Why study MSc Psychology, Health and Wellbeing at Middlesex University?

This MSc provides you with the knowledge and skills relevant to understanding how psychology is applied to the care of the physically ill and how it can maximise the effectiveness of health care delivery. During the course you will study counselling skills; chronic illness and its management; working with patients in the health care system; health-related behaviour, addiction and treatment; public health, health promotion and behaviour change interventions; stress; and research methods.

This course is intended for those with or without a degree in psychology but without the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) (normally obtained through completing a psychology degree in the UK). Those with GBC may prefer to apply for our BPS accredited MSc Health Psychology, which includes a placement.

Course highlights

• Over 90% of our psychology graduates are employed within six months of completing their degree
• Our psychology teaching and research facilities include a psychophysiology laboratory; social observation laboratories; a video editing suite; a virtual reality laboratory; auditory cognition laboratory; and testing cubicles
• The expertise of our teaching staff who are leading researchers in health psychology and qualitative research
• As a student of this course you'll receive aÊfree electronic textbookÊfor every module.