Psychology and Mental Health – (M.Sc.)

Mental Health Services have undergone significant development in recent years and, as a result of this, employment opportunities have expanded for a host of service providers as demands on mental health services have increased. The programme aims to provide an advanced curriculum of multi-professional and multi-agency education to meet the needs of a changing mental health workforce which will promote the development of integrated and evidence-based practice across services. It provides postgraduate education for professionals and practitioners in mental health who may be employed by the NHS, Social Services and other agencies across the statutory and voluntary sector who have a stake in mental health services.

The programme allows students the opportunity to develop their competencies through practice-based assignments and research relating to mental health practice. The programme also provides students with opportunities to study on a part-time and flexible basis, enabling them to enhance their knowledge and critical thinking in relation to applied mental health practice. It is designed to be of particular interest to current professionals wishing to extend or update their knowledge in a number of specific areas and entails completion of six taught modules and an additional research dissertation.

It is possible to register for the Diploma (six modules), Certificate (three modules) or for individual modules as appropriate.

The programme can contribute to Continuing Professional Development for staff working in mental health provision. It is ancitipated that the programme will provide a grounding for students interested in the development of the graduate primary care mental health worker.