Clinical exposure to the mental health environment has been identified as a major factor in promoting a more favourable attitude towards mental health nursing. However, little attention has been...
Reid-Searl, Kerry, Dwyer, Trudy, Happell, Brenda, ...
Aims. To explore the experiences of general nurses towards caring for children with mental health issues and to identify strategies to improve management of these children. Background. There has been...
Caring for children with complex emotional and psychological disorders (2009)
Reid-Searl, Kerry., Dwyer, Trudy Ann., Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane., Kahl, Julie., Morris, Jodie., ...
Aims. To explore the experiences of general nurses towards caring for children with mental health issues and to identify strategies to improve management of these children. Background. There has been...
Clinical exposure to the mental health environment has been identified as a major factor in promoting a more favourable attitude towards mental health nursing. However, little attention has been...
Promoting mental health care in a rural paediatric unit through participatory action research (2009)
Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane., Reid-Searl, Kerry., Dwyer, Trudy Ann., Kahl, Julie., Morris, Jodie., ...
Objective: To explore, advance and evaluate mental health practices in a rural general paediatric unit through participatory action research. Design: A participatory action research opproach guided...
Happell, Brenda., Roper, Cath.
Mental health policy reform in Australia has led to the expectation of increased consumer participation not only in all aspects of service delivery, but also in the education and training of mental...
Happell, Brenda., Gough, Karla.
Negative attitudes toward people experiencing mental illness and mental health nursing as a career option have been recognized as a major barrier to sustaining an adequate psychiatric nursing...
Gough, Karla., Happell, Brenda.
Aims. The use of cluster analysis to determine if specific groups of students could be identified based on their attitudes towards mental health nursing following the completion of a clinical...
Presenting with precision : preparing and delivering a polished conference presentation (2009)
Conference presentations are recognised as a valuable means of disseminating knowledge. Brenda Happell offers a guide to delivering a conference presentation, including writing the paper, preparing...
Informal role expansion in Australian mental health nursing (2009)
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
PURPOSE. This study aims to determine the extent to which community mental health nurses are currently practicing beyond the traditional scope of nursing practice. DESIGN AND METHODS. A...
Nurse practitioners and medical practice : opposing forces or complementary contributions? (2009)
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
Victoria, Australia has experienced significant changes in the structure and delivery of mental health services over the past three decades. As a result of these changes, there is now an expectation...
Australian mental health nurses' attitudes to role expansion (2009)
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
PURPOSE. This study examined the attitudes of Australian community mental health nurses toward role expansion. DESIGN AND METHODS. This study used an exploratory descriptive design. An anonymous...
Community mental health nursing in Bahrain : an inside perspective (2009)
Bahrain is a small country in the Middle East with a population of approximately one million. Currently there are six Community Mental Health Nurses in the entire nation. The Kingdom of Bahrain has...
Action in paediatric mental health (2009)
Kahl, Julie, Reid-Searl, Kerry, Dwyer, Trudy, Happell, Brenda, ...
An increase in admissions of children with mental health problems prompted nurses in a general paediatric unit at Rockhampton Hospital in Queensland to launch an action research project. The project...
Happell, Brenda, Edward, Karen-Leigh, Welch, Tony
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Assessing risk in aged care mental health (2008)
Clancy, Leonie., Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane.
An exploration of clinicians' consumers' and carers' understanding and expertionces of risk and risk assessment in aged care mental health.
Shifting supervision : implications for safe administration of medication by nursing students (2008)
Reid-Searl, Kerry., Moxham, Lorna Jane., Walker, Sandra., Happell, Brenda.
Background: Medication errors made unintentionally by nurses continue to be a major concern in hospitals, medical centres and aged care facilities throughout Australia. While there is a plethora of...
From conference presentation to journal publication : a guide (2008)
Large numbers of nurses present papers at professional and scholarly conferences. However, there are few avenues for the information to be disseminated more broadly Brenda Happell provides a...
In search of a positive (2008)
Brenda Happell describes research undertaken with nursing students to explore the impact of clinical experience on their attitudes towards mental health nursing. The findings can, she suggests, be...
Clinical supervision : an exploration of its origins and definitions (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda., Sharrock, Julie.
An extensive review of the literature from 1925 until 2006 highlights a diverse range of definitions, theories and beliefs in relation to clinical supervision. Few authors agree on even the...
Burke, Karena., Ronan, Kevin., Lockie, Stewart., Douglas, James., Happell, Brenda., Taylor, Sandra.
CQU Healthy Communities is a new initiative at Central Queensland University which aims to draw together researchers and research centres from across the University, in collaboration with community...
Assessing risk in aged care mental health (2008)
Clancy, Leonie., Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane.
"The project aims to firstly explore clinicians', consumers' and carers' understanding and experiences. The next stage will develop, implement and evaluate a risk assessment and management tool...
Happell, Brenda, Edward, Karen-Leigh, Welch, Tony
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Conference presentations: a guide to writing the abstract (2008)
Brenda Happell explains the role of the abstract in conference presentations and provides a practical guide to help nurses through the process of writing one. She also gives tips on what to avoid.
The increase in Australian nurses undertaking study at the higher degree level has increased the demand with quality supervision. Consequently nurse academics have been required to meet these demands...
Writing for publication: a practical guide (2008)
Nurses in clinical practice tend not to view writing for publication as part of their role, and often fail to recognise the value of written communication as a means of sharing valuable knowledge and...
The number of Australian nurses undertaking higher degree studies is increasing considerably. The completion of a Doctor of Philosophy or Masters by Research project involves the investment of...
The responsibility of review (2008)
The nursing literature increasingly provides some encouragement for nurses to consider writing for publication in refereed journals. Despite the fact that the publication process depends upon the...
Routine outcome measures have been introduced into mental health services throughout Australia, with the ultimate aim of developing standards for service delivery, and a means to determine the extent...
New Year! New Look! New Process! (2008)
Happy New Year to all and I hope you are looking forward to another exciting year for the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing as I am. I am very excited to introduce the new structure and...
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
As the momentum for nurse practitioner roles rapidly increases in Australia, little scholarly attention has been directed towards barriers to role expansion, the confidence necessary to undertake...
Contemporary mental health nursing (2008)
Year after year, decade after decade, nurses rate in public opinion polls as among the most respected and trusted professionals. This vote of confidence has remained despite the substantial changes...
Implementation of clinical supervision in action (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda.
This paper presents the second part of the findings of an Australian study examining the implementation of clinical supervision in a rural mental health service. A qualitative, exploratory approach...
Implementing clinical supervision (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda.
Australia, like other countries, is experiencing a crisis in the recruitment and retention of nurses. Clinical supervision has been suggested as a potential strategy to enhance retention. However,...
Implementation of clinical supervision in action: Part 3: The development of a model (2008)
Implementation has been observed to be crucial to the successful introduction of clinical supervision. Despite its importance, there is limited literature which articulates principles or process to...
Determining the effectiveness of mental health services from a consumer perspective (2008)
The routine use of standardized outcome measures has been introduced to assess the effectiveness of mental health service delivery throughout Australia. The use of these measures has been criticized...
The importance of clinical experience for mental health nursing. (2008)
Government inquiries and workforce data continue to draw attention to the current and impending crisis in mental health nursing. While undergraduate nursing education has been found at least...
The importance of clinical experience for mental health nursing Part 2 (2008)
Clinical experience is consistently emphasized in research findings as the primary influence in encouraging more positive attitudes to mental health nursing. The available research, however, presents...
The value of routine outcome measurement for consumers of mental health services (2008)
Standardized instruments have been introduced for routine use within Victorian mental health services. The aim of routine outcome measurement (ROM) is to ensure the highest standard of service...
Exploratory study of mental health consultation-liaison nursing in Australia. (2008)
McNamara, Paul., Bryant, Jenni., Forster, John., Sharrock, Julie., Happell, Brenda.
Mental health Consultation-Liaison (CL) nursing continues to develop and gain recognition as a ubspecialty of mental health nursing. CL roles are particularly important given the significant number...
The expectation that consumers and carers are active participants in all aspects of mental health service delivery has been a feature of Australian national mental health policy for more than a...
Putting all the pieces together : exploring workforce issues in mental health nursing (2008)
The problems of establishing sufficient numbers of adequately skilled mental health nurses with the motivation to work in this field over the long term are well known. Recruitment and retention...
Happell, Brenda., Edward, Karen-Leigh., Welch, Tony.
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Exploratory study of mental health consultation-liaison nursing in Australia. (2008)
Sharrock, Julie., Bryant, Jenni., McNamara, Paul., Forster, John., Happell, Brenda.
Mental health nursing roles in Consultation-Liaison (CL) psychiatry and emergency departments are rapidly developing within Australia since the mainstreaming of mental health services within the...
Happell, Brenda., Gough, Karla., Robins, A.
Negative attitudes towards mental illness and the mental health nursing profession have deterred many undergraduate nursing students from considering this area as an attractive career option....
'Ding dong the witch is dead!' the demise of the research quality framework (2008)
On Friday the 21st of December last year Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research, announced that the Rudd Government would cease implementation of the Research...
The routine use of standardized instruments to measure consumer outcomes is now part of mental health policy throughout Australia. However, it has been broadly criticized for (i) not involving...
Implementing clinical supervision for psychiatric nurses : the importance of education (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda., Sharrock, Julie., Cross, Wendy.
Increasing recognition of the potential value of clinical supervision for nurses has led to increased attention to introducing this initiative. However, a review of the literature suggests that the...
The relative lack of interest from undergraduate nursing students in a career in mental health has attracted research interest for some time. A positive clinical experience in the mental health field...
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
Collaboration with service users and carers is now considered an integral aspect of mental health service delivery. A review of the literature, however, suggests that this ideal is not always...
The introduction of standardised instruments to measure the outcomes of mental health services is now well advanced in Australia. At the same time, consumer participation in all aspects of mental...
Rapid changes to the structure and delivery of mental health services in Australia, has increased the prevalence of mental health issues within the general health care system. In response to this,...
Routine outcome measures have been introduced into mental health services throughout Australia, with the ultimate aim of developing standards for service delivery, and a means to determine the extent...
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
Collaboration with service users and carers is now considered an integral aspect of mental health service delivery. A review of the literature, however, suggests that this ideal is not always...
New Year! New Look! New Process! : editorial (2008)
Happy New Year to all and I hope you are looking forward to another exciting year for the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing as I am. I am very excited to introduce the new structure and...
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
As the momentum for nurse practitioner roles rapidly increases in Australia, little scholarly attention has been directed towards barriers to role expansion, the confidence necessary to undertake...
Contemporary mental health nursing crisis and opportunity? / (2008)
Year after year, decade after decade, nurses rate in public opinion polls as among the most respected and trusted professionals. This vote of confidence has remained despite the substantial changes...
Implementation of clinical supervision in action. (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda.
This paper presents the second part of the findings of an Australian study examining the implementation of clinical supervision in a rural mental health service. A qualitative, exploratory approach...
Implementing clinical supervision. (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda.
Australia, like other countries, is experiencing a crisis in the recruitment and retention of nurses. Clinical supervision has been suggested as a potential strategy to enhance retention. However,...
Implementation of clinical supervision in action. (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda.
Implementation has been observed to be crucial to the successful introduction of clinical supervision. Despite its importance, there is limited literature which articulates principles or process to...
Determining the effectiveness of mental health services from a consumer perspective. (2008)
The routine use of standardized outcome measures has been introduced to assess the effectiveness of mental health service delivery throughout Australia. The use of these measures has been criticized...
The importance of clinical experience for mental health nursing. (2008)
Government inquiries and workforce data continue to draw attention to the current and impending crisis in mental health nursing. While undergraduate nursing education has been found at least...
The importance of clinical experience for mental health nursing. (2008)
Clinical experience is consistently emphasized in research findings as the primary influence in encouraging more positive attitudes to mental health nursing. The available research, however, presents...
Standardized instruments have been introduced for routine use within Victorian mental health services. The aim of routine outcome measurement (ROM) is to ensure the highest standard of service...
Exploratory study of mental health consultation-liaison nursing in Australia. (2008)
McNamara, Paul., Bryant, Jenni., Forster, John., Sharrock, Julie., Happell, Brenda.
Mental health Consultation-Liaison (CL) nursing continues to develop and gain recognition as a ubspecialty of mental health nursing. CL roles are particularly important given the significant number...
The expectation that consumers and carers are active participants in all aspects of mental health service delivery has been a feature of Australian national mental health policy for more than a...
Putting all the pieces together : exploring workforce issues in mental health nursing (2008)
The problems of establishing sufficient numbers of adequately skilled mental health nurses with the motivation to work in this field over the long term are well known. Recruitment and retention...
Exploratory study of mental health consultation-liaison nursing in Australia. (2008)
Sharrock, Julie., Bryant, Jenni., McNamara, Paul., Forster, John., Happell, Brenda.
Mental health nursing roles in Consultation-Liaison (CL) psychiatry and emergency departments are rapidly developing within Australia since the mainstreaming of mental health services within the...
Happell, Brenda., Gough, Karla., Robins, A.
Negative attitudes towards mental illness and the mental health nursing profession have deterred many undergraduate nursing students from considering this area as an attractive career option....
'Ding dong the witch is dead!' the demise of the research quality framework (2008)
On Friday the 21st of December last year Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research, announced that the Rudd Government would cease implementation of the Research...
The routine use of standardized instruments to measure consumer outcomes is now part of mental health policy throughout Australia. However, it has been broadly criticized for (i) not involving...
Implementing clinical supervision for psychiatric nurses : the importance of education (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda., Sharrock, Julie., Cross, Wendy.
Increasing recognition of the potential value of clinical supervision for nurses has led to increased attention to introducing this initiative. However, a review of the literature suggests that the...
The relative lack of interest from undergraduate nursing students in a career in mental health has attracted research interest for some time. A positive clinical experience in the mental health field...
The introduction of standardised instruments to measure the outcomes of mental health services is now well advanced in Australia. At the same time, consumer participation in all aspects of mental...
Rapid changes to the structure and delivery of mental health services in Australia, has increased the prevalence of mental health issues within the general health care system. In response to this,...
Negotiating the relationship in high degree by research studies. Part 1, Tips for supervisees (2008)
The number of Australian nurses undertaking higher degree studies is increasing considerably. The completion of a Doctor of Philosophy or Masters by Research project involves the investment of...
The nursing literature increasingly provides some encouragement for nurses to consider writing for publication in refereed journals. Despite the fact that the publication process depends upon the...
Conference presentations : a guide to writing the abstract (2008)
Brenda Happell explains the role of the abstract in conference presentations and provides a practical guide to help nurses through the process of writing one. She also gives tips on what to avoid.
Negotiating the relationship in higher degree by research studies. (2008)
The increase in Australian nurses undertaking study at the higher degree level has increased the demand with quality supervision. Consequently nurse academics have been required to meet these demands...
Writing for publication : a practical guide (2008)
Nurses in clinical practice tend not to view writing for publicationas part of their role, and often fail to recognise the value of written communication as a means of sharing valuable knowledge and...
Assessing risk in aged care mental health (2008)
Clancy, Leonie., Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane.
"The project aims to firstly explore clinicians', consumers' and carers' understanding and experiences. The next stage will develop, implement and evaluate a risk assessment and management tool...
Clinical supervision : an exploration of its origins and definitions (2008)
Lynch, Lisa., Happell, Brenda., Sharrock, Julie.
An extensive review of the literature from 1925 until 2006 highlights a diverse range of definitions, theories and beliefs in relation to clinical supervision. Few authors agree on even the...
In search of a positive (2008)
Brenda Happell describes research undertaken with nursing students to explore the impact of clinical experience on their attitudes towards mental health nursing. The findings can, she suggests, be...
From conference presentation to journal publication : a guide (2008)
Large numbers of nurses present papers at professional and scholarly conferences. However, there are few avenues for the information to be disseminated more broadly Brenda Happell provides a...
Reid-Searl, Kerry., Moxham, Lorna Jane., Walker, Sandra., Happell, Brenda.
Background: Medication errors made unintentionally by nurses continue to be a major concern in hospitals, medical centres and aged care facilities throughout Australia. While there is a plethora of...
Assessing risk in aged care mental health (2008)
Clancy, Leonie., Happell, Brenda., Moxham, Lorna Jane.
An exploration of clinicians' consumers' and carers' understanding and expertionces of risk and risk assessment in aged care mental health.
Burke, Karena., Ronan, Kevin., Lockie, Stewart., Douglas, James., Happell, Brenda., Taylor, Sandra.
CQU Healthy Communities is a new initiative at Central Queensland University which aims to draw together researchers and research centres from across the University, in collaboration with community...
Happell, Brenda., Edward, Karen-Leigh., Welch, Tony.
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Debating or doing : mutally exclusive or complimentary companions? (2008)
I attended a conference presentation last year where it was suggested that the time had come to ‘move beyond the debate’, and essentially to become more oriented towards action than to discussing...
Who cares for whom? : re-examining the nurse-patient relationship - editorial (2008)
I am delighted to report the inclusion of two Letters to the Editor in this Edition of the Journal. Letters are always welcome but these two struck a particular cord with me because they were written...
Response from the editor : [Dr Smoyak letter] (2008)
Editorial response to a letter to the editor.
Happell, Brenda, Edward, Karen-Leigh, Welch, Tony
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Happell, Brenda, Edward, Karen-Leigh, Welch, Tony
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
Happell, Brenda, Edward, Karen-Leigh, Welch, Tony
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance...
So what is so good about clinical experience : a mental health nursing perspective (2007)
Henderson, S. (Susan), Happell, Brenda., Martin, Trish.
The available literature suggests that undergraduate nursing students generally do not have positive attitudes towards working in the mental health field but that clinical experience is the most...
Gaskin, Caderyn J., Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda.
The authors of a recent systematic review concluded that the use of non-pharmacological containment methods, excluding restraint and seclusion, was not supported by evidence. Their focus on...
History is consistently acknowledged as crucial to the identity of a profession. In the case of mental health nursing this is perhaps more so, as published accounts of the history of nursing rarely...
Pridding, Andrew., Watkins, David., Happell, Brenda.
The purpose of this paper is to review current national and international perspectives on the role and function of mental health nursing in dual disability within acute mental health inpatient...
Focus groups in nursing research an appropriate method or the latest fad? / (2007)
The use of focus groups as a method of nursing research has increased substantially over the past 20 years. In this paper, Brenda Happell describes a review of literature published from 1985 to 2004....
The criticism of Schools of Nursing for paying insufficient attention to the theory of practice of mental health nursing has been prolific since the introduction of comprehensive nursing education....
Conference presentations : developing nursing knowledge by disseminating research findings (2007)
Conference presentations provide a potentially valuable means of encouraging more nurses to contribute to the development of nursing knowledge. This article by Brenda Happell, intended especially for...
Editor's response to professorial mental health nursing appointments (2007)
Opinions on professorial mental health nursing appointments.
Hitting the target : a no tears approach to writing an abstract for a conference presentation (2007)
From the author’s experience in reviewing abstracts for conference presentations, nurses do not find it easy or straightforward to write an abstract, nor do they appear to fully understand its aim...
Critique of Falloon and the Optimal Treatment Project (2007)
Gough, Karla., Happell, Brenda.
The Optimal Treatment Project advocated by Falloon has been demonstrated through the scientific research literature to be efficient and effective treatment strategies for people experiencing severe...
Charleston, Rosemary., Gough, Karla., Ryan, Rob., Happell, Brenda.
Objective: The main purpose of this project was to examine and describe specialist psychiatric graduate nurse programs (PGNP) in Victoria, Australia. Design: This project used thematic analysis to...
So what is so good about clinical experience a mental health nursing perspective / (2007)
Henderson, S., Happell, Brenda., Martin, Trish.
The available literature suggests that undergraduate nursing students generally do not have positive attitudes towards working in the mental health field but that clinical experience is the most...
Henderson, S. (Susan), Happell, Brenda., Martin, Trish.
Mental health issues are common and contemporary nursing students need to be well prepared to meet the mental health care needs of Australians. This study explored the influence of the mental health...
The title of this Editorial reflects a statement made by a former colleague more than a decade ago. The menta lhealth nursing students we were teaching had to choose an elective subject from one of...
Psychiatric nursing and mental health funding : the double dilemma (2007)
Gough, Karla., Happell, Brenda.
The impact of mental illness on disease and disability burden is receiving more recognition than has previously been the case. It is now commonly understood that approximately 20% of the Australian...
Mental health nurses or nurses working in mental health settings? (2007)
Changes to nurse education and registration in Australia mean that specialist qualifications are no longer mandatory for nurses in the mental health field. Brenda Happell explores the consequences of...
Happell, Brenda., Gough, Karla.
Available evidence clearly demonstrates that undergraduate nursing students typically hold unfavourable attitudes towards psychiatric / mental health nursing as a career. It has been suggested that...
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
Australian mental health policy now clearly articulates that consumer and carer (informal caregiver) participation in all aspects of service delivery is an expectation. As the largest professional...
Gough, Karla., Happell, Brenda., Charleston, Rosemary., Ryan, Rob.
Specialist graduate nurse programs (GNPs) in psychiatric/mental health nursing have been widely implemented across public healthcare services throughout Victoria, Australia. Broadly, these programs...
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
Family members and significant others provide significant proportions of unpaid care for people experiencing a mental illness. Although the carer role is pivotal to contemporary mental health service...
Roper, Cath., Happell, Brenda.
It is now a clear policy expectation that consumers of mental health services be given the opportunity to be active participants in all aspects of mental health service development and delivery....
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
The role of family carers in the delivery of mental health services in Australia has become more than an advantage over not having this sort of participation. Increasingly the involvement of non-paid...
Gough, Karla., Happell, Brenda.
Objective: Difficulties recruiting and retaining adequate numbers of mental health nurses have been extensively documented in the Australian literature. The continued increase in the average age of...
Happell, Brenda., Gough, Karla.
Australia, like most countries in the world, is facing a crisis regarding the recruitment and retention of nurses. This situation is particularly notable for psychiatric nursing, a specialty not...
Consumer participation in mental health research : articulating a model to guide practice (2007)
Happell, Brenda., Roper, Cath.
Objective: Consumer involvement in mental health research is considered both a right and a benefit, despite the identified barriers to forming effective collaborative relationships. The purpose of...
Exploring the expanded practice roles of community mental health nurses (2007)
Elsom, Stephen., Happell, Brenda., Manias, Elizabeth.
Significant changes to the delivery of mental health services have resulted in the expansion of the community mental health nursing role. This qualitative study was undertaken to explore the extent...
Goodwin, Val., Happell, Brenda.
Consumer and carer participation in mental health delivery is now enshrined in Australian Government policy. However, strategies assisting in implementing this vision have not been explored. Nurses...
Gaskin, Cadeyrn J., Elsom, Stephen J., Happell, Brenda
Background The authors of a recent systematic review concluded that the use of non-pharmacological containment methods, excluding restraint and seclusion, was not supported by evidence. Their focus...
When equality is not really equal : affirmative action and consumer participation (2006)
Happell, Brenda., Roper, Cath.
Consumer participation in mental health service planning and delivery is now authorised through Australian government policy.While strategies have been implemented to foster opportunities for...
When equality is not really equal : affirmative action and consumer participation (2006)
Happell, Brenda., Roper, Cath.
Consumer participation in mental health service planning and delivery is now authorised through Australian government policy.While strategies have been implemented to foster opportunities for...
The myth of representation - the case for consumer leadership (2006)
Happell, Brenda., Roper, Cath.
Australian government policy now embodies a clear expectation that consumers should be participants in all aspects of mental health services. A number of barriers have been identified as inhibiting...
Wanting to be heard: Mental health consumers' experiences of information about medication (2004)
HAPPELL, BRENDA, MANIAS, ELIZABETH, ROPER, CATHERINE ELIZABETH
Wanting to be heard: Mental health consumers' experiences of information about medication (2004)
HAPPELL, BRENDA, MANIAS, ELIZABETH, ROPER, CATHERINE ELIZABETH