What you can study

New for 2013

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy applied to physical and mental health problems

• BSc (Hons)/Graduate Diploma
• Postgraduate Certificate

For practitioners with a special interest in mental health, we also offer the following pathways, modules and study days.

Part-Time Diploma, Degree or Postgraduate Certificate

Generic Pathway

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice
• Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pathway

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice (CAMH)
• Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice (CAMH) 
• Positive Mental Health for Children and Adolescents Learning Package (CAMH)

Psychosocial Intervention Pathway

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice (PSI)
• Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice (PSI) 

Short Courses/Modules

• Behavioural Activation for people with depression and physical conditions
• Case Management: Organising Care for People with Long Term Conditions
• Clinical Supervision
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for people with anxiety and long term conditions
• Cognitive and behavioural strategies for enabling mental and physical health
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis: Introduction and Application
• Dementia Care
• Dissertation
• Dual Diagnosis (Working with People who have a Drug/Alcohol and Mental Health Problem)
• Dysfunction and Therapeutic Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Early Intervention in First Episode Psychosis
• Evidence-Based Practice
• The Family: Theory and Practice
• Family Intervention Work for Psychosis
• Foundations of Short-Term Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Healthcare Ethics and Law
• Leadership Service and Improvement
• Managing Change
• Medicines Management
• Mentor Preparation Programme
• Non-Medical Prescribers: Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (v300)
• Normal Childhood and Adolescence
• Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
• Psychologial Interventions for People who Experience Psychosis
• Psychosocial Issues in the Management of People with Long Term Conditions
• Service Improvement in the Workplace
• Skills for Learning
• Working in Partnership with People who Experience Psychosis

Study Days

For a list of study days coming up, please visit our study day page.

Background

‘No health without mental health’ (Department of Health, 2011), has outlined a strategy for the development of mental health services in the future making an economic as well as a moral case for improving the efficiency and quality of provision. Its focus on priorities such as improving mental wellbeing, health promotion, early intervention, Recovery , evidence-based interventions, improving the patient experience and challenging stigma within a clear framework of outcome measurement provides guidance too for Higher Edication Institutions in developing provision to meet the continuing professional development needs of the health and social care workforce. The Department of Health Sciences has embraced the new agenda and is committed to offering a range of mental health courses and educational inputs to assist the development of practitioner skills and service improvement.

Our mental health research teams are involved in ongoing evaluation research into the effectiveness of mental health-related therapeutic interventions such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Parent Education Programmes. Such work provides a foundation that underpins some of our evidence-based skills training. For example, our Foundations of CBT module builds on practitioners’ existing general therapeutic skills and enables the importance of measurement and evaluation to be incorporated within an approach which still recognises the value of an active and collaborative therapeutic relationship. In a similar way, our Child and Adolescent Mental Health programme helps provide practitioners with the specialised knowledge and skills to enable them to contribute to the provision of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency mental healthcare for children and adolescents of all ages. The Psycho-Social Interventions programme also provides a clear framework for skills and knowledge development in the field of care of those people experiencing longer term mental illness.

Our wide range of courses, which includes study days, modules, degree programmes and bespoke projects to meet particular service need.

Funding

For information on funding visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/funding/

APL

For information on APL visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/apel/

How to apply

To apply visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/cpdapply/