Overview

Target participants:
This course is suitable for medical practitioners and health care professionals who have interest in advancing knowledge in mental health studies, or who wish to equip with special skills in psychiatry. Those with service contacts with people with mental health problems will have a priority.

Topics:
Common Mental Health Problems
Severe Mental Disorders and Risk Assessment
Psychopharmacology
Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Old Age Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Problems
Research methodology

Mode of teaching:
Lectures, interactive tutorials, seminars, case studies and projects

Medium of instruction:
English and Chinese (Cantonese)

Period of study:
2 years part-time for Master programme
1 year part-time for Postgraduate Diploma programme

Commencement date:
September 2020

Schedule:
Saturdays (1:30pm-6:15pm), no class on public holidays

Venue:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin