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The purpose of the Master’s course is to train mental health researchers in both basic and clinical aspects, and to encourage the exchange between mental health work groups, which helps carry out joint projects .
The classes within the curriculum studies are taught by research groups that are leaders in their area, in order to provide students with in-depth knowledge about the neurobiological, psychological, genetic and environmental bases of normal psychological activity and mental disorders, the bases of treatment, as well as in the methods of research in mental health . Eleven CIBERSAM groups officially take part in teaching, and all the other groups participate in a more indirect manner .
The Master’s course offers a total of 133 credits, 60 of which are required to complete the course . These credits are distributed into theoretical class modules and two supervised internship cycles in mental health research units . The theoretical module is done for the most part online .
The second year of this Master’s course, which is a pioneer in the Mental Health field in Spain, started in the final trimester of 2014, and the maximum number of registered students, i .e ., 50, has been covered .
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