Enhancing Quality of Service Provision
Promoting equal voices in the development of Quality of Service Provision
In line with international trends, the Department of Health and Children (2006) and the Mental Health Commission (2008) have called for the involvement of people who use mental health services, and carers in the development, delivery and evaluation of services. This increased involvement is part of a wider commitment to service user and carer involvement in all aspect of health care and is compatible with the inclusionary themes of modern mental health advocacy (Mental Health Commission 2007; 2008). Involving those most affected by an issue is not only an ethically appropriate way to proceed in research but also an essential component of service developments. Such involvement will not only promote the interest of disadvantaged groups and offer a means of maximizing autonomy but it has to potential to illuminate aspects of care that might be otherwise hidden. The focus of this research theme is on building a body of knowledge that gives voice to service users, families/carers, and practitioners, experiences of, and involvement in, quality service provision.
Externally Funded Projects
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The experiences of mothering in women with enduring mental health problems. A feminist perspective
| Researchers |
Prof A Higgins, Dr J Murphy Lawless, T Tuohy |
| PhD Student |
T Tuohy |
| Funding |
€213,387 |
| Funding Agency |
Health Research Board |
| Date from |
Oct 2009 |
| Date to |
Oct 2012 |
| Status |
In progress |
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The Education/Training provision for Professionals working in the Mental Health Services in Ireland.
| Researchers |
Prof Agnes Higgins (PI), Dr. Jane Alexander, Dr Mary Creanor, Gerry Maguire, Dr Eddie McCann, Orla O'Neill (TCD), Dr Shoba Rani, Mike Watts, Dr Malcolm Garland (HSE) |
| Funding |
€61,238 |
| Funding Agency |
Mental Health Commission |
| Status |
Complete |
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Internally Funded Projects and Other Research Projects
An Ethnography of the Psychiatric Nurse's role in working with people with a medical diagnosis of Schizophrenia
| Supervisors |
Prof Agnes Higgins & Dr Jo Murphy Lawless |
| PhD Student |
Mark Monahan |
| Funding Agency |
School of Nursing and Midwifery PhD Stipend |
| Status |
In progress |
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Psychiatric Nurses' responses to clients with suicidal behaviour: A Grounded Theory Approach
| Supervisors |
Prof Agnes Higgins & Prof Chris Stevenson |
| PhD Student |
Jean Morrisey |
| Funding |
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| Funding Agency |
School of Nursing and Midwifery Stipend and Matha McMenamin Memorial Scholarship |
| Status: |
In progress |
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Pathways to Care of People with Mental Health Problems within the Irish Criminal Justice System
| Supervisor |
Dr Damien Brennan |
| PhD Student |
Michael Brennan |
| Status |
In progress |
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Accessing Student Mental Health services: the Perceptions and Experiences of Student Service users, Potential Students and the Professionals involved
| Supervisors |
Prof Cecily Begley |
| PhD Student |
Caitriona Nic Philibin |
| Status |
In progress |
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Exploration of the Attitudes and Knowledge of Registered General Nurses in the Emergency Departments towards Mentally Ill Patients
| Supervisor |
Dr Damien Brennan |
| MSc Student |
Saed Azizeh |
| Status |
In progress |
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Guided Imagery in Psychiatric Nursing
| Supervisors |
Dr Eddie McCann |
| PhD Student |
Siobhan Smyth |
| Status |
In progress |
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Neurophysiological Foundation of Cognitive Dissonance and 'Mental Pain': An FMRI Study
| Researcher |
Dr Jan de Vries |
| Funding |
TCD Start-up Fund |
| Status |
In progress |
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Mental Health - A Prevalence study of Cardiovascular risk factors in people with Severe Mental illness
| Researcher |
Michael Nash |
| Funding |
TCD Start-up fund |
| Status |
In progress |
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Voting as a Measure of Social
Integration for People with Severe Mental Illness
| Researcher |
Michael Nash |
| Funding |
TCD Start-up Fund |
| Status |
In progress |
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An Exploration of the Diversity of Community Mental Health Nursing Service provision in Ireland
| Researcher |
Gerry Maguire |
| Funding |
TCD Start-up Fund |
| Status |
In progress |
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Physical and Psychosocial Problems of Menopausal women: A Study of Working Women in Karnataska, India
| Researcher |
Shoba Rani |
| Status |
Complete |
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An Evaulation of an Assertive Outreach Service in Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin
| Researcher |
Dr Eddie McCann |
| Status |
In progress |
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Student nurses support in relation to clients who self-harm or are suicidal
| Researcher |
Dr Eddie McCann |
| Status |
In progress |
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A National evaluation of staff supervision in units caring for people with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders (DSPD)
| Researchers |
Prof Patrick Callaghan, Allison Tennant, Prof Kevin Kowells (Notthingham University), Jean Morrisey (TCD) |
| Funding |
€80,000 |
| Funding Agency |
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Status |
In progress |
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Clinical Supervision programme for newly qualified and newly appointed nursing staff in the Dublin Mid-Leinster Adult Mental Health Services
| Researchers |
Colum Bracken, Martina McGuinness, Jean Morrisey |
| Funding |
€10,000 |
| Funding Agency |
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing & Midwifery |
| Status |
In progress |
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