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MSc Global Mental Health

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 5 years

Masters Degree Description

In this course you will study the foundations and systems of response to the unequal distribution of mental health conditions globally, through the frameworks, paradigms and practices of the Global Mental Health field. This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to be critical, equity-driven leaders in addressing gaps in treatment and quality care facing communities and populations around the world.

Entry Requirements

Any social science or health related degree (psychology, sociology, anthropology, global health, public health; medicine; social geography; Health and Social Care) or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

You will be prepared to work at the cutting edge of mental health practice internationally, within research and policy, and implementation fields. We expect our graduates to pursue careers in academia, non-governmental and community organisations, humanitarian work, public health, global health policy, international development, the private sector (including management consultancy and science communication) and community development sectors. Students may also work as mental health specialists in organisations all over the world, or in specialist fields such as migration and inequalities.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Health Management: Planning and Programme Design
  •  Research Methods and Evidence for Global Health
  •  MSc Research Project Dissertation
  •  Global Mental Health: Politics, Power and Populations
  •  Understanding Global Mental Health: Models, Measurement and Practice
  •  Global Mental Health Intervention and Evaluation

Optional modules

  • Gender and Global Health
  •  Global Non-communicable Diseases
  •  Introduction to Disease Modelling
  •  Mental Health in a Social and Global Context
  •  Collecting and Using Data: Essentials of Quantitative Survey Research
  •  Research in Action: the Qualitative Approach
  •  Economic Evaluation in Health Care

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