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Global Mental Health MSc/PgDip/PgCert

Global Mental Health MSc/PgDip/PgCert

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Full time | Gilmorehill (Main) Campus | 12 months | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

People With Mental Health Problems: Social Work Health Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

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 burden of mental health difficulties worldwide.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • Two student placements at the Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service available.
  • Learning outcomes (ILOs) are based on the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health identified in a 2011 issue of Nature.
  • Specific emphasis on the important role social and cultural factors play in how mental health difficulties can be understood and treated across the globe.
  • Contributors to teaching come from a diverse range of disciplines including: clinical psychology, social work, anthropology, sociology, law and psychiatry. Teaching also includes contribution from those with a lived experience of mental health difficulties.
  • Options to graduate with or without specialisms by following certain courses. The specialisms are:

    Global Mental Health with specialism in Health Promotion
    Global Mental Health with specialism in Health Technology Assessment
    Global Mental Health with specialism in Research Methods

Students will also achieve PgCert and PgDip exit awards during this course.

CAREER PROSPECTS

Graduates of the MSc Global Mental Health programme 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.

Modules

This course aims to enable students to develop an understanding of how mental health difficulties are classified and to develop an awareness of their epidemiology, and to introduce students to fundamental issues in Global Mental Health in particular concepts such as the treatment-gap will be explored. This course also aims to explore the concepts of: illness, disability and recovery, and aims to enable students to learn about the distinctions between different types of psychological therapy, the association between mental and physical health and will discuss the ways in which the burden of mental health difficulties are measured. Finally this course aims to enable students to critically discuss key publications related to Global Mental Health.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,130

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£30,240

Entry requirements

At least a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject (psychology, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, law, public health or public policy). A registered health-care professional qualification will also be acceptable. A background - study, work or volunteer activities – in a mental health-related field is desirable but not essential.

University information

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of...more