The current subject area information is for 2026 entry.

Congratulations on your offer to study Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface MSc. Welcome to the offer holder hub for 2026 offer holders! Here you can access the information and insight you need, whenever you need it. 

Don’t forget you can contact your course lead on Unibuddy with any questions you might have.

This programme is run by Dr Alessandra Borsini, a senior research scientist based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), who has been investigating the intersection between the Mind and the Body in the context of mental health disorders for more than 15 years.

Professor Juliet Foster, Dean of Education, shares a warm welcome to the 2026 offer holders of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

Watch our past online event for IOPPN postgraduate offer holders, recorded on 3 July 2025. More information about 2026 events will be updated here shortly.

• Welcome from Dean of Education, Juliet Foster
• Hear from Student Experience Officer, Georgia May
• Hear from Careers Consultant, Rachel Demetriou

All information in this video was correct on 3 July 2025. Captions are auto-generated.

• Explore our content below to find out more about studying the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface course.
• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current students on Unibuddy.
• Take an online tour of our Denmark Hill Campus - home of the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience. 
• Join us for Offer Holder events and ask our teaching staff and current students any questions you may have about studying Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface at King's. The date for our next event will be confirmed shortly.

Placements

Clinical Placements

Enhance your clinical experience through placements at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)- the largest mental health Trust in the UK, and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Research Placements

Two different types of research placements are available to students; clinical and non-clinical. Clinical research placements may include being able to recruit patients or collect biological samples of clinical data, whilst non-clinical placements will provide the opportunity to work in a wet lab and learn how to work with cells from the brain and the body.

Inspire the Mind

As part of your degree, you will have the opportunity to do a placement at Inspire the Mind. Here you can also find rich information about the course including:

• Career prospects
• About the MSc

In preparation for your journey, Dr Alessandra Borsini has shared some reading materials with you. Please consider this just a small taste!

1. Antonio L. Teixeira and Moises E. Bauer (2019). Immunopsychiatry. A Clinician's Introduction to the Immune Basis of Mental Disorders. Oxford University Press.
2. Carmine M. Pariante, M. Danet Lapiz-Bluhm (2014). Behavioral Neurobiology of Stress-related Disorders. Springer.
3. Mauro Percudani, Alessandra Bramante, Valeria Brenna, Carmine Pariante (2022). Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health. Springer.
4. Paul Gilbert (2007). Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression. SAGE Publications Ltd.
5. Ted Dinan (2023). Nutritional Psychiatry: A Primer for Clinicians. Cambridge University Press.
6. Brendon Stubbs, Simon Rosenbaum (1018). Exercise-Based Interventions for Mental Illness. Elsevier Academic Press.

Discover more about our Denmark Hill campus and what it's like to live in the area.

• Camberwell virtual treasure hunt
• Denmark Hill Campus Tour
• Life in Denmark Hill