MSc Mental Health Economics
- Understand what defines mental health economics as an active and distinct subfield of health economics and the main principles and best practices for mental health policy appraisals.
- Gain a critical understanding of the core issues in mental health and health economics and of the key policy approaches available to tackle mental health problems.
- Understand and discuss the core features of mental health service delivery with a specific emphasis on psychological medicine for the treatment of mental disorders.
- Apply economic theoretical concepts to mental health and analyze and evaluate alternative economic policies to tackle mental health issues.
- Apply the learned practices in projects, briefings, policy proposals, experiments or interventions of their own (e.g., in the dissertation or future employment).
- Be able to link theory and practice in the development of professional and reflective skills relevant to mental health
- Understand different approaches to health economic analysis, evaluating and critiquing the advantages, disadvantages and challenges of different evaluation designs.
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