Child and Adolescent Mental Health – MSc

Why study this course?

This MSc degree offers an opportunity for comprehensive study in the field of mental health and educational issues of children and adolescents. You’ll consider theoretical and practical issues relating to the main factors influencing paediatric mental health from biological, social, cultural and psychological perspectives. It will enable you to pursue or advance your career in teaching or mental health.

More about this course

This Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc course will provide you with up-to-date scientific and academic knowledge that will allow you to pursue a career in children’s mental health across health, social care, education and youth justice.

The course will guide you to develop an understanding of recent developments in the child and adolescent mental health field and help you to acquire skills useful in identifying and managing a wide range of mental health problems.

You’ll develop the ability to conduct research and scholarly analysis focused on children and adolescent mental health. You’ll also learn about psychological and developmental processes that contribute to children’s positive and negative mental health and explore ways in which your knowledge can contribute to policy making in this field.

The course will be taught by practitioners, researchers and scholars in the child psychology and mental health fields. The teaching will contribute to your training needs and help you develop skills relating to the assessment, management and treatment of child and adolescent disorders.

Accreditation of Prior Learning

Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course.

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:

Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychology (core, 20 credits)

Law, Policy and Ethics (core, 20 credits)

Psychopathology (core, 20 credits)

Research Design and Analysis for Psychology (core, 20 credits)

Research Project (core, 60 credits)

Resilience and Mindfulness (core, 20 credits)

Specific Learning Differences (core, 20 credits)

Where this course can take you

Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc will provide you with opportunities to enter or progress within a diverse range of occupations, including psychology, social work, nursing and teaching.

The course will also allow you to pursue further study in clinical and educational psychology.