A5086662434- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Generational Differences and Trends
- Child Therapy and Development
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Research in Social Sciences
University College Cork
2006-2023
Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital
1993
Brunel University of London
1993
To report a study evaluating the effectiveness of Wellness Recovery Action Planning education programme. Internationally, mental health policy is advocating using recovery approaches to care. Underpinning these investment in principles and methods need provide evidence impact this education. The design employed mixed approach. Using questionnaires focus groups, we evaluated 2- 5-day Education Programmes assessed participants' attitudes towards recovery, knowledge beliefs. Data were collected...
Current research views hope as a process that plays positive role in the recovery of individuals with mental health problems. However, little attention has been given to lives their families. We aimed address gap. deployed qualitative descriptive design and carried out individual interviews nine family members who supported relative A cross-comparison data generated three major themes: understandings hope; factors diminish nurture hope. The participants viewed productive feeling or attitude...
Accessible summary Because R ecovery is an important idea, educational course was run to help service users and professionals introduce W ellness A ction P lanning ( WRAP ) interested parties in their communities. The evaluation of this made use group interviews which participants were asked about experiences on the course. Although they enjoyed positive , felt that still lacked confidence presentation skills required. Abstract In recent years, there has been a consistent drive incorporate...
Over recent years new social movements have emerged to address concerns about a dominant bio-psychiatric approach mental health care. Key ‘actors’ in such are diverse, representing people who describe themselves as service users, survivors, patients, members of the mad community, carers, family members, practitioners, professionals, academics, and public. Drawing from Irish experience, this paper provides an overview emergence subsequent work Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI). We give...
Purpose – The paper aims to describe and discuss the development of a new innovative community based mental health service.
Background To analyse and understand the illness experience of depression in rural Irish males. Secondary objectives are to identify their explanatory models depression, inform mental health service provision areas, suitable interventions for future research. Aim Isolation masculinities thought predispose males depression. Despite high levels depressive symptoms among men lack awareness a different language around coupled with stoicism, social isolation, feminized services, results reduced...