Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health MSc
Master
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
1 Year
Gain advanced research skills relevant to clinical psychology and a broad understanding of mental health service provision.
The course is for you if you are a psychology graduate and you’re eventually seeking a place on:
a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology course
other mental health professional training
a clinically relevant PhD.
You can also apply if you are an existing professional in other health-related disciplines. The course is run in conjunction with the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
You’ll be taught by our faculty who have research strengths in psychopathology and clinical psychology, and guest lecturers including local practitioners.
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About this course
Our students have gone on to work as assistant psychologists and researchers. Some have pursued further studies at doctoral level, including doctoral-level clinical psychology training.
Graduate destinations
94% of students from the School of Psychology were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent graduates have gone on to jobs including:
mental health recovery worker, Venture People
senior assistant psychologist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
children’s wellbeing practitioner, West London Mental Health Trust.
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
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Subjects
- Mental Health
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychology
- Research
- Dissertation
- Statistics
- Clinical
- Ethics
- Philosophy
- Professional
Course programme
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
- Research Dissertation
- An Adventure in Statistics
- Clinical Psychology in Action
- Clinical Skills: practitioner and lived experience perspectives
- Contemporary Issues in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
- Ethics, Philosophy and Methods of Research
- Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
- Treatment Models and their Evaluation
Additional information
Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health MSc