MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing

Overview

Course Length:	1 Year Full-Time, 2 Years Part-Time
Start Dates:	September 2022, September 2023
Subjects:	Mental Health
Location:	Edge Hill University

This distinctive Masters degree is ideal if you work, or aspire to work, in the children and young people’s sector and/or in mental health. Challenging current thinking and reflecting on how to deliver best practice will provide you with the skills and confidence to become a highly effective leader and change agent in child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing. The course offers a strong focus on the role of early intervention as a preventative measure, along with protecting and promoting lifelong mental health and wellbeing through the critical exploration of evidence-based literature and research. The programme is underpinned by key contemporary Government policy, guidelines and practice. It will equip you with research skills relevant to applied research in a range of contemporary clinical and social care practice contexts.

In Depth

What will I study?

The programme begins by examining the individual differences in mental health across the child and adolescent age span, exploring the value and efficacy of early interventions. The concepts of leadership and change management in child and adolescent mental health services will also be introduced, enabling you to evaluate different perspectives on leadership styles and plan for effective change.

You will subsequently explore innovation in mental health, examining contemporary practices and developing the tools and techniques to consider alternative approaches and engage in entrepreneurial activities. The importance of an integrated approach to mental health services, working as part of a team to achieve maximum benefit for children, young people and their families, will be emphasised and investigated.

A module focused on research methods will equip you with the skills required for the culmination of the programme when you will complete a dissertation of a publishable standard in your chosen discipline.

How will I study?

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, student-led seminars, tutorials and practical activities.

How will I be assessed?

Typical assessments will involve the writing of essays and reports. You will also be assessed through individual presentations.

There are no formal written examinations as part of the current assessment methods on this programme.

Who will be teaching me?

The research-active programme team has direct experience of working with children, young people, families and communities, including experience of working in the mental health sector and in child and adolescent mental health services.

Additional expertise will be provided by guest lecturers who will be invited to share their knowledge and experience of subjects such as eating disorders and therapeutic interventions.

The research interests of the programme team include the use of early interventions and parenting on the resilience of children, the use of sports in the development and enhancement of resilience in childhood, service quality provision and multiagency service provision.

Facilities

The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine offers some of the best facilities for the education and training of health and social care professionals in the country.

The outstanding teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.

Timetables

You can expect to receive your timetable at enrolment. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day or evening of the week.

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Modules

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Compulsory modules:

HUG4015Individual Differences and Early Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing (30 credits)

Individual Differences and Early Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing enables you to critically evaluate current research and practice associated with the individual nature of how mental health may present and impact upon child and adolescent mental health. You will be supported in critically evaluating research on the role that intelligence and personality traits may play in determining mental health, engaging in a critical exploration of the multiple forces that shape children and young people’s mental health and behaviour. The critical study of individual differences will focus on the role of personal attributes in determining how people behave and what motivates them. In addition, the module will explore the influential role of early intervention on mental health and critically evaluate a range of early interventions in relation to the prevention, promotion and protection of child and adolescent mental health.

Assessment: Coursework: 60%, Practical(s): 40%.

HUG4022Innovation in Mental Health (20 credits)

Innovation in Mental Health examines contemporary innovative practices in child and adolescent mental health and explores the process required to ensure the successful implementation of innovation in mental health. The aim of the module is to support you in challenging your own practice and that of others and to consider methods of developing alternative approaches, stratifying risks to staff and service users, and estimating the benefits to the wider sector. The module provides you with the tools and techniques required to critically evaluate innovation and entrepreneurial activities in the field of mental health, equipping you with an in-depth understanding of the process of taking a well-researched and well-developed concept from creation to implementation.