Philosophy and Mental Health

Entry requirements

• A recognised British honours degree to a good standard or a BTEC Higher Diploma/Certificate or its equivalent
• In addition to standard access via prior academic qualifications, applications to this programme are also welcome from potential students with relevant practical experience in the field of mental health, for example, mental health nursing or patient advocacy
• Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our MA in Philosophy and Mental Health gives you a better understanding of psychiatry, and mental health care more broadly, as you analyse fundamental concepts.

The programme responds to a newly developing interdisciplinary field looking at conceptual and evaluative aspects of mental health care. It’s based on the Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry, co-authored by the course leader.

Why study with us

• You’ll critically examine assumptions that drive the mental health care agenda and develop analytic and argumentative skills to inform your practice.
• Mental health raises conceptual as well as empirical difficulties and you’ll study key themes.
• You’ll examine the role of values in diagnosis, the validity or objectivity of taxonomy and the central relationship of mind and brain.