Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology MSc at Kings College London

Our Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology course is unique in the UK and Europe. It draws on contemporary psychological, psychiatric and organisational theory to examine the causes, effects and consequences of mental ill health in the workplace and considers strategies and interventions to improve organisational and individual mental health. It leads to careers in HR, wellbeing, inclusion and diversity, health and safety and consultancy.

Key benefits

• Only course of its kind to be offered in the UK.
• Focus is on mental health in the workplace.
• Combines psychological, psychiatric and organisational perspectives. 

Description

Our Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology course is one of the first of its kind in the UK and Europe and is designed for people who wish to gain up-to-date knowledge and understanding of psychology and psychiatry as applied to the workplace.

Students include HR managers, organisational consultants, psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses, occupational health professionals and psychology graduates wishing to enter these occupations.

Our course is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).  It has also achieved accreditation from the Association for Business Psychology (ABP). It draws on psychological, psychiatric and organisational theory and evidence to examine the causes, effects and consequences of mental ill health in the workplace

Career prospects

Our graduates pursue various careers in the management of mental health policy and services in the workplace, either within HR departments or as organisational consultants offering a range of services from policy development to intervention delivery.

OPP Student Story 14/01/16 - A research programme studying the effectiveness of workplace stress interventions emerged triumphant in the 2015 Indigogold Work Psychology Innovation Award.