Professor Mary Chambers
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Centre for Public Engagement
- St George's
Professor Mental Health Nursing/Director Centre for Public Engagement
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am a registered mental health nurse (RMN) and general nurse (RGN), a registered nurse tutor and a behaviour therapist. (JBCN 650). I hold a B.Ed. (Hons) degree and PhD. Currently, I am a Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Centre for Public Engagement. Prior to my current position, I worked at University of Ulster, Royal College of Nursing, Research Institute, Oxford; South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust and Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals.
Qualifications
- PhD
- BEd (Hons)
- RGN
- RMN
- DN (Lond)
- RCNT
- RNT
- JBCNS 650
Publications
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
Patient and public involvement and engagement: mind the gap
Hickey, Gary and Chambers, Mary, 2019, Health Expectations (22), 4 pp 607-608, Published
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Approaches towards optimizing individualized, high-quality, evidence-informed care
Chambers, Mary, 2017, Health Expectations (20), 4 pp 529-530, Published
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nursing informatics and practice development
Chambers, Mary, 2002, NT Research (7), 2 pp 101-115, Published
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
Cultural considerations in relation to mental health stigma
(2024). Lausanne, Switzerland: [Published]
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]
Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the craft of caring
(2017). Abingdon, U.K.: [Published]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
The case for 'mental health' nurses
Chambers, Mary (2006). In: Cutcliffe, John, Ward, Martin, (eds.), Edinburgh, U.K.: pp 33-46 [Published]
A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships
Chambers, Mary (2005). In: Cutcliffe, John, McKenna, Hugh, (eds.), London, U.K.: pp 301-316 [Published]
A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships
Chambers, Mary (2005). In: Cutcliffe, John R., McKenna, Hugh P., (eds.), Edinburgh, U.K.: pp 301-316 [Published]
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]
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]
Enhancing patient care experience through developing and testing a tool to measure therapeutic engagement in acute, inpatient, psychiatric settings
Chambers, Mary(2015). [Published]
Keynote: Recovery psychiatry: rhetoric or reality
Chambers, Mary(2014). [Published]
Workshop: Service user involvement: what it means, what it offers and what challenges it presents.
Chambers, Mary(2014). [Published]
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]
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]
User-involvement in health and social wellbeing
Chambers, Mary, Turner, Kati, Blair, James and Christian, Sarah(2007). [Published]