Siobhan Russell

Dr.

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I am an Assistant Professor in Mental Health Nursing in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health at DCU. I initially trained as a mental health nurse. I practised for eight years in various mental health care settings, including adult inpatient services, and then moved to community services working as a community mental health nurse. While working as a mental health nurse, I was completing a PhD at DCU part-time. I took up this full-time academic post at DCU in 2014 after I had completed my PhD. I lecture on both the undergraduate and post-graduate programmes, which have facilitated the development of my teaching and research interests. My teaching and research interests focus on contemporary mental health nursing practice and community-engaged research.

                          

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2021 Finan, S.;McMahon, A.;Russell, S. (2021) '“At What Cost am I Doing This?” An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of burnout among private practitioner psychotherapists'. COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH, . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Happell B;Warner T;Waks S;O'Donovan A;Manning F;Doody R;Greaney S;Goodwin J;Hals E;Griffin M;Scholz B;Granerud A;Platania-Phung C;Russell S;MacGabhann L;Pulli J;Vatula A;der Vaart KJV;Allon J;Bjornsson E;Ellilä H;Lahti M;Biering P; (2021) 'Becoming an Expert by Experience: Benefits and Challenges of Educating Mental Health Nursing Students'. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2020 Happell B.;Waks S.;Horgan A.;Greaney S.;Manning F.;Goodwin J.;Bocking J.;Scholz B.;Hals E.;Granerud A.;Doody R.;Platania-Phung C.;Griffin M.;Russell S.;MacGabhann L.;Pulli J.;Vatula A.;Browne G.;van der Vaart K.J.;Allon J.;Bjornsson E.;Ellilä H.;Lahti M.;Biering P. (2020) '“It is much more real when it comes from them”: The role of experts by experience in the integration of mental health nursing theory and practice'. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, . [DOI]
2020 Horgan, A;Manning, F;Donovan, MO;Doody, R;Savage, E;Bradley, SK;Dorrity, C;O'Sullivan, H;Goodwin, J;Greaney, S;Biering, P;Bjornsson, E;Bocking, J;Russell, S;MacGabhann, L;Griffin, M;van der Vaart, KJ;Allon, J;Granerud, A;Hals, E;Pulli, J;Vatula, A;Ellila, H;Lahti, M;Happell, B (2020) 'Expert by experience involvement in mental health nursing education: The co-production of standards between Experts by Experience and academics in mental health nursing'. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2020 Horgan A.;O Donovan M.;Manning F.;Doody R.;Savage E.;Dorrity C.;O’Sullivan H.;Goodwin J.;Greaney S.;Biering P.;Bjornsson E.;Bocking J.;Russell S.;Griffin M.;MacGabhann L.;van der Vaart K.J.;Allon J.;Granerud A.;Hals E.;Pulli J.;Vatula A.;Ellilä H.;Lahti M.;Happell B. (2020) '‘Meet Me Where I Am’: Mental health service users’ perspectives on the desirable qualities of a mental health nurse'. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2019 Happell, B;Waks, S;Bocking, J;Horgan, A;Manning, F;Greaney, S;Goodwin, J;Scholz, B;van der Vaart, KJ;Allon, J;Hals, E;Granerud, A;Doody, R;MacGabhann, L;Russell, S;Griffin, M;Lahti, M;Ellila, H;Pulli, J;Vatula, A;Platania-Phung, C;Bjornsson, E;Biering, P (2019) '"I felt some prejudice in the back of my head": Nursing students' perspectives on learning about mental health from "Experts by Experience"'. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2019 Happell B.;Platania-Phung C.;Scholz B.;Bocking J.;Horgan A.;Manning F.;Doody R.;Hals E.;Granerud A.;Lahti M.;Pullo J.;Vatula A.;Ellilä H.;van der Vaart K.;Allon J.;Griffin M.;Russell S.;MacGabhann L.;Bjornsson E.;Biering P. (2019) 'Nursing student attitudes to people labelled with ‘mental illness’ and consumer participation: A survey-based analysis of findings and psychometric properties'. Nurse Education Today, 76 :89-95. [DOI]
2019 Happell B.;Waks S.;Bocking J.;Horgan A.;Manning F.;Greaney S.;Goodwin J.;Scholz B.;van der Vaart K.;Allon J.;Granerud A.;Hals E.;Doody R.;Russell S.;Griffin M.;MacGabhann L.;Lahti M.;Ellilä H.;Pulli J.;Vatula A.;Platania-Phung C.;Bjornsson E.;Biering P. (2019) '‘There's more to a person than what's in front of you’: Nursing students’ experiences of consumer taught mental health education'. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2019 Happell B.;Platania-Phung C.;Scholz B.;Bocking J.;Horgan A.;Manning F.;Doody R.;Hals E.;Granerud A.;Jan van der Vaart K.;Allon J.;Lahti M.;Pulli J.;Vatula A.;Ellilä H.;Griffin M.;Russell S.;MacGabhann L.;Bjornsson E.;Biering P. (2019) 'Assessment of the Opening Minds Scale for use with nursing students'. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55 (4):661-666. [DOI]
2018 Horgan, A;Manning, F;Bocking, J;Happell, B;Lahti, M;Doody, R;Griffin, M;Bradley, SK;Russell, S;Bjornsson, E;O'Donovan, M;MacGabhann, L;Savage, E;Pulli, J;Goodwin, J;van der Vaart, KJ;O'Sullivan, H;Dorrity, C;Ellila, H;Allon, J;Hals, E;Sitvast, J;Granerud, A;Biering, P (2018) '"To be treated as a human': Using co-production to explore experts by experience involvement in mental health nursing education - The COMMUNE project'. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 :1282-1291. [DOI]
2018 Happell B.;Platania-Phung C.;Scholz B.;Bocking J.;Horgan A.;Manning F.;Doody R.;Hals E.;Granerud A.;Lahti M.;Pullo J.;Vatula A.;Koski J.;van der Vaart K.;Allon J.;Griffin M.;Russell S.;MacGabhann L.;Bjornsson E.;Biering P. (2018) 'Changing attitudes: The impact of Expert by Experience involvement in Mental Health Nursing Education: An international survey study'. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]
2018 Happell B;Platania-Phung C;Bocking J;Scholz B;Horgan A;Manning F;Doody R;Hals E;Granerud A;Lahti M;Pullo J;Ellilä H;Annaliina V;van der Vaart KJ;Allon J;Griffin M;Russell S;MacGabhann L;Bjornsson E;Biering P; (2018) 'Nursing students' attitudes towards people with diagnosed with mental illness and mental health nursing: an international project from Europe and Australia'. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, . [DOI]

Editorial

Year Publication
2020 Happell B.;Horgan A.;Manning F.;Doody R.;Greaney S.;Goodwin J.;Bocking J.;Waks S.;Hals E.;Griffin M.;Scholz B.;Granerud A.;Platania-Phung C.;Russell S.;MacGabhann L.;Pulli J.;Vatula A.;van der Vaart K.J.;Allon J.;Bjornsson E.;Ellilä H.;Lahti M.;Biering P. (2020) Experts by experience in mental health nursing education: What have we learned from the commune project?. ED [DOI]
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Irish Institute of Mental health Nursing Executive Board Member 01/09/2016 -
NMBI Member 05/10/2007 -

Employment

Employer Position From / To
HSE staff Nurse 01/01/2009 - 08/07/2010
HSE Community Mental health Nurse 07/04/2010 -
St Patrick's Hospital Staff Nurse 01/06/2007 - 01/01/2009

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
Dublin city University PhD
Dublin city University BSc Honours Nursing (Psychiatric)

Research Interests

My research interest focuses on contemporary mental health nursing practice and community-engaged research. 

 Current Project- (2021-2024).  I am part of an Erasmus+ project on cooperation partnership in adult education. There are four international partners, and DCU is the coordinating institute. The project aims to embed an emancipatory educational framework in communities for people marginalised and excluded because of mental health and substance misuse issues. An ecological community trauma lens underpins this project. 

  • Previous Projects 
    The COMMUNE project focused on the co-production of mental health education for nursing students. This Erasmus Plus strategic partnership funded project involved working with mental health service users (Experts by Experience) throughout all stages of the research process (grant application - data collection - data analysis - intervention design).
  • Building Relational Capacity in Parents and Children in Ballymun-Evaluating YB Infant Mental Health Interventions. (IRC Project). Young Ballymun (YB) provides a range of interventions to build the relationship between parents and children, enhancing their relational capacity and promoting resilience. This project will establish the experiences and perceptions of parents and professionals on the relevance and benefits (acceptability) of these interventions. 


Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Embedding an Emancipatory Educational Framework in Communities for people marginalised and excluded because of mental health and/or substance misuse issues Co- Researcher (leading a work package) This project will develop an international network of professionals, experts by experience, academics and people affected by mental health and substance use issues to build community capacity in responding to these issues through designing and implementing an empowering adult educational process in five designated communities. The project will evaluate the impact of the participatory process and educational intervention on participant stakeholders and develop good practice guidelines for others who may wish to mirror the process in their communities. 05/11/2021 05/01/2024
Building Relational Capacity in Parents and Children in Ballymun- Evaluating Infant Mental Health Co -Investigator 06/09/2020 20/11/2021
COMMUNE- Co-Produced Mental Health Nurse Education Co -PI 01/09/2016 05/10/2018
Using Simulation to develop student mental health nurses's assessment skills Co -PI 01/01/2020 31/12/2020

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Reddan ,Frank Doctor of Psychotherapy Supervisor

Teaching Interests

Mental Health Nursing, Recovery & Mental Health Nursing Practice. 

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 Mental Health Nursing 1 NS132
2022 Mental Health Nursing 2 NS107
2022 Practice Module 1b (Mental Health) NS160
2022 Mental Health Nursing 3 NS210
2021 Influencing Recovery in Mental Health Practic NS552
2022 Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing 3 NS328
2021 Practice Module 4a(Mental Health) NS4518