Michael Brennan
Assistant Professor,
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Trinity College
Ireland
Biography
Dr. Michael Brennan PhD, RPN, RNT, M Ed, Dip in Addiction Studies, Dip Social Studies. Michael is a registered psychiatric nurse (1992), and nurse tutor (2003) currently, Michael lecturers in the School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin. He started his lecturing career as a lecturer/practitioner in 2004 in a joint post also with Trinity College Dublin and the National Forensic Mental Health Service. Michael is the Programme Coordinator for a Masters/Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health(CAFS). This is the first multi/interdisciplinary programme of its kind in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. He is currently a member of the Research Ethics Committee in the Centre of Health Policy and Management at Trinity College. He was a member of the advisory sub-group, A Vision for Change, Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy. He organised and coordinated the First Annual Conference titled; Evidence Based Mental Health Services for Ireland held on the 6th of December 2006 at Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Research Interest
Addiction and substance abuse; criminal law and criminology, ; discrimination and marginalization; equality issues for mental health service users; Forensic mental health issues; Forensic Nursing ; Health status and inequalities; Inter/Multidisciplinary Education; Mental health nursing; Service needs analysis for mentally disordered offenders; Sociological influences on health; Transformative theories in Research
Publications
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Higgins, A., Doyle, L., Downes, C., Nash, M., Morrissey, J., Brennan, M. & Costello, P., 'Exploring practices, policies and processes around risk and safety management within mental health nursing services (SMARTER Nursing study)., '5th International Nursing and Midwifery Conference, ,, NUIG Galway, March, 2015 Conference Paper, 2015
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Brennan, M. , Mental Health Practice - a primary care perspective. , 21st Anniversary Conference , Hilton Hotel Kilmainham Dublin , 3rd October, edited by National Association for Pastoral Counselling and Psychotherapy (NAPCP) , 2015 Conference Paper, 2015
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Higgins, A., Doyle, L., Downes, C., Morrissey, J., Costello, P.,Brennan, M & Nash, M., There is more to risk and safety planning than dramatic risks: mental health nurses' risk assessment and safety management practice., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25, (2), 2016, p159 - 170 Journal Article, 2016 DOI
