Professor Alan Simpson • City, University of London

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Professor Alan Simpson MG20 , Myddelton Street Building [M]
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About
Research
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About

Overview

Alan is a mental health nurse researcher with a special interest in the involvement of and collaboration with service users and carers in mental health practice, education and research. He is an Honorary Professor of Mental Health Nursing at City University, London following a career at City that started in 2001. He now works as Professor of Mental Health Nursing at King's College London but remains involved in health services research with colleagues in the School of Health Sciences. Alan is also Co-Director of the NIHR UCL-KCL Mental Health Policy Research Unit.

Qualifications

PhD, PGCert Academic Practice, PGCert Research Methods, PGDip Counselling, BA Hons Social Psychology and Registered Mental Nurse.

Employment

Professor of Mental Health Nursing, King's College London, Feb 2019 – present
Honorary Professor, City, University of London, Feb 2019 – present

Visiting appointments

Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Memberships of committees

Mental Health Nurse Academics UK

Teaching

Modules taught on

- Experiencing acute care
- Experiencing long term care, rehabilitation and recovery
- Evidence-based psychosocial interventions in mental health (M level)

Research

Research overview

Alan leads on mental health nursing research with a special focus on service user and carer involvement. He is currently leading a cross-national study of recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales and recently completed the UK's first pilot trial of peer support for people discharged from mental health units. He was also co-investigator on a national study of 'protected engagement time' on acute inpatient wards and previously worked on studies in inpatient settings aimed at reducing conflict and containment. Alan also conducted a study of care coordination in community mental health teams and led a number of innovative educational evaluations.

Research areas

Service user and carer involvement; case management; care Programme Approach; care coordination; community and inpatient mental health care; recovery-focused care

Grants

- Principle Investigator on a cross-national comparative study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination in inpatient settings. Funded by NIHR Health Service and Delivery Research.

- Principle Investigator on a cross-national comparative study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination in community settings. Funded by NIHR Health Service and Delivery Research.

- Co-investigator on a national study of peer support for people with serious mental illness discharged from hospital. Funded by NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research.

- Principle Investigator on a pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of peer support in psychiatric patients discharged from hospital. Funded by NIHR Research for Patient Benefit.

- Co-investigator on a comparison of acute mental health inpatient wards which use Patient Engagement Time, with other wards delivering standard care alone, across three NHS Trusts. Funded by NIHR Research for Patient Benefit.

- Principle Investigator on a process and outcomes evaluation of a new preceptorship programme for newly qualified mental health nurses. Funded by East London NHS Foundation Trust.

- Co-investigator and facilitator of service user involvement in programme of research aimed at reducing conflict and containment in psychiatry. Funded by NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research.

Principal collaborators

- Dr Julia Jones
- Dr Chris Flood
- Dr Mark Haddad
- Dr Ben Hannigan, Cardiff University
- Dr Michael Coffey, Swansea University
- Dr Aled Jones, Cardiff University
- Ms Alison Faulkner, Independent Service User Researcher/Consultant
- Prof Len Bowers, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Dr Fiona Nolan, UCL
- Prof Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Flinders University, Australia

Research Fellow

- Dr Sally Barlow

Research students

Alison Faulkner

Attendance: Oct 2015 – Sep 2017

Thesis title: 'The Power And Value Of Experiential Knowledge: The Potential of Service User-Led Research to Empower Individuals and Communities in their Relationship to Mental Health Services’

Nafiso Ahmed

Attendance: Oct 2015 – Aug 2018, full-time

Thesis title: Shared Decision Making in Risk Assessment and Risk Management with people with Severe Mental Illness

Role: 1st Supervisor

Emma Etuk

Thesis title: Exploring User Involvement in Mentorship of Student Midwives in Practice

Pam Page

Thesis title: A qualitative appraisal of visiting within adult critical care units

Role: 1st Supervisor

Maggie Grant

Thesis title: Whatever happened to Baby Mei? A study of adoption appraisal

Suzanne Dawson

Thesis title: Recovery-focsed care planning in people under Community Treatment Orders in South Australia

Isaac Tuffour

Thesis title: A Study of the Experiences of Black African Service Users of Mental Health Provision in England: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Publications

Publications by category

Book

Simpson, A., Essen, C., Anderson, J., Clark, M., Cook, J., Edwards, L. … Westerby, N. (2009). Involving Service Users and Carers in Education: The Development Worker Role: Guidelines for Higher Education Institutes. Lancaster: Mental Health in Higher Education.

Chapters (4)

Simpson, A. (2008). Acute inpatient care. In Brooker, C. and Repper, J. (Eds.), Mental Health: From policy to practice (pp. 151–163). London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-443-10383-4.
Simpson, A. (2006). Dual diagnosis: Shared care and interprofessional practice. In Rassool, G.H. and Hussein, R.G. (Eds.), Dual diagnosis nursing (pp. 130–139). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-1902-3.
Simpson, A. and Buss, N. Tvaerfagligt teamwork i psykiatrien. Psykiatrisk sugepleje (pp. 64–77). Denmark: NYT Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck.
Simpson, A. and Brennan, G. Working in Partnership. In Callaghan, P., Playle, P. and Cooper, L. (Eds.), Mental Health Nursing Skills (pp. 74–84). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Conference papers and proceedings (9)

Flood, C., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Northcott, S., Thomas, S. … James, K. (2020). A PILOT ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR SUPPORTING WELLBEING THROUGH PEER-BEFRIENDING (SUPERB).
Hilari, K., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., Flood, C. … McVicker, S. (2019). Adjustment Post-Stroke and Aphasia: Protocol for the SUpporting Well-Being Through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB Trial). doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1608749
(2019). Accepted Abstracts from the International Brain Injury Association’s 13th World Congress on Brain Injury. doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1608749
Mcbain, H., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Haddad, M., Simpson, A., Chapman, J., Jones, J. … Mulligan, K. (2018). Implementation of Type 2 diabetes guidelines in people with severe mental illness (SMI).
Mulligan, K., McBain, H., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Chapman, J., Flood, C., Haddad, M. … Simpson, A. (2018). A survey of factors that influence diabetes self-management in people with severe mental illness.doi:10.1111/dme.33_13571
Northcott, S., Thomas, S., Simpson, A., Burns, K., Hirani, S.P., Moss, B. … Hilari, K. (2018). How acceptable is solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) to people with severe aphasia?
Huband, K., Dobra, R., Lewis, A. and Simpson, A. (2018). Perceptions of the role of the respiratory Clinical Research Nurse. ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts. doi:10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.pa2077
Mulligan, K., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., McBain, H., Haddad, M., Jones, J., Flood, C. … Simpson, A. (2017). Diabetes care for people with severe mental illness: a survey of health professionals.
Nolan, F., Gray, R., Simpson, A. and Cheston, R. (2015). Results of a programme to evaluate protected engagement time in acute and older adult inpatient wards in England.

Journal articles (185)

Kotera, Y., Newby, C., Charles, A., Ng, F., Watson, E., Davidson, L. … Slade, M. (2023). Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components: Systematised Review and Expert Consultation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. doi:10.1007/s11469-023-01126-7.
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White, S., Bhattacharya, R., Bremner, S., Faulkner, A., Foster, R., Gibson, S. … Gillard, S. (2023). Predictors of engagement with peer support: analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial of one-to-one peer support for discharge from inpatient psychiatric care. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(4), pp. 994–1003. doi:10.1177/00207640221148090.
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Babatunde, A., Ruck Keene, A., Simpson, A., Gilbert, S., Stephenson, L., Chua, K.-.C. … Henderson, C. (2023). Advance Statements for Black African and Caribbean people (AdStAC): protocol for an implementation study. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-023-04825-6.
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Tzouvara, V., Kupdere, P., Wilson, K., Matthews, L., Simpson, A. and Foye, U. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and social functioning: A scoping review of the literature. Child Abuse & Neglect, 139, pp. 106092–106092. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106092.
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Wilson, K., Foye, U., Thomas, E., Chadwick, M., Dodhia, S., Allen-Lynn, J. … Simpson, A. (2023). Exploring the use of body-worn cameras in acute mental health wards: A qualitative interview study with mental health patients and staff. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 140, pp. 104456–104456. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104456.
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Simpson, A. (2023). Surveillance, CCTV and body-worn cameras in mental health care. Journal of Mental Health, 32(2), pp. 369–372. doi:10.1080/09638237.2023.2194988.
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Ançel, G., Simpson, A. and Gökmen, D. (2023). Investigating the Relationship Between Emotional Well-Being and Academic Performance in Nursing Students In Turkey. Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 7(6), pp. 745–751. doi:10.4274/cjms.2022.2022-4.
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Foye, U., Stuart, R., Trevillion, K., Oram, S., Allen, D., Broeckelmann, E. … Johnson, S. (2022). Clinician views on best practice community care for people with complex emotional needs and how it can be achieved: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-022-03711-x.
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Barnett, P., Steare, T., Dedat, Z., Pilling, S., McCrone, P., Knapp, M. … Lloyd-Evans, B. (2022). Interventions to improve social circumstances of people with mental health conditions: a rapid evidence synthesis. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-022-03864-9.
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Gillard, S., Foster, R., White, S., Barlow, S., Bhattacharya, R., Binfield, P. … Worner, J. (2022). The impact of working as a peer worker in mental health services: a longitudinal mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-022-03999-9.
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Almutairi, M., Simpson, A., Khan, E. and Dickinson, T. (2022). The value of social media use in improving nursing students’ engagement: A systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice, 64, pp. 103455–103455. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103455.
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Schlief, M., Saunders, K.R.K., Appleton, R., Barnett, P., Vera San Juan, N., Foye, U. … Johnson, S. (2022). Synthesis of the Evidence on What Works for Whom in Telemental Health: Rapid Realist Review. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 11(2). doi:10.2196/38239.
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Northcott, S., Behn, N., Monnelly, K., Moss, B., Marshall, J., Thomas, S. … Hilari, K. (2022). “For them and for me”: a qualitative exploration of peer befrienders’ experiences supporting people with aphasia in the SUPERB feasibility trial. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(18), pp. 5025–5037. doi:10.1080/09638288.2021.1922520.
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Moss, B., Behn, N., Northcott, S., Monnelly, K., Marshall, J., Simpson, A. … Hilari, K. (2022). “Loneliness can also kill:” a qualitative exploration of outcomes and experiences of the SUPERB peer-befriending scheme for people with aphasia and their significant others. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(18), pp. 5015–5024. doi:10.1080/09638288.2021.1922519.
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Chudleigh, J., Shakespeare, L., Holder, P., Chinnery, H., Hack, G., Gill, T. … Moody, L. (2022). Co-designing Improved Communication of Newborn Bloodspot Screening Results to Parents: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Participatory Medicine, 14(1). doi:10.2196/33485.
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Chudleigh, J., Holder, P., Fusco, F., Bonham, J.R., Bryon, M., Moody, L. … Southern, K.W. (2022). Co-designed strategies for delivery of positive newborn bloodspot screening results to parents: the ReSPoND mixed-methods study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(19), pp. 1–164. doi:10.3310/htxh9624.
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Tuudah, E., Foye, U., Donetto, S. and Simpson, A. (2022). Non-Pharmacological Integrated Interventions for Adults Targeting Type 2 Diabetes and Mental Health Comorbidity: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review. International Journal of Integrated Care, 22(0), pp. 27–27. doi:10.5334/ijic.5960.
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Shah, P., Hardy, J., Birken, M., Foye, U., Rowan Olive, R., Nyikavaranda, P. … Lloyd-Evans, B. (2022). What has changed in the experiences of people with mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a coproduced, qualitative interview study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(6), pp. 1291–1303. doi:10.1007/s00127-022-02254-6.
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Simpson, A. (2022). Activities and technologies: developing safer acute inpatient mental health care. World Psychiatry, 21(2), pp. 242–243. doi:10.1002/wps.20967.
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Vera San Juan, N., Oram, S., Pinfold, V., Temple, R., Foye, U., Simpson, A. … Edbrooke-Childs, J. (2022). Priorities for Future Research About Screen Use and Adolescent Mental Health: A Participatory Prioritization Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.697346.
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Flood, C., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Northcott, S., Thomas, S. … Hilari, K. (2022). A pilot economic evaluation of a feasibility trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) for post-stroke aphasia. Clinical Rehabilitation, 36(5), pp. 683–692. doi:10.1177/02692155211063554.
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Wilson, K., Eaton, J., Foye, U., Ellis, M., Thomas, E. and Simpson, A. (2022). What evidence supports the use of Body Worn Cameras in mental health inpatient wards? A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the effects of Body Worn Cameras in public sector services. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(2), pp. 260–277. doi:10.1111/inm.12954.
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Fusco, F., Chudleigh, J., Holder, P., Bonham, J.R., Southern, K.W., Simpson, A. … Morris, S. (2022). Delivering Positive Newborn Screening Results: Cost Analysis of Existing Practice versus Innovative, Co-Designed Strategies from the ReSPoND Study. International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 8(1), pp. 19–19. doi:10.3390/ijns8010019.
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Gillard, S., Bremner, S., Patel, A., Goldsmith, L., Marks, J., Foster, R. … Priebe, S. (2022). Peer support for discharge from inpatient mental health care versus care as usual in England (ENRICH): a parallel, two-group, individually randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(2), pp. 125–136. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00398-9.
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Appleton, R., Williams, J., Vera San Juan, N., Needle, J.J., Schlief, M., Jordan, H. … Johnson, S. (2021). Implementation, Adoption, and Perceptions of Telemental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(12). doi:10.2196/31746.
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Marks, J., Foster, R., Gibson, S.L., Simpson, A., Rinaldi, M., Repper, J. … Gillard, S. (2021). Development of a peer support intervention to improve the experience and outcomes of discharge from inpatient mental health care: the role of experiential knowledge in a coproduced approach. BMC Research Notes, 14(1). doi:10.1186/s13104-021-05735-0.
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Ahmed, N., Barlow, S., Reynolds, L., Drey, N., Begum, F., Tuudah, E. … Simpson, A. (2021). Mental health professionals’ perceived barriers and enablers to shared decision-making in risk assessment and risk management: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-021-03304-0.
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Wykes, T., Mueser, K., Penn, D., Sweeney, A., Simpson, A. and Giacco, D. (2021). Research and mental health during COVID-19—advice and some requests. Journal of Mental Health, 30(6), pp. 663–666. doi:10.1080/09638237.2021.2015063.
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Wilson, C.A., Dalton-Locke, C., Johnson, S., Simpson, A., Oram, S. and Howard, L.M. (2021). Challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic for perinatal mental health care: a mixed-methods study of mental health care staff. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 24(5), pp. 749–757. doi:10.1007/s00737-021-01108-5.
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Dawson, S., Muir‐Cochrane, E., Simpson, A. and Lawn, S. (2021). Risk versus recovery: Care planning with individuals on community treatment orders. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(5), pp. 1248–1262. doi:10.1111/inm.12877.
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Dawson, S., Muir‐Cochrane, E., Simpson, A. and Lawn, S. (2021). Community treatment orders and care planning: How is engagement and decision‐making enacted? Health Expectations, 24(5), pp. 1859–1867. doi:10.1111/hex.13329.
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Vera San Juan, N., Shah, P., Schlief, M., Appleton, R., Nyikavaranda, P., Birken, M. … Johnson, S. (2021). Service user experiences and views regarding telemental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A co-produced framework analysis. PLOS ONE, 16(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257270.
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Northcott, S., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., Barnard, R., Burns, K., Hirani, S.P. … Hilari, K. (2021). “Now I Am Myself”: Exploring How People With Poststroke Aphasia Experienced Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Within the SOFIA Trial. Qualitative Health Research, 31(11), pp. 2041–2055. doi:10.1177/10497323211020290.
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Hilari, K., Behn, N., James, K., Northcott, S., Marshall, J., Thomas, S. … Goldsmith, K. (2021). Supporting wellbeing through peer-befriending (SUPERB) for people with aphasia: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(8), pp. 1151–1163. doi:10.1177/0269215521995671.
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Gillard, S., Dare, C., Hardy, J., Nyikavaranda, P., Rowan Olive, R., Shah, P. … Turner, K. (2021). Experiences of living with mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a coproduced, participatory qualitative interview study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(8), pp. 1447–1457. doi:10.1007/s00127-021-02051-7.
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Behn, N., Moss, B., McVicker, S., Roper, A., Northcott, S., Marshall, J. … Hilari, K. (2021). SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) feasibility trial: fidelity of peer-befriending for people with aphasia. BMJ Open, 11(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047994.
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Northcott, S., Thomas, S., James, K., Simpson, A., Hirani, S., Barnard, R. … Hilari, K. (2021). Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Post-Stroke Aphasia (SOFIA): feasibility and acceptability results of a feasibility randomised wait-list controlled trial. BMJ Open, 11(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050308.
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Chudleigh, J., Holder, P., Moody, L., Simpson, A., Southern, K., Morris, S. … Olander, E. (2021). Process evaluation of co-designed interventions to improve communication of positive newborn bloodspot screening results. BMJ Open, 11(8). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050773.
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Juan, N.V.S., Oram, S., Pinfold, V., Temple, R., Foye, U., Simpson, A. … Edbrooke-Childs, J. (2021). Priorities for Future Research about Screen Use and Adolescent Mental Health:
A Participatory Prioritization Study. . doi:10.1101/2021.06.09.21256585.
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Simpson, A., Brimblecombe, N., Hannigan, B. and Turner, J. (2021). Mental Health Nurse Academics can help attain goals for mental health research and influence policy. Journal of Mental Health pp. 1–2. doi:10.1080/09638237.2021.1898568.
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McAllister, S., Simpson, A., Tsianakas, V. and Robert, G. (2021). ‘‘What matters to me’’ and ‘service users’, carers’, and clinicians’ needs’ and experiences of therapeutic engagement on acute mental health wards. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(3), pp. 703–714. doi:10.1111/inm.12835.
McAllister, S., Simpson, A., Tsianakas, V., Canham, N., De Meo, V., Stone, C. … Robert, G. (2021). Developing a theory-informed complex intervention to improve nurse–patient therapeutic engagement employing Experience-based Co-design and the Behaviour Change Wheel: an acute mental health ward case study. BMJ Open, 11(5). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047114.
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Moss, B., Northcott, S., Behn, N., Monnelly, K., Marshall, J., Thomas, S. … Hilari, K. (2021). ‘Emotion is of the essence. … Number one priority’: A nested qualitative study exploring psychosocial adjustment to stroke and aphasia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56(3), pp. 594–608. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12616.
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Foye, U., Dalton‐Locke, C., Harju‐Seppänen, J., Lane, R., Beames, L., Vera San Juan, N. … Simpson, A. (2021). How has Covid‐19 affected mental health nurses and the delivery of mental health nursing care in the UK? Results of a mixed methods study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. doi:10.1111/jpm.12745.
Johnson, S., Dalton-Locke, C., Vera San Juan, N., Foye, U., Oram, S., Papamichail, A. … Tzouvara, V. (2021). Impact on mental health care and on mental health service users of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods survey of UK mental health care staff. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(1), pp. 25–37. doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01927-4.
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Sheridan Rains, L., Johnson, S., Barnett, P., Steare, T., Needle, J.J., Carr, S. … Cavero, V. (2021). Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(1), pp. 13–24. doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01924-7.
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Simpson, A. (2020). Commentary: Caring for a violent relative with severe mental illness: a qualitative study. Journal of Research in Nursing, 25(8), pp. 677–678. doi:10.1177/1744987120938347.
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Chudleigh, J., Chinnery, H., Holder, P., Carling, R.S., Southern, K., Olander, E. … Simpson, A. (2020). Processing of positive newborn screening results: a qualitative exploration of current practice in England. BMJ Open, 10(12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044755.
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Chudleigh, J., Chinnery, H., Bonham, J.R., Olander, E., Moody, L., Simpson, A. … Southern, K. (2020). Qualitative exploration of health professionals’ experiences of communicating positive newborn bloodspot screening results for nine conditions in England. BMJ Open, 10(10). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037081.
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Wilson, C.A., Dalton-Locke, C., Johnson, S., Simpson, A., Oram, S. and Howard, L.M. (2020). Challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic for perinatal mental health care: a mixed methods study of mental health care staff. . doi:10.1101/2020.09.23.20199927.
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Foye, U., Li, Y., Birken, M., Parle, K. and Simpson, A. (2020). Activities on acute mental health inpatient wards: A narrative synthesis of the service users’ perspective. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 27(4), pp. 482–493. doi:10.1111/jpm.12595.
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Foye, U., Simpson, A. and Reynolds, L. (2020). “Somebody else’s business”: The challenge of caring for patients with mental health problems on medical and surgical wards. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 27(4), pp. 406–416. doi:10.1111/jpm.12596.
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O'Connor, R.C., Hotopf, M., Worthman, C.M., Perry, V.H., Tracey, I., Wessely, S. … Holmes, E.A. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic – Authors' reply. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(7). doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30247-9.
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Rains, L.S., Johnson, S., Barnett, P., Steare, T., Needle, J.J., Carr, S. … Simpson, A. (2020). Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and on people with mental health conditions: framework synthesis of international experiences and responses. . doi:10.1101/2020.06.15.20129411.
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Archer, S., Thibaut, B.I., Dewa, L.H., Ramtale, C., D’Lima, D., Simpson, A. … Darzi, A. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to incident reporting in mental healthcare settings: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 27(3), pp. 211–223. doi:10.1111/jpm.12570.
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Stuart, R., Akther, S.F., Machin, K., Persaud, K., Simpson, A., Johnson, S. … Oram, S. (2020). Carers' experiences of involuntary admission under mental health legislation: systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. BJPsych Open, 6(2). doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.101.
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Gillard, S., Bremner, S., Foster, R., Gibson, S.L., Goldsmith, L., Healey, A. … White, S. (2020). Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health services. Medicine, 99(10). doi:10.1097/md.0000000000019192.
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Hilari, K., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., Northcott, S. … Goldsmith, K. (2019). Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0397-6.
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Coffey, M., Hannigan, B., Barlow, S., Cartwright, M., Cohen, R., Faulkner, A. … Simpson, A. (2019). Recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination in acute inpatient mental health settings: a cross national comparative mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2094-7.
Chudleigh, J., Bonham, J., Bryon, M., Francis, J., Moody, L., Morris, S. … Southern, K. (2019). Rethinking Strategies for Positive Newborn Screening Result (NBS+) Delivery (ReSPoND): a process evaluation of co-designing interventions to minimise impact on parental emotional well-being and stress. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0487-5.
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Northcott, S., Simpson, A., Thomas, S.A., Hirani, S.P., Flood, C. and Hilari, K. (2019). Solution Focused brief therapy In post-stroke Aphasia (SOFIA Trial): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. AMRC Open Research, 1, pp. 11–11. doi:10.12688/amrcopenres.12873.2.
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Northcott, S., Simpson, A., Thomas, S.A., Hirani, S.P., Flood, C. and Hilari, K. (2019). SOlution Focused brief therapy In post-stroke Aphasia (SOFIA Trial): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. AMRC Open Research, 1, pp. 11–11. doi:10.12688/amrcopenres.12873.1.
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Akther, S.F., Molyneaux, E., Stuart, R., Johnson, S., Simpson, A. and Oram, S. (2019). Patients' experiences of assessment and detention under mental health legislation: systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. BJPsych Open, 5(3). doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.19.
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Page, P., Simpson, A. and Reynolds, L. (2019). Bearing witness and being bounded; the experiences of nurses in adult critical care in relation to the survivorship needs of patients and families. Journal of Clinical Nursing. doi:10.1111/jocn.14887.
Goldsmith, L.P., Morshead, R., McWilliam, C., Forbes, G., Ussher, M., Simpson, A. … Gillard, S. (2019). Co-producing Randomized Controlled Trials: How Do We Work Together? Frontiers in Sociology, 4. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2019.00021.
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Tuffour, I., Simpson, A. and Reynolds, L. (2019). Mental illness and recovery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of Black African service users in England. Journal of Research in Nursing, 24(1-2), pp. 104–118. doi:10.1177/1744987118819667.
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Page, P., Simpson, A. and Reynolds, L. (2019). Constructing a grounded theory of critical illness survivorship: The dualistic worlds of survivors and family members. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(3-4), pp. 603–614. doi:10.1111/jocn.14655.
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Mulligan, K., McBain, H., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Chapman, J., Flood, C., Haddad, M. … Simpson, A. (2018). Barriers to effective diabetes management – a survey of people with severe mental illness. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1744-5.
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Flood, C., Barlow, S., Simpson, A., Burls, A., Price, A., Cartwright, M. … Brini, S. (2018). What utility scores do mental health service users, healthcare professionals and members of the general public attribute to different health states? A co-produced mixed methods online survey. PLOS ONE, 13(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205223.
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Hannigan, B., Simpson, A., Coffey, M., Barlow, S. and Jones, A. (2018). Care Coordination as Imagined, Care Coordination as Done: Findings from a Cross-national Mental Health Systems Study. International Journal of Integrated Care, 18(3). doi:10.5334/ijic.3978.
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Hilari, K., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Northcott, S., Thomas, S. … McVicker, S. (2018). Blinding participants and assessors in a feasibility randomised controlled trial of peer-befriending for people with aphasia post-stroke. Aphasiology, 32(sup1), pp. 88–89. doi:10.1080/02687038.2018.1489121.
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Behn, N., Hilari, K., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Northcott, S., Thomas, S. … McVicker, S. (2018). SUpporting well-being through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) trial: an exploration of fidelity in peer-befriending for people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 32(sup1), pp. 21–23. doi:10.1080/02687038.2018.1489120.
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Jones, A., Hannigan, B., Coffey, M. and Simpson, A. (2018). Traditions of research in community mental health care planning and care coordination: A systematic meta-narrative review of the literature. PLOS ONE, 13(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198427.
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Simpson, A., Oster, C. and Muir-Cochrane, E. (2018). Liminality in the occupational identity of mental health peer support workers: A qualitative study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), pp. 662–671. doi:10.1111/inm.12351.
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McBain, H., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Haddad, M., Simpson, A., Chapman, J., Jones, J. … Mulligan, K. (2018). Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in people with severe mental illness: an online cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals. BMJ Open, 8(2). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019400.
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Northcott, S., Simpson, A., Moss, B., Ahmed, N. and Hilari, K. (2018). Supporting people with aphasia to ‘settle into a new way to be’: speech and language therapists’ views on providing psychosocial support. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 53(1), pp. 16–29. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12323.
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Mulligan, K., McBain, H., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Chapman, J., Haddad, M., Jones, J. … Simpson, A. (2017). Barriers and enablers of type 2 diabetes self-management in people with severe mental illness. Health Expectations, 20(5), pp. 1020–1030. doi:10.1111/hex.12543.
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Simpson, A., Coffey, M., Hannigan, B., Barlow, S., Cohen, R., Jones, A. … Marlowe, K. (2017). Cross-national mixed-methods comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination in acute inpatient mental health settings (COCAPP-A). Health Services and Delivery Research, 5(26), pp. 1–234. doi:10.3310/hsdr05260.
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Drummond, C. and Simpson, A. (2017). ‘Who's actually gonna read this?’ An evaluation of staff experiences of the value of information contained in written care plans in supporting care in three different dementia care settings. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(6), pp. 377–386. doi:10.1111/jpm.12380.
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Coffey, M., Hannigan, B. and Simpson, A. (2017). Care planning and coordination: Imperfect solutions in a complex world. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(6), pp. 333–334. doi:10.1111/jpm.12393.
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McLeod, K. and Simpson, A. (2017). Exploring the value of mental health nurses working in primary care in England: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(6), pp. 387–395. doi:10.1111/jpm.12400.
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Coffey, M., Cohen, R., Faulkner, A., Hannigan, B., Simpson, A. and Barlow, S. (2017). Ordinary risks and accepted fictions: how contrasting and competing priorities work in risk assessment and mental health care planning. Health Expectations, 20(3), pp. 471–483. doi:10.1111/hex.12474.
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Northcott, S., Simpson, A., Moss, B., Ahmed, N. and Hilari, K. (2017). How do speech-and-language therapists address the psychosocial well-being of people with aphasia? Results of a UK online survey. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52(3), pp. 356–373. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12278.
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Reynolds, L.M., Davies, J.P., Mann, B., Tulloch, S., Nidsjo, A., Hodge, P. … Simpson, A. (2017). StreetWise: developing a serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge: a feasibility study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(4), pp. 185–193. doi:10.1111/jpm.12340.
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Reynolds, L.M., Hodge, P. and Simpson, A. (2017). Serious games for mental health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(4), pp. 183–184. doi:10.1111/jpm.12385.
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Kumar, S., Jang, H.C., Demirağ, N.G., Skjøth, T.V., Endahl, L. and Bode, B. (2017). Efficacy and safety of once-daily insulin degludec/insulin aspart compared with once-daily insulin glargine in participants with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized, treat-to-target study. Diabetic Medicine, 34(2), pp. 180–188. doi:10.1111/dme.13125.
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Simpson, A., Hannigan, B., Coffey, M., Barlow, S., Cohen, R., Jones, A. … Cartwright, M. (2016). Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales: a cross-national mixed methods comparative case study. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-016-0858-x.
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McBain, H., Mulligan, K., Lamontagne-Godwin, F., Jones, J., Haddad, M., Flood, C. … Simpson, A. (2016). Implementation of recommended type 2 diabetes care for people with severe mental illness – a qualitative exploration with healthcare professionals. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-016-0942-2.
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Haddad, M., Llewellyn-Jones, S., Yarnold, S. and Simpson, A. (2016). Improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness in a low secure forensic unit: An uncontrolled evaluation study of staff training and physical health care plans. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25(6), pp. 554–565. doi:10.1111/inm.12246.
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Dawson, S., Lawn, S., Simpson, A. and Muir-Cochrane, E. (2016). Care planning for consumers on community treatment orders: an integrative literature review. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-016-1107-z.
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Bowers, L., James, K., Quirk, A., Simpson, A., Sugar, , Stewart, D. … Hodsoll, J. (2016). Corrigendum to “Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: The Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial” [Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 52 (September (9)) (2015) 1412–1422]. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 58, pp. 102–102. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.12.006.
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Jones, J., McBain, H., Lamontagne‐Godwin, F., Mulligan, K., Haddad, M., Flood, C. … Simpson, A. (2016). Severe mental illness and type 2 diabetes: using theory and research evidence to develop complex behaviour change interventions. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 23(5), pp. 312–321. doi:10.1111/jpm.12311.
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McBain, H., Mulligan, K., Haddad, M., Flood, C., Jones, J. and Simpson, A. (2016). Self management interventions for type 2 diabetes in adult people with severe mental illness. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016(4). doi:10.1002/14651858.cd011361.pub2.
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Simpson, A., Hannigan, B., Coffey, M., Jones, A., Barlow, S., Cohen, R. … Faulkner, A. (2016). Cross-national comparative mixed-methods case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination: Collaborative Care Planning Project (COCAPP). Health Services and Delivery Research, 4(5), pp. 1–190. doi:10.3310/hsdr04050.
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Paton, F., Wright, K., Ayre, N., Dare, C., Johnson, S., Lloyd-Evans, B. … Meader, N. (2016). Improving outcomes for people in mental health crisis: a rapid synthesis of the evidence for available models of care. Health Technology Assessment, 20(3), pp. 1–162. doi:10.3310/hta20030.
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Cox, L.G. and Simpson, A. (2015). Cultural safety, diversity and the servicer user and carer movement in mental health research. Nurs Inq, 22(4), pp. 306–316. doi:10.1111/nin.12096.
Simpson, A., Hannigan, B., Coffey, M., Jones, A., Barlow, S., Cohen, R. … Haddad, M. (2015). Study protocol: cross-national comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination (COCAPP). BMC Psychiatry, 15(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-015-0538-2.
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Albert, R. and Simpson, A. (2015). Double deprivation: a phenomenological study into the experience of being a carer during a mental health crisis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(12), pp. 2753–2762. doi:10.1111/jan.12742.
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Cox, L.G. and Simpson, A. (2015). Cultural safety, diversity and the servicer user and carer movement in mental health research. Nursing Inquiry, 22(4), pp. 306–316. doi:10.1111/nin.12096.
Bowers, L., James, K., Quirk, A., Simpson, A., Stewart, D. and Hodsoll, J. (2015). Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: The Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(9), pp. 1412–1422. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.05.001.
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Grotto, J., Gerace, A., O'Kane, D., Simpson, A., Oster, C. and Muir-Cochrane, E. (2015). Risk assessment and absconding: perceptions, understandings and responses of mental health nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(5-6), pp. 855–865. doi:10.1111/jocn.12671.
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Northcott, S., Burns, K., Simpson, A. and Hilari, K. (2015). ‘Living with Aphasia the Best Way I Can': A Feasibility Study Exploring Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for People with Aphasia. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 67(3), pp. 156–167. doi:10.1159/000439217.
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Hodge, P., Davis, J., Maiden, N., Mann, B., Nidsjo, A., Simpson, A. … Reynolds, L. (2015). StreetWise: A Valid Ecology for a Serious Game in a Secure Forensic Mental Health Setting. Procedia Computer Science, 63, pp. 252–259. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.341.
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McBain, H., Mulligan, K., Haddad, M., Flood, C., Jones, J., Chapman, J. … Simpson, A. (2014). Diabetes self-management in people with severe mental illness. The European Health Psychologist, 16(6), pp. 240–248.
Campbell, S., Abbott, S. and Simpson, A. (2014). Young offenders with mental health problems in transition. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 9(4), pp. 232–243. doi:10.1108/jmhtep-02-2014-0004.
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Simpson, A., Flood, C., Rowe, J., Quigley, J., Henry, S., Hall, C. … Bowers, L. (2014). Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the clinical and cost effectiveness of peer support in increasing hope and quality of life in mental health patients discharged from hospital in the UK. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1). doi:10.1186/1471-244x-14-30.
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McBain, H., Mulligan, K., Haddad, M., Flood, C., Jones, J. and Simpson, A. (2014). Self-management interventions for type 2 diabetes in adult people with severe mental illness. . doi:10.1002/14651858.cd011361.
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Simpson, A. (2014). Review: Exploration of the effects of peer teaching of research on students in an undergraduate nursing programme. Journal of Research in Nursing, 19(5), pp. 431–433. doi:10.1177/1744987114535876.
Humm, R. and Simpson, A. (2014). Users of mental health services as peer support providers and research collaborators. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 52(1), pp. 3–4. doi:10.3928/02793695-20131126-01.
Simpson, A., Quigley, J., Henry, S.J. and Hall, C. (2014). Evaluating the selection, training, and support of peer support workers in the united kingdom. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 52(1), pp. 31–40. doi:10.3928/02793695-20131126-03.
Simpson, A., Jones, J., Barlow, S. and Cox, L. (2014). Adding SUGAR: Service user and carer collaboration in mental health nursing research. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 52(1). doi:10.3928/02793695-20131126-04.
Humm, R. and Simpson, A. (2014). Users of mental health services as peer support providers and research collaborators. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 52(1), pp. 3–4.
Simpson, A. (2013). Review: Setting up a mental health service user research group: a process paper. Journal of Research in Nursing, 18(8), pp. 760–761. doi:10.1177/1744987112451802.
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Simpson, A. (2013). Collaborators, Not Competitors: Peer Workers and Professionals. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 51(10), pp. 3–4. doi:10.3928/02793695-20130910-01.
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Simpson, A. (2013). "Peer support in mental health needs a welcome, not wariness". Nursing times, 109(26), p. 7.
(2013). Working in Mental Health. . doi:10.4324/9780203120910.
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Muir-Cochrane, E., van der Merwe, M., Nijman, H., Haglund, K., Simpson, A. and Bowers, L. (2012). Investigation into the acceptability of door locking to staff, patients, and visitors on acute psychiatric wards. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 21(1), pp. 41–49. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00758.x.
Barkway, P., Mosel, K., Simpson, A., Oster, C. and Muir-Cochrane, E. (2012). Consumer and carer consultants in mental health: The formation of their role identity. Advances in Mental Health, 10(2), pp. 157–168. doi:10.5172/jamh.2011.10.2.157.
Simpson, A., Bowers, L., Haglund, K., Muir-Cochrane, E., Nijman, H. and Van Der Merwe, M. (2011). The relationship between substance use and exit security on psychiatric wards. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(3), pp. 519–530. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05499.x.
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Bowers, L., Nijman, H., Simpson, A. and Jones, J. (2011). The relationship between leadership, teamworking, structure, burnout and attitude to patients on acute psychiatric wards. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 46(2), pp. 143–148. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0180-8.
Nijman, H., Bowers, L., Haglund, K., Muir-Cochrane, E., Simpson, A. and Van der Merwe, M. (2011). Door locking and exit security measures on acute psychiatric admission wards. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 18(7), pp. 614–621. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01716.x.
Nolan, F., Johnson, S., Lloyd-Evans, B., Simpson, A., Gray, R., Morant, N. … Kirton, C. (2011). A preliminary comparison of acute mental health inpatient wards which use Protected Engagement Time, with other wards delivering standard care alone. PSYCHIATRISCHE PRAXIS, 38. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1277913.
Bowers, L., Haglund, K., Muir-Cochrane, E., Nijman, H., Simpson, A. and Van Der Merwe, M. (2010). Locked doors: a survey of patients, staff and visitors. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 17(10), pp. 873–880. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01614.x.
Lloyd, C. and Lee Williams, P. (2010). Occupational therapy in the modern adult acute mental health setting: a review of current practice. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(9), pp. 483–493. doi:10.12968/ijtr.2010.17.9.78038.
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Jones, J., Nolan, P., Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Whittington, R., Hackney, D. … Bhui, K. (2010). Psychiatric wards: Places of safety? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17(2), pp. 124–130. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01482.x.
Simpson, A. (2010). Invited commentary on: Lloyd, C & Williams, L (2010) Occupational therapy in the modern adult acute mental health setting: a review of current practice. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(9), pp. 483–490.
Stewart, D., Van der Merwe, M., Bowers, L., Simpson, A. and Jones, J.C. (2010). A Review of Interventions to Reduce Mechanical Restraint and Seclusion among Adult Psychiatric Inpatients. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31(6), pp. 413–424. doi:10.3109/01612840903484113.
Simpson, A. (2010). Commentaries. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(9), pp. 489–490.
Stewart, D., Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Ryan, C. and Tziggili, M. (2009). Manual restraint of adult psychiatric inpatients: a literature review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 16(8), pp. 749–757. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01475.x.
(2009). Australian College of Mental Health Nursing 35th International Conference – Mind to Care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 18(s1). doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00648.x.
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Simpson, A. (2009). No expenses spared special edition. Mental health today (Brighton, England).
Simpson, A. (2009). Banking on the mad effects of debt. Mental health today (Brighton, England).
Simpson, A. and Fitch, C. (2009). Cashing in on top tips for talking about debt. Mental health today (Brighton, England).
Whittington, R., Bowers, L., Nolan, P., Simpson, A. and Neil, L. (2009). Approval ratings of inpatient coercive interventions in a national sample of mental health service users and staff in England. Psychiatr Serv, 60(6), pp. 792–798. doi:10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.792.
Whittington, R., Bowers, L., Nolan, P., Simpson, A. and Neil, L. (2009). Approval Ratings of Inpatient Coercive Interventions in a National Sample of Mental Health Service Users and Staff in England. Psychiatric Services, 60(6). doi:10.1176/appi.ps.60.6.792.
Simpson, A. (2009). Laughter: the best medicine? Mental health today (Brighton, England).
(2009). Retaining our nurses: Why aren't we ahead of the pack? International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 18(1), pp. 1–1. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00589.x.
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Bowers, L., Jones, J. and Simpson, A. (2009). The demography of nurses and patients on acute psychiatric wards in England. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, 18(6), pp. 884–892. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02362.x.
van der merwe, M., Bowers, L., Jones, J., Simpson, A. and Haglund, K. (2009). Locked doors in acute inpatient psychiatry: a literature review. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 16(3), pp. 293–299. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01378.x.
Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A., Jones, J. and Whittington, R. (2009). Morale is high in acute inpatient psychiatry. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 44(1), pp. 39–46. doi:10.1007/s00127-008-0396-z.
Phillips, P. and Simpson, A. (2009). Doing more harm than good? Educating nursing students about drugs in East London. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 18.
Jones, J.C., Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A., Van der Merwe, M. and Jeffery, D. (2009). Identifying Key Factors Associated with Aggression on Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Wards. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(4), pp. 260–271. doi:10.1080/01612840802710829.
Simpson, A. (2008). Pets win prizes. Mental health today (Brighton, England).
Jarrett, M., Bowers, L. and Simpson, A. (2008). Coerced medication in psychiatric inpatient care: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(6), pp. 538–548. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04832.x.
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Bowers, L., Whittington, R., Nolan, P., Parkin, D., Curtis, S., Bhui, K. … Simpson, A. (2008). Relationship between service ecology, special observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 193(5), pp. 395–401. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037721.
Lanzi, T. and Mathis, J. (2008). Consulting an Expert with Potentially Conflicting Preferences. Theory and Decision, 65(3), pp. 185–204. doi:10.1007/s11238-007-9070-2.
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Eardley, S. and Bailey, J. (2008). How to ask the wrong question to get the 'right' answer. AIMS Journal, 20(2), p. 26.
Simpson, A., Reynolds, L., Light, I. and Attenborough, J. (2008). Talking with the experts: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users in the education of mental health nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 28(5), pp. 633–640. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.009.
Simpson, A. (2008). Professional backup. Nurs Stand, 22(38), pp. 62–63. doi:10.7748/ns2008.05.22.38.62.p4171.
Stein-Parbury, J., Reid, K., Smith, N., Mouhanna, D. and Lamont, F. (2008). Use of Pro Re Nata Medications in Acute Inpatient Care. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), pp. 283–292. doi:10.1080/00048670701881553.
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Bowers, L., Jeffery, D., Bilgin, H., Jarrett, M., Simpson, A. and Jones, J. (2008). Psychiatric intensive care units: A literature review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, 54(1), pp. 56–68. doi:10.1177/0020764007082482.
Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Nijman, H. and Hall, C. (2008). Patient ethnicity and three psychiatric intensive care units compared: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 15(3), pp. 195–202. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01211.x.
Simpson, A. (2008). Users get ward wise. Mental health today (Brighton, England) p. 4.
Simpson, A. (2008). Working in partnership with families must form part of mental health nurse training. Nursing times, 104(39), p. 16.
Simpson, A. (2008). Chit-chat achieves more keep people busy. Mental health today (Brighton, England).
Simpson, A. and Bailey, S. (2008). Attitudes towards attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in child and adolescent mental health services teams. Mental Health Practice, 11(10), p. 23.
Simpson, A. and Reynolds, L. (2008). Consulting the Experts. OpenMind, 152, pp. 18–19.
Simpson, A. (2007). The impact of team processes on psychiatric case management. J Adv Nurs, 60(4), pp. 409–418. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04402.x.
Simpson, A. (2007). Patients in the classroom. Nursing Standard, 22(7), pp. 72–72.
Bowers, L., Jeffery, D., Simpson, A., Daly, C., Warren, J. and Nijman, H. (2007). Junior staffing changes and the temporal ecology of adverse incidents in acute psychiatric wards. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(2), pp. 153–160. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04101.x.
Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Simpson, A., Ryan, C. and Carr-Walker, P. (2007). Student psychiatric nurses' approval of containment measures: Relationship to perception of aggression and attitudes to personality disorder. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES, 44(3), pp. 349–356. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.03.002.
Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A., Nijman, H. and Warren, J. (2007). Adverse incidents, patient flow and nursing workforce variables on acute psychiatric wards: The Tompkins acute ward study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), pp. 75–84. doi:10.1177/0020764007075011.
Godin, P., Davies, J., Heyman, B., Reynolds, L., Simpson, A. and Floyd, M. (2007). Opening communicative space: A Habermasian understanding of a user-led participatory research project. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY, 18(4), pp. 452–469. doi:10.1080/14789940701470283.
Simpson, A., Fitch, C., Collard, S. and Teasdale, M. (2007). Mental Health and Debt: Challenges for knowledge, practice and identity. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 14, pp. 128–133.
Simpson, A. and Bowers, L. (2007). Observing and engaging new ways to reduce self harm and suicide. Mental Health Practice, 10(10), pp. 12–14.
Bowers, L., Nijman, H., Allan, T., Simpson, A., Warren, J. and Turner, L. (2006). Prevention and management of aggression training and violent incidents on U.K. Acute psychiatric wards. Psychiatr Serv, 57(7), pp. 1022–1026. doi:10.1176/ps.2006.57.7.1022.
Bowers, L., Nijman, H., Allan, T., Simpson, A., Warren, J. and Turner, L. (2006). Prevention and Management of Aggression Training and Violent Incidents on U.K. Acute Psychiatric Wards. Psychiatric Services, 57(7), pp. 1022–1026. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.57.7.1022.
Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Eyres, S., Nijman, H., Hall, C., Grange, A. … Phillips, L. (2006). Serious untoward incidents and their aftermath in acute inpatient psychiatry: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 15(4), pp. 226–234. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00428.x.
Simpson, A., Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Ridley, C. and Warren, J. (2005). Occupational Therapy and Multidisciplinary Working on Acute Psychiatric Wards: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(12), pp. 545–552. doi:10.1177/030802260506801203.
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Simpson, A. (2005). Community psychiatric nurses and the care co-ordinator role: squeezed to provide 'limited nursing'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52(6), pp. 689–699. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03636.x.
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Bowers, L., Douzenis, A., Galeazzi, G.M., Forghieri, M., Tsopelas, C., Simpson, A. … Allan, T. (2005). Disruptive and dangerous behaviour by patients on acute psychiatric wards in three European centres. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 40(10), pp. 822–828. doi:10.1007/s00127-005-0967-1.
BOWERS, L., SIMPSON, A. and ALEXANDER, J. (2005). Real world application of an intervention to reduce absconding. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12(5), pp. 598–602. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00879.x.
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Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Alexander, J., Hackney, D., Nijman, H., Grange, A. … Warren, J. (2005). The nature and purpose of acute psychiatric wards: The tompkins acute ward study. Journal of Mental Health, 14(6), pp. 625–635. doi:10.1080/09638230500389105.
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Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Simpson, A., Ryan, C. and Carr-Walker, P. (2004). Cultures of psychiatry and the professional socialization process: the case of containment methods for disturbed patients. Nurse Educ Today, 24(6), pp. 435–442. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2004.04.008.
Simpson, A. and Bowers, L. (2004). Runaway success. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 18(19), pp. 18–19.
Simpson, A., Miller, C. and Bowers, L. (2003). Case management models and the care programme approach: how to make the CPA effective and credible. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 10(4), pp. 472–483. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00640.x.
Bowers, L., Simpson, A. and Alexander, J. (2003). Patient-staff conflict: results of a survey on acute psychiatric wards. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 38(7), pp. 402–408. doi:10.1007/s00127-003-0648-x.
SIMPSON, A., MILLER, C. and BOWERS, L.E.N. (2003). The history of the Care Programme Approach in England: Where did it go wrong? Journal of Mental Health, 12(5), pp. 489–504. doi:10.1080/09638230310001603555.
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Allen, C. and Simpson, A. (2000). Peers and partners: working together to strengthen preceptorship in mental health nursing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 7(6), pp. 505–514. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00342.x.
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Simpson, A. (2000). Private care's win-win. Mental Health Nursing., 20(8), pp. 6–9.
Simpson, A.C. (2000). When your parts drop off, look for a happy fitter. Nursing times, 96(50), p. 21.
Simpson, A. (2000). What price confidentiality? Nursing times, 96(9), p. 35.
Simpson, A. (2000). Mental health. Taking a pounding. The Health service journal, 110(5710), pp. 26–27.
Simpson, A. (1999). Creating alliances: the views of users and carers on the education and training needs of community mental health nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 6(5), pp. 347–356. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.00225.x.
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Simpson, A. (1999). Mental health. Focus on training. Nursing times, 95(47), pp. 66–68.

Reports (3)

Simpson, A. and Repper, J. (2011). Good Practice Guidelines for Involving Carers, Family Members and Close Friends of Service Users in Research. London: Mental Health Research Network.
Simpson, A. and Janner, M. (2010). Star Wards Survey Report 2009/2010. London: Bright.
Stewart, D., Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Ryan, C. and Tziggili, M. (2009). Mechanical restraint of adult psychiatric inpatients: a literature review..

Professional activities

Events/conferences (58)

Personal experiences of preceptorship in newly qualified mental health nurses and their preceptors. London (2013).
Description: East London NHS Foundation Trust Research Day. St Bartholomew Hospital
The Politics of Peer Support in an Age of Austerity. Warwick (2013).
Description: 19th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Recovery-focused care coordination and collaboration: the benefits and challenges. Perth (2012).
Description: Australia College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) West Australia Branch, Fremantle Hospital
Working in collaboration with consumers: reflections on recovery and care in contemporary mental health settings. (2012).
Description: Flinders University SONM Mental Health Research Team in collaboration with Adelaide Metropolitan Mental Health Directorate
Findings and reflections from a pilot trial of Peer Support in the UK. Adelaide, South Australia (2012).
Description: School of Nursing & Midwifery and Department of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre
WORKSHOP: SUGAR ADDED: Exploring a facilitated group approach to involving service users and carers in mental health nursing research. Oxford (2012).
Description: 18th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Experiences of peer support in the transition from hospital to home: A framework analysis. Nottingham (2012).
Description: 4th Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference
Peer Support for people discharged from hospital: Results of a pilot RCT in England. London (2012).
Description: Refocus on Recovery conference
Invited Evidence: "Inpatient Care and Mental Health Nursing''. Manchester (2012).
Description: Schizophrenia Commission
Preparing and supporting Peer Support Workers: identifying the key aspects for safe, effective and creative practice. Oxford (2011).
Description: 17th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Invited Evidence: "Inpatient Care and Mental Health Nursing''. London (2011).
Description: St Bartholomew Hospital
Preparing and supporting Peer Support Workers: identifying the key aspects for safe, effective and creative practice. London (2011).
Description: Working in Partnership to promote Nursing Excellence, East London NHS Foundation Trust
Peer Support: A global solution for people with mental health problems? London (2011).
Description: Global Health Research Event, City University London
SUGAR: Sweetening the involvement of service users and carers in mental health research. Nottingham (2010).
Description: INVOLVE Conference: Public involvement in research: innovation and impact
User involvement in the development of a Kidney Research and Education Initiative (with Nicola Thomas and Fiona Loud). Nottingham (2010).
Description: INVOLVE Conference: Public involvement in research: innovation and impact
The Peer Support Project: reports from the field. London (2010).
Description: 8th Annual East London Mental Health Research Presentation Day. St Bartholomew's Hospital
Ways to engage users and carers in renal practice, research and education. London (2010).
Description: Workshop with Fiona Loud, Chair of User and Carer Group and Chair of Kidney Alliance. Launch of the Kidney Research and Education Initiative (KREI): Contemporary Kidney Care. Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital
The Stupidly Big Star Wards Survey 2009: Results and ramifications. Oxford (2010).
Description: 16th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
SUGAR: Sweetening the involvement of service users and carers in mental health research. Oxford (2010).
Description: 16th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Chair: INVOLVE (2010) The impact debate. London (2010).
Description: An invoNET workshop at the King's Fund
Supporting mental health carers: Can improved training alone bring about change? Stafford (2009).
Description: Research seminar, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, St George's Hospital
Doors of deception? Does locking ward doors reduce substance misuse on psychiatric wards? London (2009).
Description: 7th Annual East London Mental Health Research Presentation Day, St Bartholomew's Hospital
Doors of deception? Does locking ward doors reduce substance misuse on psychiatric wards? Oxford (2009).
Description: 15th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Supporting mental health carers: Can improved training alone bring about change? Nottingham (2009).
Description: Mental Health Research Network Conference
Doing more harm than good? Teaching student nurses about harm reduction approaches to substance misuse. Oxford (2008).
Description: 14th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Debate: We need an evidence base for public involvement in research. London (2008).
Description: invoNET Workshop, INVOLVE, King's Fund
The Mental Health Carers' Support Curriculum Project. Grange-over-Sands (2007).
Description: Authenticity to Action: Involving service users and carers in higher education. Conference
Listening to the Experts: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users and student nurses. Grange-over-Sands (2007).
Description: Authenticity to Action: Involving service users and carers in higher education. Conference
Show a little respect: Educating mental health staff to involve and consider the needs of carers. Oxford (2007).
Description: 13th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
What the patients say. Slough (2007).
Description: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust conference, Acute inpatient care: The forgotten speciality, Wexham Park Hospital
Talking with the Experts: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users and student nurses. London (2007).
Description: City University Mental Health Research Seminar
The use of e-learning to enhance the contribution that service users can make to health professional education. London (2007).
Description: Symposium at Health Sciences and Practice Festival of Learning, Royal College of Physicians
Service users' views on staff attitudes, ward rules and structures. London (2007).
Description: London Mental Health Research Showcase Conference
Talking with the Experts: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users and student nurses. London (2007).
Description: London Mental Health Research Showcase Conference
Users' experiences of empowerment and disempowerment on psychiatric wards (and other tales from the Tompkins Acute Ward Study). London (2006).
Description: Mental Health Qualitative Research Network
Telling it like it is: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users and students. Swansea (2006).
Description: School of Health Sciences Research Seminar, University of Wales
Telling it like it is: Evaluation of an online discussion forum involving mental health service users and students. Oxford (2006).
Description: 12th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Users' experiences of empowerment and disempowerment on psychiatric wards (and other tales from the Tompkins Acute Ward Study). Oxford (2006).
Description: 12th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Runaway Success: Using research evidence to reduce absconding. London (2006).
Description: Nursing Research Conference, Kingston University
Interprofessional working in acute psychiatry. Oxford (2006).
Description: Royal College of Nursing Research Institute
Occupational therapists on acute psychiatric wards: time to 'muck in'? London (2005).
Description: Fifth Annual East London Mental Health Research Presentation Day, St Bartholomew's Hospital
What do service users think about staff attitudes and ward rules? Collaborating to obtain the service user viewpoint in the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. Oxford (2005).
Description: 11th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference
Do we really need more teamwork on acute psychiatric wards? London (2005).
Description: Interprofessional working in acute inpatient psychiatry: Results from the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. Mental Health Seminar, City University
Interprofessional working in acute psychiatry. London (2005).
Description: LoMR&D Virtual Institute Research Showcase Conference
Multidisciplinary team working in acute inpatient psychiatry - The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. London (2004).
Description: Fourth Annual East London Mental Health Research Presentation Day, St Bartholomew's Hospital,
Do you see what I see? Multi-professional views of teamwork on acute psychiatric wards. Oxford (2004).
Description: 10th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference, 'Something old... Something new...'
Multi-professional views on acute psychiatric wards: inter-professional approaches to conflict, containment and teamwork. Cambridge (2004).
Description: National Mental Health Nursing Conference
Conflict and containment on acute psychiatric wards: what different professional staff think of each other and their teams. Brighton (2004).
Description: South Downs Health NHS Trust/University of Brighton Joint Conference: 'Collaboration, conflict and compromise: Working together in health and social care', University of Brighton
The Tompkins Acute Ward Longitudinal Study: a longitudinal study of change on acute psychiatric inpatients wards and intensive care units (PICUs). London (2004).
Description: LoMHR&D's Second One-Day Showcase Conference
Symposium: Insider-outsider perspectives in mental health: the role of the researcher. Oxford (2003).
Description: 9th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference, 'Addressing Discrimination and Difference: New Territory, Old Map?'
User and Carer Involvement in Mental Health Education and Research. Brighton (2003).
Description: The 4th Mental Health Nursing Conference, incorporating the 2nd Marion Beeforth Lecture, University of Brighton. Conference report: Byrne, D., Clarke, L., Grant, A. & McGowan, B. (2003) User Involvement in Curriculum and Nursing Practice Development, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 10, 4, 505-507
The Care Programme Approach in England: Were we 'sold a pup'? London (2003).
Description: 8th European Mental Health Nursing Conference 'Rewind-refocus on global mental health nursing'
Developing Service User and Carer Involvement in Learning, Teaching and Research in Mental Health, with Ian Light, User and Carer Consultant. London (2002).
Description: St. Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery Time Out Day, 'Is the Customer Always Right?' Barbican Centre
Teams and trusts and blame: are CPNs valued? Portsmouth (2002).
Description: Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust Education Forum, St James' Hospital,
The trouble with teams: Challenges to interprofessional working in mental health practice. London (2002).
Description: Department of Mental Health & Learning Disability Seminar, St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, City University
From CPN to Research Fellow: Career Pathways. London (2002).
Description: Ward Manager's Leadership Programme, South London and the Maudlsey NHS Trust Headquarters, Waterloo
Patient-staff conflict on psychiatric wards: Developing a typology of conflict behaviours. Oxford (2002).
Description: 8th International Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference 'Research Journeys: Travelling Together'. University of Oxford
Teams and trusts and blame: are CPNs valued? Cambridge (2002).
Description: National Mental Health Nursing Conference 'Laying the Cornerstones: Valuing mental health nursing in a time of change'

Keynote lectures/speeches (6)

Invited Keynote: Service User and Carer Involvement in Research: Opportunities and Knocks. (2014). Patient and Public Involvement Models of Good Practice in Mental Health: A conference for service users, carers and other professionals, Tavistock Centre
Invited Keynote: Peers, professionals and politics: mental health nursing in an age of austerity. (2013). East London NHS Foundation Trust Research Day. St Bartholomew Hospital
Invited Keynote: Evidence-based practice and street-level bureaucracy: influence at the 'coal-face'. (2013). 18th Annual NAPICU Conference, University of Keele
Eileen Skellern Lecture: Peers, professionals and politics: mental health nursing in an age of austerity. London (2013). City University London
Invited Keynote: COCAPP: Cross national study of recovery-focused care planning. London (2013). Research into Recovery Network (RRN), Institute of Psychiatry
Invited Keynote: Professionals, peers and politics: Mental health nursing and peer support in an age of austerity. Darwin, Australia (2012). Australia College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) International Mental Health Conference, Darwin Convention Centre