Nursing and Mental Health Care: An introduction for all fields of practice

About Joseph FranksReuben PearceSteve TrenowethTerry Docherty

Dr Steven Trenoweth is a mental health nurse and an senior lecturer at Bournemouth University. He is responsible for teaching a range of health related topics at both undergraduate and post graduate levels specifically within the field of mental health and psychology. His interests include positive health and psychosocial interventions. Terry Docherty has been a senior lecturer in mental health for nearly twenty years and is currently working at the University of West London with a clinical link with the Central North West London Trust. His main areas of work include the delivery of the pre-registration programmes leading to the Advanced Diploma or BSc in Higher Education in Mental Health Nursing. His interests are in teaching in the areas of personality disorder psychosis and legal and ethical issues in mental health nursing. Joseph Franks is a mental health nurse and a lecturer of mental health at the University of West London. He is responsible for teaching a range of mental health topics and delivering this to students of mental health nursing including the delivery of post registration qualifications in Psycho-Social Interventions for Psychosis. His interests include Family Interventions for Psychosis Relapse Prevention Work and Early Interventions for Psychosis. He has a background of working within the clinical area of Intensive Rehabilitation often with service users who have serious mental illnesses; this provided him with the opportunity to develop his skills when working with this client group delivering Psycho-Social Interventions for Psychosis. Reuben Pearce is an experienced mental health nurse and independent prescriber who has worked for Berkshire Healthcare Trust NHS Foundation Trust for the past fifteen years. Since qualifying as an RMN in 2002 he has experienced working in Assertive Outreach inpatient services A&E Liaison Dual Diagnosis and Crisis/Home Treatment. Reuben has recently taken up a full time post as lecturer at the University in West London specialising in the pre registration mental health nursing programme and other post registration courses such as Non-Medical Prescribing and Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis. Reuben is also a member of the Oxford Psych Course Team who provide training across the UK and in Hong Kong for psychiatrists in preparation for the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Exam - part of the MRCPsych examination for the Royal College of Psychiatrists.