The following is
something of a mixed bag of documents not otherwise addressed in other sections.
Do check out the other links to
journal articles and
conference presentations
etc, as many of the documents are available on-line.
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Lakeman, R., Matthews, A., Munck, R.,
Redmond, M., Sanders, T., & Walsh, J. (2008). New communities
and Mental Health in Ireland: A needs analysis. Dublin:
Dublin City University & Cairde. |
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Migration has been a ubiquitous feature of the Irish social and cultural
experience for over 150 years. However, in recent years Ireland has
become a destination of choice for migrants from the rest of the world.
This has posed a challenge for Irish institutions and Irish society, but
rarely has service development been informed by the perceptions,
opinions and expertise of migrants themselves. This presentation reports
on the findings from a community development project undertaken in
partnership between Cairde (a non government resource and advocacy
organisation for ethnic minority groups) and Dublin City University. In
this project members of new community groups in Dublin who were
affiliated with Cairde undertook focus groups exploring their
perceptions regarding mental health, mental ill-health and their
experiences of mental health care provision. The findings strongly
suggest that the way migrants are presently treated within health and
social services is often detrimental to mental health. The findings
highlight structural inequalities that some migrants face in relation to
legal status, accessing educational, occupational opportunities, and
social service eligibility. |
This paper presents the preliminary results of a research project undertaken using the internet and latter presented at the ANZCMHN International Conference held in Auckland, New Zealand in October 1996. A shortened article was also published in Computers in Nursing (Volume 16, Number 2, 1998, pp. 87-89) and a further article on using the internet for qualitative research was published by the same author (Computers in Nursing, Volume 15, Number 5, pp. 269-275). This online paper is the 'warts and all' results that were published to share with research participants to enable validation of the analysis.
Dangerousness and mental illness: The research and implications for nursing practice
This short paper was delivered at the Hawke's Bay Nurses Forum, and latter published in the Journal, Vision (Volume 3, Issue 4, 1997, pp. 10-13) Key Points: * Labeling a person as dangerous to others involves a prediction that the individual is likely to cause harm to another. * Research suggests that there is a relationship between mental illness and violence but is unclear whether it is a cause and effect relationship. * Epidemiological research informs about who has been violent but lacks precision in defining who is dangerous. * Biological, psychological, environmental and social-interactional factors may all contribute to violent behavior. * The strongest current predictors of violence at present are a history of violence, a history of substance abuse and a coercive interactional style. * Violence may be used in a purposeful way. It may be learned, reinforced and provoked through individual and group interaction.
What psychiatric nurses do differently: A discussion on the blurring of roles in the mental health professions
The notion that nurses working in mental health settings are loosing their identities as nurses and that institutional roles are blurring in the mental health field is not new. Nurses in New Zealand need to examine whether this is true for them in the context of the present health system. Relatively new roles are evolving in the community which require generic mental health skills and challenge previously held ideas about how nursing is practiced. Nursing is struggling to articulate what it has to offer which is unique to nursing. This paper examines some of the phenomena that may be contributing to the difficulties that nurses have in articulating and more importantly actualizing a distinctly nursing perspective in the field of mental health. The sources of nursings' identity from a historical point of view are examined first, leading onto a critical appraisal of some of the ideals
espoused by nursing. The perceptions that nurses hold of what they do are examined and the implications for nursing education and research are discussed.
A Personal reflection on my experience as a mental health nurse in New Zealand
This paper is a (rather dated) personal reflection on the author's experiences working in the mental health area.
