I’m off to Warwick University tomorrow, leaving on a too-early train, for this year’s International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference. This is the NPNR’s 20th edition, and here (lifted shamelessly from the event website, accessible by following the link directly above) is a taster of what’s on offer:
Themes for 2014
Contemporary practice in mental health nursing research
Involving people – where has it got us?
Reflections and reminders
Building new knowledge for effective partnerships
Methodologies, methods and magic
Innovation in teaching, learning and practice
Keynote speakers
Thursday 18 September
Person-Centre Care: Collaborative practice and research
Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of Nursing at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Co-production and the future role of Mental Health Nursing
Dr Julie Repper, Recovery LeadNottingham Healthcare Trust, Nottingham, UK
Mental health and Wellbeing: Books on Prescription
Debbie Hicks, Director of Research, The Reading Agency
Friday 19 September
Understanding Pathways to Care in Early Psychosis
Professor Swaran P Singh, Head of Division, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
The Role of Leaders in Designing Recovery Oriented Systems of Care: Upsetting the Historical Applecart
Dr Kevin Ann Huckshorn, State Division, Director for the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware, USA
I’ll aim to tweet from Warwick whilst I’m there. To join in the conference-wide discussion, here’s some info from the @MHNAUK Twitter feed:
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Interesting – a keynote on collaboration – another keynote on co- production – no sign of the co-producers or the collaborators sharing the platform – it’s the same old story I suspect – powerful people talking to other powerful people about less powerful people –
I for one will not be there – I don’t think I could handle that much fun!
Just arrived at NPNR and checking in. Yes, point taken.