• This one year, full-time course will provide structured learning to support the development of informed, inclusive and skilled practitioners and researchers.
  • Poor mental health affects a wide range of factors including our physical health, our relationships and our desire to take part in the world around us. Research highlights that poor mental health is an inevitable consequence of inequalities, adverse childhood experiences and trauma.
  • How can canterbury best respond to people whose lives are most affected by these factors What are the key challenges faced by mental health service users and service providers.
  • Applicants will learn about the importance of trauma-informed responses and responses that empower and support an individual in realizing their capabilities. They will explore the debates about diagnostic systems; dependence on the use of medications and the scarcity of talking therapies for people in mental distress.
  • How can they better plan for an inclusive mental health system that ensures there is no health without mental health.
  • The course does not lead to a professional qualification (such as nursing, or counselling) but it does equip them for employment and progression in the mental health field.
  • It would also benefit anyone likely to encounter people with mental health problems in the course of their daily work (e.g. housing officers, teachers, advice workers). The course covers current issues in mental health provision both in the UK and in a wider international context.