Master Mental Health & Wellbeing

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London Metropolitan University

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• Objectives
  This programme will develop the skills, knowledge and insight of those who support people with problems related to mental health. The focus is particularly on promoting health and inclusion, and on social factors affecting wellbeing. Students will engage critically with concepts of health and illness in relation to mental health, and examine both mental health promotion and mental illness prevention, as well as the concept of wellbeing. For this students will engage with the service user perspective, the recovery model and the importance of social participation and community development in mental health. They will understand and analyse the epidemiological evidence base, and explore theory, methods, ethics, politics and economic considerations. Their analysis of the evidence to support specific types of intervention to enhance wellbeing and insight into what public mental health strategies may help, will be developed in parallel with their insights, empathy and skills in communication through an introduction to brief therapies. These skills and insights will be applied to the students own working context.
• Entry requirements
  The normal entry requirement is a good Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant academic subject (eg a social science) or professional programme. However, applicants with other qualifications but substantial relevant work experience may be considered and are encouraged to apply. Applicants for whom English is not their first language must demonstrate sufficient proficiency in both written and spoken English. The minimum requirement is one of the following: IELTS 6 or above; TOEFL (old examination); 580 minimum; TOEFL (new examination) 237 minimum.
• Academic title
  MA Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Course description
  Course structure
  
  For the MA, the course consists of: four core and two optional modules; or one designate and one elective; plus a 12,000 - 15,000-word dissertation.For the Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice, the course consists of: Brief Therapies in Mental Health and two designates.
  
  Core modules:
  
  -Social Epidemiology
  -Mental Health Promotion
  -Social Research: Principles and Practice
  -Brief Interventions in Mental Health
  
  Optional modules:
  
  -Supporting People into Employment/IPS
  -Advice, Empowerment and Customer Care
  -Care Planning and Implementation
  -Mental Health Promotion
  -Mental Health Practice (work-based project)
  -Mental Health in the Community
  -Sexual Violence: Causes, Consequences and Interventions
  -Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence-Based Intervention
  
  Possible Interim Awards
  Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health and Well-being; Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health and Well-being; Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice
  
  Assessment
  Includes seminar papers and presentations, filmed role play, and coursework reports, essays, case studies, examination and a dissertation.
  
  Career opportunities
  This programme will support those working in primary care, or toward recovery and wellbeing in secondary care services, or working in non-health related services such as refuges, supported housing, voluntary sector support services, family support, employment support, community groups. The designates have a strongly applied focus, and can be combined with a work based practice module in the post-graduate certificate to enable people looking for a programme of in service professional development to tailor a programme to meet their particular needs. This includes those in the many new posts envisaged in the NHS plan such as primary care graduate mental health workers.
  
  Attendance & duration
  -Full-time: one year, 3 days per week or equivalent
  -Part-time (day and eve): two years, 2 days per week or equivalent
  

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