Public Mental Health

Interested in becoming an expert in Public Mental Health? Gain the intellectual foundation and specialised skills you need to become an expert on mental health service systems, prevention and interventions for children, adolescents, and families. Join the Public Mental Health program from University of Turku.

There are enormous unmet needs in mental health provision both in developed and developing countries. There is a need of public mental health research on health service systems, interventions and prevention. Remote, digital and new technology-assisted interventions are needed to address the global challenges to provide evidence-based solutions.

The perspective of public mental health is lacking in higher education in Finland and in most other countries.

More public mental health professionals who are able to plan, develop and implement evidence-based preventive and early interventions for mental health of children, adolescents and families are urgently needed.

The development of novel approaches and implementation of interventions in the mental health care system must be anchored in research-based knowledge.

This requires understanding of mental health, epidemiology and health care service systems.

The Public Mental Health program from University of Turku educates research and healthcare development and administration professionals for the field of mental health.

The program will prepare students to work e.g. as epidemiologists, researchers, health care service managers and promoters at a vast array of organisations including public and private healthcare, federal government, universities and institutes.

Job Options

Possible job options after graduating Master’s studies:

• Global mental health promotion specialist

• Policy advocate

• Researcher

• Health care administrator

• Public health care service manager

• Public health coordinator/educator

Courses included:

• Global and Local Public Mental Health and Leadership

• Epidemiology

• Epidemiology in Mental Health

• Mental Health Interventions

• Public Mental Health in Humanitarian