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Study Details: MSc: 12 months full-time; 24 months part‑time
PgDip: 6 months full-time; 12 months part‑time
PgCert: 3 months full-time; 6 months part‑time
Designed to produce graduates who can take charge of mental health service provision at a global level, helping them develop the knowledge to integrate initiatives into the wider aims of international development, and address global inequities. By developing the capacity to think critically about the potential risks of globalising notions of mental illness you will gain the skills to develop and implement policies aimed at reducing the public health impact of mental health difficulties worldwide.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Social Sciences, or related disciplines. We also consider professional degree such as nursing, occupational therapy or medicine.
We may sometimes accept degrees at 2.2 Hons (or non-UK equivalent), if higher scores have been achieved in the subjects listed above, or in other relevant modules.
Graduates of the MSc Global Mental Health programme may establish careers in:
National mental health policy and planning
Epidemiological and mental health services research
Advisory and advocacy roles in governments
International agencies
Non-governmental organisations
Examples of related job titles include:
senior operations manager
support worker
research assistant
lecturer
adult support worker
school psychologist assistant
recovery worker for mental health
Others have gone on to study for PhDs in medicine and mental health in the UK and North America.
Core courses
Semester 1:
Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Health Economics)
Themes in Global Mental Health
Semester 2:
Mental Health and Disability: International Law and Policy
Semester 3:
Global Mental Health Dissertation
Optional courses:
Cultural, Social and Biological Determinants of Mental Health
Principles of Public Health
Religions, Cultures, and Environmental Crises
Geography of Health and Health Inequalities
Globalisation And Public Health
Improving Access to Mental Health Care in the Global Context
Mental Health Promotion Across the Life-span
Qualitative Research Methods
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