Creative Arts and Mental Health

Queen Mary University of London
Postgraduate PgDip Full-time 9 Months Digital media, production, and technologyDramaFilm studiesFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic design

About this course

The programme offers an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge and research in arts and mental health, with a particular emphasis on theatre and performance. This innovative and unique MSc is for you if you are a recent graduate from any arts discipline or from a mental health related field (psychology, health sciences, social sciences and related areas), as well as professionals working in the fields of applied arts practice, mental health, education, social work and related areas. The programme is jointly run by the Centre for Psychiatry and the Department of Drama.

  • Learn about the application of the creative arts to research, practice, education, advocacy and activism in the field of mental health

  • Study the ways in which mental health experiences are represented in the arts and in popular culture

  • Consider how arts practice can critique and expand both clinical and popular understanding of mental health and the mental health system

  • Learn how mental health professionals, arts practitioners and others interested in mental health and wellbeing work together in both clinical and non-clinical environments

  • Develop your own area of expertise in the field of the arts and mental health through options of placements, arts practice and research
  • Study Options

    This course is available in 4 study options:

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 9 Months

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: Islington

    Part-time

    Duration: 21 Months

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: Islington

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Tower Hamlets

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Tower Hamlets

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
    7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations
    2319 Teaching professionals
    3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
    3412 Authors, writers and translators
    3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    9 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Islington
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Digital media, production, and technology, Drama, Film studies, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design