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Professor Ben Hannigan
- Media commentator
Overview
Career Overview
I am an emeritus professor who was employed at Cardiff University (and before that, the University of Wales College of Medicine) between 1997 and 2025, having earlier worked as a community mental health nurse in East London. I combine researching mental health systems and services with teaching across all academic levels, and over the years have maintained a steady flow of journal papers, books, book chapters, blog pieces and conference presentations..
Within Cardiff University I was a longstanding member of the School of Healthcare Sciences' Research and Innovation Committee, and between 2000 and 2025 served as the School's Director of Postgraduate Research having previously served as co-lead of the School's Service Delivery and Organisation research theme. I was a member of the editorial board of Cardiff University Press, and of the Press' Monograph Commissioning Panel.
I am an active, founding, member of Mental Health Nurse Academics UK (MHNAUK) and served as the group's elected Chair for 2019-2020 and as elected Vice Chair for 2017-2018. I was a member of the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference Committee, serving as Chair for the 2017 event which came to Cardiff and as Chair for the 25th running of this event which took place in London in September 2019.
I won the Royal College of Nursing in Wales Research in Nursing Award in 2015, and served on the Health and Care Research Wales Social Care Research Award Funding Board and the Advanced and Doctoral Fellowships Panel. I was a member of the National Centre for Mental Health Partnership in Research (PÂR) group, which exists to create opportunities for mental health service users, carers and researchers to work together. I am an experienced editorial board member and peer reviewer for both journals and research funding bodies.
Teaching Profile
I have taught and supervised students at all academic levels, from pre-registration undergraduate to postgraduate research. Having left the University's employment I am no longer able to offer supervision to new research students.
Engagement
I blog about my work (and other things) at benhannigan.com, and post on Bluesky as @benhannigan.bsky.social.
Publication
2025
- Bennett, C. et al. 2025. Towards a typology of mental health crisis care services for children and young people in England and Wales: a cross-sectional survey and analysis of implementation practices. BMC Health Services Research 25 1587. (10.1186/s12913-025-13446-6)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2025. Severe mental illness and last year of life: Identifying service use from a National Health Service digital dashboard in Wales, UK. Journal of Mental Health 34 (5), pp.549-555. (10.1080/09638237.2025.2512306)
- Edwards, B. M. et al., 2025. Real-world occupational therapy interventions for early-stage dementia: Characteristics and contextual barriers. Dementia 24 (3), pp.388-407. (10.1177/14713012241272815)
- Ghorbankhani, M. et al. 2025. Management responses to staff speaking up in the NHS: a scoping review. British Journal of Healthcare Management 31 (8), pp.1-10. (10.12968/bjhc.2024.0125)
- Sawle, L. et al. 2025. CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Mental Health Services for children and young people in England and Wales. Presented at: The ACMHN 48th International Mental Health Nursing Conference, Perth, Australia 30 October - 01 November 2024. Wiley. (10.1111/inm.13477)
2024
- Edwards, B. M. et al. 2024. Exploring the impact of early-stage dementia on everyday activities. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 87 (11), pp.704-714. (10.1177/03080226241261178)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2024. Crisis responses for children and young people: a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH-Crisis). Child and Adolescent Mental Health 29 (1), pp.70-83. (10.1111/camh.12639)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2024. The policy context for contemporary mental health care. In: Wright, K. and McKeown, M. eds. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. 2nd edition. London: Sage
- Hannigan, B. 2024. Breaking boundaries. Social Work and Social Sciences Review 25 (1), pp.30-36. (10.1921/swssr.v25i1.2294)
2023
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability and experience (CAMH-Crisis2). A study protocol. NIHR Open Research 3 22. (10.3310/nihropenres.13414.2)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2023. Crisis responses for children and young people: A mixed methods systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH-Crisis). Presented at: HSR UK 2023 Birmingham 4-6 July 2023.
- Evans, N. et al. 2023. Mental health crisis care for children and young people aged 5 to 25 years: the CAMH-Crisis evidence synthesis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 11 3. (10.3310/BPPT3407)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2023. Mental health crisis care for children and young people.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2023. Factors associated with the outcomes of a novel virtual reality therapy for military veterans with PTSD: Theory development using a mixed methods analysis. PLoS ONE 18 (5) e0285763. (10.1371/journal.pone.0285763)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2023. Mental health nurse academics can help attain goals for mental health research and influence policy. Journal of Mental Health , pp.1026-1027. (10.1080/09638237.2021.1898568)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2023. Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 19 (2) e1329. (10.1002/cl2.1329)
2022
- Baillie, J. et al. 2022. An innovation project to enhance students' experiences of a postgraduate research programme. Presented at: NET2022 Conference Lancaster, England 06-07 September 2022.
- Coffey, M. et al., 2022. End-of-life care for people with severe mental illness: mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis of published case studies (the MENLOC study). BMJ Open 12 (2), pp.e053223. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053223)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid scoping review of harm reduction strategies for ecstasy (MDMA) users in recreational settings. [Online].Research Square: Research Square. (10.21203/rs.3.rs-2178425/v1)Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2178425/v1.
- Hannigan, B. 2022. Observations from a small country: mental health policy, services and nursing in Wales. Health Economics, Policy and Law 17 (2), pp.200-211. (10.1017/S1744133120000456)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2022. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: the MENLOC evidence synthesis. Health Services and Delivery Research 10 4. (10.3310/ulti9178)
- Hannigan, B. and Powell, H. 2022. Maintaining professional competence. In: Higgins, A. , Kilkku, N. and Kristofersson, G. K. eds. Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing: a European Perspective. Springer. , pp.467-482. (10.1007/978-3-031-05536-2_20)
- Savory, N. A. , Sanders, J. and Hannigan, B. 2022. Midwives’ experiences of supporting women's mental health: A mixed-method study. Midwifery 111 103368. (10.1016/j.midw.2022.103368)
- Savory, N. , Hannigan, B. and Sanders, J. 2022. Women's experience of mild to moderate mental health problems during pregnancy, and barriers to receiving support. Midwifery 108 103276. (10.1016/j.midw.2022.103276)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2022. PROTOCOL: Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta-analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 18 (1) e1220. (10.1002/cl2.1220)
2021
- Browne, F. , Hannigan, B. and Harden, J. 2021. A realist evaluation of a safe medication administration education programme. Nurse Education Today 97 104685. (10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104685)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2021. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: Mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis (the MENLOC study). Palliative Medicine 35 (10), pp.1747-1760. (10.1177/02692163211037480)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2021. Mental health nursing at a time of crisis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 28 (2), pp.123-125. (10.1111/jpm.12652)
- Savory, N. A. et al. 2021. Prevalence and predictors of poor mental health among pregnant women in Wales using a cross-sectional survey. Midwifery 103 103103. (10.1016/j.midw.2021.103103)
- van Deursen, R. et al. 2021. The psychophysiological response during post-traumatic stress disorder treatment with modular motion-assisted memory desensitisation and reconsolidation (3MDR). European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12 (1) 1929027. (10.1080/20008198.2021.1929027)
2020
- Bisson, J. I. et al. 2020. Randomised controlled trial of multi-modular motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation (3MDR) for male military veterans with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 142 (2), pp.141-151. (10.1111/acps.13200)
2019
- Coffey, M. et al., 2019. Recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination in acute inpatient mental health settings: a cross national comparative mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry 19 115. (10.1186/s12888-019-2094-7)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2019. Quality of life, recovery and decision-making: a mixed methods study of mental health recovery in social care. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 54 (6), pp.715-723. (10.1007/s00127-018-1635-6)
- Davies, J. , Hannigan, B. and Kelly, D. 2019. The experience of partners supporting adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing 75 (11), pp.2890-2898. (10.1111/jan.14125)
- Hannigan, B. , Goold, M. and Maxwell, E. 2019. Risks of admitting children and young people to mental health inpatient units. Nursing Management 26 (2), pp.17-19. (10.7748/nm.26.2.17.s9)
- Samuriwo, R. and Hannigan, B. 2019. Wounds and mental health care: System thinking. Mental Health Review Journal 24 (4), pp.298-305. (10.1108/MHRJ-03-2019-0007)
- Samuriwo, R. and Hannigan, B. 2019. Wounds in mental health care: The archetype of a 'wicked problem of many hands' that needs to be addressed. International Journal of Mental Health 49 (1), pp.81-96. (10.1080/00207411.2019.1706702)
2018
- Davies, J. , Kelly, D. and Hannigan, B. 2018. 'Life then', 'life interrupted', 'life reclaimed': the fluctuation of agency in teenagers and young adults with cancer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 36 , pp.48-55. (10.1016/j.ejon.2018.05.005)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2018. The policy context for contemporary mental health care. In: Wright, K. and McKeown, M. eds. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. SAGE. , pp.126-137.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2018. Care coordination as imagined, care coordination as done: findings from a cross-national mental health systems study. International Journal of Integrated Care 18 (3) 12. (10.5334/ijic.3978)
- Jones, A. et al. 2018. Traditions of research in community mental health care planning and care coordination: a systematic meta-narrative review of the literature. PLoS ONE 13 (6) e0198427. (10.1371/journal.pone.0198427)
- Marie, M. , Jones, A. and Hannigan, B. 2018. Social ecology of resilience and Sumud of Palestinians. Health 22 (1), pp.20-25. (10.1177/1363459316677624)
- Samuriwo, R. et al. 2018. Values in health and social care: an introductory workbook. Jessica Kingsley.
- Winship, G. et al., 2018. JPMHN report on the 2018 Skellern Lecture and JPHMN Lifetime Achievement Award: held at the University of Greenwich Maritime Campus, June 14th 2018. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 25 , pp.368-368. (10.1111/jpm.12494)
2017
- Coffey, M. et al., 2017. Ordinary risks and accepted fictions: how contrasting and competing priorities work in risk assessment and mental health care planning. Health Expectations 20 (3), pp.471-483. (10.1111/hex.12474)
- Coffey, M. , Hannigan, B. and Simpson, A. 2017. Care planning and co-ordination: imperfect solutions in a complex world. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 24 (6), pp.333-334. (10.1111/jpm.12393)
- Evans, N. et al. 2017. Using the nominal group technique to involve young people in an evidence synthesis which explored 'risk' in inpatient mental healthcare. Research Involvement and Engagement 3 16. (10.1186/s40900-017-0069-8)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2017. Challenges for nurses who work in community mental health centres in the West Bank, Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 11 (3)(10.1186/s13033-016-0112-4)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2017. Resilience of nurses who work in community mental health workplaces in Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 26 (4), pp.344-354. (10.1111/inm.12229)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2017. Cross-national mixed methods comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination in acute inpatient mental health settings (COCAPP-A). Health Services and Delivery Research 5 (26), pp.1-234. (10.3310/hsdr05260)
2016
- Coffey, M. et al., 2016. Study protocol: a mixed methods study to assess mental health recovery, shared decision-making and quality of life (Plan4Recovery). BMC Health Services Research 16 392. (10.1186/s12913-016-1640-y)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2016. Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 10 (1) 23. (10.1186/s13033-016-0056-8)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2016. Cross-national comparative mixed-methods case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination: Collaborative Care Planning Project (COCAPP). Health Services and Delivery Research 4 (5), pp.1-190. (10.3310/hsdr04050)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2016. Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales: a cross-national mixed methods comparative case study. BMC Psychiatry 16 147. (10.1186/s12888-016-0858-x)
2015
- Davies, J. P. , Kelly, D. M. and Hannigan, B. 2015. Autonomy and dependence: a discussion paper on decision-making in teenagers and young adults undergoing cancer treatment. Journal of Advanced Nursing 71 (9), pp.2031-2040. (10.1111/jan.12669)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2015. What do we know about the risks for young people moving into, through and out of inpatient mental health care? Findings from an evidence synthesis. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 9 55. (10.1186/s13034-015-0087-y)
- Hannigan, B. 2015. Crisis intervention. In: Callaghan, P. and Gamble, C. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing 2nd ed.. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.76-76.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2015. An evidence synthesis of risk identification, assessment and management for young people using tier 4 inpatient child and adolescent mental health services. Health Services and Delivery Research 3 (22), pp.1-228. (10.3310/hsdr03220)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2015. Study protocol: cross-national comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination (COCAPP). BMC Psychiatry 15 145. (10.1186/s12888-015-0538-2)
2014
- Hannigan, B. 2014. Community services. In: Hulatt, I. ed. Mental Health Policy for Nurses. London: SAGE Publications
- Hannigan, B. 2014. "There's a lot of tasks that can be done by any": Findings from an ethnographic study into work and organisation in UK community crisis resolution and home treatment services. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 18 (4), pp.406-421. (10.1177/1363459313501359)
2013
- Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2013. New roles for nurses as approved mental health professionals in England and Wales. International Journal of Nursing Studies 50 (10), pp.1423-1430. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.02.014)
- Hannigan, B. 2013. Connections and consequences in complex systems: Insights from a case study of the emergence and local impact of crisis resolution and home treatment services. Social Science & Medicine 93 , pp.212-219. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.044)
- Hannigan, B. 2013. What studies into systems tell us about mental health work and services at a time of austerity. Mental Health Nursing 33 (6), pp.13-15.
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2013. Complex caring trajectories in community mental health: contingencies, divisions of labor and care coordination. Community Mental Health Journal 49 (4), pp.380-388. (10.1007/s10597-011-9467-9)
- Hannigan, B. and Evans, N. 2013. Critical junctures in health and social care: Service user experiences, work and system connections. Social Theory & Health 11 (4), pp.428-444. (10.1057/sth.2013.16)
2011
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2011. Giving a fig about roles: Policy, context and work in community mental health care. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 18 (1), pp.1-8. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01631.x)
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2011. Where the wicked problems are: the case of mental health. Health Policy 101 (3), pp.220-227. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.002)
2010
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Community mental health nursing. In: Watkins, S. D. and Cousins, J. eds. Public health and community nursing : frameworks for practice. 3rd ed.. Edinburgh: Elsevier Bailliere Tindal. , pp.237-248.
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Mental Health services in transition: examining community crisis resolution and home treatment care - Final Report to the Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals (RCBC Wales). Project Report.Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals (RCBC Wales).
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Values and mental health nursing. In: Pattison, S. et al., Emerging values in health care: the challenge for professionals. London: Jessica Kingsley. , pp.109-121.
- Pill, R. and Hannigan, B. 2010. Changing health care, changing professions. In: Pattison, S. et al., Emerging values in health care: the challenge for professionals. London: Jessica Kingsley. , pp.23-42.
2009
- Hannigan, B. 2009. Interagency and interprofessional working. In: Callaghan, P. , Playle, J. and Cooper, L. eds. Mental Health Nursing Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.214-222.
2007
- Bickerstaffe, P. et al. 2007. Using problem-based learning in mental health nurse education. In: Stickley, T. and Bassett, T. eds. Teaching Mental Health. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.255-264.
2006
- Allen, D. A. and Hannigan, B. 2006. Negotiating a proposal through gate-keeping committees. In: Allen, D. A. and Lyne, P. A. eds. The Reality of Nursing Research: Politics, Practices and Process. London: Routledge. , pp.88-104.
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2006. Clinical supervision and burnout: the influence of clinical supervision for community mental health nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 15 (8), pp.1007-1015. (10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01370.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Crisis intervention. In: Callaghan, P. and Waldock, H. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. , pp.104-105.
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Data generation. In: Allen, D. and Lyne, P. eds. The Reality of Nursing Research: Politics, Practices and Processes. London and New York: Routledge. , pp.105-118.
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Health and social care for people with severe mental health problems: an ethnographic study.. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2006. Complexity and Change in the United Kingdom's System of Mental Health Care. Social Theory & Health 4 (3), pp.244-263. (10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700073)
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2006. The case for maintaining psychiatric/mental health nurse preparation within higher education. In: Cutcliffe, J. R. and Ward, M. F. eds. Key Debates in Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing. Edinburgh: Elsevier. , pp.132-143.
2005
- Coyle, D. et al., 2005. A systematic review of stress among mental health social workers. International Social Work 48 (2), pp.201-211. (10.1177/0020872805050492)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2005. Factors influencing the effectiveness of clinical supervision. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 12 (4), pp.405-414. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00851.x)
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2005. Community mental health in the UK: restructuring for the 21st century. Sociale Psychiatrie 24 (75), pp.25-30.
2004
- Hannigan, B. 2004. Changes ahead for mental health workers?. Mental Health Nursing 24 (2), pp.4-5.
- Hannigan, B. 2004. The ebb and flow of the Tidal Model [speak up!]. Mental Health Nursing 24 (5), pp.23.
- Hannigan, B. , Edwards, D. J. and Burnard, P. 2004. Stress and stress management in clinical psychology: findings from a systematic review. Journal of Mental Health 13 (3), pp.235-245. (10.1080/09638230410001700871)
- Wainwright, P. and Hannigan, B. 2004. Values in research: the case of nursing. In: Pattison, S. and Pill, R. eds. Values in Professional Practice - Lessons for Health, Social Care and Other Professionals. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press. , pp.173-182.
2003
- Burnard, P. et al. 2003. The effectiveness of clinical supervision on burnout amongst community mental health nurses in Wales. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10 (2), pp.231-233. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00569.x)
- Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2003. Education and training for community mental health nurses. In: Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. eds. The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing. London: Routledge. , pp.359-369.
- Cresswell, A. , Davies, J. P. and Hannigan, B. 2003. Fit for mental health practice?. Paediatric Nursing 151 (1), pp.26-29.
- Edwards, D. et al. 2003. A systematic review of the effectiveness of stress-management interventions for mental health professionals. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10 (3), pp.370-371. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00606.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2003. Community mental health nursing. In: Watkins, D. , Edwards, J. and Gastrell, P. eds. Community Health Nursing: Frameworks for Practice 2nd ed.. Baillière Tindall. , pp.247-257.
- Hannigan, B. 2003. The policy and legal context. In: Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. eds. The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing. London: Routledge. , pp.30-40.
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2003. A tale of two studies: research governance issues arising from two ethnographic investigations into the organisation of health and social care. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 40 (7), pp.685-695. (10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00111-6)
2002
- Beech, I. , Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2002. The case for specialist mental health training. Nursing Times 98 (15), pp.40-41.
- Davies, J. , Cresswell, A. and Hannigan, B. 2002. Child and adolescent mental health services: rhetoric and reality. Paediatric Nursing 14 (3), pp.26-28.
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2002. Stress among community mental health nurses. Journal of Community Nursing 16 (7), pp.20-27.
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2002. Stress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques. Stress and Health 18 (5), pp.203-215. (10.1002/smi.947)
- Hannigan, B. , Coffey, M. and Coyle, D. 2002. New direction for services in Wales. Mental Health Nursing 22 (1), pp.6-8.
- Hannigan, B. and Cutcliffe, J. 2002. Challenging mental health policy: time to assuage the coercion?. Journal of Advanced Nursing 37 (5), pp.477-484. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02109.x)
- Trenchard, S. et al., 2002. Education for community mental health nurses: a summary of the key debates. Nurse Education Today 22 (3), pp.258-264. (10.1054/nedt.2001.0705)
2001
- Burnard, P. and Hannigan, B. 2001. Reviewing the review process: towards good practice in the peer review of manuscripts submitted to nursing journals. Nurse Education Today 21 (3), pp.238-242. (10.1054/nedt.2000.0544)
- Cutliffe, J. and Hannigan, B. 2001. Mass media, monsters and mental health clients: the need for increased lobbying. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 8 (4), pp.315-321. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00394.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2001. A stepwise multivariate analysis of factors that contribute to stress for mental health nurses working in the community. Journal of Advanced Nursing 36 (6), pp.805-813. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.02035.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2001. A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of 'reflection' in nursing practice and education. Journal of Clinical Nursing 10 (2), pp.278-283. (10.1111/j.1365-2702.2001.00459.x)
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2001. Preparing and writing an undergraduate dissertation. Nurse Education in Practice 1 (4), pp.175-180. (10.1054/nepr.2001.0028)
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2001. Qualitative and quantitative approaches in mental health nursing: moving the debate forward. A response to Rolfe, Parsons, Beech and Clarke. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 8 (1), pp.90-92.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2001. Specialist practice for UK community mental health nurses: the 1998-99 survey of course leaders. International Journal of Nursing Studies 38 (4), pp.427-435. (10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00088-2)
2000
- Burnard, P. et al. 2000. Community mental health nurses in Wales: self-reported stressors and coping strategies. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (6), pp.523-528. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00351.x)
- Burnard, P. et al. 2000. When the pressure's too much. Nursing Times 96 (19), pp.28-30.
- Burnard, P. and Hannigan, B. 2000. Qualitative and quantitative approaches in mental health nursing: moving the debate forward. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (1), pp.1-6. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00255.x)
- Coyle, D. et al., 2000. An explanation of the coping strategies used by Community Psychiatric Nurses in Wales. Nursing and Health Sciences 2 (1), pp.59-67. (10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00040.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2000. Stressors, moderators and stress outcomes: findings from the all-Wales community mental health nurse study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (6), pp.529-537. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00359.x)
- Fothergill, A. et al., 2000. Self-esteem in community mental health nurses: findings from the all-Wales stress study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (4), pp.315-321. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00323.x)
- Fowler, P. , Hannigan, B. and Northway, R. 2000. Community nurses and social workers learning together: a report of an interprofessional education initiative in South Wales. Health and Social Care in the Community 8 (3), pp.186-191. (10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00241.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2000. Getting started in research. Nurse Researcher 7 (4), pp.31-39.
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2000. Nursing, politics and policy: a response to Clifford. Nurse Education Today 20 (7), pp.519-523. (10.1054/nedt.2000.0505)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2000. Mental health nurses feel the strain. Mental Health Nursing 20 (3), pp.10-13.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2000. Burnout in community mental health nurses: findings from the all-Wales stress study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (2), pp.127-134. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00279.x)
- Hannigan, M. 2000. Going head to head. Mental Health Nursing 20 (5), pp.16-18.
1999
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Community mental health nursing, 1954 to 1990: a review of policy, practice and service organisation. International History of Nursing Journal 4 (2), pp.28-33.
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Education for community psychiatric nurses: content, structure and trends in recruitment. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 6 (2), pp.137-145. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.620137.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Joint working in community mental health: prospects and challenges. Health and Social Care in the Community 7 (1), pp.25-31. (10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00160.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Mental health care in the community: an analysis of contemporary public attitudes towards, and public representations of, mental illness. Journal of Mental Health 8 (5), pp.431-440. (10.1080/09638239917148)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Mental health nursing in the community: a United Kingdom perspective. Home Health Care Management & Practice 11 (4), pp.60-66. (10.1177/108482239901100413)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Specialist practice in community mental health nursing. Nurse Education Today 19 (6), pp.509-516. (10.1054/nedt.1999.0347)
1998
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Assessing the new public management: the case of the National Health Service. Journal of Nursing Management 63 (5), pp.307-312. (10.1046/j.1365-2834.1998.00851.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Course content in community mental health nurse education programmes. Mental Health Nursing 18 (6), pp.8-11.
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Fragmentation or integration?. Mental Health Nursing 18 (1), pp.4-5.
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Mental health: the difference non-specialist nurses can make. Community Practitioner 71 (6), pp.210-212.
1997
- Godin, P. and Hannigan, B. 1997. IT and the new modality of community mental health care. British Journal of Community Nursing 2 (7), pp.344-348.
- Hannigan, B. 1997. A challenge for community psychiatric nursing: is there a future in primary health care?. Journal of Advanced Nursing 26 (4), pp.251-257. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00329.x)
- Hannigan, B. , Bartlett, H. and Clilverd, A. 1997. Improving health and social functioning: perspectives of mental health service users. Journal of Mental Health 6 (6), pp.613-620. (10.1080/09638239718473)
- Hannigan, B. , Stafford, A. and Laugharne, R. 1997. General practitioners' views of community mental health services: a survey in one London borough. Journal of Interprofessional Care 11 (3), pp.287-293. (10.3109/13561829709034125)
- Stafford, A. and Hannigan, B. 1997. Client-held records in community mental health. Nursing Times 93 (7), pp.50-51.
1996
- Hannigan, B. 1996. A home of my own: counselling a depressed homeless man. Mental Health Nursing 16 (1), pp.21-23.
Articles
- Beech, I. , Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2002. The case for specialist mental health training. Nursing Times 98 (15), pp.40-41.
- Bennett, C. et al. 2025. Towards a typology of mental health crisis care services for children and young people in England and Wales: a cross-sectional survey and analysis of implementation practices. BMC Health Services Research 25 1587. (10.1186/s12913-025-13446-6)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability and experience (CAMH-Crisis2). A study protocol. NIHR Open Research 3 22. (10.3310/nihropenres.13414.2)
- Bisson, J. I. et al. 2020. Randomised controlled trial of multi-modular motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation (3MDR) for male military veterans with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 142 (2), pp.141-151. (10.1111/acps.13200)
- Browne, F. , Hannigan, B. and Harden, J. 2021. A realist evaluation of a safe medication administration education programme. Nurse Education Today 97 104685. (10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104685)
- Burnard, P. et al. 2003. The effectiveness of clinical supervision on burnout amongst community mental health nurses in Wales. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10 (2), pp.231-233. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00569.x)
- Burnard, P. et al. 2000. Community mental health nurses in Wales: self-reported stressors and coping strategies. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (6), pp.523-528. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00351.x)
- Burnard, P. et al. 2000. When the pressure's too much. Nursing Times 96 (19), pp.28-30.
- Burnard, P. and Hannigan, B. 2000. Qualitative and quantitative approaches in mental health nursing: moving the debate forward. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (1), pp.1-6. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00255.x)
- Burnard, P. and Hannigan, B. 2001. Reviewing the review process: towards good practice in the peer review of manuscripts submitted to nursing journals. Nurse Education Today 21 (3), pp.238-242. (10.1054/nedt.2000.0544)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2017. Ordinary risks and accepted fictions: how contrasting and competing priorities work in risk assessment and mental health care planning. Health Expectations 20 (3), pp.471-483. (10.1111/hex.12474)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2022. End-of-life care for people with severe mental illness: mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis of published case studies (the MENLOC study). BMJ Open 12 (2), pp.e053223. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053223)
- Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2013. New roles for nurses as approved mental health professionals in England and Wales. International Journal of Nursing Studies 50 (10), pp.1423-1430. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.02.014)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2019. Recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination in acute inpatient mental health settings: a cross national comparative mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry 19 115. (10.1186/s12888-019-2094-7)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2019. Quality of life, recovery and decision-making: a mixed methods study of mental health recovery in social care. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 54 (6), pp.715-723. (10.1007/s00127-018-1635-6)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2016. Study protocol: a mixed methods study to assess mental health recovery, shared decision-making and quality of life (Plan4Recovery). BMC Health Services Research 16 392. (10.1186/s12913-016-1640-y)
- Coffey, M. , Hannigan, B. and Simpson, A. 2017. Care planning and co-ordination: imperfect solutions in a complex world. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 24 (6), pp.333-334. (10.1111/jpm.12393)
- Coffey, M. et al., 2025. Severe mental illness and last year of life: Identifying service use from a National Health Service digital dashboard in Wales, UK. Journal of Mental Health 34 (5), pp.549-555. (10.1080/09638237.2025.2512306)
- Coyle, D. et al., 2000. An explanation of the coping strategies used by Community Psychiatric Nurses in Wales. Nursing and Health Sciences 2 (1), pp.59-67. (10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00040.x)
- Coyle, D. et al., 2005. A systematic review of stress among mental health social workers. International Social Work 48 (2), pp.201-211. (10.1177/0020872805050492)
- Cresswell, A. , Davies, J. P. and Hannigan, B. 2003. Fit for mental health practice?. Paediatric Nursing 151 (1), pp.26-29.
- Cutliffe, J. and Hannigan, B. 2001. Mass media, monsters and mental health clients: the need for increased lobbying. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 8 (4), pp.315-321. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00394.x)
- Davies, J. , Cresswell, A. and Hannigan, B. 2002. Child and adolescent mental health services: rhetoric and reality. Paediatric Nursing 14 (3), pp.26-28.
- Davies, J. , Hannigan, B. and Kelly, D. 2019. The experience of partners supporting adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing 75 (11), pp.2890-2898. (10.1111/jan.14125)
- Davies, J. , Kelly, D. and Hannigan, B. 2018. 'Life then', 'life interrupted', 'life reclaimed': the fluctuation of agency in teenagers and young adults with cancer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 36 , pp.48-55. (10.1016/j.ejon.2018.05.005)
- Davies, J. P. , Kelly, D. M. and Hannigan, B. 2015. Autonomy and dependence: a discussion paper on decision-making in teenagers and young adults undergoing cancer treatment. Journal of Advanced Nursing 71 (9), pp.2031-2040. (10.1111/jan.12669)
- Edwards, B. M. et al. 2024. Exploring the impact of early-stage dementia on everyday activities. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 87 (11), pp.704-714. (10.1177/03080226241261178)
- Edwards, B. M. et al., 2025. Real-world occupational therapy interventions for early-stage dementia: Characteristics and contextual barriers. Dementia 24 (3), pp.388-407. (10.1177/14713012241272815)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2021. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: Mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis (the MENLOC study). Palliative Medicine 35 (10), pp.1747-1760. (10.1177/02692163211037480)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2003. A systematic review of the effectiveness of stress-management interventions for mental health professionals. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10 (3), pp.370-371. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00606.x)
- Edwards, D. et al. 2024. Crisis responses for children and young people: a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH-Crisis). Child and Adolescent Mental Health 29 (1), pp.70-83. (10.1111/camh.12639)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2001. A stepwise multivariate analysis of factors that contribute to stress for mental health nurses working in the community. Journal of Advanced Nursing 36 (6), pp.805-813. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.02035.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2000. Stressors, moderators and stress outcomes: findings from the all-Wales community mental health nurse study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (6), pp.529-537. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00359.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2006. Clinical supervision and burnout: the influence of clinical supervision for community mental health nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 15 (8), pp.1007-1015. (10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01370.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2005. Factors influencing the effectiveness of clinical supervision. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 12 (4), pp.405-414. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00851.x)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2015. What do we know about the risks for young people moving into, through and out of inpatient mental health care? Findings from an evidence synthesis. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 9 55. (10.1186/s13034-015-0087-y)
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2002. Stress among community mental health nurses. Journal of Community Nursing 16 (7), pp.20-27.
- Edwards, D. J. et al. 2002. Stress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques. Stress and Health 18 (5), pp.203-215. (10.1002/smi.947)
- Evans, N. et al. 2023. Mental health crisis care for children and young people aged 5 to 25 years: the CAMH-Crisis evidence synthesis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 11 3. (10.3310/BPPT3407)
- Evans, N. et al. 2017. Using the nominal group technique to involve young people in an evidence synthesis which explored 'risk' in inpatient mental healthcare. Research Involvement and Engagement 3 16. (10.1186/s40900-017-0069-8)
- Fothergill, A. et al., 2000. Self-esteem in community mental health nurses: findings from the all-Wales stress study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (4), pp.315-321. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00323.x)
- Fowler, P. , Hannigan, B. and Northway, R. 2000. Community nurses and social workers learning together: a report of an interprofessional education initiative in South Wales. Health and Social Care in the Community 8 (3), pp.186-191. (10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00241.x)
- Ghorbankhani, M. et al. 2025. Management responses to staff speaking up in the NHS: a scoping review. British Journal of Healthcare Management 31 (8), pp.1-10. (10.12968/bjhc.2024.0125)
- Godin, P. and Hannigan, B. 1997. IT and the new modality of community mental health care. British Journal of Community Nursing 2 (7), pp.344-348.
- Hannigan, B. 1997. A challenge for community psychiatric nursing: is there a future in primary health care?. Journal of Advanced Nursing 26 (4), pp.251-257. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00329.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2001. A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of 'reflection' in nursing practice and education. Journal of Clinical Nursing 10 (2), pp.278-283. (10.1111/j.1365-2702.2001.00459.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1996. A home of my own: counselling a depressed homeless man. Mental Health Nursing 16 (1), pp.21-23.
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Assessing the new public management: the case of the National Health Service. Journal of Nursing Management 63 (5), pp.307-312. (10.1046/j.1365-2834.1998.00851.x)
- Hannigan, B. 2024. Breaking boundaries. Social Work and Social Sciences Review 25 (1), pp.30-36. (10.1921/swssr.v25i1.2294)
- Hannigan, B. 2004. Changes ahead for mental health workers?. Mental Health Nursing 24 (2), pp.4-5.
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Community mental health nursing, 1954 to 1990: a review of policy, practice and service organisation. International History of Nursing Journal 4 (2), pp.28-33.
- Hannigan, B. 2013. Connections and consequences in complex systems: Insights from a case study of the emergence and local impact of crisis resolution and home treatment services. Social Science & Medicine 93 , pp.212-219. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.044)
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Course content in community mental health nurse education programmes. Mental Health Nursing 18 (6), pp.8-11.
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Education for community psychiatric nurses: content, structure and trends in recruitment. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 6 (2), pp.137-145. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.620137.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Fragmentation or integration?. Mental Health Nursing 18 (1), pp.4-5.
- Hannigan, B. 2000. Getting started in research. Nurse Researcher 7 (4), pp.31-39.
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Joint working in community mental health: prospects and challenges. Health and Social Care in the Community 7 (1), pp.25-31. (10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00160.x)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Mental health care in the community: an analysis of contemporary public attitudes towards, and public representations of, mental illness. Journal of Mental Health 8 (5), pp.431-440. (10.1080/09638239917148)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Mental health nursing in the community: a United Kingdom perspective. Home Health Care Management & Practice 11 (4), pp.60-66. (10.1177/108482239901100413)
- Hannigan, B. 1998. Mental health: the difference non-specialist nurses can make. Community Practitioner 71 (6), pp.210-212.
- Hannigan, B. 2022. Observations from a small country: mental health policy, services and nursing in Wales. Health Economics, Policy and Law 17 (2), pp.200-211. (10.1017/S1744133120000456)
- Hannigan, B. 1999. Specialist practice in community mental health nursing. Nurse Education Today 19 (6), pp.509-516. (10.1054/nedt.1999.0347)
- Hannigan, B. 2004. The ebb and flow of the Tidal Model [speak up!]. Mental Health Nursing 24 (5), pp.23.
- Hannigan, B. 2014. "There's a lot of tasks that can be done by any": Findings from an ethnographic study into work and organisation in UK community crisis resolution and home treatment services. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 18 (4), pp.406-421. (10.1177/1363459313501359)
- Hannigan, B. 2013. What studies into systems tell us about mental health work and services at a time of austerity. Mental Health Nursing 33 (6), pp.13-15.
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2003. A tale of two studies: research governance issues arising from two ethnographic investigations into the organisation of health and social care. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 40 (7), pp.685-695. (10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00111-6)
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2013. Complex caring trajectories in community mental health: contingencies, divisions of labor and care coordination. Community Mental Health Journal 49 (4), pp.380-388. (10.1007/s10597-011-9467-9)
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2006. Complexity and Change in the United Kingdom's System of Mental Health Care. Social Theory & Health 4 (3), pp.244-263. (10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700073)
- Hannigan, B. and Allen, D. A. 2011. Giving a fig about roles: Policy, context and work in community mental health care. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 18 (1), pp.1-8. (10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01631.x)
- Hannigan, B. , Bartlett, H. and Clilverd, A. 1997. Improving health and social functioning: perspectives of mental health service users. Journal of Mental Health 6 (6), pp.613-620. (10.1080/09638239718473)
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2000. Nursing, politics and policy: a response to Clifford. Nurse Education Today 20 (7), pp.519-523. (10.1054/nedt.2000.0505)
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2001. Preparing and writing an undergraduate dissertation. Nurse Education in Practice 1 (4), pp.175-180. (10.1054/nepr.2001.0028)
- Hannigan, B. and Burnard, P. 2001. Qualitative and quantitative approaches in mental health nursing: moving the debate forward. A response to Rolfe, Parsons, Beech and Clarke. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 8 (1), pp.90-92.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2001. Specialist practice for UK community mental health nurses: the 1998-99 survey of course leaders. International Journal of Nursing Studies 38 (4), pp.427-435. (10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00088-2)
- Hannigan, B. , Coffey, M. and Coyle, D. 2002. New direction for services in Wales. Mental Health Nursing 22 (1), pp.6-8.
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2005. Community mental health in the UK: restructuring for the 21st century. Sociale Psychiatrie 24 (75), pp.25-30.
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2011. Where the wicked problems are: the case of mental health. Health Policy 101 (3), pp.220-227. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.002)
- Hannigan, B. and Cutcliffe, J. 2002. Challenging mental health policy: time to assuage the coercion?. Journal of Advanced Nursing 37 (5), pp.477-484. (10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02109.x)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2022. End of life care for people with severe mental illness: the MENLOC evidence synthesis. Health Services and Delivery Research 10 4. (10.3310/ulti9178)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2015. An evidence synthesis of risk identification, assessment and management for young people using tier 4 inpatient child and adolescent mental health services. Health Services and Delivery Research 3 (22), pp.1-228. (10.3310/hsdr03220)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2000. Mental health nurses feel the strain. Mental Health Nursing 20 (3), pp.10-13.
- Hannigan, B. , Edwards, D. J. and Burnard, P. 2004. Stress and stress management in clinical psychology: findings from a systematic review. Journal of Mental Health 13 (3), pp.235-245. (10.1080/09638230410001700871)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2000. Burnout in community mental health nurses: findings from the all-Wales stress study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 7 (2), pp.127-134. (10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00279.x)
- Hannigan, B. and Evans, N. 2013. Critical junctures in health and social care: Service user experiences, work and system connections. Social Theory & Health 11 (4), pp.428-444. (10.1057/sth.2013.16)
- Hannigan, B. , Goold, M. and Maxwell, E. 2019. Risks of admitting children and young people to mental health inpatient units. Nursing Management 26 (2), pp.17-19. (10.7748/nm.26.2.17.s9)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2021. Mental health nursing at a time of crisis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 28 (2), pp.123-125. (10.1111/jpm.12652)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2018. Care coordination as imagined, care coordination as done: findings from a cross-national mental health systems study. International Journal of Integrated Care 18 (3) 12. (10.5334/ijic.3978)
- Hannigan, B. , Stafford, A. and Laugharne, R. 1997. General practitioners' views of community mental health services: a survey in one London borough. Journal of Interprofessional Care 11 (3), pp.287-293. (10.3109/13561829709034125)
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2023. Factors associated with the outcomes of a novel virtual reality therapy for military veterans with PTSD: Theory development using a mixed methods analysis. PLoS ONE 18 (5) e0285763. (10.1371/journal.pone.0285763)
- Hannigan, M. 2000. Going head to head. Mental Health Nursing 20 (5), pp.16-18.
- Jones, A. et al. 2018. Traditions of research in community mental health care planning and care coordination: a systematic meta-narrative review of the literature. PLoS ONE 13 (6) e0198427. (10.1371/journal.pone.0198427)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2017. Challenges for nurses who work in community mental health centres in the West Bank, Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 11 (3)(10.1186/s13033-016-0112-4)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2016. Mental health needs and services in the West Bank, Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 10 (1) 23. (10.1186/s13033-016-0056-8)
- Marie, M. , Hannigan, B. and Jones, A. 2017. Resilience of nurses who work in community mental health workplaces in Palestine. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 26 (4), pp.344-354. (10.1111/inm.12229)
- Marie, M. , Jones, A. and Hannigan, B. 2018. Social ecology of resilience and Sumud of Palestinians. Health 22 (1), pp.20-25. (10.1177/1363459316677624)
- Samuriwo, R. and Hannigan, B. 2019. Wounds and mental health care: System thinking. Mental Health Review Journal 24 (4), pp.298-305. (10.1108/MHRJ-03-2019-0007)
- Samuriwo, R. and Hannigan, B. 2019. Wounds in mental health care: The archetype of a 'wicked problem of many hands' that needs to be addressed. International Journal of Mental Health 49 (1), pp.81-96. (10.1080/00207411.2019.1706702)
- Savory, N. A. et al. 2021. Prevalence and predictors of poor mental health among pregnant women in Wales using a cross-sectional survey. Midwifery 103 103103. (10.1016/j.midw.2021.103103)
- Savory, N. A. , Sanders, J. and Hannigan, B. 2022. Midwives’ experiences of supporting women's mental health: A mixed-method study. Midwifery 111 103368. (10.1016/j.midw.2022.103368)
- Savory, N. , Hannigan, B. and Sanders, J. 2022. Women's experience of mild to moderate mental health problems during pregnancy, and barriers to receiving support. Midwifery 108 103276. (10.1016/j.midw.2022.103276)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2023. Mental health nurse academics can help attain goals for mental health research and influence policy. Journal of Mental Health , pp.1026-1027. (10.1080/09638237.2021.1898568)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2017. Cross-national mixed methods comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination in acute inpatient mental health settings (COCAPP-A). Health Services and Delivery Research 5 (26), pp.1-234. (10.3310/hsdr05260)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2016. Cross-national comparative mixed-methods case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and co-ordination: Collaborative Care Planning Project (COCAPP). Health Services and Delivery Research 4 (5), pp.1-190. (10.3310/hsdr04050)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2016. Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales: a cross-national mixed methods comparative case study. BMC Psychiatry 16 147. (10.1186/s12888-016-0858-x)
- Simpson, A. et al., 2015. Study protocol: cross-national comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination (COCAPP). BMC Psychiatry 15 145. (10.1186/s12888-015-0538-2)
- Stafford, A. and Hannigan, B. 1997. Client-held records in community mental health. Nursing Times 93 (7), pp.50-51.
- Trenchard, S. et al., 2002. Education for community mental health nurses: a summary of the key debates. Nurse Education Today 22 (3), pp.258-264. (10.1054/nedt.2001.0705)
- van Deursen, R. et al. 2021. The psychophysiological response during post-traumatic stress disorder treatment with modular motion-assisted memory desensitisation and reconsolidation (3MDR). European Journal of Psychotraumatology 12 (1) 1929027. (10.1080/20008198.2021.1929027)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2023. Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 19 (2) e1329. (10.1002/cl2.1329)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2022. PROTOCOL: Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta-analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 18 (1) e1220. (10.1002/cl2.1220)
- Winship, G. et al., 2018. JPMHN report on the 2018 Skellern Lecture and JPHMN Lifetime Achievement Award: held at the University of Greenwich Maritime Campus, June 14th 2018. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 25 , pp.368-368. (10.1111/jpm.12494)
Book sections
- Allen, D. A. and Hannigan, B. 2006. Negotiating a proposal through gate-keeping committees. In: Allen, D. A. and Lyne, P. A. eds. The Reality of Nursing Research: Politics, Practices and Process. London: Routledge. , pp.88-104.
- Bickerstaffe, P. et al. 2007. Using problem-based learning in mental health nurse education. In: Stickley, T. and Bassett, T. eds. Teaching Mental Health. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.255-264.
- Coffey, M. and Hannigan, B. 2003. Education and training for community mental health nurses. In: Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. eds. The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing. London: Routledge. , pp.359-369.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2024. The policy context for contemporary mental health care. In: Wright, K. and McKeown, M. eds. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. 2nd edition. London: Sage
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Community mental health nursing. In: Watkins, S. D. and Cousins, J. eds. Public health and community nursing : frameworks for practice. 3rd ed.. Edinburgh: Elsevier Bailliere Tindal. , pp.237-248.
- Hannigan, B. 2003. Community mental health nursing. In: Watkins, D. , Edwards, J. and Gastrell, P. eds. Community Health Nursing: Frameworks for Practice 2nd ed.. Baillière Tindall. , pp.247-257.
- Hannigan, B. 2014. Community services. In: Hulatt, I. ed. Mental Health Policy for Nurses. London: SAGE Publications
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Crisis intervention. In: Callaghan, P. and Waldock, H. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. , pp.104-105.
- Hannigan, B. 2015. Crisis intervention. In: Callaghan, P. and Gamble, C. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing 2nd ed.. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.76-76.
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Data generation. In: Allen, D. and Lyne, P. eds. The Reality of Nursing Research: Politics, Practices and Processes. London and New York: Routledge. , pp.105-118.
- Hannigan, B. 2009. Interagency and interprofessional working. In: Callaghan, P. , Playle, J. and Cooper, L. eds. Mental Health Nursing Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.214-222.
- Hannigan, B. 2003. The policy and legal context. In: Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. eds. The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing. London: Routledge. , pp.30-40.
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Values and mental health nursing. In: Pattison, S. et al., Emerging values in health care: the challenge for professionals. London: Jessica Kingsley. , pp.109-121.
- Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. 2006. The case for maintaining psychiatric/mental health nurse preparation within higher education. In: Cutcliffe, J. R. and Ward, M. F. eds. Key Debates in Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing. Edinburgh: Elsevier. , pp.132-143.
- Hannigan, B. et al. 2018. The policy context for contemporary mental health care. In: Wright, K. and McKeown, M. eds. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. SAGE. , pp.126-137.
- Hannigan, B. and Powell, H. 2022. Maintaining professional competence. In: Higgins, A. , Kilkku, N. and Kristofersson, G. K. eds. Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing: a European Perspective. Springer. , pp.467-482. (10.1007/978-3-031-05536-2_20)
- Pill, R. and Hannigan, B. 2010. Changing health care, changing professions. In: Pattison, S. et al., Emerging values in health care: the challenge for professionals. London: Jessica Kingsley. , pp.23-42.
- Wainwright, P. and Hannigan, B. 2004. Values in research: the case of nursing. In: Pattison, S. and Pill, R. eds. Values in Professional Practice - Lessons for Health, Social Care and Other Professionals. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press. , pp.173-182.
Books
- Samuriwo, R. et al. 2018. Values in health and social care: an introductory workbook. Jessica Kingsley.
Conferences
- Baillie, J. et al. 2022. An innovation project to enhance students' experiences of a postgraduate research programme. Presented at: NET2022 Conference Lancaster, England 06-07 September 2022.
- Edwards, D. et al. 2023. Crisis responses for children and young people: A mixed methods systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH-Crisis). Presented at: HSR UK 2023 Birmingham 4-6 July 2023.
- Sawle, L. et al. 2025. CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Mental Health Services for children and young people in England and Wales. Presented at: The ACMHN 48th International Mental Health Nursing Conference, Perth, Australia 30 October - 01 November 2024. Wiley. (10.1111/inm.13477)
Monographs
- Hannigan, B. 2010. Mental Health services in transition: examining community crisis resolution and home treatment care - Final Report to the Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals (RCBC Wales). Project Report.Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals (RCBC Wales).
Other
Thesis
- Hannigan, B. 2006. Health and social care for people with severe mental health problems: an ethnographic study.. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Websites
- Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid scoping review of harm reduction strategies for ecstasy (MDMA) users in recreational settings. [Online].Research Square: Research Square. (10.21203/rs.3.rs-2178425/v1)Available at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2178425/v1.
Research
I use ideas and methods from the health and social sciences to study mental health systems. Projects I have led or contributed to have specifically addressed these interrelated areas: policy; service organisation and delivery; work, roles and values; the characteristics and wellbeing of the workforce; practitioner education; and user and carer experiences.
From the late 1990s I was part of a team (led by Professor Philip Burnard) investigating stress and burnout in mental health workers whilst my PhD (supervised by Professors Davina Allen and Philip Burnard) was an ethnographic study of the organisation and delivery of interprofessional and interagency community mental health care. As a Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales (RCBC Wales) Postdoctoral Fellow I investigated the establishment, work and impact of crisis resolution and home treatment (CRHT) services. I have since led the NIHR-funded RiSC team synthesising the evidence in the area of risk for young people using inpatient mental health services, and was part of the NIHR-funded COCAPP and COCAPP-A teams (led by Professor Alan Simpson, now at King's College London) investigating care planning and care coordination in community and hospital mental health settings across England and Wales. I was also part of the HCRW-funded Plan4Recovery team (led by Professor Michael Coffey, Swansea University) examining mental health recovery in social care settings, and the FiMT-funded team (led by Professor Jon Bisson) investigating the use of a novel psychological therapy, 3MDR, for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. I led the MENLOC study, an NIHR-funded evidence synthesis in the area of end of life care for people with severe mental illness, and was part of the NIHR CAMH Crisis team led by Dr Nicola Evans which synthesised the evidence in the area of crisis care responses for children and young people. I worked on an NIHR-funded project, led by Dr John Green, which set out to learn lessons from the health and wellbeing response to the Grenfell Tower Fire and on a systematic review (led Dr Alison Weightman) focusing on case management for people who are homeless. In my most recent project I co-led, with Dr Clare Bennett, an investigation into the provision of mental health crisis care for children and young people.
Major research projects
CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Care for Children and Young People with Mental Health Problems: National Mapping, Models of Delivery, Sustainability and Experience. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Health and Social Care Delivery (HSDR) Research Programme, 2022 [Professor Ben Hannigan (co-CI), Dr Clare Bennett (co-CI), Professor Aled Jones, Dr Martin Elliott, Professor Steven Pryjmachuk, Dr Nicola Evans, Mair Elliott, Claire Fraser, Professor Euan Hails and Iain McMillan]
Exploring the Effect of Case Management in Homelessness per Components: a Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Implementation, with Meta-Analysis and Thematic Synthesis. Centre for Homelessness Impact, 2021 [Dr Alison Weightman (CI), Mala Mann, Lydia Searchfield, Delyth Morris, Dr Ian Thomas, Simone Willis, Rhiannon Cordiner, Dr Robin Smith, Professor Ben Hannigan and Dr Mark Kelson]
The MILL Study: Lessons from the Health and Wellbeing Response to the Grenfell Tower Fire: a Multi-Methods Approach. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR): Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme, 2021 [Dr John Green (CI), Professor Subhash Pokhrel, Hilary Watt, Dr Chris Brewin, Professor Jonathan Bisson, Professor Ben Hannigan, Dr Sarah Elkin, Professor William Yule, Dr Jason Strelitz, David Bailey, Dr Robyn Fairman and Natasha Elcock]
CAMH Crisis: Crisis Responses for Children and Young People: an Evidence Synthesis of Service Organisation, Effectiveness and Experiences. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme, 2020 [Dr Nicola Evans (CI), Dr Rhiannon Lane, Dr Judith Carrier, Professor Ben Hannigan, Liz Williams, Mair Elliott and Deborah Edwards]
MENLOC: End of Life Care for People with Severe Mental Illness: an Evidence Synthesis). National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme, 2018 [Professor Ben Hannigan (CI), Dr Sally Anstey, Professor Michael Coffey, Deborah Edwards, Dr Paul Gill, Mala Mann, Alan Meudell and Roger Pratt]
Phase II Randomised Controlled Trial of 3MDR for Treatment Resistant Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Military Veterans. Forces in Mind Trust, 2016 [Professor Jonathan Bisson (CI), Professor Robert van Deursen, Dr Neil Kitchiner, Dr Ben Hannigan, Lt Col (Retired) John Skipper]
COCAPP-A: Cross-National Comparative Study of Recovery-Focused Mental Health Care Planning in Acute Inpatient Mental Health Settings. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme, 2014 [Professor Alan Simpson (CI), Dr Michael Coffey, Dr Ben Hannigan, Alison Faulkner, Dr Aled Jones, Dr Sally Barlow, Dr Mark Haddad, Dr Karl Marlowe and Dr Jitka Všetečková]
Plan4Recovery: Assessing Mental Health Recovery, Care and Treatment Planning in Social Care. National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR), now Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW), Social Care Research Award, 2013 [Dr Michael Coffey (CI), Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons, Dr Ben Hannigan, Alan Meudell and (representing Hafal) Peter Martin and Christine Wilson]
RiSC: An Evidence Synthesis of Risk Identification, Assessment and Management for Young People using Tier 4 Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme, 2013 [Dr Ben Hannigan (CI), Dr Nicola Evans, Deborah Edwards, Professor Steven Pryjmachuk. Dr Gemma Trainor, Elizabeth Gillen and Dr Mirella Longo]
COCAPP: Cross National Comparative Study of Recovery-Focused Mental Health Care Planning and Coordination. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme, 2013 [Professor Alan Simpson (CI), Dr Ben Hannigan, Dr Michael Coffey, Alison Faulkner, Dr Aled Jones and Dr Jitka Všetečková]
Mental Health Services in Transition: Examining Community Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Care. Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals: Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006 [Dr Ben Hannigan (CI), Professor Davina Allen]
The Effectiveness of Clinical Supervision on Burnout amongst Community Mental Health Nurses in Wales. SONMS funded, 2002 [Professor Phillip Burnard (CI), Deborah Edwards, Ben Hannigan, Dave Coyle, Dr Anne Fothergill, John Adams, Tara Jugessur, Linda Cooper]
Health and Social Care for People with Severe Mental Health Problems: an Ethnographic Study. Smith and Nephew Foundation: Nursing Research Fellowship, 2000 [Dr Ben Hannigan (CI), Dr Davina Allen and Professor Philip Burnard]
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Stress Management Interventions for Mental Health Professionals. Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care, 2000 [Professor Philip Burnard (CI), Deborah Edwards, Professor Micheal Owen, Dr Ben Hannigan, Dr Anne Fothergill and Dave Coyle]
Stress and Coping amongst Community Mental Health Nurses in Wales: a Replication of an English Study. General Nursing Council for England and Wales Trust, 1998 [Professor Philip Burnard (CI), Dr Ben Hannigan, Dave Coyle and Dr Anne Fothergill]
Teaching
I am an experienced educator and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and have edited books and written chapters for students of the health and social care professions. For 14 years I led a full-time, post-registration, professional body-approved course for mental health nurses practising in the community.
Biography
Education and qualifications
2006: PhD, University of Wales. Thesis title: ‘Health and social care for people with severe mental health problems: an ethnographic study’.
2000: PGCE (FE) (awarded with Distinction), University of Wales Cardiff
1998: MA Health and Social Policy (awarded with Distinction), University of North London
Dissertation title: ‘Specialist post-registration education courses for community mental health nurses: do they prepare nurses to practise in contemporary community mental health settings?’
1995: Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing (Community Psychiatric Nursing), University of East London
1994: Certificate in Counselling Skills, Institute of Advanced Nursing Education of the RCN
1992: Registered Mental Nurse and Registered General Nurse, Princess Alexandra and Newham College of Nursing
1986: BA (Honours) Political Theory and Institutions & Sociology (class 2:1), University of Sheffield
Honours and awards
2015: Winner, Royal College of Nursing in Wales Research in Nursing Award
2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Capacity Building Collaboration Wales for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
2000: Nursing Research Fellow, Smith and Nephew Foundation
Professional memberships
2016-present: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2003-present: Member, Mental Health Nurse Academics UK
2000-present: Lecturer/Practice Educator, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Supervisions
As I am no longer employed by Cardiff University I am unable to offer supervision to new postgraduate research students.
Past projects
Melika Ghorbankhani (PhD, 2025: Management responses to staff speaking up in a UK healthcare setting)
Hamza Jaber (PhD, 2025: Patient safety incident reporting and learning systems in Libyan healthcare: an exploratory study)
Savanna Cole (PhD, 2025: Evaluating the Recovery through Activity framework used by occupational therapy in mental health services)
Gavin John (PhD, 2023: Keeping in touch: opportunities and barriers for children and young people maintaining connections to friends, families and education during periods of inpatient mental health care using case study methodology)
Fawaz Alrasheedi (PhD, 2022: Hip dysplasia: adult patients’ movement patterns during walking, single limb stance and squatting and patients’ experience of rehabilitation. A quantitative study)
Bethan Edwards (PhD, 2022: A window of opportunity: describing and developing an evidence, theory, and practice-informed occupational therapy intervention for people living with early-stage dementia)
Fortune Mhlanga (Doctorate in Advanced Healthcare Practice, 2022: Implementing recovery-oriented practice in mental health services: a qualitative case study)
Nicola Savory (PhD, 2020: Mothers mood study: women's and midwives’ experiences of perinatal mental health and service provision)
Freda Browne (Professional Doctorate in Nursing, 2019: A realist evaluation of a safe medication administration education programme in the Republic of Ireland)
Ken Wong (PhD, 2018: Knowers and enquirers: a collaborative enquiry into dialogic reflection in the occupational therapy curriculum)
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi (PhD, 2018: Factors affecting body weight in boys in primary school, Makkah, Saudi Arabia: a comparative case study)
Jane Davies (PhD, 2016: The fluctuation of agency in teenagers and young adults with cancer)
Mohammad Marie (PhD, 2016: Resilience of nurses who work in community mental health workplaces in West Bank, Palestine)
Pauline Tang (Professional Doctorate in Nursing, 2016: Multidisciplinary team members’ use of the electronic patient record system within one emergency medical assessment unit)
Maria Leontari (MPhil, 2013: Maternity care and postnatal depression in Greece: an ethnographic study)
Shu-Jen Chen (PhD, 2011: ‘Self-awareness’ and ‘the therapeutic use of self’ perceived by nurses who conduct community psychiatric nursing care in Taiwan)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Mental health services
- Mental health nursing
- Health systems
