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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Health in Social Science : Clinical Psychology

Postgraduate Course: Promotion of Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing (CLPS11006)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.

Please note: this course is available to students on the MSc Applied Psychology for Children and Young People programme only.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Please note: this course is available to students on the MSc Applied Psychology for Children and Young People programme only.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 91, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 105 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 4,000 word individual essay (100%)
Feedback Formative feedback will be given on group presentations within teaching sessions.

Summative feedback will be given on the written assignments via Learn.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role of social inequalities in the development of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people.
  2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of key factors in the development of resilience and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing.
  3. Use a significant range of self help methods and tools on an individual or group basis.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Taught within set blocks amounting to 10 days of teaching of approximately 6.5 hours per day.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Roxanne Hawkins
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: Roxanne.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Clara Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)51 3970
Email: Clara.Shaw@ed.ac.uk
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