Professor Mary Chambers

Enhancing maternity healthcare workers' wellbeing using insider participatory action research

Wood, Claire M., Chambers, Mary and Marshall, Jayne E., 2025, BMC Health Services Research (25), Published

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Exploring therapeutic engagement in Finnish adult acute inpatient mental health settings

Askola, Riitta, Hottinen, Anja, Turunen, Jani, Lämsä, Tiina, Löyttyniemi, Eliisa, Taylor, Francesca, Kantaris, Xenya, Chambers, Mary and Kuosmanen, Lauri, 2024, Mental Health Practice, Published

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Understanding organisational and nursing behaviour changes associated with a therapeutic engagement improvement tool in acute mental health inpatient settings: a qualitative analysis

Taylor, Francesca, Galloway, Sarah, Irons, Kris, Mess, Lorna, Pemberton, Laura, Worton, Karen and Chambers, Mary, 2024, International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances (6), Published

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Editorial: cultural considerations in relation to mental health stigma

Chambers, Mary, Välimäki, Maritta, Gronholm, Petra C. and Soliman, Abdrabo, 2024, Frontiers in Psychiatry (15), Published

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Identifying, categorising, and mapping actors involved in resilience in healthcare: a qualitative stakeholder analysis

Guise, Veslem├©y, Chambers, Mary, Lyng, Hilda B├©, Haraldseid-Driftland, Cecilie, Schibevaag, Lene, Fagerdal, Birte, Dombestein, Heidi, Ree, Eline and Wiig, Siri, 2024, BMC Health Services Research (24), Published

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Barriers and enablers to implementation of the therapeutic engagement questionnaire in acute mental health inpatient wards in England: a qualitative study

Taylor, Francesca, Galloway, Sarah, Irons, Kris, Mess, Lorna, Pemberton, Laura, Worton, Karen and Chambers, Mary, 2022, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (31), 6 pp 1467-1479, Published

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Patient and stakeholder involvement in resilient healthcare: an interactive research study protocol

Guise, Veslem├©y, Aase, Karina, Chambers, Mary, Canfield, Carolyn and Wiig, Siri, 2021, BMJ Open (11), 6, Published

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Patient and public involvement in mental health research: en route to maturity?

Faulkner, Alison and Chambers, Mary, 2021, Health Expectations (24), S1 pp 1-2, Published

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Mental health nursing at a time of crisis

Nolan, Fiona, Hannigan, Ben, Chambers, Mary and Turner, James, 2021, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (28), 2 pp 123-125, Published

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Hoidollinen yhteisty├ psykiatrisessa osastohoidossa - Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire -mittarin k├ñ├ñnt├ñminen, esitestaus ja validointi

Askola, Riitta, Turunen, Jani, Hottinen, Anja, Bergman, Paula H., Kantaris, Xenya, Chambers, Mary and Kuosmanen, Lauri, 2021, Tutkiva Hoitotyö (19), 1 pp 3-11, Published

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Training healthcare assistants working in adult acute inpatient wards in Psychological First Aid: an implementation and evaluation study

Kantaris, Xenya, Radcliffe, Michelle, Acott, Kevin, Hughes, Peter and Chambers, Mary, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (27), 6 pp 742-751, Published

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Emergency workers' experiences of the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983: interpretative phenomenological investigation

Genziani, Mirella, Gillard, Steve, Samuels, Lana and Chambers, Mary, 2020, BJPsych Bulletin (44), 6, Published

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The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire (TEQ): a service user-focused mental health nursing outcome metric

McAndrew, Sue, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben, Watts, Paul, Grant, Robert, Kantaris, Xenya and Chambers, Mary, 2019, BMC Psychiatry (19), Published

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Patient and public involvement and engagement: mind the gap

Hickey, Gary and Chambers, Mary, 2019, Health Expectations (22), 4 pp 607-608, Published

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Co-production for service improvement: developing a training programme for mental health professionals to enhance medication adherence in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Service Users

Gault, Iris, Pelle, Julia and Chambers, Mary, 2019, Health Expectations (22), 4 pp 813-823, Published

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A hierarchy of power: the place of patient and public involvement in healthcare service development

O'Shea, Alison, Boaz, Annette L. and Chambers, Mary, 2019, Frontiers in Sociology (4), Published

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Collecting and using patient experience data: caution, commitment and consistency are needed

Chambers, Mary and LeMaster, Joseph, 2019, Health Expectations (22), 1 pp 1-2, Published

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Interpersonal relationships and communication as a gateway to patient and public involvement and engagement

Chambers, Mary, 2018, Health Expectations (21), 2 pp 407-408, E-pub ahead of print

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Understanding therapeutic approaches to anxiety in vestibular rehabilitation: a qualitative study of specialist physiotherapists in the UK

Walker, Andrew, Kantaris, Xenya and Chambers, Mary, 2018, Disability and Rehabilitation (40), 7 pp 829-835, Published

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Enhancing the therapeutic interaction skills of staff working in acute adult inpatient psychiatric wards: outcomes of a brief intervention education programme

Chambers, Mary and Kantaris, Xenya, 2017, Journal of Nursing Education and Practice (7), 11, Published

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Service user involvement in the coproduction of a mental health nursing metric: The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire

Chambers, Mary, McAndrew, Susan, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben, Watts, Paul and Kantaris, Xenya, 2017, Health Expectations (20), 5 pp 871-877, Published

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Approaches towards optimizing individualized, high-quality, evidence-informed care

Chambers, Mary, 2017, Health Expectations (20), 4 pp 529-530, Published

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Whose voices? Patient and public involvement in clinical commissioning

O'Shea, Alison, Chambers, Mary and Boaz, Annette, 2017, Health Expectations (20), 3 pp 484-494, Published

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Engaging patients and public in decision-making: approaches to achieving this in a complex environment

Chambers, Mary, 2017, Health Expectations (20), 2 pp 185-187, Published

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Service user involvement in mental health care: an evolutionary concept analysis

Millar, Samantha L., Chambers, Mary and Giles, Melanie, 2016, Health Expectations (19), 2 pp 209-221, Published

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The impact of risk management practice upon the implementation of recovery-oriented care in community mental health services: a qualitative investigation

Holley, Jessica, Chambers, Mary and Gillard, Steven, 2016, Journal of Mental Health (25), 4 pp 315-322, Published

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Measuring the evidence: reviewing the literature of the measurement of therapeutic engagement in acute mental health inpatient wards

McAndrew, Sue, Chambers, Mary, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben and Watts, Paul, 2014, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (23), 3 pp 212-220, Published

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Public participation: more than a method?: Comment on "Harnessing the potential to quantify public preferences for healthcare priorities through citizens' juries".

Boaz, Annette, Chambers, Mary and Stuttaford, Maria, 2014, International Journal of Health Policy and Management (3), 5 pp 291-293, Published

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Reaching a consensus on service-user involvement in courses for professionals.

Hickey, Gary and Chambers, Mary, 2014, Nurse Researcher (21), 6 pp 22-27, Published

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The feelings and thoughts of mental health nurses concerning the management of distressed and disturbed in-patients: a comparative qualitative European study

Staniuliene, Vida, Chambers, Mary, Kantaris, Xenya, Kontio, Raija, Kuosmanen, Lauri, Scott, Anne, Rebelo Botelho, Maria Antonia, Zanotti, Renzo and Valimaki, Maritta, 2013, Open Journal of Nursing (3), 6 pp 426-436, Published

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Perspectives on medicine adherence in service users and carers with experience of legally sanctioned detention and medication: a qualitative study

Gault, Iris, Gallagher, Ann and Chambers, Mary, 2013, Patient Preference and Adherence (7) pp 787-799, Published

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Development, implementation and initial evaluation of narrative virtual patients for use in vocational mental health nurse training

Guise, Veslemoy, Chambers, Mary, Conradi, Emily, Kavia, Sheetal and Välimäki, Maritta, 2012, Nurse Education Today (32), 6 pp 683-689, Published

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Is the community attitudes towards the mentally ill scale valid for use in the investigation of European nurses' attitudes towards the mentally ill? A confirmatory factor analytic approach

Scott, Philomena Anne, Morris, Roisin, Cocoman, Angela, Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemøy, Välimäki, Maritta and Clinton, Gerard, 2012, Journal of Advanced Nursing (68), 2 pp 460-470, Published

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Producing different analytical narratives, coproducing integrated analytical narrative: a qualitative study of UK detained mental health patient experience involving service user researchers

Gillard, Steve, Borschmann, Rohan, Turner, Kati, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman, Lovell, Kathleen and Chambers, Mary, 2012, International Journal of Social Research Methodology (15), 3 pp 239-254, Submitted

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Randomised control trial: Computer-assisted module for nursing students provides similar improvements in handwashing knowledge and may improve handwashing practice compared with face-to-face teaching

Chambers, Mary, 2010, Evidence-Based Nursing (13), 4 pp 118-119, Submitted

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A mixed-mode approach to data collection: combining web and paper questionnaires to examine nurses' attitudes to mental illness

Guise, Veslemoy, Chambers, Mary, Valimaki, Maritta and Makkonen, Pekka, 2010, Journal of Advanced Nursing (66), 7 pp 1623-1632, Published

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'What difference does it make?' Finding evidence of the impact of mental health service user researchers on research into the experiences of detained psychiatric patients

Borschmann, Rohan, Turner, Kati, Gillard, Steven, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman, Lovell, Kathleen and Chambers, Mary, 2010, Health Expectations (13), 2 pp 185-194, Published

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Nurses' attitudes to mental illness: a comparison of a sample of nurses from five European countries

Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemoy, Valimaki, Maritta, Botelho, Maria Antonia Rebelo, Scott, Anne, Staniuliene, Vida and Zanotti, Renzo, 2010, International Journal of Nursing Studies (47), 3 pp 350-362, Published

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Demographic and referral patterns of people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act (1983) in a south London Mental Health Trust from 2005 to 2008

Borschmann, Rohan, D., Gillard, Steven, Turner, Kati, Lovell, Kath, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman and Chambers, Mary, 2010, Medicine, Science and the Law (50), 1 pp 15-18, Published

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Book review of: Oxford handbook of mental health nursing. Patrick Callaghan & Helen Waldock. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006,

Chambers, Mary, 2009, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (16), 4 pp 404-405, Published

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Nurses' knowledge of and attitude to electroconvulsive therapy

Wood, Julia Helen, Chambers, Mary and White, Sarah Jane, 2007, Journal of ECT (23), 4 pp 251-254, Published

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Multimedia software to help caregivers cope

Chambers, Mary, Connor, Samantha, McGonigle, Mary and Diver, Mike, 2003, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (10), 5 pp 504-511, Published

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User-friendly technology to help family carers cope

Chambers, Mary and Connor, Samantha L., 2002, Journal of Advanced Nursing (40), 5 pp 568-577, Published

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Evaluation of distance learning delivery of health information management and health informatics programmes: a UK perspective

Urquhart, Christine, Chambers, Mary, Connor, Samantha, Lewis, Leo, Murphy, Jeannette, Roberts, Ruth and Thomas, Rhian, 2002, Health Information and Libraries Journal (19), 3 pp 146-157, Published

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Nursing informatics and practice development

Chambers, Mary, 2002, NT Research (7), 2 pp 101-115, Published

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The dynamics and processes of 'ending' in clinical supervision

Chambers, Mary and Cutcliffe, John JR, 2001, British Journal of Nursing (10), 21 pp 1403-1411, Published

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Cultural considerations in relation to mental health stigma

(2024). Lausanne, Switzerland: [Published]

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Scoping study of the changing landscape of opportunities for patient and public involvement in NHS healthcare commissioning decision-making

O'Shea, Ali, Brearley, Sally, Calovski, Vid, Chambers, Mary and Taylor, Francesca (2020). London, U.K.: [Published]

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Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the craft of caring

(2017). Abingdon, U.K.: [Published]

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Explaining health managers' information seeking behaviour and use

Gillard, Steven, Guven, Pinar, Gourlay, Stephen, Jackson, Charles, Edwards, Christine, Chambers, Mary, Fox, Rebekah and Drennan, Vari (2013). Southampton, U.K.: [Published]

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Mental health nursing: what a difference twenty years can make

Chambers, Mary (2020). In: Brooker, Charles, White, Edward, (eds.), Cheshire, U.K.: pp 116-120 [Published]

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Resilience in healthcare: a modified stakeholder analysis

Chambers, Mary and Storm, Marianne (2019). In: Wiig, Siri, Fahlbruch, Babette, (eds.), Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature pp 113-119 [Published]

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Case study 15B. Northern Ireland's information and communications technology strategy: a case study of nursing activity

Chambers, Mary (2010). In: Weaver, Charlotte, A., White Delaney, Connie, Weber, Patrick, Carr, Robyn, L., (eds.), Chicago, IL: pp 363-368 [Published]

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European collaboration for teaching nursing informatics

Paget, Anthony Michael, Mongiardi, Franca, Chambers, Mary and Springer, Hans (2006). In: Weaver, Charlotte A, Delaney, Connie W, Weber, Patrick, Carr, Robyn, (eds.), Chicago, Illinois: pp 215-221 [Published]

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The case for 'mental health' nurses

Chambers, Mary (2006). In: Cutcliffe, John, Ward, Martin, (eds.), Edinburgh, U.K.: pp 33-46 [Published]

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A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships

Chambers, Mary (2005). In: Cutcliffe, John, McKenna, Hugh, (eds.), London, U.K.: pp 301-316 [Published]

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A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships

Chambers, Mary (2005). In: Cutcliffe, John R., McKenna, Hugh P., (eds.), Edinburgh, U.K.: pp 301-316 [Published]

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Involving individuals in mental health nursing education

Chambers, Mary, Glenister, David, Kelly, Carol and Parkes, Tessa (2005). In: Tilley, Stephen, (eds.), Oxford, UK: pp 114-128 [Published]

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Embedding research into practice in acute mental health inpatient settings: barriers and enablers to implementation of the therapeutic engagement questionnaire

Taylor, Francesca and Chambers, Mary(2023). [Published]

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Enhancing patient care experience through developing and testing a tool to measure therapeutic engagement in acute, inpatient, psychiatric settings

Chambers, Mary(2015). [Published]

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Keynote: Recovery psychiatry: rhetoric or reality

Chambers, Mary(2014). [Published]

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Workshop: Service user involvement: what it means, what it offers and what challenges it presents.

Chambers, Mary(2014). [Published]

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Crossing traditional boundaries: the value of service users as researchers in a study investigating the lived experience of detained patients

Borschmann, Rohan, Chambers, Mary, Gillard, Steve, Turner, Kati, Lovell, Kath and Goodrich-Purnell, Norman(2007). [Published]

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Mental health nurses' attitudes to mental illness and people with mental health problems: results of a national survey in England

Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemoy and Valimaki, Maritta(2007). [Published]

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User-involvement in health and social wellbeing

Chambers, Mary, Turner, Kati, Blair, James and Christian, Sarah(2007). [Published]

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