Psychiatric and pharmaco-epidemiology – Zheng Chang's research group

Our group focuses mainly on three research areas – the effectiveness and safety of pharmacological treatment for psychiatric disorders, the interplay between mental and physical illness, and forensic psychiatry. We use real-world data and advanced pharmacoepidemiology approaches in our studies.

Photo of the members of Zheng Chang's research group at Karolinska Institutet

Our research

Our group has three main research areas: 

1) the effectiveness and safety of pharmacological treatment for psychiatric disorders, using real-world data and advanced pharmacoepidemiology approaches; 

2) the interplay between mental and physical illness, especially how mental illness influence the management and prognosis of chronic diseases; 

3) forensic psychiatry, how psychiatric disorders and their treatment affect the risk of crime.