Postgraduate Diploma In Mental Health: Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry
Fees
£16,000
1 year 9 months Course
Course information
Batch Coming Soon
Course Duration
1 year 9 months
Limited Seats Available
15-20 Seats
Where you'll learn
About the Institute
Queen Mary University
Founded in 1785 as the London Medical College, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is the amalgamation of four historic medical institutions, including England’s first medical school.
It was officially granted university status in 1887 and now offers over 240 degree programmes across three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Medicine and Dentistry.
QMUL is a Russell Group university, operating across five campuses in London and at sites across Europe and Asia.
- In the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QMUL ranked 16 in the UK, and 124 globally.
- The students are drawn from over 170 nationalities: approximately 41 per cent are from overseas, the university prides itself on having a vibrant and multicultural community
- QMUL has nine Nobel Prize winners among our former staff and students.
- Notable alumni include Ronald Ross, who discovered the origin and cure for malaria, Davidson Nicol, who discovered the breakdown of insulin in the human body, British politician Peter Hain, and Professor Andrew Pollard, the chief investigator of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Wolfson Institute of Population Health
This course is based at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, which delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health. The Wolfson Institute is a part of Queen Mary University of London’s faculty of medicine and dentistry.
Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of leading research universities in the UK and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry proudly holds an Athena Swan Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Facilities
- Access to Queen Mary’s dedicated online portal, QMplus
- Access to video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources (journals, books and databases)
- Access to our campus facilities if you decide to visit at any point during your course
About the Institute
Queen Mary University
Founded in 1785 as the London Medical College, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is the amalgamation of four historic medical institutions, including England’s first medical school.
It was officially granted university status in 1887 and now offers over 240 degree programmes across three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Medicine and Dentistry.
QMUL is a Russell Group university, operating across five campuses in London and at sites across Europe and Asia.
- In the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QMUL ranked 16 in the UK, and 124 globally.
- The students are drawn from over 170 nationalities: approximately 41 per cent are from overseas, the university prides itself on having a vibrant and multicultural community
- QMUL has nine Nobel Prize winners among our former staff and students.
- Notable alumni include Ronald Ross, who discovered the origin and cure for malaria, Davidson Nicol, who discovered the breakdown of insulin in the human body, British politician Peter Hain, and Professor Andrew Pollard, the chief investigator of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Wolfson Institute of Population Health
This course is based at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, which delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health. The Wolfson Institute is a part of Queen Mary University of London’s faculty of medicine and dentistry.
Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of leading research universities in the UK and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry proudly holds an Athena Swan Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Facilities
- Access to Queen Mary’s dedicated online portal, QMplus
- Access to video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources (journals, books and databases)
- Access to our campus facilities if you decide to visit at any point during your course
Teaching
As an online learning student, you’ll need to meet each week for half a day in an online group tutorial, facilitated by your tutor. Group tutorials will also cover problem-based learning (PBL), role play, and other interactive exercises and discussions.
You’ll be able to access your class materials and lectures in an online learning environment, QMplus, where you will also submit your assignments.
To complete this programme, you’ll need a standard PC/Mac with reliable access to a broadband internet connection, headphones, a microphone and a webcam.
As an online learning student, you’ll need to meet each week for half a day in an online group tutorial, facilitated by your tutor. Group tutorials will also cover problem-based learning (PBL), role play, and other interactive exercises and discussions.
You’ll be able to access your class materials and lectures in an online learning environment, QMplus, where you will also submit your assignments.
To complete this programme, you’ll need a standard PC/Mac with reliable access to a broadband internet connection, headphones, a microphone and a webcam.
Assessment
You’ll be assessed by two clinical placement reports, a research protocol, a pilot study and oral and written exams.
You’ll be assessed by two clinical placement reports, a research protocol, a pilot study and oral and written exams.
Career Paths
The skills this programme gives you are valuable for work in:
- psychiatric or psychological services
- homelessness agencies
- learning disabilities services or forensic services
- third sector organisations serving refugees and migrants
- NGOs
- and legal services.
We’ll help you prepare your CV, work on interview technique, and develop some clinical skills if you want to consider more advanced and accredited courses.
The course has allowed practicing clinicians to develop their own practice with culturally diverse populations and to implement cultural competency programmes in their services.
Students who have completed this course have gone on to:
- pursue research doctorates in clinical psychology
- assistant psychologist roles within the NHS and third sector
- research assistant roles.
The skills this programme gives you are valuable for work in:
- psychiatric or psychological services
- homelessness agencies
- learning disabilities services or forensic services
- third sector organisations serving refugees and migrants
- NGOs
- and legal services.
We’ll help you prepare your CV, work on interview technique, and develop some clinical skills if you want to consider more advanced and accredited courses.
The course has allowed practicing clinicians to develop their own practice with culturally diverse populations and to implement cultural competency programmes in their services.
Students who have completed this course have gone on to:
- pursue research doctorates in clinical psychology
- assistant psychologist roles within the NHS and third sector
- research assistant roles.
Fees and Study Options
Starting in : September 2024
Location : Distance Learning
Fees : £8,000
- The course fee is charged per annum for 2 years
- Note that fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis
Starting in : September 2024
Location : Distance Learning
Fees : £8,000
- The course fee is charged per annum for 2 years
- Note that fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis
Entry Requirements
Eligibility
- A medical degree (non-UK degrees marked on a grading scale must be equivalent to UK 2:2 degree)
- Also, at least one year experience working in a hospital as a health professional is essential
English Language Requirements
- If you got your degree in an English speaking country or if it was taught in English, and you studied within the last five years, you might not need an English language qualification
- You may be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree
Eligibility
- A medical degree (non-UK degrees marked on a grading scale must be equivalent to UK 2:2 degree)
- Also, at least one year experience working in a hospital as a health professional is essential
English Language Requirements
- If you got your degree in an English speaking country or if it was taught in English, and you studied within the last five years, you might not need an English language qualification
- You may be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree
Postgraduate Diploma In Mental Health: Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry
Help
Batch Coming Soon
Course Duration
1 year 9 months
Limited Seats Available
15-20 Seats
What you'll learn
This programme is designed to improve your understanding of the impact of socio-cultural factors on mental health, mental illness and mental health care disciplines and delivery. 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 as well as put you in a position to pursue further training to qualify as a therapist, social worker or clinical psychologist.
You will examine how cultural factors such as belief systems, values, ethnicity, 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 mental health care systems through the implementation of innovative therapies as well as the adaptation of current psychological approaches and care pathways.
You’ll organise and complete a supervised placement with a mental health service or organisation that provides support to a diverse range of people (eg the NHS, a third sector organisation or a global mental health and development agency). Clinical placements will give you experience of supervised practice and will develop your ability to work with emotional, behavioural and psychological distress within and across different cultural contexts. An organisational/policy focused placement will give you the opportunity to observe and engage in the cultural processes that shape how mental health services are structured and delivered.
In addition, you’ll develop your research skills and complete a research project.
Please note this programme does not equip you to be registered as a psychotherapist in the UK, for which you must pursue additional advanced training.
If you complete 60 credits you’ll be accredited for exit with a PgCert Applied Mental Health.
Where you'll learn
About the Institute
Queen Mary University
Founded in 1785 as the London Medical College, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is the amalgamation of four historic medical institutions, including England’s first medical school.
It was officially granted university status in 1887 and now offers over 240 degree programmes across three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Medicine and Dentistry.
QMUL is a Russell Group university, operating across five campuses in London and at sites across Europe and Asia.
- In the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QMUL ranked 16 in the UK, and 124 globally.
- The students are drawn from over 170 nationalities: approximately 41 per cent are from overseas, the university prides itself on having a vibrant and multicultural community
- QMUL has nine Nobel Prize winners among our former staff and students.
- Notable alumni include Ronald Ross, who discovered the origin and cure for malaria, Davidson Nicol, who discovered the breakdown of insulin in the human body, British politician Peter Hain, and Professor Andrew Pollard, the chief investigator of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Wolfson Institute of Population Health
This course is based at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, which delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health. The Wolfson Institute is a part of Queen Mary University of London’s faculty of medicine and dentistry.
Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of leading research universities in the UK and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry proudly holds an Athena Swan Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Facilities
- Access to Queen Mary’s dedicated online portal, QMplus
- Access to video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources (journals, books and databases)
- Access to our campus facilities if you decide to visit at any point during your course
About the Institute
Queen Mary University
Founded in 1785 as the London Medical College, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is the amalgamation of four historic medical institutions, including England’s first medical school.
It was officially granted university status in 1887 and now offers over 240 degree programmes across three faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Medicine and Dentistry.
QMUL is a Russell Group university, operating across five campuses in London and at sites across Europe and Asia.
- In the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QMUL ranked 16 in the UK, and 124 globally.
- The students are drawn from over 170 nationalities: approximately 41 per cent are from overseas, the university prides itself on having a vibrant and multicultural community
- QMUL has nine Nobel Prize winners among our former staff and students.
- Notable alumni include Ronald Ross, who discovered the origin and cure for malaria, Davidson Nicol, who discovered the breakdown of insulin in the human body, British politician Peter Hain, and Professor Andrew Pollard, the chief investigator of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Wolfson Institute of Population Health
This course is based at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, which delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health. The Wolfson Institute is a part of Queen Mary University of London’s faculty of medicine and dentistry.
Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group of leading research universities in the UK and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry proudly holds an Athena Swan Gold Award in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Facilities
- Access to Queen Mary’s dedicated online portal, QMplus
- Access to video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources (journals, books and databases)
- Access to our campus facilities if you decide to visit at any point during your course
Teaching
As an online learning student, you’ll need to meet each week for half a day in an online group tutorial, facilitated by your tutor. Group tutorials will also cover problem-based learning (PBL), role play, and other interactive exercises and discussions.
You’ll be able to access your class materials and lectures in an online learning environment, QMplus, where you will also submit your assignments.
To complete this programme, you’ll need a standard PC/Mac with reliable access to a broadband internet connection, headphones, a microphone and a webcam.
As an online learning student, you’ll need to meet each week for half a day in an online group tutorial, facilitated by your tutor. Group tutorials will also cover problem-based learning (PBL), role play, and other interactive exercises and discussions.
You’ll be able to access your class materials and lectures in an online learning environment, QMplus, where you will also submit your assignments.
To complete this programme, you’ll need a standard PC/Mac with reliable access to a broadband internet connection, headphones, a microphone and a webcam.
Assessment
You’ll be assessed by two clinical placement reports, a research protocol, a pilot study and oral and written exams.
You’ll be assessed by two clinical placement reports, a research protocol, a pilot study and oral and written exams.
Career Paths
The skills this programme gives you are valuable for work in:
- psychiatric or psychological services
- homelessness agencies
- learning disabilities services or forensic services
- third sector organisations serving refugees and migrants
- NGOs
- and legal services.
We’ll help you prepare your CV, work on interview technique, and develop some clinical skills if you want to consider more advanced and accredited courses.
The course has allowed practicing clinicians to develop their own practice with culturally diverse populations and to implement cultural competency programmes in their services.
Students who have completed this course have gone on to:
- pursue research doctorates in clinical psychology
- assistant psychologist roles within the NHS and third sector
- research assistant roles.
The skills this programme gives you are valuable for work in:
- psychiatric or psychological services
- homelessness agencies
- learning disabilities services or forensic services
- third sector organisations serving refugees and migrants
- NGOs
- and legal services.
We’ll help you prepare your CV, work on interview technique, and develop some clinical skills if you want to consider more advanced and accredited courses.
The course has allowed practicing clinicians to develop their own practice with culturally diverse populations and to implement cultural competency programmes in their services.
Students who have completed this course have gone on to:
- pursue research doctorates in clinical psychology
- assistant psychologist roles within the NHS and third sector
- research assistant roles.
Fees and Study Options
Starting in : September 2024
Location : Distance Learning
Fees : £8,000
- The course fee is charged per annum for 2 years
- Note that fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis
Starting in : September 2024
Location : Distance Learning
Fees : £8,000
- The course fee is charged per annum for 2 years
- Note that fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis
Entry Requirements
Eligibility
- A medical degree (non-UK degrees marked on a grading scale must be equivalent to UK 2:2 degree)
- Also, at least one year experience working in a hospital as a health professional is essential
English Language Requirements
- If you got your degree in an English speaking country or if it was taught in English, and you studied within the last five years, you might not need an English language qualification
- You may be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree
Eligibility
- A medical degree (non-UK degrees marked on a grading scale must be equivalent to UK 2:2 degree)
- Also, at least one year experience working in a hospital as a health professional is essential
English Language Requirements
- If you got your degree in an English speaking country or if it was taught in English, and you studied within the last five years, you might not need an English language qualification
- You may be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree