Research
The Mind and Body Research and Development Team is available to carry out service development, service evaluation and research for your organisation. It is also available to work collaboratively with other research teams to bring a mental health service user perspective.
Mind and Body’s Research and Development Team is committed to evidence-based research with a focus on improved outcomes for users of mental health services. We have also worked for a number of years with Quality Health NZ and other audit agencies in accreditation and certification of both DHB and NGO services throughout NZ, giving us a comprehensive understanding of organisational structures and service provision. The team has carried out research and service development projects for national government programmes, DHBs and NGOs in areas such as alternatives to hospitalisation, peer support, non-crisis support and systemic advocacy in healthcare.
The team is led by David Orwin MA, PhD.
Publicly Available Works and Publications
The Mind and Body Research team has led or contributed to the following projects:
Orwin, D. & Burdett, J. (2009). Building organisational capacity in New Zealand consumer organisations: A discussion document. Auckland: Mind and Body Consultants Ltd. Download pdf. View html.
Orwin, D. (2008). Thematic Review of Peer Supports: Literature review and leader interviews. Wellington: Mental Health Commission. Download pdf
Briscoe, J., Orwin, D., Ashton, L., & Burdett, J. (2005). Being There: A peer support service for older adults with mental illness. Auckland: Mental Health Workforce Development Programme.
Burdett, J. & Davies, E. (2004). Preventing ‘Schizophrenia’: Creating the conditions for saner societies, in J. Read, L. Mosher, & R. Bentall (Eds.), Models of Madness: Social, Psychological and Biological Approaches to ‘Schizophrenia’. London: Brunner-Routledge. Amazon.com
Burdett, J., Birkin, C., Kent, V. & Ashton, L. (2004). Consumer and family involvement in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Auckland: The Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, The University of Auckland. Link
Mental Health Recruitment Research Project, Mental Health Workforce Development. Development of Competencies, Employment Guidelines and Training Programme for Consumer and Tangata Whai Ora Advisors in Mental Health Service, Mental Health Workforce Development Programme.
Competency 1.2: Philosophical Foundations, Recovery Competencies for New Zealand Mental Health Workers, Mental Health Commission, 2001.
Teaching Resource Kit, Competency 1.2: Philosophical Foundations, Recovery Competencies for New Zealand Mental Health Workers, Mental Health Commission, 2001.
Both Jim Burdett and Jane Briscoe have published papers based on MA or MSc theses:
Burdett, J. (1999). The community of inquiry as a means of reducing the incidence of youth suicide. Journal of Critical and Creative Thinking, March.
Burdett, J. (2001). Experience and education. Journal of Critical and Creative Thinking, September.
Briscoe, J. & Grant, W. (2001). Everyday ethics in an acute psychiatric unit. Journal of Medical Ethics, 28(3), 173-176.