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Stephen McKenna Lawson  BA (Hons) RMN MA Hons PgDip AE, PhD

Mr Stephen McKenna Lawson

(he/him)

BA (Hons) RMN MA Hons PgDip AE, PhD

Teams and roles for Stephen McKenna Lawson

Overview

I am a mental health nurse, researcher, writer and educator, currently engaged in doctoral study.

HCRW Dcotroal Fellowship (2024-2027): The CAMHbulance Study: How does the largest out-of-hospital emergency health service in Wales receive, respond and resolve mental health crises in young people? 

Clinically, I worked within specialist inpatient services for men & women and adolescents. Other roles have included lecturing at Cardiff and Swansea University and a professional secondement to the Office of the Chief Nurse of Wales (CNO).

I am an alumnus of the NHS Staff College's Leadership programme.

 

Publication

2025

2024

2022

2021

2017

Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Research

Beyond CAMHs-crisis and service design, organisation and delivery, my areas of interest inc:

  • MHN theory & identity
  • Philosophy/ies of care
  • Developing/exploring novel perspectives, particulalry via complexity studies, systems thinking/theory and continental philosophy
  • Questions of language, violence, power and ethics within MH care.

List of Publications can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Mckenna-Lawson

 

Biography

Honours and awards

  • Heath and Care Research Wales Doctoral Fellow (2024)

Professional memberships

  • Mental Health Nursing Association, Unite

Academic positions

  • Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing, Swansea University (2020-2022)
  • Teacher, Mental Health Nursing, Caardiff University (2022-2024)

Speaking engagements

  • Chief Nursing Officer (Wales) Conference  11th Proceedings Cardiff, October 2023
  • International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (MHNR) 28th Proceedings Oxford, Sep 2022
  • International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) Digital Conference, November 2021
  • International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (MHNR) Digital Iteration Online, Sep 2020
  • International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (MHNR)  25th Proceedings London, Sep 2019
  • International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference (MHNR) 23rd Proceedings Cardiff, Sep 2017

Committees and reviewing

  • Public/professional reviewer, Research Wales RMS
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Reviewer, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Public/professional reviewer, National Institute of Health Research

Contact Details

Email McKennalawsonS@cardiff.ac.uk

Campuses Heath Park West (formerly Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)), Floor First, Room 1.02, Ty'r Garth, St Agnes Rd, Cardiff, CF14 4US

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Implementation science and evaluation
  • Mental health nursing
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • health service delivery
  • Design for care