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MSc Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 5 years flexible

Course Description

This multidisciplinary programme is delivered through a blend of clinical and research expertise with a focus on delivering high standards of clinical care. You will be encouraged to apply your critical and analytical thinking skills to theory, policy and practice in child and adolescent mental health.

Through the programme, you will gain clinical, professional, academic and research skills in child and adolescent mental health and their application to underpin clinical practice.

In addition, you will gain skills in analysing principles of policy, planning and management in child and adolescent mental health and you will increase your understanding of the impact of culture and diversity on clinical theory and practice.

Throughout the course, our aim is for you to experience enhanced personal and professional development.

Who this course is for

The programme is designed for:

  • postgraduate doctors seeking to specialise in psychiatry or child health
  • graduate psychologists with counselling or other mental health qualifications
  • Teachers wishing to enhance their knowledge of Child Mental Health
  • UK practitioners from the fields of nursing, social work and occupational therapy
  • International medical practitioners who wish to gain experience or further qualifications in the UK.

Entry Requirements

Normally medical registration or an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants should preferably have experience in a mental health, paediatric or educational setting.

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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

This programme attracts psychology graduates who wish to enhance their opportunities for progression to further clinical psychology training, and trainees in child psychiatry who wish to supplement their basic training with a higher degree; the MSc programme is closely aligned to the Royal College’s recommended curriculum. Students from social work, nursing and education backgrounds will benefit from the acquisition of advanced skills in the theory and practice of working with young people with mental health difficulties.

Employability

The programme provides career development training for doctors, psychologists and practitioners in social work and education who intend to focus and develop their careers in the areas of child mental health.

Recent graduates from this programme have gone on to apply for Clinical Doctorates in Psychology or had opportunities for progression in their current careers.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Treatment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health-Pharmacological
  •  Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  •  Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Child Mental Health
  •  Treatment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Psychological Therapies
  •  Basic Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  •  Research Project

Optional modules

  •  Adolescent Mental Health and Transition to Adult Services
  •  International Child Mental Health
  •  Child Mental Health and Wellbeing: Adaptations
  •  Applied Statistics for Health Research I
  •  Mental Health and Schools

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change.

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