Chris Stevenson (academic)
Encyclopedia
Professor Chris Stevenson is an author and Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Dublin City University
(DCU), where she is also head of the School of Nursing. She was appointed in 2005 to the newly-created chair (the first such professorship in Ireland), having begun her career as a psychiatric nurse.
, and Deputy Director of the Teesside Centre for Rehabilitation Sciences (TCRS).
On her appointment to DCU, she established a qualitative study into an attempted suicide in young men in Ireland, noting that suicide is the most common cause of death in 15 to 24-year-old males in Ireland and that mental health nurses are currently not properly trained to deal with people with severe mental health issues, describing the problem as "professional avoidance in engaging meaningfully with the person."
, England, far(ish) from the maddening crowd, with family including feathered and furred pets".
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...
(DCU), where she is also head of the School of Nursing. She was appointed in 2005 to the newly-created chair (the first such professorship in Ireland), having begun her career as a psychiatric nurse.
Career
Stevenson trained as a psychiatric nurse before completing a BA (Hons) in psychology and sociology at Sunderland Polytechnic. She then returned to nursing as a community psychiatric nurse, specialising in working with families. Whilst working as a nurse, she studied for an MSc in Health and Social Research at the University of Northumbria, and for seven years she held a clinical lectureship at University of Newcastle. She then became a reader in nursing at the University of TeessideUniversity of Teesside
Teesside University is a university in Middlesbrough, England. It has a student body of 29,285 students as of the 2009/10 academic year. It recorded rises in applications of 25.1 per cent and 23.5 per cent for degree courses beginning in 2010, the highest such percentage increases of the five...
, and Deputy Director of the Teesside Centre for Rehabilitation Sciences (TCRS).
On her appointment to DCU, she established a qualitative study into an attempted suicide in young men in Ireland, noting that suicide is the most common cause of death in 15 to 24-year-old males in Ireland and that mental health nurses are currently not properly trained to deal with people with severe mental health issues, describing the problem as "professional avoidance in engaging meaningfully with the person."
Personal and family
Stevenson describes herself as living "in the kingdom of NorthumbriaNorthumbria
Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.Northumbria was...
, England, far(ish) from the maddening crowd, with family including feathered and furred pets".
Published works
Books by Chris Stevenson include:- Care of the Suicidal Person, Elsevier, 2006.
- Patient and Person: Empowering Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, Elsevier, 2004.
- The Construction of Power and Authority in Psychiatry. Oxford:, Butterworth Heineman., 2000.
- Integrating Perspectives on Health, Open University Press, 1996.