Medical Anthropology and Mental Health

The Medical Anthropology and Mental Health program at the SOAS University of London equips graduates with conceptual tools for anthropological analysis and methodological skills in ethnographic research. Students are also introduced to insights from disciplines adjacent to anthropology, including psychology, transcultural psychiatry, psychoanalysis, biomedicine, and Science and Technology Studies (STS).

Employment

The MA Medical Anthropology and Mental Health equips our graduates with basic skills in anthropological analysis and ethnographic research that are also usable in a variety of healthcare and other settings. Our graduates are prepared for a wide range of employment.They have pursued careers in healthcare, academia, communications, policy, finance, tech, and education in government, corporate, humanitarian, and non-profit sectors. Our graduates have been hired by employers such as:

• The NHS

• Allen & Overy

• BBC

• British Council

• Deloitte

• Hackney Migrant Centre

• IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)

• IOM- UN Migration

• Media 52

• New York Times

Courses include:

• Ethnographic Research Methods

• Mind, Culture and Psychiatry

• Bodies and Cultures

• Medical Anthropology: Global Perspectives

• Contemporary Anthropological Theory

• Diet, Society and Environment