MENTAL HEALTH: TRANSCULTURAL MENTAL HEALTHCARE. QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY LONDON

Students on this programme aim to:

• Develop more advanced understanding of the basis of assessment, diagnosis, formulation and care management of psychological disorders in general and then in diverse racial, ethnic and cultural groups drawing on cultural psychiatry, social sciences and allied disciplines.
• Have access to an academic programme that prepares competent practitioners to deliver effective mental health treatments for people with psychological problems.
• Develop knowledge of research methods and systematic and critical review.
• Develop and have access to a network of mental health professionals and established academics.

Students on the Transcultural Mental Health programme will learn how to improve their assessment of mental health problems. The specific strength of the MSc is that students will develop am knowledge base derived from social anthropological, medical, sociological, epidemiological and pharmacological understanding of the presentation, expression and management of mental disorders and psychological distress amongst Black and Ethnic minorities.