Professor Mary Chambers

About

I am registered mental health nurse (RMN) and general nurse (RGN), a registered nurse tutor and behaviour therapist. (JBCN 650). I hold a B.Ed. (Hons) degree and PhD. Currently I am Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Director, 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. 

Academic responsibilities

Professor Mental Health Nursing/Director Centre for Public Engagement

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • BEd (Hons)
  • RGN
  • RMN
  • DN (Lond)
  • RCNT
  • RNT
  • JBCNS 650

Research

Research student supervision

Publications

Number of items: 78.

Article

Askola, Riitta, Hottinen, Anja, Turunen, Jani, Lämsä, Tiina, Löyttyniemi, Eliisa, Taylor, Francesca, Kantaris, Xenya, Chambers, Mary and Kuosmanen, Lauri (2024) Exploring therapeutic engagement in Finnish adult acute inpatient mental health settings. Mental Health Practice, ISSN (print) 1465-8720

Chambers, Mary, Välimäki, Maritta, Gronholm, Petra C. and Soliman, Abdrabo (2024) Editorial : cultural considerations in relation to mental health stigma. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, p. 1434319. ISSN (online) 1664-0640

Guise, Veslemøy, Chambers, Mary, Lyng, Hilda Bø, Haraldseid-Driftland, Cecilie, Schibevaag, Lene, Fagerdal, Birte, Dombestein, Heidi, Ree, Eline and Wiig, Siri (2024) Identifying, categorising, and mapping actors involved in resilience in healthcare : a qualitative stakeholder analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 24, p. 230. ISSN (print) 1472-6963

Taylor, Francesca, Galloway, Sarah, Irons, Kris, Mess, Lorna, Pemberton, Laura, Worton, Karen and Chambers, Mary (2024) Understanding organisational and nursing behaviour changes associated with a therapeutic engagement improvement tool in acute mental health inpatient settings : a qualitative analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, p. 100180. ISSN (online) 2666-142X

Taylor, Francesca, Galloway, Sarah, Irons, Kris, Mess, Lorna, Pemberton, Laura, Worton, Karen and Chambers, Mary (2024) Understanding organisational and nursing behaviour changes associated with a therapeutic engagement improvement tool in acute mental health inpatient settings : a qualitative analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, p. 100180. ISSN (print) 2666-142X

Taylor, Francesca, Galloway, Sarah, Irons, Kris, Mess, Lorna, Pemberton, Laura, Worton, Karen and Chambers, Mary (2022) Barriers and enablers to implementation of the therapeutic engagement questionnaire in acute mental health inpatient wards in England : a qualitative study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(6), pp. 1467-1479. ISSN (print) 1445-8330

Chambers, M., McAndrew, S., Nolan, F., Thomas, B., Watts, P. and Kantaris, X. (2021) Measuring therapeutic engagement in acute mental health inpatient environments : the perspectives of service users and mental health nurses. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1), p. 547. ISSN (print) 1471-244X

Guise, Veslemøy, Aase, Karina, Chambers, Mary, Canfield, Carolyn and Wiig, Siri (2021) Patient and stakeholder involvement in resilient healthcare : an interactive research study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(6), e049116. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Faulkner, Alison and Chambers, Mary (2021) Patient and public involvement in mental health research : en route to maturity? Health Expectations, 24(S1), pp. 1-2. ISSN (online) 1369-7625

Hannigan, Ben, Nolan, Fiona, Chambers, Mary and Turner, James (2021) Mental health nursing at a time of crisis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(2), pp. 123-125. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Askola, Riitta, Turunen, Jani, Hottinen, Anja, Bergman, Paula H., Kantaris, Xenya, Chambers, Mary and Kuosmanen, Lauri (2021) Hoidollinen yhteistyö psykiatrisessa osastohoidossa – Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire -mittarin kääntäminen, esitestaus ja validointi. Tutkiva Hoitotyö, 19(1), pp. 3-11.

Kantaris, Xenya, Radcliffe, Michelle, Acott, Kevin, Hughes, Peter and Chambers, Mary (2020) Training healthcare assistants working in adult acute inpatient wards in Psychological First Aid : an implementation and evaluation study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 27(6), pp. 742-751. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Genziani, Mirella, Gillard, Steve, Samuels, Lana and Chambers, Mary (2020) Emergency workers' experiences of the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 : interpretative phenomenological investigation. BJPsych Bulletin, 44(6), ISSN (print) 2056-4708

Chambers, Mary, McAndrew, Sue, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben, Watts, Paul, Grant, Robert and Kantaris, Xenya (2019) The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire (TEQ) : a service user-focused mental health nursing outcome metric. BMC Psychiatry, 19, p. 384. ISSN (online) 1471-244X

Gault, Iris, Pelle, Julia and Chambers, Mary (2019) 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. Health Expectations, 22(4), pp. 813-823. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Hickey, Gary and Chambers, Mary (2019) Patient and public involvement and engagement : mind the gap. Health Expectations, 22(4), pp. 607-608. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

O'Shea, Alison, Boaz, Annette L. and Chambers, Mary (2019) A hierarchy of power : the place of patient and public involvement in healthcare service development. Frontiers in Sociology, 4, ISSN (online) 2297-7775

Chambers, Mary and LeMaster, Joseph (2019) Collecting and using patient experience data : caution, commitment and consistency are needed. Health Expectations, 22(1), pp. 1-2. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Chambers, Mary (2018) Interpersonal relationships and communication as a gateway to patient and public involvement and engagement. Health Expectations, 21(2), pp. 407-408. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Walker, Andrew, Kantaris, Xenya and Chambers, Mary (2018) Understanding therapeutic approaches to anxiety in vestibular rehabilitation : a qualitative study of specialist physiotherapists in the UK. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(7), pp. 829-835. ISSN (print) 0963-8288

Chambers, Mary and Kantaris, Xenya (2017) Enhancing the therapeutic interaction skills of staff working in acute adult inpatient psychiatric wards : outcomes of a brief intervention education programme. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(11), p. 123. ISSN (print) 1925-4040

Chambers, Mary, McAndrew, Susan, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben, Watts, Paul and Kantaris, Xenya (2017) Service user involvement in the coproduction of a mental health nursing metric : The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire. Health Expectations, 20(5), pp. 871-877. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Chambers, Mary (2017) Approaches towards optimizing individualized, high-quality, evidence-informed care. Health Expectations, 20(4), pp. 529-530. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

O'Shea, Alison, Chambers, Mary and Boaz, Annette (2017) Whose voices? Patient and public involvement in clinical commissioning. Health Expectations, 20(3), pp. 484-494. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Chambers, Mary (2017) Engaging patients and public in decision-making : approaches to achieving this in a complex environment. Health Expectations, 20(2), pp. 185-187. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Millar, Samantha L., Chambers, Mary and Giles, Melanie (2016) Service user involvement in mental health care : an evolutionary concept analysis. Health Expectations, 19(2), pp. 209-221. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Holley, Jessica, Chambers, Mary and Gillard, Steven (2016) The impact of risk management practice upon the implementation of recovery-oriented care in community mental health services : a qualitative investigation. Journal of Mental Health, 25(4), pp. 315-322. ISSN (print) 0963-8237

Chambers, M., Kantaris, X., Guise, V. and Välimäki, M. (2015) Managing and caring for distressed and disturbed service users : the thoughts and feelings experienced by a sample of English mental health nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22(5), pp. 289-297. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

McAndrew, Sue, Chambers, Mary, Nolan, Fiona, Thomas, Ben and Watts, Paul (2014) Measuring the evidence : reviewing the literature of the measurement of therapeutic engagement in acute mental health inpatient wards. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23(3), pp. 212-220. ISSN (print) 1445-8330

Boaz, Annette, Chambers, Mary and Stuttaford, Maria (2014) Public participation: more than a method?: Comment on "Harnessing the potential to quantify public preferences for healthcare priorities through citizens' juries". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 3(5), pp. 291-293. ISSN (online) 2322-5939

Hickey, Gary and Chambers, Mary (2014) Reaching a consensus on service-user involvement in courses for professionals. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), pp. 22-27. ISSN (print) 1351-5578

Staniuliene, Vida, Chambers, Mary, Kantaris, Xenya, Kontio, Raija, Kuosmanen, Lauri, Scott, Anne, Rebelo Botelho, Maria Antonia, Zanotti, Renzo and Valimaki, Maritta (2013) The feelings and thoughts of mental health nurses concerning the management of distressed and disturbed in-patients : a comparative qualitative European study. Open Journal of Nursing, 3(6), pp. 426-436. ISSN (print) 2162-5336

Chambers, M, Gillard, S, Turner, K and Borschmann, R (2013) Evaluation of an educational practice development programme for staff working in mental health inpatient environments. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20(4), pp. 362-373. ISSN (print) 1365-2850

Gault, Iris, Gallagher, Ann and Chambers, Mary (2013) Perspectives on medicine adherence in service users and carers with experience of legally sanctioned detention and medication: a qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 7, pp. 787-799. ISSN (online) 1177-889X

Camuccio, C A, Chambers, M, Välimäki, M, Farro, D and Zanotti, R (2012) Managing distressed and disturbed patients: the thoughts and feelings experienced by Italian nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 19(9), pp. 807-815. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Guise, Veslemoy, Chambers, Mary, Conradi, Emily, Kavia, Sheetal and Välimäki, Maritta (2012) Development, implementation and initial evaluation of narrative virtual patients for use in vocational mental health nurse training. Nurse Education Today, 32(6), pp. 683-689. ISSN (print) 0260-6917

Guise, V., Chambers, M. and Valimaki, M. (2012) What can virtual patient simulation offer mental health nursing education? Journal Of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 19(5), pp. 410-418. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Morris, Roisin, Scott, Philomena Anne, Cocoman, Angela, Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemøy, Välimäki, Maritta and Clinton, Gerard (2012) 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. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 68(2), pp. 460-470. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

Gillard, Steve, Borschmann, Rohan, Turner, Kati, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman, Lovell, Kathleen and Chambers, Mary (2012) Producing different analytical narratives, coproducing integrated analytical narrative: a qualitative study of UK detained mental health patient experience involving service user researchers. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 15(3), pp. 239-254. ISSN (print) 1364-5579

Chambers, Mary (2010) 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. Evidence-Based Nursing, 13(4), pp. 118-119. ISSN (print) 1367-6539

Guise, Veslemoy, Chambers, Mary, Valimaki, Maritta and Makkonen, Pekka (2010) A mixed-mode approach to data collection: combining web and paper questionnaires to examine nurses' attitudes to mental illness. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 66(7), pp. 1623-1632. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

Gillard, Steven, Borschmann, Rohan, Turner, Kati, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman, Lovell, Kathleen and Chambers, Mary (2010) '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. Health Expectations, 13(2), pp. 185-194. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemoy, Valimaki, Maritta, Botelho, Maria Antonia Rebelo, Scott, Anne, Staniuliene, Vida and Zanotti, Renzo (2010) Nurses' attitudes to mental illness: a comparison of a sample of nurses from five European countries. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(3), pp. 350-362. ISSN (print) 0020-7489

Borschmann, Rohan, D., Gillard, Steven, Turner, Kati, Lovell, Kath, Goodrich-Purnell, Norman and Chambers, Mary (2010) 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. Medicine, Science and the Law, 50(1), pp. 15-18. ISSN (print) 0025-8024

Borschmann, R D, Gillard, S, Turner, K, Chambers, M and O'Brien, A (2010) Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: a new literature review. Medicine, Science and the Law, 50(1), pp. 34-39. ISSN (print) 0025-8024

Chambers, Mary (2009) Book review of: Oxford handbook of mental health nursing. Patrick Callaghan & Helen Waldock. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006,. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(4), pp. 404-405. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Wood, Julia Helen, Chambers, Mary and White, Sarah Jane (2007) Nurses' knowledge of and attitude to electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of ECT, 23(4), pp. 251-254. ISSN (print) 1095-0680

Chambers, M., Connor, S.L. and Davren, M. (2006) An evaluation of a combined education and multi-project practice development programme in mental health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 13(3), pp. 364-371. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Chambers, M., Connor, S.L. and McElhinney, S. (2005) Substance use and young people: the potential of technology. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12(2), pp. 179-186. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

McGarvey, Helen E., Chambers, Mary G.A. and Boore, Jennifer R.P. (2004) The influence of context on role behaviors of perioperative nurses. AORN Journal, 80(6), pp. 1103-1120. ISSN (print) 0001-2092

Chambers, Mary, Connor, Samantha, McGonigle, Mary and Diver, Mike (2003) Multimedia software to help caregivers cope. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 10(5), pp. 504-511. ISSN (print) 1067-5027

Chambers, Mary and Connor, Samantha L. (2002) User-friendly technology to help family carers cope. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(5), pp. 568-577. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

Urquhart, Christine, Chambers, Mary, Connor, Samantha, Lewis, Leo, Murphy, Jeannette, Roberts, Ruth and Thomas, Rhian (2002) Evaluation of distance learning delivery of health information management and health informatics programmes : a UK perspective. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(3), pp. 146-157. ISSN (print) 1471-1834

Chambers, M., Connor, S., Diver, M. and McGonigle, M. (2002) Usability of multimedia technology to help caregivers prepare for a crisis. Telemedicine and e-Health, 8(3), pp. 343-347. ISSN (online) 1556-3669

Chambers, Mary (2002) Nursing informatics and practice development. NT Research, 7(2), pp. 101-115. ISSN (print) 1361-4096

Chambers, Mary and Cutcliffe, John JR (2001) The dynamics and processes of 'ending' in clinical supervision. British Journal of Nursing, 10(21), pp. 1403-1411. ISSN (print) 0966-0461

Chambers, M., Connor, S.L., McGarvey, H. and Diver, M. (2001) User acceptance of a multi-media software application to increase preparedness for caring problems. Health Informatics Journal, 7(3-4), pp. 152-157. ISSN (print) 1460-4582

Chambers, M., Ryan, A. A. and Connor, S. L. (2001) Exploring the emotional support needs and coping strategies of family carers. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 8(2), pp. 99-106. ISSN (print) 1351-0126

Book

Chambers, Mary [Editor], Välimäki, Maritta [Editor], Gronholm, Petra C [Editor] and Soliman, Abdrabo [Editor] (2024) Cultural considerations in relation to mental health stigma. Lausanne, Switzerland : Frontiers Media. ISSN (print) 1664-8714 ISBN 9782832550038

Chambers, Mary, ed. (2017) Psychiatric and mental health nursing : the craft of caring. 3rd ed. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 846p. ISBN 9781482221954

Book Section

Chambers, Mary (2020) Mental health nursing : what a difference twenty years can make. In: Brooker, Charles and White, Edward, (eds.) Mental health nursing : from the outside, looking in. Cheshire, U.K. : White Winstanley. pp. 116-120. ISBN 9781916281219

Chambers, Mary and Storm, Marianne (2019) Resilience in healthcare : a modified stakeholder analysis. In: Wiig, Siri and Fahlbruch, Babette, (eds.) Exploring resilience : a scientific journey from practice to theory. Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature. pp. 113-119. (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology : Safety Management) ISSN (print) 2520-8004 ISBN 9783030031893

Chambers, Mary (2010) Case study 15B. Northern Ireland's information and communications technology strategy: a case study of nursing activity. In: Weaver, Charlotte, A. , White Delaney, Connie , Weber, Patrick and Carr, Robyn, L., (eds.) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: an international look at practice, education and EHR trends. Chicago, IL : Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. pp. 363-368. 2nd ed ISBN 9780982107041

Guise, V. and Chambers, M. (2007) Baseline information from England: towards improved quality by developing nurses' continuing vocational training in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient units in England. In: Valimaki, M , Scott, A , Lahti, M and Chanmbers, M, (eds.) The changing face of psychiatric nursing: care or control? ePsychNurse.Net: towards improved quality: improving nurses' continuing vocational training in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient units. Turku, Finland : Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku. pp. 60-76. ISBN 9789512935765

Paget, Anthony Michael, Mongiardi, Franca, Chambers, Mary and Springer, Hans (2006) European collaboration for teaching nursing informatics. In: Weaver, Charlotte A , Delaney, Connie W , Weber, Patrick and Carr, Robyn, (eds.) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: an international look at practice, trends and the future. Chicago, Illinois : Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2006. pp. 215-221. 18 ISBN 9780976127758

Chambers, Mary (2006) The case for 'mental health' nurses. In: Cutcliffe, John and Ward, Martin, (eds.) Key debates in psychiatric/mental health nursing. Edinburgh, U.K. : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 33-46. ISBN 9780443073915

Chambers, Mary (2005) A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships. In: Cutcliffe, John and McKenna, Hugh, (eds.) The essential concepts of nursing: building blocks for practice. London, U.K. : Elsevier. pp. 301-316. ISBN 0443073724

Chambers, Mary, Glenister, David, Kelly, Carol and Parkes, Tessa (2005) Involving individuals in mental health nursing education. In: Tilley, Stephen, (ed.) Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the field of knowledge. Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science. pp. 114-128. ISBN 0632058455

Chambers, Mary (2005) A concept analysis of therapeutic relationships. In: Cutcliffe, John R. and McKenna, Hugh P., (eds.) The essential concepts of nursing. Edinburgh, U.K. : Elsevier, Churchill livingstone. pp. 301-316. ISBN 9780443073724

Conference or Workshop Item

Chambers, Mary (2015) Enhancing patient care experience through developing and testing a tool to measure therapeutic engagement in acute, inpatient, psychiatric settings. In: Transforming Quality Nursing Care: Promise and Potential: the 5th International Nursing Conference; 22-23 Apr 2015, Amman, Jordan. (Unpublished)

Chambers, Mary [Speaker] (2014) Keynote: Recovery psychiatry: rhetoric or reality. In: 3rd European Conference on Mental Health; 10-12 Sep 2014, Tallinn, Estonia. (Unpublished)

Chambers, Mary (2014) Workshop: Service user involvement: what it means, what it offers and what challenges it presents. In: 3rd European Conference on Mental Health; 10-12 Sep 2014, Tallinn, Estonia. (Unpublished)

Borschmann, Rohan, Chambers, Mary, Gillard, Steve, Turner, Kati, Lovell, Kath and Goodrich-Purnell, Norman (2007) Crossing traditional boundaries: the value of service users as researchers in a study investigating the lived experience of detained patients. In: Unhealthy professional boundaries? Working together in health and social care; 04 - 05 Dec 2007, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Chambers, Mary, Guise, Veslemoy and Valimaki, Maritta (2007) Mental health nurses' attitudes to mental illness and people with mental health problems: results of a national survey in England. In: Unhealthy professional boundaries? Working together in health and social care; 04 - 05 Dec 2007, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Chambers, Mary, Turner, Kati, Blair, James and Christian, Sarah (2007) User-involvement in health and social wellbeing. In: Unhealthy professional boundaries? Working together in health and social care; 04 - 05 Dec 2007, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Calovski, Vid, Taylor, Francesca, O'Shea, Ali, Brearley, Sally and Chambers, Mary (2020) Scoping study of the changing landscape of opportunities for patient and public involvement in NHS healthcare commissioning decision-making. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Joint Faculty of Kingston University and St George’s University of London. 37 p.

Edwards, Christine, Fox, Rebekah, Gillard, Steven, Gourlay, Stephen, Guven, Pinar, Jackson, Charles, Chambers, Mary and Drennan, Vari (2013) Explaining health managers' information seeking behaviour and use. (Project Report) Southampton, U.K. : National Institute for Health Research. 215 p.

Valimaki, M [Editor], Scott, A [Editor], Lahti, M [Editor] and Chambers, M [Editor] (2007) The changing face of psychiatric nursing: care or control? ePsychNurse.Net: towards improved quality: improving nurses' continuing vocational training in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient units. (Project Report) Turku, Finland : Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku. 107 p. ISBN 9789512935765

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