Mental Health and Wellbeing (Taught)

Our MSc in Mental Health and Wellbeing is a novel course that will provide you with excellent training via multidisciplinary teaching. The course focuses on mental health and wellbeing, and combines theoretical with applied teaching on health psychology, clinical psychology, organisational psychology, and positive psychology.

The application deadline for this course is: Friday 7th February 2025.

Our MSc in Mental Health and Wellbeing is designed for those who are interested in pursuing a career in the field of mental health and wellbeing. Learning will be enriched by an interdisciplinary approach and teaching will be delivered by world-leading experts across the fields of psychology, business, economics, medicine, health and behavioural sciences. This course offers basic and advanced training in the science and application of mental health research.

The taught components of the course include modules on research methods, basic and advanced issues in mental health research and practice, and real-world interventions. Teaching is delivered by experts in the field from the Departments of Psychology, Warwick Business School, Warwick Medical School, and Warwick Manufacturing Group to combine academic and practical experience.

Skills from this degree
Students will leave the course with a variety of research and transferable skills, including research design, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, oral and written communication skills, critical thinking, and the ability to apply theoretical frameworks to novel, real-world problems. These skills will be relevant across a range of populations and contexts.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate in-depth specialist knowledge of mental health and wellbeing theory, research and practice

• Exhibit competence in working effectively and independently

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of research methods and analysis relevant to mental health and wellbeing

• Take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others

• Critically formulate ideas and hypotheses

• Evaluate current issues and research in the discipline

• Important information*

We are planning to make changes to our Mental Health and Wellbeing MSc degree for 2025 entry. The course will undergo approval through the University's rigorous academic processes. As changes are confirmed, we will update the course information on this webpage. It is therefore very important that you check this webpage for the latest information before you apply and prior to accepting an offer.

Core modules

• Experimental Design and Data Collection
• Advanced Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• Core Foundations of Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Advanced Issues in Mental Health Research
• From Stress to Health in the Workplace
• Interventions and Technologies for Behaviour Change
• Health and Wellbeing Interventions in the Real-World: What Helps and What Harms

Optional modules
There are no optional modules on this course.

We typically assess modules through a mix of assessment types, which include worksheets, essays, research reports, modelling and data analysis, class tests, exams, and presentations.