Postgraduate Course: Promotion of Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing (CLPS11006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Clinical Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will consider models of health promotion and the maintenance of emotional wellbeing. This will encompass public health models and methods of health promotion on an individual and systemic level. Methods of self help and self directed interventions will also be covered.
This course will equip students with knowledge of social, psychological and biological risk and protective factors which inform the promotion of emotional well-being. In addition, there will be an introduction to the wider policy context supporting the promotion of emotion well-being on a national level. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will be competent:
1) In the critical appraisal and application of social and emotional factors in the development of problems in childhood and adolescents
2) To demonstrate a critical understanding of key factors in the development of resilience and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing
3) To use a significant range of self help methods and tools on an individual or group basis |
Assessment Information
| Online health promotion project development task. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Matthias Schwannauer
Tel: (0131 6)51 3954
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Course secretary | Mrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)51 3970
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