Mres mental health: cultural and global perspectives wolfson institute of preventive medicine
Postgraduate
In London
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Postgraduate
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Location
London
Overview
There is a growing recognition that mental health, mental illness and treatment/care are situated within socio-cultural contexts. Cultural factors such as belief systems, values, norms, practices and traditions impact on the risk and resilience towards developing mental health problems and suicidal behaviours. Furthermore, current phenomena such as globalisation and large scale displacements of populations create new strengths and vulnerabilities in mental health.
Stigma, discrimination, social injustice, health inequalities and resource availability all prevent access to appropriate mental health care. Mental health services must reflect the cultural diversity of populations and improve cultural competence and responsiveness to address these issues.
This MRes is for students who are interested in understanding the impact of socio-cultural factors in mental health, mental illness and mental health care who are seeking to go on to further doctoral research training through the LISS DTP Programme. It suits those who wish to pursue careers in research and clinical practice worldwide as well as those already working in this area.
There are three overall learning objectives for students:
Learn about assessing mental health problems and understanding their origins and how to help recovery
Obtain a global perspective on mental health including recognition of the importance and challenges in working with culturally-diverse populations as well as approaches and practices relevant to addressing these challenges.
Learn about research methods and deliver an original research project.
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The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 results have shown that Queen Mary University of London has risen to 9th place among multi-faculty institutions in the UK.
The Centre for Psychiatry was ranked 5th in the Research Excellence Framework 2014 for research on public health, health services and primary care.
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Subjects
- Social Science
- Mental Illness
- Global
- Perspective
- Teaching
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health
Course programme
Structure
The MRes programme consists of five modules. Students may only enrol for an MRes, and completion of all three modules is required for the MRes award.
In term 1, students take the 1st module: Mental Health: Theory and Practice, an introduction to major key concepts in mental healthcare (30 credits) and the first research training module, Introduction to Social Science Research 1, covering epistemology, research design, and qualitative methods (30 credits). In term 2, students take the 2nd applied module: Cultural Contexts of Mental Healthcare (30 credits), as well as the research module Introduction to Social Science Research 2, covering quantitative methods and data (30 credits). In term 3 students will receive tutorials with their supervisor towards the completion of their MRes dissertation (60 credits).
Teaching takes place on Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.
Period of Study: one year full time.
Content
Mental Health: Theory and Practice (30 credits)
The module will familiarize the students with basic concepts in mental health. The participants will learn about the modern definitions and classifications of mental disorders, as well as some methods of treatment. Several types of mental disorders, including personality disorders and psychosis, will be discussed in detail. The module will also cover epidemiology of mental disorders in diverse populations and ways of assessing and treating psychological problems in various populations.
This module will be run in the Term 1 and will be compulsory for all students taking the MRes Mental Health: Psychological Therapies and MRes Mental Health: Cultural and Global Perspectives in Mental Health.
Cultural Contexts of Mental Health (30 credits)
This module will discuss the key issues in the transcultural psychiatry. The topics will include differences in clinical manifestation of mental disorders across cultural, challenges of diagnosis in a multicultural environment, specific needs of ethnic minorities in terms of care and treatment. The students will be encouraged to reflect on the impact of cultural context on the development and treatment of mental disorders. The impact of migration on mental health will also be covered.
The module will be run in the second term and will be compulsory for all students who take the MRes Mental Health: Cultural and Global Perspective in Mental Health Care.
Examples of lecture content:
- refugee and migration mental health issues
- global mental health
- religion and spirituality
- health inequalities and human rights
- gender-based violence
- suicide and suicide prevention in different cultural settings.
Teaching is dynamic and incorporates the insight and knowledge of experts in the field. Teaching is comprised of role play, workshops and video as well as lecture materials.
Social Science Research Training (60 credits)
Introduction to Social Science Research 1: epistemology, research design, and qualitative methods (30 credits)
Introduction to Social Science Research 2: quantitative methods and data (30 credits)
Mres mental health: cultural and global perspectives wolfson institute of preventive medicine