Why would ANYBODY bother doing a psychology degree?

obviously, it's probably very difficult and i respect that, but why would anyone want to spend £27,000 for a direct entry into the largest graduate unemployment market?

Psychology degrees are fairly useful. You can get into other branches of work with a psychology degree like working for the NHS.

Not as unemployable as media, film and arts, trust me.

I applied to study a degree in Psychology because I was interested in mental health, only to find that much of the course isn't really about that, it's about statistics and devising stupid experiments to see whether people will be less aggressive whilst playing a video game if they have a cup of cold lemonade in their right hand

So I can sort of see your point. To actually do anything related to the field you also need a Phd. That's an extra three years sucked out of your life.

Needless to say I dropped out.

Did you not think to actually research the course before applying for it and going to uni to study it? It's not that hard to find out that it's largely not about mental health...

Of course I researched the course, I'm not a fool, but nothing can prepare you for the number of mickey mouse experiments you have to learn about and recreate, the SPSS, the statistics and the general boredom.

It's called "psychology"- the study of the mind...so of course it should be largely about mental health? Otherwise, what course is?

...the mental health parts of Medicine, or Nursing (Mental Health)? Or counselling courses? You're telling me you experienced some of the Psychology course and still don't understand what else it could be about other than mental health?

You can't do a counselling course without a degree.
I don't have the brains or the A levels to do medicine and I don't particularly want to be a nurse.

I don't think you've done your research properly.

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/counsellor_entry_requirements.htm
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

And I don't give a **** what you want to do, I said that those things, rather than Psychology, were what you do if you want to work with mental health, not that you should do them.

looks like you posted that link without reading the contents.
requirements include a DEGREE or HND QUALIFICATION or previous experience in counselling.

you're being very rude for no reason

Try reading more than the first ****ing sentence. You're the one who started being rude.

CERTIFICATE level courses. Doesn't really mean youll be qualified as a chartered counsellor accredited by the BPS. You need a Masters for that at least.

how was I being rude? if you want to argue about this at 3am at least ****ing know what you're talking about.

It quite clearly says that you can get onto diploma courses with a certificate. Of course you can't do a Masters without a BA/BSc. You don't have to do a Masters to become a counsellor though. Stop making up reasons why you can't do it. You seem to do this with every issue you come up with on this site.

Edit: And if you insist on wanting to do a Masters, do some other degree if you can't hack Psychology. There are multiple ones you can use as a stepping stone. If you can't spend three years doing something that gets you there then I'd suggest you don't actually want it.

Like I already said, I dropped out of uni.

I know that. So go back (unless you did more than one year in which case you may need to save up some money first).