War & Psychiatry MSc

King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience

Full time & Part time See Course MSc One year FT, two years PT

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About the course

Our MSc in War & Psychiatry will introduce you to ways of understanding how individuals, both members of the armed forces and civilians, prepare for and cope with psychological trauma. It is designed to develop the knowledge and skills required to explore the field of human conflict. Drawing on multidisciplinary expertise from history, psychology and epidemiology, you will have the opportunity to compare the experiences of different nations to explore both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. The course is relevant for careers in military psychiatry and related NGOs, emergency response and anti-terrorist

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have either:

- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in medicine or psychology
- A Bachelor's degree in any subject
- Other qualifications and experience which demonstrate an ability to undertake the programme

Fees

Please see the university website for further information on fees for this course.

Where will I study?

King’s College London

It is home to over 11,700 postgraduate students and attracts some of the best academic minds in the world. It is ranked a top 10 university in the world by the 2020 QS World University Rankings and we are recognised for the global influence of our research and innovation.

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Rob Densmore

I have been a frontline journalist covering the war in Afghanistan since 2006. I have been a veteran of that war for even longer. There are pressing psychiatric and psychosocial issues that the public and the media have only recently found words to express. Even still, there is a tremendous gulf between what we read in our newspapers and what troops are experiencing on the front lines. I travelled half way around the world because King’s College London offered me a chance to understand what is happening to the psychiatric health of our military. There simply were no alternatives in the US, or anywhere else as far as I am concerned. My stories always begin and end with the human element. With the ’War and Psychiatry’ MSc I now have the scientific background to give full breadth to those stories.