Staff profile: Professor Mary Chambers
Position: Professor of Mental Health Nursing
School: Nursing
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8725 5092
Email: m.chambers@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Biography
Mary is Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Centre for Clinical Leadership and Interprofessional Practice at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Throughout her career she has held a number of clinical, managerial and academic positions including coordinator of the Northern Ireland Centre for Health Informatics. She is involved in a number of research projects locally and internationally. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, HORATIO and involved in a range of other scholarly activities.
Interests
Mental health nursing; healthcare informatics; user and carer involvement in nursing education and practice development.
Publications
Article
Borschmann, Rohan, D. , Gillard, Steven , Turner, Kati , Lovell, Kath , Goodrich-Purnell, Norman and Chambers, Mary (2010) Demographic and referral patterns of people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act (1983) in a south London Mental Health Trust from 2005 to 2008.
Guise, Veslemoy , Chambers, Mary , Valimaki, Maritta and Makkonen, Pekka (2010) A mixed-mode approach to data collection: combining web and paper questionnaires to examine nurses' attitudes to mental illness.
Chambers, Mary , Guise, Veslemoy , Valimaki, Maritta , Botelho, Maria Antonia Rebelo , Scott, Anne , Staniuliene, Vida and Zanotti, Renzo (2010) Nurses' attitudes to mental illness: a comparison of a sample of nurses from five European countries.
Borschmann, R D , Gillard, S , Turner, K , Chambers, M and O'Brien, A (2010) Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: a new literature review.
Gillard, Steven , Borschmann, Rohan , Turner, Kati , Goodrich-Purnell, Norman , Lovell, Kathleen and Chambers, Mary (2010) 'What difference does it make?' Finding evidence of the impact of mental health service user researchers on research into the experiences of detained psychiatric patients.
Chambers, Mary (2009) Book review of: Oxford handbook of mental health nursing. Patrick Callaghan & Helen Waldock. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006,.
Chambers, M. , Connor, S.L. and Davren, M. (2006) An evaluation of a combined education and multi-project practice development programme in mental health.
Chambers, M. , Connor, S.L. and McElhinney, S. (2005) Substance use and young people: the potential of technology.
Chambers, Mary , Connor, Samantha , McGonigle, Mary and Diver, Mike (2003) Multimedia software to help caregivers cope.
Chambers, Mary (2002) Nursing informatics and practice development.
Chambers, M. , Connor, S. , Diver, M. and McGonigle, M. (2002) Usability of multimedia technology to help caregivers prepare for a crisis.
Chambers, Mary and Connor, Samantha L. (2002) User-friendly technology to help family carers cope.
Chambers, M. , Ryan, A. A. and Connor, S. L. (2001) Exploring the emotional support needs and coping strategies of family carers.
Book Section
Chambers, Mary (2006) The case for 'mental health' nurses.
Chambers, Mary (2005) A concept analysis of therapuetic relationships.
Grants
- Chambers M et al (2006).Towards improved quality - developing nurses' continuing vocational training in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient units. European Commission - Leonado da Vinci Programme, 2006-2008. £38,227
