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 5 [originally broadcast on Friday 18 September 2020] was on the theme of 'Creative approaches' and featured four panellists:
Jenny Darling is a highly skilled, experienced and published Mental Health Nurse and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, supervisor and lecturer. Currently she works as a specialist clinician at Manchester Resilience Hub, a service set up in response to the Manchester bombings, and is a lecturer at University of Salford. Jenny is also a guest lecturer for P.G. Dip. in Nursing and the D.Clin. Psychology at University of Leeds. Jenny is passionate about CBT, healthcare, and effectively delivered evidence-based interventions. She enjoys working with students, colleagues and clients to achieve best practice and likes to keep abreast of relevant issues in nursing, CBT, mental health.
Lisa Reynolds is a registered nurse mental health, PhD, Assistant Director of Nursing for Education and Workforce Development, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Lecturer at City, University of London.
Mark Pearson is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the University of Nottingham, and a PhD student, undertaking research in the field of health humanities. The focus of Mark's PhD explores the therapeutic potential of poetry for those who have experienced psychosis.
Dr Robert Griffiths is a Clinical Research Fellow in Mental Health Nursing at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Manchester. Between 2016 and 2019, Robert was an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow. His PhD evaluated a transdiagnostic cognitive therapy called Method of Levels for people experiencing first-episode psychosis. Robert's current research focuses on a theory of human behaviour called Perceptual Control Theory and how it might be applied to improve approaches to mental healthcare across a range of settings.
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:
JD - https://twitter.com/MindfulnessCbt
LR - https://twitter.com/Lisa_Reynolds88
MP - https://twitter.com/markpearson42
RG - https://twitter.com/_RobGriffiths
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: Jenny Darling, Lisa Reynolds, Mark Pearson & Dr Robert Griffiths
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)
