Cristian Alcaíno
Thesis title: Early Detection of Bipolar Disorders

PhD in Clinical Psychology
Year of study: 3
- Department of Clinical Psychology
- School of Health in Social Science
- College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact details
- Email: c.alcaino@sms.ed.ac.uk
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PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Old Medical Building
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Availability
Tutoring inquiries at calcaino@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Research Bow at https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/people/
Background
I am a Chilean child and adolescent psychologist and a PhD in Clinical Psychology student at the School of Health in Social Science of The University of Edinburgh. Also, I was awarded a scholarship by the National Agency for Research and Development of Chile for funding my current studies.
Qualifications
BSc in Psychology at The University of Valparaíso, Chile.
MSc in Child and Adolescent Psychology at The University of Chile.
PhD (c) in Clinical Psychology at The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Member of Research Bow.
Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), UK.
Member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD), USA.
Member of the Chilean Society for Bipolar Disorders (SOCHITAB), ISBD filial, Chile.
Member of the Chilean Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Neurologic Society (SOPNIA), Chile.
Postgraduate Researcher Representative (PGR Rep) at the School of Health in Social Science (2021-2022)
Member of the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology (CADP) at the School of Health in Social Science.
Postgraduate teaching
Tutor in Research Methods in Applied Psychology.
Research summary
Interests: Bipolarity, Telehealth, Mental Health Prevention, Socioemotional Skills, Disabilities, Psychological Assessment, Psychometrics, Epidemiology, Quantitative Methods and Systematic Reviews.
Current research interests
Early detection and intervention of Bipolar Disorders.Conference details
Annual Postgraduate Research Students Conference 2021.
Annual Postgraduate Research Students Conference 2022.