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MY NO. 1 academic PUBLICATION FOR 2020
World Health Organisation
The W.H.O. have published a review I co-authored with Dr Anita Jensen and Dr Wenche Torrissen and it is free to download: HERE
About me
Background
Having firstly trained as a mental health nurse and counsellor, I have taught mental health nursing for nearly two decades at the University of Nottingham where I now hold an Honorary position.
I have developed and researched approaches in Arts and Health for about 20 years. My other main area of research and practice has been the role of the public in the education of mental health professionals.
I have an h-index of 36. My RG Score can be found here
I have supervised 11 PhD students, brought 7 to completion, currently supervise 1 and externally examined 14. I have 143 publications and spoken at 49 international conferences.
Having taken early retirement, I continue with some private academic work, examine PhDs and volunteer as a befriender to people seeking asylum and refugees. I am currently working on the NHS vaccination programme.
Roles and memberships
- Senior Deputy Editor of Perspectives in Public Health. With an Impact Factor of 4.940, this is one of the journals in the Royal Society for Public Health stable. Having already edited special issues on the arts and health as well as mental health I will continue to maintain these special interests in Perspectives.
- Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Royal Society for Public Health
Grants and Awards
- 2004 - £265,000 to set up community-based arts programmes in Nottingham City in collaboration with City Arts (funded by New Deal for Communities). The Arts on Prescription programme flourished until 2014.
- 2004 - £35,000 to develop an action research project to facilitate a user-led programme of teaching for mental health nursing students (The University of Nottingham)
- 2005-2009 - £100,000 for Arts development in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, this was in collaboration with the Trust's Arts Coordinator, Penny Coulson
- 2005- £53,235 - Service User Student Assessment action research project. (Burdett Trust for Nursing)
- 2007-2009 - £19,000 - Open to All. The development of mental health awareness training for museums and galleries. National Social Inclusion Programme, in partnership with Museum Libraries and Archives Council, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wallace Collection and subsequent "Training for Trainers", for museums and galleries. (National Social Inclusion Programme).
- 2006-2012 - £74,000 Various funders for local Arts and Health evaluations and small research projects
- 2012 - £15,000 Arts, Health & Wellbeing Seminar Series (Economic and Social Research Council)
- 2013 - €365,481 e-Menthe A collaboration between five European countries to develop Master´s level eLearning materials in mental health. (ERASMUS, Life-long Learning).
- 2017 - €250,000. - Arts & Social Change. A collaboration between four European countries to develop training for healthcare workers (ERASMUS, Life-long Learning).
- 2020 - £7,500 Access Arts for Refugee Roots. (Arts Council England).
REFUGEE ROOTS
Now I have taken early retirement from the University of Nottingham, I am able to work one day per week with Refugee Roots, a small charity based in Nottingham working with people seeking asylum and refugees. You can read about the charity on the website here.
the phd life raft
I'm supporting the PhD Life Raft (by being interviewed)
"This is the podcast for you if you are currently doing a PhD; are working with PhD students; or just living with someone who is on a PhD journey.
The PhD Life Raft will focus on sharing insights and experiences around some common issues like anxiety, procrastination, precariousness, imposter syndrome, and work-life balance. We will talk to students, supervisors and experts in the field of wellbeing and mental health and share actionable tips and additional resources.
Doing a PhD is tough. The PhD Life Raft is here to help you get through. "
nordic journal of arts, culture and health
A completely FREE journal
I support this journal by being on the editorial board. It is completely free to access and completely free to publish an article. All details can be found here
Recent Publications
Limited to the last three years
Please email me if you would like a PDF copy of any of my articles.
2021
STICKLEY T, WATSON M, HUI A, BOSCO A, FRENCH B & HUSSAIN B (2021) “The Elder Tree”: An evaluation of Creative Writing Groups for Older People. Nordic Journal of Arts, Culture and Health. 3(1-2), 48-62
STICKLEY T (2021) Ah, look at all the lonely people . . .’: loneliness and solitude in public mental health. Perspectives in Public Health, 141 (4) (open access editorial)
DORAN D, EDGLEY A and STICKLEY T (2021) “You feel like the one that got left behind”: a narrative inquiry into the friendships of people who have endured mental health difficulties. Perspectives in Public Health, DOI: 10.1177/17579139211035161
ALATTAR, N., FELTON, A., & STICKLEY, T. (2021). Mental health and stigma in Saudi Arabia: a scoping review. Mental Health Review Journal. DOI: MHRJ-08-2020-0055/full/html
STICKLEY T (2021) Global challenges and changes Perspectives in Public Health 141 (1), 2-2 (open access editorial)
HUSSAIN B., SHEIKH AZ., REPPER J., STICKLEY T., TIMMONS S., and SHAH MH (2021)"Recognizing service users’ diversity: social identity narratives of British Pakistanis in a mental health context", The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-06-2020-0040
2020
STICKLEY, T., MAZLOUMI, G., WEIGHTMAN, J., CHARLES, A and WATSON, M C. (2020). What school-age children think about mental health: a Salutogenic public consultation survey. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2020.1855598
SINAGA, J., & STICKLEY T (2020). Perceptions of Pre-Registration Mental Health Nurse Educators on the Delivery of Mental Health Nurse Education: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 13(3), 2160-67
GISCOMBE, T, HUI, A & STICKLEY T (2020). Perinatal mental health amongst refugee and asylum-seeking women in the UK. Mental Health Review Journal. 25 (3), 241-253.
HUSSAIN, B., SHEIKH, A., TIMMONS, S., STICKLEY, T., & REPPER, J. (2020). Workforce diversity, diversity training and ethnic minorities: The case of the UK National Health Service. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 1470595820938412.
JENSEN A, TORRISSEN W and STICKLEY T. 2020. Arts and public mental health: exemplars from Scandinavia. Public Health Panorama (WHO). 6 (1), 193-210 (English and Russian) OPEN ACCESS - CLICK HERE
2019
ADAMS C and STICKLEY T. 2019. Participatory arts for people using substances: A rapid review of the literature. Nordic Journal of Arts, Health & Culture. 1 (1), 47-59 (open access)
TORRISSEN W and STICKLEY T. 2019. Acting for mental health: A critical narrative analysis of one person’s recovery process. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 10(1), 57-71.
STICKLEY T, HUI A, STUBLEY M, BAKER F and WATSON M C, 2019. “Write Here, Sanctuary” Creative writing for refugees and people seeking asylum. Arts & Health, An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice. 11(3), 246-263
HUI A, STICKLEY T, STUBLEY M and BAKER F, 2019. Project eARTh: Participatory arts and mental health recovery, a qualitative study. Perspectives in Public Health. 139(6), 296-302.
2018
DOYLE L, ELLILÄ H, JORMFELDT H, LAHTI M, HIGGINS A, KEOGH B, MEADE O, SITVAST J, SKÄRSÄTER I, STICKLEY T and KILKKU N, 2018. Preparing master-level mental health nurses to work within a wellness paradigm: Findings from the eMenthe project International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 27(2), 823-832
TORRISSEN W and STICKLEY T, 2018. Participatory theatre and mental health recovery: a narrative inquiry. Perspectives in Public Health. 138(1), 47-54
STICKLEY T, WRIGHT N and SLADE M, 2018. The art of recovery: outcomes from participatory arts activities for people using mental health services Journal of Mental Health. 27, 367-373
LAHTI M, ELLILÄ H, JORMFELDT H, SKÄRSÄTER I, DOYLE L, HIGGINS A, KEOGH B, MEADE O, STICKLEY T, SITVAST J and KILKKU N, 2018. The required knowledge for lifespan mental health promotion and prevention for Master’s level mental health nurse education – the eMenthe project. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.
STICKLEY T, 2018. Arts, health and wellbeing: a public health approach whose time has come (Editorial) Perspectives in Public Health. 138(1), 3-4
SAYERS T and STICKLEY T, 2018. Participatory Arts, Recovery and Social Inclusion Mental Health and Social Inclusion. 22 Issue: 3, pp.149-156
STICKLEY T and FRESHWATER D, 2018. Emotional Intelligence for Health Care Professions – Professional Compathy. In: LORRAINE DACRE POOL and PAMELA QUALTER, eds., An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence Wiley. 149-160
SKÄRSÄTER I, KEOGH B, DOYLE L, ELLILÄ H, JORMFELDT H, LAHTI M, HIGGINS A, MEADE O, SITVAST J, STICKLEY T and KILKKU N, 2018. Advancing the knowledge, skills and attitudes of mental health nurses working with families and caregivers: A critical review of the literature Nurse Education in Practice. 32, 138-146
JORMFELDT H, DOYLE L, ELLILA H, HIGGINS A, KEOGH B, MEADE O, STICKLEY T, SKARSATER I and KILKKU N, 2018. Master’s level mental health nursing competencies, a prerequisite for equal health among service users in mental health care International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 13 (sup1), 1502013.