Helena Priest

Biography

Biography

My association with Keele began in 1990 when I was employed to teach Psychology to student nurses at the North Staffordshire School of Nursing and Midwifery, later to become the largest academic school within Keele University. I remained in the school of Nursing and Midwifery until 2005, teaching applied psychology, mental health nursing, communication skills, and research methods. From 2005-2016 I was seconded to the Joint Staffordshire/Keele Universities’ Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I retired from Keele in April 2016 but was granted an honorary fellowship by the University, and continue to work 2 days per week on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at Staffordshire University. I am a Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research and scholarship

Research and scholarship

My research interests are in psychological care-giving in physical illness, the mental health needs of people with intellectual disabilities, and interprofessional learning. I also have a particular interest in research governance and ethics, and was a member of and subsequently chaired one of the three Ethical Review Panels at Keele for several years until 2016. I currently co-supervise 3 PhD students at Keele and a number of clinical psychology trainees at Staffordshire. I am a member of the advisory board for the newly established Keele Centre for Ageing Research (KCAR).

Teaching

Teaching

As an honorary fellow I am not currently delivering any teaching beyond research supervision at Keele

Publications

Publications

• Gibbs, M., Priest, H., & Read, S. (2008). Experiences of family carers of people with ID and a mental health condition. Abstract. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(8-9), 715.
• Priest, H., Roberts, P., Dent, H., Blincoe, C., Lawton, D., & Armstrong, C. (2008). Interprofessional education and working in mental health: in search of the evidence base. Journal of Nursing Management 16, 474-485.
• Green, B., Segrott, J., Priest, H., McIvor, M., Douglas, J., Flood, Y., Morris, S., & Rushton, C., (2007). Research capacity for everyone? A case study of two academic nursing schools’ capacity building strategies. Journal of Research in Nursing 12(3), 247-265.
• Priest, H. (2006). Helping student nurses to identify and respond to the psychological needs of physically ill patients: Implications for curriculum design. Nurse Education Today. 26, 423-439.
• Priest, H., Sawyer, A., Roberts, P., & Rhodes, S. (2005) A survey of interprofessional education in communication skills in healthcare programmes in the UK. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19(3),236-250.
• Priest H. & Gibbs M. (2004) Mental health care for people with learning disabilities. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
• Priest H. (2002) The phenomenology of psychological care giving in nursing. International Journal for Human Caring, 6(3):8-14

In Press

Roberts, P., & Priest, H. (Eds). Healthcare research. A handbook for students and practitioners. Wiley.