MPhil in Public Mental Health

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; take on leadership roles in the strengthening of mental health systems; and conduct research in various aspects of public mental health in Africa.

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

For more information, download the Master of Philosphy in Mental Health Brochure

Click here to apply for the 2013 AFFIRM Fellowship in Public Mental Health. Deadline 28 September 2012.

2013 MPhil Group

Students and Facilitators, University of Cape Town

2012 MPhil Group

Students and Facilitators, Stellenbosch University