Forensic Mental Health Research

Designed for individuals with degrees in health related disciplines (e.g. medicine, psychology, neuroscience, mental health nursing). Aims to develop students’ analytical and research skills so they can pursue scientific work on the aetiology and effective treatment of mentally disordered offenders. We expect this MSc to provide an ideal first step towards a PhD.

The programme aims to provide students with the knowledge and advanced skills necessary to conduct research that will contribute to the identification of the causes of antisocial behaviour among persons with mental disorders, to the development of effective treatments for reducing antisocial and/or criminal behaviours and to the development of programmes to prevent these behaviours in children and adolescents at risk for mental disorders.