Welcome to the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 2020. Between Tuesday 15th September and Friday 25th September we will be running episodes that will feature evening panel discussions supplemented by presentations from each contributor that will be available to watch beforehand. You can see all the #MHNR2020 presentation on Facebook via: https://www.facebook.com/watch/UniteMHNA/1020046081766825/ or YouTube via: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbbbGYObfkpQTWUFz_UkMl-ivCtoV-8s
Episode 4 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 16 September 2020] was on the theme of 'Children and young people' and featured four panellists:
Rachel Bullock is a trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner with 18 years’ experience of working across both adult and children’s mental health services. Rachel’s background is formed of criminal justice settings, drug and alcohol services both inpatient, and community, acute care and more latterly CAMHS. Rachel is a Florence Nightingale Scholar. Rachel has been instrumental in the transformation of neurodevelopmental pathways, in particularly, ADHD assessment and management. As a result, Rachel (and colleagues) has been awarded the CYP Positive Practice 2019 national award for Partnership/ Co-Production for her alignment with primary care. Rachel (and colleagues) has also been shortlisted for 2 Nursing Times Awards 2019 for nursing in Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Services categories. Rachel is the co-founding member of the @CAMHSNetwork and is also co-lead for the PPiMH CYPMH Specialist Interest Group.
Ann Cox is the CAMHS consultant nurse and clinical lead at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare. Working in CAMHS for the past 17 years, Ann has developed expertise in working with younger age children and has a keen interest for and is researching how to involve children aged 8-12 years in decision making and consent processes in outpatient CAMHS in her Doctoral award due to be finished this year. Ann is a Florence Nightingale Scholar and an RCN Foundation bursary awardee. Ann has been an integral part of the team transforming the neurodevelopmental pathways, in particularly, ADHD assessment and management. As a result, Ann (and colleagues) has been awarded the CYP Positive Practice 2019 national award for Partnership/ Co-Production for her alignment with primary care. Ann (and colleagues) has also been shortlisted for 2 Nursing Times Awards 2019 for nursing in Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Services categories. Ann has a number of publications in CAMHS clinical practice and is also is co-founding member of @CAMHSNetwork. Ann is co-lead for the PPiMH CYPMH Specialist Interest Group.
Beth Cumber is a psychology graduate and registered mental health nurse. Beth has been working within Birmingham’s child and adolescent inpatient services since graduating in 2019. Beth has future goals of being involved with nursing research with a special interest in psychosis and childhood adversity.
Michael Nash is a lecturer in mental health nursing at Trinity College Dublin. He has a special interest in physical health issues in mental health and clinical risk assessment and management in mental health nursing.
The #MHNR2020 presenters are:
Nicky Lambert, Vanessa Garrity, Ben Hannigan & Mick McKeown, RGN, RMN, Professor of democratic mental health, University of Central Lancashire, Unison National Nursing Sector Committee & Board member, Preston Cooperative Development Network.
Some Twitter links to follow presenters and guests are:
RB - https://twitter.com/rachybanp
BC - https://twitter.com/Beth_Cumber
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
BH - https://twitter.com/benhannigan
MM - https://twitter.com/mickmckeown2016
Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert, Vanessa Garrity & Ben Hannigan
Panellists: Dr. Russell Ashmore
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)
