2Nd Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 3 May 2013 Welcome
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2nd Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 3 May 2013 Welcome From Mary Addo, Chairwoman for the 2nd Mental Health Research Nursing Conference 2013 Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure and honour that we warmly welcome you to the 2nd Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference. We look forward to your engagement in the discussions and debates that arise during the conference. The theme for today’s conference is “Promoting mental health and wellbeing for all – evidencing mental health practice.” No human being is immune from the ‘tentacles’ of mental illness. We are all too aware of the suffering that goes not only for the individual, but also their families, friends and colleagues, including practitioners who work in mental health services. However, with the right intervention at the right time and for the right reasons, individuals and their families can take charge of their situation, achieve, and lead a meaningful life. This requires appropriate help based on a multiplicity of sound evidence of what works in a given context. In the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012 -20151 improving mental health and treating mental illness are two major challenges to address. To achieve this, seven key themes were identified as targets for improving the mental health and wellbeing of everyone. One of these seeks to -“Develop the outcomes approach to include personal, social and clinical outcomes,” and this conference is evidence of the progress the profession is making towards this goal. It is hoped that the contents of today’s conference will help us to make appropriate decisions regarding relevant services and interventions, to support and empower individuals experiencing mental ill health, not forgetting the needs of practitioners. Throughout the day we will be reminded that “mental wellbeing is a dynamic state in which the individual is able to develop their potential, work productively and creatively, build strong and positive relationships with others and contribute to their community. It is enhanced when an individual is able to fulfil their personal and social goals and achieve a sense of purpose in society.” 2 The 2nd Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference provides a fantastic opportunity for like minded people engaged in mental health practice to share and learn from each other. We are confident that your attendance at today’s 1 The Scottish Government (2012) Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012-2015: The Scottish Government: Edinburgh. 2 Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing (2008) Final Project Report - Executive Summary. The Government Office for Science: London. conference will provide you with a thought provoking, stimulating, inspiring, and energising learning experience. This will help you to support and enhance the quality of life of others, in promoting human flourishing in the services you provide. We are proud to say that the conference is funded by the Scottish Government and supported by the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Institute for Health and Welfare Research (IHWR) at Robert Gordon University. We worked in collaboration with partners in the NHS and several Scottish universities to ensure the conference has wide relevance to clinical practice and education. Again, a big thank you on behalf of the conference committee for making the effort to join us today, to share and celebrate mental health nursing research in Scotland. Dr Mary Addo, PhD, MEd, MA (Soc.Sci), DMS, PgCert TLT, RMN, EN (G) Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing Keynote Speakers Susan Blishen, Project Manager, Right Here Susan Blishen of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation is the Manager of Right Here. She helped to develop and now oversees the delivery and evaluation of this programme. Project initiation and management has been central to Susan’s roles at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and to her previous roles. Susan helped to set up, and then manage, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Fund for Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers and the Reading and Libraries Challenge Fund. She also contributed to the development of the Foundation’s newest grants programme, the Social Justice Programme. Susan’s publications include “Supporting Young People’s Mental Health: Eight Points for Action”, Mental Health Foundation Policy Briefing, 2007 (with Moira Fraser) and “Access to Books and Reading for Young People in Public Care”, the Network, 2007 (with John Vincent). She has a Masters Degree in English Literature. As our first keynote speaker for the conference Susan will present a talk entitled: Re-scripting young people’s experiences of health and support services Right Here is a unique, five-year collaboration between Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Mental Health Foundation to develop effective new approaches to improving the mental health and well-being of 16 – 25 year olds. Since 2009 the initiative has been working with four partnerships in Brighton and Hove, Fermanagh, NI, Newham, and Sheffield, where young people and adults have worked together to design, deliver, commission and evaluate a range of health promoting, therapeutic and resilience- building activities. In 2011, Right Here, with Comic Relief and Nominet Trust also began developing a range of new digital products to support young people’s mental health, as part of the Innovation Labs initiative. Susan will speak about the benefits and challenges of the co-production process (young people/adults; youth workers/mental health professionals), which informs all of these projects. Drawing on the independent evaluations of Right Here from the Tavistock Institute and the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR), and the views of the young people who have been involved, she will also propose some key design features for future youth mental health and well-being services, including on-line, and digital services. Professor Brian J. Webster Brian Webster is a Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences, at Edinburgh Napier University. Brian is both a mental health nurse and an adult nurse and has been a nurse since leaving School at 17. He quickly found his area of professional interest in alcohol misuse and has built his career in both mental health and adult nursing settings around this interest. Brian worked in Scotland as a Charge Nurse before moving to the South of England where he held several clinical positions in forensic mental health, substance misuse, emergency medicine, gastroenterology and haematology. He joined the University of Portsmouth as a Lecturer/Practitioner, before moving to the University of Southampton where he became the Director of Education at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Brian has degrees in politics, education, and advanced practice and his research focuses on alcohol misuse, particularly amongst University students. In 2009, Brian moved back to Scotland as the head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Robert Gordon University. He is Chair of the Scottish Heads of Academic Nursing and Allied Health Professions (SHANAHP) as well as being an Executive Member of the Council of Deans of Health UK. His book, “Achieving the NMC Competencies – A Handbook for Student Nurses” is due for release in October 2013. Professor Webster will present the second keynote address at the conference. Alcohol Use in Scotland – The challenge to us as practitioners Scotland has a long standing problematic relationship with alcohol. Whilst the total consumption of alcohol per head is falling, the problematic use of alcohol continues to rise. This keynote speech will look at the current challenges that many people have with alcohol in Scotland. As practitioners, I would suggest that we need to do more in assessing, supporting, referring and educating the populations that we come in contact with. In order to do that we need to address this from a multi-factorial level and this speech will look at the areas of; • The education of nurses – have we got this right? • Our role as nurses - the skills we need • Our own use of alcohol – as part of our nation • What the future holds It is my belief that significant change is required for Scotland to change its relationship with alcohol, that the health of our nation is of major concern to us as mental health practitioners and that we do have a role to play in addressing this. Professor Susan Klein Professor Susan Klein, as Director of the Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research and Principal Member and Theme Leader for Neurological & Mental Health, Institute for Health & Welfare Research, is recognised as a national and international expert in the field of trauma-related research. She has contributed to the development of evidence-informed guidance for the psychosocial response to major incidents commissioned by the Department of Health/NATO and, more recently, psychosocial mental healthcare provision for emergency preparedness and response in collaboration with the Resilience Advisory Board for Scotland (RABS) and for implementation as part of the Care for People affected by Emergencies. Professor Klein presents the third of our keynote addresses. Title: Mitigating the Impact of Trauma in the Workplace: Lessons Learned Abstract: Traumatic workplace incidents are not rare. In the United Kingdom, some 85% of workplaces have recorded verbal abuse or staff harassment, and 65% have reported actual physical assault on staff. Within the health service evidence suggests, for example, that nurses are at “high risk” of being exposed to violent or aggressive patients. Dealing with such patients on a regular basis has been reported to be a common occupational hazard and may conduce to the development of post-traumatic symptoms and occupational burnout. Trauma in the workplace, however, may not just refer to adverse events experienced by an unsuspecting employee. Some workers have a responsibility to deal with the traumatic events endured by others, for example, those employed in the rescue and emergency services, healthcare services, and the military. To mitigate the impact of trauma in the workplace requires a good understanding of the exacting demands of this type of work, and to identify facilitative factors in meeting the requirements of fulfilling such a role.