MSc Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing

The MSc in Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing course from Middlesex University is a postgraduate programme developed to provide students with a thorough grounding in aspects of health psychology and wellbeing, in preparation for professional training or further research. The course is designed to blend theory and practice, thus equipping students with the knowledge and skills required to understand and modify health-related attitudes, behaviour, and emotion.Course Content: The course adopts a research-led teaching approach, offering a unique blend of core health psychology topics and complementary practitioner-focused modules. It focuses on exploring behaviour change interventions and various models of health behaviour, psychosocial factors associated with illness, methods used to assess health status, and evaluation of health psychology interventions.Key Modules: The course comprises several modules including: Foundations of Health Psychology and Research; Chronic Illiness and Disability; Health, Stress and Illness Behaviour; Health Promotion and Public Health; Multicultural Health and Social Issues; Behaviour Change Interventions and Evaluations; as well as two project modules – Clinical Health Psychology Research Project and Professional Practice in Clinical and Health Psychology.Accreditations: This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and upon completion of the course, students with Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) will have completed Stage 1 training towards becoming a Chartered Health Psychologist.Future Careers: The course provides an excellent foundation for a variety of health-related careers. On completion of the programme, students can work in academic settings as research associates or in practical settings in the National Health Services (NHS), where they can contribute to health enhancement and disease prevention programmes.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page [here](https://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/clinical-health-psychology-and-wellbeing-msc/).