Global Mental Health

The Global Mental Health MSc is jointly run by King's College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, providing a unique course of study for students who wish to gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues surrounding the new discipline of global mental health. You will acquire the knowledge and skills required to design, implement and evaluate mental health programmes in low resource settings as well as learning how to conduct and critically evaluate research. Our course constitutes an excellent preparation for careers in policy, research and work in international agencies.

Key benefits:

• Wide range of modules available.
• Teaching and supervision delivered by leading researchers from the Centre for Global Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
• Welcomes applications from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds, including: clinicians, researchers, development workers and those working in policy and planning.

An upper second-class honours degree of a UK university or a registerable qualification in medicine, appropriate to the programme. A background 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. Any student who does not meet the minimum entry requirement above but who has relevant professional experience may still be eligible for admission. They should contact the programme leader who can advise on their eligibility to apply.

MSc

Required Modules:

Students on this course are required to take:

• Fundamentals in Global Mental Health 1 (15 credits)
• Fundamentals in Global Mental Health 2 (15 credits)
• Statistics for Epidemiology and Public Health (15 credits)
• Epidemiology for Mental Health Research (15 credits)
• Design and Evaluation of Mental Health Programmes (15 credits)
• Theory to Practice in Global Mental Health (15 credits)
• Global Mental Health Dissertation (45 credits)

Optional Modules:

In addition, you will take 45 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Applied Statistical Methods in Psychiatric Epidemiology (15 credits)
• Measurement in Mental Health (15 credits)
• Qualitative Research Methods (15 credits)
• Social Psychiatry: Theory, Research and Methods (15 credits)
• Systematic Reviews in Mental Health (15 credits)
• Mental Health Economic Evaluation (15credit)
• Conflict and Health (15 credits, LSHTM )
• Health Promotion Approaches and Methods (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Health Systems (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases 15 credits, (LSHTM)
• Social Epidemiology (15 credits , LSHTM)
• Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (15 credits , LSHTM)
• Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies (15 credits , LSHTM)
• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Health Care Evaluation (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Qualitative Methodologies (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Medical Anthropology and Public Health (15 credits, LSHTM)
• Research Design & Analysis (15 credits, LSHTM)

Fees:

• Full time Home/EU fees:

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