Professor John Cutcliffe
Research Areas:
- suicide and care of the suicidal person
- clinical supervision
- psychiatric nursing.
Recent publications:
- Cutcliffe, JR & Stevenson, C. (2008) Never the Twain? Reconciling National Suicide Prevention Strategies with the practice, educational and policy needs of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses – part one. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 17, 341-350
- Cutcliffe, JR & Stevenson, C. (2008) Never the Twain? Reconciling National Suicide Prevention Strategies with the practice, educational and policy needs of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses – part two. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 17, 351-362
- Cutcliffe, J.R. & Links, P. (2008) Whose life is it anyway? An exploration of five contemporary ethical issues that pertain to the psychiatric nursing care of the suicidal person: part one International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 17, 236-246
- Cutcliffe, J.R. & Links, P. (2008) International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Whose life is it anyway? An exploration of five contemporary ethical issues that pertain to the psychiatric nursing care of the suicidal person: part two 17, 247-255
- Cutcliffe, J. & Wieck, L. (2008) Salvation or damnation: deconstructing nursing’s aspirations to professional status Journal of Nursing Management 16, 499-507
- Cutcliffe. J.R & Stevenson, C. (2008) Feeling our way in the dark: the psychiatric nursing care of suicidal people International Journal of Nursing Studies 45, 942-953 DOI:10.1016/ijnurstu.2007.02.002
- Troister, T., Links, P. & Cutcliffe, J.R. (2008) Review of predictors of suicide within 1 year of discharge from a psychiatric hospital Current Psychiatry Reports 10,60-65
- Cutcliffe, J.R. (2008) Has the die been cast? Rediscovering the essence of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. British Journal of Nursing 17(2), 88-92
- Cutcliffe, J.R & Stevenson, C. (2008) A critique of Anderson and Jenkins’ article ‘The national suicide prevention strategy for England: the reality of a national strategy for the nursing profession’ Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 15, 154-160
Current Projects:
- Mental Health and addictions: Transforming and improving Canadian services and policies (Co-investigator)
Granting Body/Funds Michael Smith Foundation $498,350
- Toward an ecosystemic, intergenerational and cross-disciplinary model for an understanding of suicide among Aboriginals of Canada : groundwork for an efficient prevention. (Co-investigator)
Granting Body/Funds CIHR $1,500,000
- Providing meaningful care in the Republic of Ireland: Learning from the experiences of suicidal men to inform mental health care services. (Co-investigator)
Granting Body/Funds HRB, RoI €250,036
- Providing meaningful care in Northern Ireland: Learning from the experiences of suicidal men to inform mental health care services. (Co-investigator)
Granting Body/Funds R&D Office/ North and West Belfast Health
and Social Services Trust. £160,000
- Understanding the risk of suicide associated with recent discharge from hospital (Joint Principal Investigator)
Granting Body/Funds CIHR $203,000
- The maintenance of hope in people living with HIV and AIDS: exploring how hope can help the long-term psychological well-being of people experiencing the ‘Lazarus syndrome’ (Principal Investigator)
Granting Body/Funds University of Texas $7500
- A multi-method study of the practice of ‘close observations’ in a United States acute psychiatry setting (Principal Investigator) under review
Granting Body/Funds National Institute of Health $232,896
Editorial Activities
Member of the Editorial Board:
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2007 –
- Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 2006 -
- International Journal of Nursing Studies 2006 -
- Nurse Author & Editor 2006 –
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2000 - 2007
- Nurse Education Today (International Advisory Board) 2000 -
- British Journal of Nursing, 1996 - 2006
- British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1996 – 2006
- Mental Health Practice, 1998-2004