Dr Gill Murphy
PhD, Grad Dip, MA, BA
Gill has worked as a mental health nurse for 20 years, with experiences in forensic, in-patient, community and emergency mental health services. She has worked in both UK and Australian clinical mental health services. Gill is actively engaged with mental health research. Her own PhD study generated parenting narratives of adults who had experienced childhood parental mental illness. Her past research studies include an international study which considered health outcomes for people diagnosed with schizophrenia; supporting people with personality disorder using a clinical network and familial experiences of death as a result of suicide. Gill’s current research programme focuses on mental illness; loss and recovery. Gill has published in the area of mental illness in international journals and is a peer reviewer for mental health and nursing related publications. She is currently a lecturer with the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, enjoying her role with undergraduate students as they embark on their nursing careers. Gill is actively involved in post-graduate teaching and is currently a supervisor for higher degree research students.
Research areas:
- Adults
- Children or young people
- Target groups (CALD, LGBTI, Rural/remote, Lived experience)
- Suicidal behaviour(suicidal ideation, suicidal risk, suicide attempt)
- Mental health, mental ill health
Available for:
- Research opportunities
- Funding
- Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
- Connecting with post-graduate candidates
- Collaboration with Australian suicide prevention services, programs and resources
Notable Research
Helpful and unhelpful responses after suicide: experiences of bereaved family member
Peters, K., Cunningham, C., Murphy, G. and Jackson, D
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol 25, no 5 , pp 418 - 425.
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Adult children of parents with mental illness : dehumanization of a parent : 'She wasn't the wreck in those years that she was to become late
Murphy, G., Peters, K., Wilkes, L. and Jackson, D
nternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol 27, no 3 , pp 1015 - 1021.
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Please note: this is not a complete list of papers this researcher has contributed to. If the research you are interested in is not listed above, please contact the researcher for more information.