Post Graduate Diploma in Public Mental Health

Due to a lack of funds, this course is no longer offered until further notice.  

A key gap in current mental health professional training in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa is an orientation to public mental health. This means an orientation to the mental health needs of populations, and the policies, laws and services that are required to meet those needs.

The training offered by the Centre provides clinicians, health service managers, policy makers and NGO workers with crucial skills to enable them to plan and evaluate the services that they deliver and manage; lobby effectively for mental health; and take on leadership roles in the strengthening of mental health systems.

Mental health is frequently marginalised in decision-making for health service resources, partly because mental health professionals lack the skills and information to plan services and to advocate for appropriate resource allocation. The training offered by the Centre would enable them to take on these crucial responsibilities.

For more information, download the Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Brochure