​​​​​​​Department of Psychiatry

Postgraduate Education

Subspecialty Programmes 

 

MPhil Infant Mental Health

Progra​mme overview        

 

The Infant Mental Health (IMH) program is designed to equip clinicians with knowledge, insights, and skills necessary for working with children 0 to 36 months. It suits but is not limited to, professionals who are mental health, special education, child welfare, social service and childcare providers as well as supervisors of these direct-service providers.

 

The modules introduce trainees to the field and facilitate the development of clinical skills, including observing, thinking, and reflecting while working with infants and their caregivers in family and social set-ups with the aim of producing clinicians adept at identifying early risk processes leading to childhood psychopathology.

 

Modules and credit values

First year

Infant Development and Assessment871(10)
Family and Social Contexts872(10)

 

Second year

Disorders in Infancy873(10)
Evidence-based Interventions874(10)

 

First and Second year

Infant Observation876(40)
Clinical Practicum875(40)
Research Assignment (Infant Mental Health)881(60)

 

Enquiries

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Programme coordinator: Dr Anusha Lachman

Tel: (021) 938 4573

E-mail: anusha@sun.ac.za