MSc Global Mental Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
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Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
MSc Global Mental Health
This is a joint programme provided by LSHTM and King’s College London. It gives participants the knowledge and skills to initiate, develop and oversee mental health programmes in low-resource settings, and to conduct and critically evaluate research on global mental health. These skills will equip students to make valuable contributions in research, public health, policy and practice.
Objectives
By the end of the program, students will able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the mental health challenges facing low resource settings
- devise locally appropriate and feasible strategies to reduce the burden of mental disorders
- develop research protocols to investigate key issues in global mental health including epidemiological, intervention- and policy-related questions
- apply research skills to monitor and evaluate mental health programmes
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Curriculum
Structure
Term 1
Students take the following compulsory modules:
- Introduction to Global Mental Health (LSHTM)
- Evidence Synthesis in Global Mental Health (King’s)
- Statistics for Epidemiology and Population Health (LSHTM)
- Epidemiology for Mental Health Research (King's)
Term 2
- Design & Evaluation of Mental Health Programmes (LSHTM) (compulsory)
Choice of 3 other modules from LSHTM and/or King's. Elective modules include:
- Applied Statistical Methods in Psychiatric Epidemiology (King's)
- Measurement in Mental Health (King's)
- Mental Health Economic Evaluation (King's)
- Qualitative Research Methods (King's)
- Social Psychiatry: Theory, Research and Methods (King's)
- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (LSHTM)
- Health Care Evaluation (LSHTM)
- Health Promotion Approaches & Methods (LSHTM)
- Research Design & Analysis (LSHTM)
- Conflict & Health (LSHTM)
- Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies (LSHTM)
- Health Systems (LSHTM)
- Qualitative Methodologies (LSHTM)
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (LSHTM)
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases (LSHTM)
- Medical Anthropology and Public Health (LSHTM)
- Social Epidemiology (LSHTM)
Term 3:
- Theory to Practice in Global Mental Health (King's) (compulsory)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates enter careers in national mental health policy and planning, epidemiological and mental health services research, and advisory and advocacy roles in governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations.