This is the second edition of the program, after a big success in the number of applicants and in the developmentof the program at its first edition.

The course will address the neurobiological bases of mental disorders from a global point of view to a more particular approach to each of the disorders. The different approaches used to study mental disorders, such as genetic studies, post-mortem human studies, animal models, in-life programs, and neuroimaging studies, will be addressed and their benefits and disadvantages analysed in a critical way.

This program will mainly have a basic character and its main objective is to bring the student closer to the triggering causes of mental illness from a biological point of view. However, the highlights of the clinical part and psychological treatment will also be addressed, in order to help students acquire a more complete vision.

The physical mobility part will be running between 19-23 May 2025, in Madrid - Spain. During the 5 weekdays, the students will attend classes related to the new knowledge in the field of research on mental disorders such as genomics, neuroimaging etc. The latest theories of treatments and hypothesis of the neuropathology will also be discussed.

During the second part, the student will perform the group task. The group task is the preparation of a seminar related to one of the topics of the course. Students will have to carry out a bibliographical search to support some of the latest hypothesis or techniques in the field of the neurobiology of mental disorders.

At the end of the week, the students will deliver a seminar to the rest of their classmates and teachers where the exposed ideas will be discussed. For this task, the students will be divided into groups of 4-5 and a professor will supervise the development of the work.

Finally, students will have some practical experiences by evaluating the behavior of animal models of anxiety and stress, analyzing the human postmortem brains, and interpreting the symptoms of patients with recorded interview. For the practical classes, the students will also be divided into groups and supervised by several professors.

The online classes wil take place between 28 April - 16 May 2025. The synchronous and asynchronous theoretical classes will be taught by professors from the CIVIS universities involved and invited speakers.

The students will be introduced to the basics of the neurobiology of mental disorders and the main types of disorders. These classes will be recorded and accessible to the students online.