Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis)

Middlesex University
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year MedicineHealthSocial work, childhood, and youth studiesCounselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy

About this course

As the only programme of its kind in the UK and Europe, this programme offers enormous benefits to students with aspirations of becoming leaders in the field of Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis). The course is specifically aimed at practitioners who are either in roles of leadership or are currently considering career options to move to such positions. This part-time programme is taught through distance learning methods.

Why study MSc Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis) at Middlesex University? This programme aims to develop your mastery in Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis) related skills and knowledge, for successful contribution to enhanced professional practice and service development within this field. You will gain the knowledge and expertise to critically understand and utilise advanced research skills and your leadership skills in service and practice development will also be stimulated and fostered.

This programme also aims to enhance your professional and career development in the mental health and substance use (Dual Diagnosis) service and practice development field. You will undertake a work based project (60 credits at level 7) which allows you to undertake a piece of applied research which is relevant to your own work and the organisation you work for.

This course will benefit individuals working in:

mental health the drug and alcohol sector primary care community care criminal justice systems government agencies education youth work social work allied health As a student of this course you'll receive a free electronic textbook for every module.

Introducing our new Learning Framework After working with our students to gather feedback on what they love most about our courses, we’re making some changes to how we structure and teach our programmes for the start of the 2024/25 academic year. You can find more information about how this course is affected by viewing the relevant course information sheet on our Learning Framework page: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/study/learning-framework/

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: MSc

Location: London

Part-time

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: MSc

Location: London

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3111 Laboratory technicians
2119 Natural and social science professionals
2223 Speech and language therapists
1172 Social services managers and directors
3219 Health associate professionals
2111 Chemical scientists

Course Details

Qualification
MSc
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
London
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Medicine, Health, Social work, childhood, and youth studies, Counselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy