Global Mental Health MSc

Overview

This is a joint programme provided by LSHTM and King’s College London. The course gives participants the knowledge and skills to initiate, develop and oversee mental health programmes in low-resource settings, and to conduct and critically evaluate research on global mental health. These skills will equip students to make valuable contributions in research, public health, policy and practice.

Career prospects

Graduates enter careers in national mental health policy and planning, epidemiological and mental health services research, and advisory and advocacy roles in governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations. Find out more about our graduate careers and destinations.

Objectives

By the end of the programme, students will able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the mental health challenges facing low resource settings
• devise locally appropriate and feasible strategies to reduce the burden of mental disorders
• develop research protocols to investigate key issues in global mental health including epidemiological, intervention- and policy-related questions
• apply research skills to monitor and evaluate mental health programmes.

The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at LSHTM/King's on a Master's programme is at least an upper second-class honours degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, or a registerable qualification in medicine, appropriate to the programme. A background (study, work or volunteer activities) in a mental health-related field is desirable but not essential. Applications with an appropriate technical qualification, or equivalent qualification and experience from overseas, are also welcomed.