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Staff profile: Professor Mary Chambers

Mary ChambersPosition: 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

Number of items: 15.

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. Medicine, Science and the Law, 50(1), pp. 15-18. ISSN (print) 0025-8024

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. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 66(7), pp. 1623-1632. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

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. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(3), pp. 350-362. ISSN (print) 0020-7489

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. Medicine, Science and the Law, 50(1), pp. 34-39. ISSN (print) 0025-8024

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. Health Expectations, 13(2), pp. 185-194. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Chambers, Mary (2009) Book review of: Oxford handbook of mental health nursing. Patrick Callaghan & Helen Waldock. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006,. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(4), pp. 404-405. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Chambers, M. , Connor, S.L. and Davren, M. (2006) An evaluation of a combined education and multi-project practice development programme in mental health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 13(3), pp. 364-371. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Chambers, M. , Connor, S.L. and McElhinney, S. (2005) Substance use and young people: the potential of technology. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12(2), pp. 179-186. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Chambers, Mary , Connor, Samantha , McGonigle, Mary and Diver, Mike (2003) Multimedia software to help caregivers cope. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 10(5), pp. 504-511. ISSN (print) 1067-5027

Chambers, Mary (2002) Nursing informatics and practice development. NT Research, 7(2), pp. 101-115. ISSN (print) 1361-4096

Chambers, M. , Connor, S. , Diver, M. and McGonigle, M. (2002) Usability of multimedia technology to help caregivers prepare for a crisis. Telemedicine and e-Health, 8(3), pp. 343-347. ISSN (online) 1556-3669

Chambers, Mary and Connor, Samantha L. (2002) User-friendly technology to help family carers cope. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(5), pp. 568-577. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

Chambers, M. , Ryan, A. A. and Connor, S. L. (2001) Exploring the emotional support needs and coping strategies of family carers. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 8(2), pp. 99-106. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Book Section

Chambers, Mary (2006) The case for 'mental health' nurses. In: Cutcliffe, John and Ward, Martin, (eds.) Key debates in psychiatric/mental health nursing. Edinburgh, U.K. : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 33-46. ISBN 9780443073915

Chambers, Mary (2005) A concept analysis of therapuetic relationships. In: Cutcliffe, John R. and McKenna, Hugh P., (eds.) The essential concepts of nursing. Edinburgh : Elsevier, Churchill livingstone. pp. 301-316. ISBN 9780443073724

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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

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