Professor Douglas MacInnes

Research Projects

• ‘A Public Health Perspective of the Impact of Spirituality on Health by People who Identify as Spiritual but not Religious’. Researcher(s): Dr Nicole Holt. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Jennifer Dvorak. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Organisational Support for Lived Experience Practitioners in an NHS Foundation Trust. Researcher(s): Mrs Victoria Stirrup. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Fergal Jones. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• An examination of a service designed to support prisoners with mental health problems on their release from prison.. Researcher(s): Mrs Jacqueline Tallent. Supervisor(s): Dr Janet Parrott, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An exploration of the factors impacting on Student Mental Health Nurses' development towards empathic post-registration practice. Researcher(s): Mr Niall Mclaughlin. Supervisor(s): Dr Ian Marsh, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• An exploration of the perceptions and practice of community nursing staff within two care settings in relation to spiritual distress at the end of life.. Researcher(s): Rev Clive Laker. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Dr Tarek Ben Grid. Supervisor(s): Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Dr Ann Price. Supervisor(s): Professor Trevor Cooling, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs Emma-May Alton. Supervisor(s): Dr Elisabetta Corvo, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Is my mind my own? Inside managing self-diagnosed insomnia in a mixed economy: A critical autoethnography. Researcher(s): Mrs Anne Martin. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Sarah Christie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Living Well Together: A social network-based intervention for improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness living in the community. Researcher(s): Mr DENIS Richards. Supervisor(s): Professor Chris Burton, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Mental health and Wellbeing of Prison Officers. Researcher(s): Dr Sarah Maginn. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Ian Marsh. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Perceptions, impacting decision making and social behaviour of adult men engaged in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme with histories of former school exclusions and early engagement with substance misuse and prison incarceration.. Researcher(s): Mr James Mccartney. Supervisor(s): Dr Tamara Leeuwerik, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Perimenopause, menopause, mood disorders and their link to societal and family support. Researcher(s): Mrs Claire Frost. Supervisor(s): Dr Jacqueline Wier, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Queer Expressions: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of how Irish Gay Men discuss sexuality with Healthcare Practitioners. Researcher(s): Dr John Gilmore. Supervisor(s): Dr Toni Wright, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Queering the sick room: A queer feminist narrative inquiry into the lived experience of lesbians with cancer. Researcher(s): Dr Paula Kuzbit. Supervisor(s): Dr Toni Wright, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Restarting a prisoner's life onto a supportive path leading to RESETtlement in the community: The RESET Study. Researcher(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent. [Project report]
• Road to hope through grief: A qualitative mixed methods study investigating stillbirth bereavement support pathways for ethnically diverse bereaved parents. Researcher(s): Ms Erin McCloskey. Supervisor(s): Dr Jacqueline Wier, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• The development of a questionnaire to measure in-patient satisfaction with forensic services - the Forensic Satisfaction Scale. Researcher(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Project report]
• The effects of anticipatory grief on carers supporting a person with dementia at home and in a care home. Researcher(s): Mrs SHEILA CLARKE. Supervisor(s): Dr Jacqueline Wier, Dr Pat Chung, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Tracking the Timeline and Societal Impact of Inequality Between Autistics And Non-Autistics in the United Kingdom From the 19th Century To The Current Day. Researcher(s): Mrs JOYCE COOMBERSEWELL. Supervisor(s): Dr Elisabetta Corvo, Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Understanding and monitoring early post-intensive discharge: exploring the role of eHealth to signpost PICS symptoms. Researcher(s): Dr Daniel Lai. Supervisor(s): Professor Sukhwinder Shergill, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Understanding and monitoring early post-intensive discharge: exploring the role of eHealth to signpost PICS symptoms. Researcher(s): Mr Daniel Lai Jie. Supervisor(s): Professor Sukhwinder Shergill, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Using film as a tool for mental health promotion. Researcher(s): Ms Athene Lane-Martin. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Andy Birtwistle. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Women’s Experiences of Long-Term Impact of Traumatic Childbirth on Their Lives: Examining Relationships, Healthcare Access, and Quality of Life. Researcher(s): Mrs Natalija Kolesnikova. Supervisor(s): Dr Jacqueline Wier, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• An examination of service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings Professor Douglas MacInnes, (31 Jan 2024): Medicine, Science and the Law. [Journal article]
• Delivering clinical studies of exercise in the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and adaptations using a feasibility trial of isometric exercise to treat hypertension as an exemplar. Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, Dr Jim Wiles, (17 Mar 2023): BMJ Open. [Journal article]
• A qualitative study of older adults’ experiences of transitioning from secure forensic services – The TOPS Study Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Fiona Houben, Dr Janet Parrott, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Speech]
• Peer supported open dialogue in the National Health Service: Implementing and evaluating a new approach to mental health care Professor Douglas MacInnes, (22 Feb 2022, 01 Feb 2022): BMC Psychiatry. [Journal article]
• Comparing the social networks of service users with long term mental health needs living in community with those in a general adult in-patient unit Professor Douglas MacInnes, (21 May 2021, 01 Aug 2022): International Journal of Social Psychiatry. [Journal article]
• Developing and evaluating mental health lived experience practitioner (LXP) roles in an NHS trust Mrs Victoria Stirrup, Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (26 Sep 2021, 04 Mar 2022): Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a novel isometric exercise intervention for people with stage 1 hypertension in the NHS: protocol for the IsoFIT-BP study including amendments to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. Dr Jim Wiles, Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, Professor Douglas MacInnes, Katerina Gousia, Miss Ellie Santer, (28 Oct 2021, 01 Oct 2021): Pilot and Feasibility Studies. [Journal article]
• Supporting prisoners with mental health needs in the transition to RESETtle in the community: the RESET study Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, (27 Feb 2021): Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. [Journal article]
• Growing older in secure mental health care: the user experience Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Fiona Houben, (01 Jul 2019): Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• Mental health and offending in older people: future directions for research Dr Fiona Houben, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (16 Aug 2019): Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. [Journal article]
• The psychological and psychosocial interventions offered to forensic mental health in-patients: a systematic review Professor Douglas MacInnes, (20 Mar 2019): BMJ Open. [Journal article]
• Introducing lived experience practitioners: from KTP to LXPs Mrs Victoria Stirrup, Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Lived Experience Practitioner Conference. [Speech]
• Peer support evaluation: a service evaluation of the use of peer support workers at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Professor Douglas MacInnes. Maidstone, Kent. [Research report]
• Psychosocial interventions to support carers Professor Douglas MacInnes, (07 Mar 2018), Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. London. [Book chapter]
• Knowlege transfer partnerships Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Fergal Jones, Mrs Victoria Stirrup. Swindon, UK. [Research report]
• A pilot cluster randomised trial to assess the effect of a structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings: the Comquol study Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, (29 Sep 2016): BMC Psychiatry. [Journal article]
• In the case of prostate cancer patients, are there advantages in cancer nurse-led follow-up? Professor Douglas MacInnes, (07 Apr 2016): International Journal of Urological Nursing. [Journal article]
• The Comquol Study: - a pilot cluster randomised trial looking at a structured communication intervention in secure mental health settings: outcomes and challenges Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Royal College of Psychiatrists. Forensic Psychiatry Faculty Annual Conference 2016. [Conference paper]
• The Delphi method: methodological issues arising from a study examining factors influencing the publication or non-publication of mental health nursing research Professor Douglas MacInnes, (13 Jun 2016): Mental Health Review Journal. [Journal article]
• A pilot trial assessing the effect of structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (ComQuol) - service focused measures Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A pilot trial assessing the effect of structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (ComQuol) - user focused outcomes Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A pilot trial to assess the effect of a structured COMmunication approach on QUality Of Life in secure mental health settings (Comquol) Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Ian Marsh. [Research report]
• A retrospective observational study of the effectiveness of paliperidone palmitate on acute inpatient hospitalization rates D. Bressington, Dr Sabina Hulbert, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jul 2015): International Clinical Psychopharmacology. [Journal article]
• Clinicians and services users working collaboratively: the ComQuol study Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• Mental illness and parenthood: being a parent in secure psychiatric care Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Fiona Houben, (06 Mar 2015, 20 Oct 2015): Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. [Journal article]
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust lived experience practitioner training scheme: co-producing peer support training’ Mrs Victoria Stirrup, Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, ImROC Annual Conference. [Conference poster]
• Service user perceptions of the ComQuol approach:focus group analysis Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• The Comquol Study: a structured approach focused on quality of life in secure mental health settings Professor Douglas MacInnes, 21st International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research. [Conference paper]
• The comquol study: a structured approach focused on quality of life in secure mental health settings Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust: Quality Improvement Showcase 2015. [Conference paper]
• The role of a mental health nurse in the ComQuol project: their perspective and involvements Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Ian Marsh, XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A cross sectional survey examining the association between therapeutic relationships and service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings Professor Douglas MacInnes, (18 Sep 2014): BMC Research Notes. [Journal article]
• Carers and carers' rights of mentally disordered offenders Professor Douglas MacInnes, (07 Oct 2014), A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk. Bristol. [Book chapter]
• Co-producing mental health peer support in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Mrs Victoria Stirrup, Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2014), Knowledge Transfer Partnership Annual Conference (2014). [Conference poster]
• Carers of forensic mental health in-patients: what factors influence their satisfaction with services? Professor Douglas MacInnes, (26 Nov 2013): Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• Risk prevention and non-pharmacological management of violence in the acute setting Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jul 2013), Prevention and Management of Violence: Guidance for Mental Healthcare Professionals. London. [Book chapter]
• Strengthening healthcare communities through knowledge exchange Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, Making Intelligent Citizens: the University, Public Service, and the Community. [Conference paper]
• Study to assess the effect of a structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (Comquol): study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized trial Professor Douglas MacInnes, (16 Aug 2013): Trials. [Journal article]
• The effects of training mental health practitioners in medication management to address nonadherence: a systematic review of clinician-related outcomes Ms Esther Coren, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (27 May 2013): Nursing: Research and Reviews. [Journal article]
• Implementing video conferencing in mental health practice Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Fergal Jones, (Jul 2012): Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. [Journal article]
• The comquol study Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mental Health Research Network SUNLOWS Research Seminar. [Conference paper]
• Why now is the time to invest in e-health technologies Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Douglas MacInnes, (23 Feb 2012): Health Service Journal [Resource Centre]. [Journal article]
• A case study exploration of the value of acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia: results and future study design Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2011): Zhong xi yi jie he xue bao = Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine. [Journal article]
• Levels of service user satisfaction in secure settings – A survey of the association between perceived social climate, perceived therapeutic relationship and satisfaction with forensic services D. Bressington, Professor Douglas MacInnes: International Journal of Nursing Studies. [Journal article]
• Service-user involvement in forensic mental health care research: areas to consider when developing a collaborative study Professor Douglas MacInnes: Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• The development of a Carer Support Worker service in forensic inpatient mental health settings Professor Douglas MacInnes, 17th International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Conference - Creating Change in the Real World; The Future for Mental Health Nursing Research. [Speech]
• Acupuncture and schizophrenia - effect and acceptability: preliminary results of the first UK study Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2010): European Journal of Oriental Medicine. [Journal article]
• The development of a tool to measure service user satisfaction with in-patient forensic services: The Forensic Satisfaction Scale Professor Douglas MacInnes: Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• Caregivers support within forensic mental health services: A multi-site evaluation Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Sep 2009). [Report]
• Review of breaches of security in a low secure mental health unit Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jan 2009). [Report]
• Understanding systemic reviews Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jul 2009): British Journal of Cardiac Nursing. [Journal article]
• What are the reasons for the publication or non-publication of nursing research? Professor Douglas MacInnes, European Mental Health Nursing Conference. [Conference paper]
• The evaluation of a short group programme to reduce self-stigma in people with serious and enduring mental health problems Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2008): Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. [Journal article]
• The road less travelled: preparing research supervisors in an interprofessional context Mrs Mary Brown, Professor Douglas MacInnes, International Nursing Research Conference. [Conference paper]
• Report of the committee of inquiry into current care and treatment practices in the central mental hospital Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2007). [Report]
• Using a Delphi approach to ascertain what factors influence the publication of mental health nursing research Professor Douglas MacInnes, 13th International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference. [Conference paper]
• Self-esteem and self-acceptance: an examination into their relationship and their effect on psychological health Professor Douglas MacInnes: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. [Journal article]
• The theories underpinning rational emotive behaviour therapy: where's the supportive evidence? Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Aug 2004): International Journal of Nursing Studies. [Journal article]
• Contributors to stress among prison service staff Professor Douglas MacInnes, (May 2003): British Journal of Forensic Practice. [Journal article]
• Evaluating an assessment scale of irrational beliefs for people with mental health problems Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jul 2003): Nurse Researcher. [Journal article]
• Advancing practice in family nursing across the cancer continuum Professor Douglas MacInnes, (12 Aug 2002), Advancing Nursing Practice in Cancer and Palliative Care. Basingstoke. [Book chapter]
• The differences in perceived burdens between forensic and non-forensic caregivers of individuals suffering from schizophrenia Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jan 2002): Journal of Mental Health. [Journal article]
• The nurse as researcher Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2001), The Role of the Mental Health Nurse. Cheltenham. [Book chapter]
• The nurse as therapist and counsellor Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2001), The Role of the Mental Health Nurse. Cheltenham. [Book chapter]
• Interventions in forensic psychiatry: the caregivers perspective Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Aug 2000): British Journal of Nursing. [Journal article]
• Nursing in prisons - past, present and future Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2000): Health Matters in Prisons. [Journal article]
• Relatives and informal caregivers Professor Douglas MacInnes, (2000), Forensic Mental Health Nursing: Current Approaches. Oxford. [Book chapter]
• Risk assessment in mental illness Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Apr 2000). London. [Book]
• The illness beliefs of caregivers of the mentally ill Professor Douglas MacInnes, Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers Conference Proceedings. [Conference paper]
• Ethical issues in clinical research Professor Douglas MacInnes. London. [Book]
• The development of an assessment of caregiver burden Professor Douglas MacInnes, The 5th International Conference of the National Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research – Evidence Based Nursing. [Conference paper]
• The relationship between building design and escapes from secure units Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Sep 1999): The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. [Journal article]
• Attribution theory Professor Douglas MacInnes, (1998): Mental Health Occupational Therapy Magazine. [Journal article]
• Illness representations: a way forward in developing therapeutic interventions Professor Douglas MacInnes, (1998): Mental Health Occupational Therapy Magazine. [Journal article]
• Risk assessment in mental health Professor Douglas MacInnes, (1998), Risk assessment in mental health. [Conference paper]
• The differences between health professionals in assessing levels of caregiver burden Professor Douglas MacInnes, (Jul 1998): Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. [Journal article]
• Relatives and carers of clients with schizophrenia Professor Douglas MacInnes, (1996): Mental Health Occupational Therapy Magazine. [Journal article]