Mental Health Research

Team Members

• Ken Sellick - Team Leader
• Anthony Barnett
• Vanessa Burns
• Sue Henderson 
• Kay McCauley 
• Charanjit Singh 

Areas of current research focus

Currently team members are involved in a variety of research projects and activities.

Priority Areas include:

1. Carer/consumer participation
2. The role of the Mental Health Nurse
3. Respite for the carer.

Current projects under development/investigation:

1. Mental and child health nurses experiences in dealing withsuspected or actual cases of child abuse.
2. Loneliness and depression among elderly people living alone at home.
3. Collaborative study into the treatment of Adolescent depression
4. The development of a proposal to offer respite services and education for carers of patinets with mental illness.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF TEAM MEMBERS

Books & Book Chapters

Henderson, S L, & Elsom, SJ. (2004). Anxiety Disorders. In D. Nizette (Ed.), Psychiatric and mental health nursing (pp. 262-286).Sydney: Elsevier Science.

2005

Drury V, Francis K, Dulhunty G. (2005). The lived experience of mental health nurses employed in rural settings. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 5(1), pp.1-14.

2004

Buccheri, R, Trygstad, L, Dowling, G,Hopkins, R, White, K, Griffin, JJ, & Henderson, SL. (2004). Long-term effects of teaching behavioral strategies for managing persistent auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 42(1), 18-27.

Hu Yan & Sellick, K. (2004).  Symptoms, psychological distress, social support and quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer.  Cancer Nursing.  27 (5), 389-399.

Hu Yan & Sellick, K. (2004).  Health-related quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer: A longitudinal study.  International Journal of Nursing Studies. 41(3), 309-319.

2003

Hu Yan & Sellick K (2003). A longitudinal study of psychological distress and health-related quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers.  Journal of Nursing Science. (Chinese), 18, 734-737.

Hu Yan & Sellick K (2003).  Anxiety, depression and quality of life of patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer.  Chinese Journal of Mental Health.  17(12), 810-812.

Hu Yan & Sellick K. (2003).  The investigation of social support and health-related quality of life of Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers.  Chinese Journal of Behavioral and Medical Sciences.  12 (6), 636-638.