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Gwenne McIntosh is a Lecturer at the School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, specializing in mental health nursing and education. Her work focuses on integrating lived experience, recovery principles, and social inclusion into mental health practice and education.
Her research interests center on:
- Mental Health Nursing
- Recovery Principles in Mental Health
- Carer and Service User Involvement
- Social Inclusion and Stigma Reduction
- Mental Health Education
- Alzheimer's Dementia Care
Dr. McIntosh's publications demonstrate a consistent focus on authentic partnership in mental health services. Her work examines how carer perspectives enhance nursing education, how recovery principles can be implemented in practice, and the experiences of caregivers. She employs qualitative methodologies, particularly Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), to explore lived experiences in mental health contexts.
Her scientific contributions include examining whether mental health nurse lecturers model recovery principles in their practice, exploring the impact of mental illness diagnosis on young people, and investigating male caregivers' experiences with partners who have Alzheimer's dementia.
Dr. McIntosh has supervised doctoral research and contributed to funded projects, including a Chief Scientists Office-funded study on the impact of mental illness diagnosis on young people. Her work emphasizes co-production through initiatives like recovery colleges and stresses the importance of authentic partnership between professionals, service users, and carers.
