Scholarships available, see Fees & Funding section for more information. “We are proud to have been awarded an IoPPN Excellence Award in 2023/2024 for student satisfaction based on the Postgraduate Taught Education Survey (PTES)”. Our Affective Disorders course has been created for a broad spectrum of students and mental health professionals who are interested in specialist training from world-class experts. You will study all aspects of affective disorders, ranging from their characterisation and assessment to the challenges in treating these conditions. Our course is designed to be interdisciplinary and its focus is on both biological and psychological aspects. It is therefore suitable for students who seek to broaden their knowledge beyond professional boundaries, such as medicine, psychology or neuroscience.

Key benefits

• Specialist careers for those interested in studying or researching affective disorders.
• Valuable insight from internationally leading clinicians and scientists specialising in affective disorders.
• An optional clinical observership in a key mental health service that treats patients with affective disorders.
• High levels of student experience - The MSc achieved 100% overall satisfaction in the 2023/4 postgraduate taught experience student survey.

“I feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to be taught by experts in the field, some of whom I continued to work with as part of my research assistant role, after finishing the course. ”

Emma Incecik, Affective Disorders MSc Graduate 2017Show more

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