Postgraduate study in Population Mental Health

The study areas include:

• Mental health – a strengths-based approach, not just an absence of mental illness
• Key concepts of recovery – resilience, spirituality, empowerment, hope
• Designing innovative group/community projects to foster or improve mental health
• Promoting mental health (eg, mental health literacy, happiness) for the population
• Strategies for influencing social, community and institutional conditions that affect mental health, including primary healthcare for patients presenting with mental health issues, with a focus on assessment and management of depression, anxiety, phobias, pain and adjustment disorders in primary care
• Cognitive behavioural therapy techniques for depression
• Assessment and management of children and adolescents in primary care (depression, ADHD, eating disorders, somatic problems)
• Mental and physical health – the long term relationship
• Older adults – depression and dementia

For general information about postgraduate study, please contact your local Student Hub.