Forensic Mental Health

Master

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

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The Forensic Mental Health course is designed for students with a clinical or academic interest in the complex relationship between mental disorders and criminal behaviour. You will be taught by a multi-disciplinary team of clinical academics. The course constitutes an ideal first step towards clinical psychology training, a PhD or MD degree.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Focus on the neuroscientific understanding of the development of prosocial and antisocial behaviours across the lifespan.
Excellent links with clinical services.
Strong emphasis on evidence-based practice and developing the critical skills to evaluate new research.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Mental Health
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Psychology

Course programme

Year 1 Required Modules

Students on this couse are required to take:

Clinical Forensic Psychology
  • Research Dissertation Forensic Mental Health (60 credits)

  • Forensic Mental Health Practice in the Criminal Justice System: legal and investigative processes (15 credits)

  • Prosocial and antisocial behaviours across the lifespan (15 credits)

  • Specialist Forensic Services: assessment, treatment and development (15 credits)

  • Research Methodology and Statistics A (15 credits)

  • Forensic Psychology Practice in context (Forensic Psychology pathway only) (60 credits)

Forensic Mental Health Research
  • Research Dissertation Forensic Mental Health (60 credits)

  • Forensic Mental Health Practice in the Criminal Justice System: legal and investigative processes (30 credits)

  • Prosocial and antisocial behaviours across the lifespan (30 credits)

  • Specialist Forensic Services: assessment, treatment and development (30 credits)

  • Research Methodology and Statistic A & B (30 credits)

  • Prosocial and antisocial behaviours across the lifespan (Module 1) (ALL pathways)
  • Specialist Forensic Services: assessment, treatment and development (Module 2) (ALL Pathways)
  • Forensic Mental Health Practice in the Criminal Justice System: legal and investigative processes (Module 4) (ALL pathways)
  • Research Dissertation Forensic Mental Health (All pathways)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course. Required for certain pathways
  • Research Methodology and Statistics (Module 3) (Research and Forensic Psychology pathways)
  • Forensic Psychology Practice in context (Module 5, Forensic Psychology pathway only)
  • Structured Professional Risk Assessment and Management (Module 6, Clinical Forensic Psychiatry pathway only)

Forensic Mental Health

Price on request