Postgraduate courses are available in child and adolescent mental health delivered by the University of Auckland. Courses are worth 15 or 30 points towards the Certificate (60 points) or Diploma (120 points). Some courses require students to be in clinical posts working with children or young people with mental health presentations. Some more theoretical courses are now delivered by distance and some courses can be accredited for postgraduate nursing qualifications.

All courses have a Maori cultural content, which is focused on the delivery of a clinical service of high quality for young Maori people and their whanau, and addresses the practical issues that clinicians can experience in an environment with sometimes competing needs. 

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children & Adolescents

These CBT courses may be part of study towards a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Health Sciences, or a Masters’ or Nursing degree. Ministry of Health fees funding is not available for these courses.

Click on the links below for information about Special Topics in CBT on offer:

> PSYCHIAT 713   Special Topic:CBT with New Zealand Children, Adolescents and their
      Families I (Theory and Core Skills)

>> PSYCHIAT 766   Special Topic:CBT with New Zealand Children, Adolescents and their 
      Families II (Advanced Skills and Knowledge applied to Complex Disorders)

Why Child & Adolescent Mental Health?

Mental Health problems in children and adolescents are a major concern. The Ministry of Health has stated that 3% of young people in New Zealand need access to Mental Health services. Barriers to meeting this need include the serious deficit of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinicians, and the limited training available: few health professionals have undergraduate or specialized training in the area.

Where Will My Postgraduate Studies Lead Me?

These courses are offered to graduates in medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, social work or clinical psychology who work, or wish to work, in child and adolescent mental health services and want to gain further skills and knowledge in this field. Papers can be credited towards a Postgraduate Diploma and then towards a Master of Health Sciences or other degrees, depending on the background of the student.

   Fees funded study in child & adolescent mental health at the University of Auckland

Interested in Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences, Child & Adolescent Mental Health? Please make your application now or you may miss out! Te Pou/Ministry of Health fees funding & travel support is available for only 11 students this year and spaces are filling up. Our courses start the week of March 10th.

If you are a registered health professional and work in a child & adolescent mental health service you will probably be able to get fees funding – but only if you apply soon. Click here for postgraduate certificate information. 

Interested in Postgraduate study in child & adolescent mental health?

Please contact us by going to http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/postgrad , click on “Child and Adolescent Mental Health” in the list of subjects, and submit an Expression of Interest.

Click here for information on scholarships available through the University of Auckland.