Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) - MSc

Designed for healthcare professionals to combine work and further study over two academic years.

Develop your knowledge and skills to implement effective psychosocial interventions to support people with complex mental health needs.

UL’s two-year Master of Science in Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) provides registered nurses with the opportunity to enhance their therapeutic role in service delivery through evidence-based psychosocial interventions.

The programme, designed for working nurses, offers a blended and flexible learning approach with on-campus and workplace learning.

The programme provides opportunities for nurses to progress to specialist and advanced roles.

During this programme, you will

• Enhance your therapeutic role in service delivery through the application of evidence-based psychosocial interventions. These include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, family intervention skills and motivational enhancement skills.
• Develop skills to support and promote a recovery model of care, empowering patients, reducing relapses and promoting community integration.
• Examine the value of multidisciplinary collaboration in the provision of quality evidenced-based Psychosocial Interventions.
• Review current innovations and developments in leading and managing change in practice.