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MSc Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice - 1 Year (Full-time)

MSc Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice (ICL) - 24-72 Months (Part-time Intermittent Study)

PgCert Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice (ICL) - 12-24 Months (Part-time Intermittent Study)

PgDip Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice - 9 Months (Full-time)

PgDip Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice (ICL) - 24-48 Months (Part-time Intermittent Study)

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Contact information: MSc Secretary
Phone: +44 (0) 131 651 3970
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 3891
Email: cyp.msc@ed.ac.uk; Address: The University of Edinburgh
School of Health in Social Science
Medical School, Teviot Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9AG

Entry requirements

Applicants for the course will be considered on an individual basis.

Guidelines for likely acceptance onto the course are possession of an undergraduate degree or equivalent (reaching SCQF level 9) and substantial current or recent work experience providing clinical/clinically relevant experience of children and young people in mental health settings, including statutory and voluntary organisations.

Where an applicant's undergraduate degree does not meet the level stated above or is not obviously related to subjects relevant to children and young people's development and/or mental health, they may be admitted at the discretion of the programme director so long as they meet the relevant experience requirements stipulated above.

Suitability will be established through:

completion of a personal statement submitted via the application form;
two references which address how the applicant meets the academic and/or relevant experience requirements;
an interview in person, designed to determine suitability and relevant experience.

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Programme description

The MSc in Children & Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice is a new programme which offers advanced study in psychological theory and its clinical application for practitioners working in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

The programme offers the core elements of teaching and learning on the theoretical, conceptual and evidence base for psychological practice whilst fostering a critical and reflective approach to the clinical application of these.

The MSc in Children & Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice can be completed over one year full-time or, over two or three years part-time. It consists of 120 credits of taught courses and a 60-credit dissertation.

It has core courses and an opportunity for students to undertake optional courses related to subjects of their own interest.

Students can take a number of courses with the required number of credits to be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits). Courses within the MSc programme are also available to be taken as stand-alone CPD for which credits will be received.

Learning outcomes

The programme enables students to:

develop their practice through engagement with research and scholarship in psychological theory and practice;
develop advanced skills in the critical appraisal of psychological practice in the field of child and adolescent mental health;
develop and consolidate an extended knowledge base of theoretical and clinical approaches to psychological therapy for children, young people and families.

Funding

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Further Information

This article was published on Apr 25, 2013