PGDip Mental Health Psychology (Online)

This dedicated MSc Mental Health Psychology programme will help guide your career into the field providing you with the key knowledge and foundations of general psychology and key areas of mental health. You will be able to evaluate patterns in behaviour and psychological functioning to help recognise the best psychological approaches in relation to these issues.

This programme will provide you with the knowledge required to understand the fundamentals of therapeutic interventions such as counselling and the role and effect therapy has on individuals, whilst examining the practical, theoretical and ethical issues of various methodologies in mental health psychology.

You will utilise a wide a variety of psychological tools and various data collection methods to further your understanding and analysis of mental health conditions.

The course will enable you to develop critical awareness and application of psychological theory and principles to a range of real-world mental health settings. These skills and understanding will empower you to gain a deeper understanding of issues and applications within mental health psychology. 

You will also evaluate and develop awareness of the ethical concerns related to mental health psychology and the local and global institutional procedures for obtaining ethical approval mainly for research and study purposes.

Download a prospectus for more details on this programme.