Mental Health Service & Population Research

Mental Health Service & Population Research provides rigorous training in core scientific principles and methods that are the foundation of mental health and population-based research. Offers opportunities to specialise in particular methodologies. Develops skills needed to carry out independent, high quality research. Excellent preparation for PhD or Clinical Psychology training. Departmental scholarships available.

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• Foundation modules in principles of psychiatric research and analytic methods for psychiatric epidemiology and Mental Health Service & Population Research: theory to practice, followed by the opportunity to specialise in particular disciplines, including: qualitative methods, systematic review, social psychiatry, economic evaluation, advanced statistical methods.
• Teaching and supervision delivered by world leaders in mental health research and policy, based in the Health Service and Population Research Department, led by Professor Graham Thornicroft.
• Welcomes applications from clinicians, social science and psychology graduates wanting to learn how to carry out rigorous high quality research in real-world settings.

PURPOSEThe course is ideally suited for psychology and social science graduates, clinicians interested in mental health research, and those preparing for Clinical Psychology or PhD training. Our students are often interested in working in both high and low resource settings. We aim to train future leaders in mental health. The rigorous training in research methods will suit UK, EU and international students wishing to prepare for a career in research, policy making or those wishing to combine clinical activities with research.

DESCRIPTION

The programme allows students to tailor the content of the MSc to meet their individual interests and needs. To achieve this, students undergo core training in study design and analytic methods for epidemiological and population-based research and then select specialised study options from a range of elective modules: systematic review, qualitative methods, advanced statistical methods, economic evaluation, mental health service research: theory to practice, global mental health, measurement in mental health, social psychiatry.

Whilst studying within the Health Service & Population Research Department, students are supported to identify their own research interests and encouraged to develop dissertation projects under the supervision of Department staff. There may be opportunities for additional voluntary research activities. The Anthony Mann Prize will be awarded to the most promising dissertation.