Mental Health, Sport and Physical Activity

Description

The Mental Health, Sport and Physical Activity module (SPOR10051) advances understanding of the relationships between sport/physical activity and mental health. Students will explore mental health and ill-health from a variety of theoretical perspectives with attention given throughout to lived experience and ‘real world’ scenarios in sport and physical activity contexts. The module will equip students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to promote and support mental health in and through sport and physical activity.

Students will learn about a range of topics that include but are not limited to:

  • Contemporary understandings of mental health and ill-health
  • Physical activity and sport interventions for mental health
  • Supporting mental health in elite and professional sport

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

  • Critically evaluate the theory and practice of mental health promotion in sport and physical activity
  • Design appropriate strategies to support mental health in sport/physical activity contexts

This is an SCQF Level 10 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 10 credits.

To view the module descriptor, please visit Programme Specifications and Module Descriptors 

 

Delivery 

We currently expect that this module will next run from September 2025.

 

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Dr David Carless.   

 

Funding

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk 

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further enrolment information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.