Introduction
Welcome to Mental Healthcare studies in the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
We offer postgraduate programmes in Transcultural Mental Healthcare and Psychological Therapies leading to MSc, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate qualifications. All of the courses are available by blended or distance learning modes of delivery. (For further information please download our MSC/PGDiploma blended and distance learning brochures [8mb PDFs]).
Other work includes a study of work characteristics, stress and ethnicity; explanatory models of mental distress, mental health problems among Somali people, South Asians and common mental disorders, a survey of mental health problems among children and adolescents.
Please note that this is the provisional programme for the intended course to be delivered, but we reserve the right to change any aspect of the details outlined in this brochure should this become necessary through unforeseeable circumstances.
Duration
One-year full-time/two years part-time (for MSc).
Structure
The postgraduate programmes are structured as follows:
- Three 12-week modules (MSc)
- *Two 12-week modules (Diploma)
- *One 12-week module (Certificate)
(*Available at discretion of Programme Organiser and Examination Board.)
In the MSc any one module encompasses four course units (120 hours each totalling 480 hours for one module). At the discretion of the programme organiser and the examinations board, those not completing the programme of study for the Masters may be eligible for awards of PGDiploma or PGCertificate. Module 1 must be completed for the award of a PGCert. Modules 1 and 2 are necessary for the award of a PGDip. Modules 1, 2 and 3 are necessary for the award of an MSc.
Courses
The MSc and PG Diploma are available as full-time and part-time courses:
- MSc
- Full time: all three modules are completed in one year
- Part time: the first two modules are completed in year one, with the third research module being completed in year two. This offers the option of undertaking a more protracted piece of research which requires a longer period of time to complete.
- Diploma
- Full time: both modules are completed in year one
- Part time: one module is completed each year: this pathway although possible is inadvisable as it will fragment the period of learning and requires more complex arrangements for students. However, where it is the only way a student can undertake a course, and the student has the aptitude to succeed under these difficult circumstances, this option will be considered.
- Certificate
- Full time: a part time Certificate programme is not desirable as it fragments the learning process. However, if there are specific work or personal circumstances which make this the only option available for students who have the aptitude to succeed, then this option will be considered.
Pathway options
The choice of modules on the MSc Mental Health programme determines which pathway is followed:
- Module 1: Mental Health Assessment
- Module 2 — either: Transcultural Mental Healthcare or Psychological Therapies
- Module 3: Research Methods
The Transcultural Mental Healthcare pathway focuses on cultural capability in health and social care, and providing training in health services research. Students will develop a knowledge base derived from anthropological, medical, sociological, epidemiological, pharmacological and cultural understandings of the presentation, expression and management of psychological distress among black and ethnic minorities.
The Psychological Therapies pathway focuses on cultural capability in psychotherapeutic interventions. Students will be introduced to the major psychological therapies (e.g. cognitive-behavioural, cognitive analytic, psychoanalytic, group and family therapies, etc.), with particular emphasis being placed on how the issues of difference and diversity can impact upon the therapeutic relationship.
Who should apply?
Applicants should have a basic degree in a related subject and/or a professional qualification and have worked in the relevant subject area for at least one year. Applicants must demonstrate aptitude to meet the demands of such a course. We wish to include people from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and career pathways especially people working in the independent and voluntary sector. We will be holding an open day to discuss the course with you and for you to see the site, and meet personnel. Individual meetings can be arranged to discuss your specific circumstances. All applicants will be interviewed to discuss entry onto the course.
How this course will enhance your knowledge, skills and career prospects?
The course provides students with an appropriate reflective learning environment through which they might address the limitations of their current knowledge, skills and competencies. Students will discover, alongside other students, their own learning needs and objectives. These will be transferable skills. More specifically students will learn how to improve their assessment of mental health problems. This is now a core competency since the development of community care where multiple professions have to be responsible for the assessment and management of mental health problems in different cultural groups. Secondly the specific strength of this MSc is that, students will develop a knowledge base derived from social anthropological, medical, sociological, epidemiological and pharmacological understandings of the presentation, expression and management of distress amongst black and ethnic minorities.
Masters students will also learn of the methodological problems in conducting research and will develop at least one research proposal, conduct a pilot study and undertake at least one piece of research work during the MSc. They will be encouraged to do this in a collaborative format demonstrating the strengths and value of working in manner that is now considered necessary to achieve high quality outcomes for research. Students will complete original research work, and will be encouraged to publish and disseminate the work.
Teaching learning and assessment strategies
Teaching and learning take place through one-hour presentations including discussion followed by a short break. This is to be followed by group discussion of organisational and individual patient management problems. In the early stages of the course these will be specific to the taught lectures. Later on a broader range of problems will be incorporated which may generate new areas of learning with students setting learning objectives that go far beyond the particular taught components. A number of approaches will be adopted for tuition about research methodologies. Specific problems of research will be set as a research brief for students to address.
The approach adopted in Problem Based Learning is a popular one and will be adhered to in the early stages of the course. In addition students will be allocated particular topics/service models that they will research and present to each other to develop their library skills, presentation skills, independent learning skills and group discussion skills, peer review skills and community liaison skills.
Assessment strategies will include oral and written examinations, oral presentations and examinations, a research dissertation, literature reviews and write-ups of changing practice during clinical attachments of the students' choice (two for the MSc and one for the diploma). Each student will also be a member of a small tutorial group and the tutors' ongoing assessment of each student's participation, contribution and overcoming obstacles during the course of study will contribute to the tutors assessment of student performance.
Aims & learning
outcomes:
MSc/PGDip Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Health
Aims
- To address the current gap in training professionals working in multi-cultural populations where mental health issues are important.
- To provide a stimulating environment in which the curiosity about race, culture and ethnicity and management of health issues can be explored in the spirit of advancing knowledge and education in order to improve quality of care to black and ethnic minority groups.
- Promote critical thinking about research on mental health issues of black and ethnic minority groups, and to develop new research methodologies and to deliver high quality research outputs. The MSc based within the school will become the foundation of this (MSc only).
Learning outcomes
- To improve specific practices of mental health assessment, and therapeutic intervention in multi-cultural settings.
- To define race, ethnicity and culture in it's multifaceted way and explore the limitations as well as strengths of using these concepts in the assessment and management of mental healthcare and in research.
- To appraise the evidence base about race, ethnicity and culture around mental health policy development, professional practice and service delivery.
- Critical appraisal skills: to engage students in the process of questioning the existing research literature critiquing methodologies and developing better research methodologies to answer specific questions around issues of mental health such as the expression, presentation and management of distress amongst black and ethnic minorities.
- To conduct a research project, overcoming obstacles to completion, and develop skills for interpretation and communication of findings (MSc Only).
- To do the above in a multi-professional environment where learning takes place through participation and exploration of the issues in their rich complexity as well as taught lectures.
MSc/PGDip Mental Health: Psychological Therapies
Aims
- To develop and deliver an academic programme that prepares competent practitioners to deliver effective psychological treatments
- To foster a network of professionals from a range of backgrounds with a common interest of psychological treatments
- To deliver and effective and accessible Diploma/MSc course on Clinical Assessment and Psychological Treatments in the UK and abroad
Learning outcomes
- Display an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the theoretical basis of a variety of psychological treatments, related research and clinical literature.
- Evaluate the psychological treatment evidence base critically and use established knowledge as a basis for developing one’s own ideas in therapy
- Display knowledge of research principles and methodology and use these to evaluate and assess psychological treatment outcomes and service delivery
- Display an understanding of organisational issues relevant to clinical service development
- To conduct a research project, overcoming obstacles to completion, and develop skills for interpretation and communication of findings (MSc Only).
- To do the above in a multi-professional environment where learning takes place through participation and exploration of the issues in their rich complexity as well as taught lectures.
Aims & learning outcomes for PGCert
Aims
- To address the current gap in training professionals working in multi-cultural populations where mental health issues are important.
- To provide a stimulating environment in which curiosity about mental health, assessment and management strategies can be explored in the spirit of advancing knowledge and education in order to improve quality of care to black and ethnic minority groups.
Learning outcomes
- To improve specific practices of mental health assessment, and therapeutic intervention in multi-cultural settings.
- To define race, ethnicity and culture in it's multifaceted way and explore the limitations as well as strengths of using these concepts in the assessment and management of mental healthcare and in research.
- To do the above in a multi-professional environment where learning takes place through participation and exploration of the issues in their rich complexity as well as taught lectures.
Places
Masters places will be prioritized over certificate places, the limit being 15 full-time Masters places, and 15 part-time places.
MSc & diploma qualifications
Those applying for the MSc will complete all three modules. This is the course most students would be accepted for, and for which there are the most places. Diploma students will complete the first two modules, and may continue to complete the MSc, after completion of the third module. MSc students will be prioritised in the allocation of places. Individual circumstances can be discussed with the course co-ordinator and Directors.
Fees
(Date from fees pages (linked) on our Postgraduate Study site:
| A3Y5 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip | £3,150 | |
| A3Y6 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,100 |
| Returning year 2 students | £1,500 | ||
| A3L3 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip (DL) | £3,150 | |
| A3L4 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip (DL) (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,100 |
| Returning year 2 students | £1,500 | ||
| A3X5 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc | £4,900 | |
| A3X6 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,800 |
| Returning year 2 students | £2,000 | ||
| A3L1 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (DL) | £4,900 | |
| A3L2 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (DL) (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,800 |
| Returning year 2 students | £2,000 | ||
| A3B3 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - Pg Dip | £3,150 | |
| A3B4 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - Pg Dip (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,100 |
| Returning year 2 students | £1,500 | ||
| A3M3 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - Pg Dip (DL) | £3,150 | |
| A3M4 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - Pg Dip (DL) (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,100 |
| Returning year 2 students | £1,500 | ||
| A3B1 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (full-time) | £4,900 | |
| A3B2 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,800 |
| Returning year 2 students | £2,000 | ||
| A3L5 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (DL) | £4,900 | |
| A3L0 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - Msc (DL) (part-time) | Year 1 students | £2,800 |
| Returning year 2 students | £2,000 | ||
| A3Y5 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip | £5,800 | |
| A3Y6 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip | £4,000 | |
| A3L3 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip (DL) | £5,800 | |
| A3L4 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - PG Dip (DL) (part-time) | £4,000 | |
| A3X3 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc | £8,000 | |
| A3X6 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (part-time) | £5,150 | |
| A3L1 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (DL) | £8,000 | |
| A3L2 | Mental Health: Psychological Therapies - MSc (DL) | £5,150 | |
| A3B3 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - PG Dip | £5,800 | |
| A3B4 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - PG Dip (part-time) | £4,000 | |
| A3M3 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - PG Dip (DL) | £5,800 | |
| A3M4 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - PG Dip (DL) (part-time) | £4,000 | |
| A3B1 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc | £8,000 | |
| A3B2 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (part-time) | £5,150 | |
| A3L5 | Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (DL) | £8,000 | |
| A3L0 | Mental Health :Transcultural Mental Healthcare - MSc (DL) (part-time) | £5,150 | |
Please contact the programme office to check the correct fees.
Staff
Course staff
- Course Administrators: Lenka Buss and Lesley Nott
- E-Learning Technologist: Tina Rowe
- Course Tutor: Dr Robert White
- Course Co-ordinator: Dr Nasir Warfa
- Course Director: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
- Head of Centre: Professor Stephen Stansfeld
- Head of Institute: Professor Sir Nicholas Wald
Tutors & lecturers
- Dr Deji Ayonrinde - South London, Maudsley Trust & Institute of Psychiatry
- Dr Dinesh Bhugra - Institute of Psychiatry
- Professor Kamaldeep Bhui - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Professor Jeremy Coid - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Professor Tom Craig - GKT Medical School, King's College
- Professor Sarah Curtis - QM, Department of Geography
- Dr Walid Fakhoury - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Dr Madelyn Hicks - S.London, Maudsley Trust & Institute of Psychiatry
- Professor Mark Johnson - De Montfort University
- Professor Sheila Hillier - Human Sciences and Ethics
- Dr Rosemary McCabe - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Dr Kwame McKenzie - Royal Free & UCL School of Medicine
- Dr Joan Painter - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Professor Sashi Sashidharan - University of Birmingham
- Dr Swaran Singh - St George's Medical School
- Professor Stephen Stansfeld - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Dr Ruth Taylor - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Dr Nasir Warfa - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
- Dr Robert White - QM, Centre for Psychiatry
How to apply
Application forms can be obtained from:
Jacqui Frith
Tel: 020 7377 7603
Fax: 020 7377 7612
email: pgsmd@qmul.ac.uk
Please complete and return application forms as soon as possible.
Induction
Please visit the new student induction site:
Contact us
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Nasir Warfa or Prof Kamaldeep Bhui on 020 7882 2035/2012.
Alternatively, please send your details and register
your interest with
Course Administrator
Centre for Psychiatry
Room 107, Old Anatomy Building
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Charterhouse Square
London
EC1M 6BQ
Tel: 020 7882 2013/2035
Fax: 020 7882 5728
email: tmh-admin@qmul.ac.uk
