinds: supporting young people who have experienced online sexual abuse

Implementing Mobile MEntal health Recording Strategy for Europe (IMMERSE)

Intergenerational Mental Health

Investigating excessive rationalisation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Mental health & wellbeing in Advanced Illness Network (MAIN)

My Grief My Way (MGMW)

Nature Connection Research Group

Neurodivergent and Learning Disabilities Research Group (NALD)

Paws on Campus

Pets and changing homes: the views of care experienced children/ young people

Promoting a duty of care to animals among children and adolescents

Road to Recovery

Scottish Student Mental Health Research Network (ScotSMART)

SIGMA UK: Pilot study investigating mental health and wellbeing in adolescents

Supporting Mental Health in Young People: Integrated Methodology for cLinical dEcisions and evidence-based interventions (SMILE)

Social media, body image, and eating

Supporting People and Pets in the UK

Trauma-informed approaches in policing