Approaches to Mental Health Theory CPD / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course description
Our part-time master's-level CPD units in Approaches to Mental Health Theory are aimed at mental health and healthcare professionals who want to stay up to date with the latest research and other developments within contemporary mental health services.
Our courses have been designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in current complex issues in mental health, and include:
- Critical Decision Making
- The Role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)
- Applied Psychiatry
- Applied Mental Health Law
- Best Interest Assessor
The focus of the units is on mental health, with emphasis on the integration of mental health issues, psychiatry and mental health law in multi-disciplinary teams from a social perspective.
The lecturers will reflect this multi-disciplinary approach and will include psychiatrists, lawyers, psychologists, nurses and social workers, as well as service users and carers.
You will also learn how to translate research insights into practice.
Teaching and learning
You will benefit from a range of teaching and learning methods, including:
- lectures
- small group work
- seminars
- problem-based learning
- online learning.
Coursework and assessment
Assessments are specific to each course unit. See the relevant course unit outline for details.
Course unit details
The following units are available, with each comprising six lecture days spread over two months.
- Applied Mental Health Law
- Best Interest Assessor
- Critical Decision making
- Applied Psychiatry
- The Role of the AMHP
We also offer The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment for Newly Qualified Social Workers (Adult and MH).
Please contact our admissions team at pgt.mentalhealth@manchester.ac.uk for dates.
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Decision Making in Mental Health Practice | SOWK60712 | 15 | Optional |
| Role of the AMHP | SOWK60741 | 15 | Optional |
| Applied Psychiatry | SOWK60751 | 15 | Optional |
| Applied Mental Health Law | SOWK60773 | 15 | Optional |
| Best Interest Assessor | SOWK60780 | 15 | Optional |
Disability support
Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service .