Mental Health Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry

Overview

This MRes Mental Health: Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry gives you a sophisticated understanding of the impact of socio-cultural factors on mental health, mental illness and healthcare. It will enable you to work in a research or mental health care role in a multicultural setting, both here in the UK and abroad. You’ll have 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. You’ll examine how cultural factors such as belief systems, values, practices and traditions can affect an individual’s mental health risk – and their resilience. You’ll also look at how migration, race and other cultural phenomena intersect to create mental health challenges and how these can be addressed in direct clinical practice and health care systems.You’ll gain the expertise to assess mental health problems and understand their origins and how to help recovery.You’ll also learn about research methods in social sciences, and undertake an original research project.By the time you complete the programme, you’ll be a skilled communicator, adept at expressing your ideas in spoken or written form.