Rate My Professor Bridget Hamilton

Hamilton's academic interests focus on service users' and staff experiences of nursing practices in public mental health settings, including close observations, brief interactions, seclusion events, case management, and goal setting. Her research employs observational fieldwork, interviews, surveys, and routine data analysis to advance recovery-oriented practices, Safewards implementation to minimize conflict and containment, clinical supervision for mental health nurses, crisis care in emergency departments and alternatives, advance care planning, and foster care dynamics. She teaches mental health practice and research methods. Hamilton's scholarship is evidenced by over 4,960 citations and an h-index of 36 on Google Scholar. Key publications include 'Rethinking nurses’ observations: Psychiatric nursing skills and invisibility in an acute inpatient setting' (2007), 'Troubling ‘insight’: Power and possibilities in mental health care' (2006), 'Factors influencing engagement with case managers: Perspectives of young people with a diagnosis of first episode psychosis' (2015), the 'Safewards Victorian Trial Final Evaluation Report' (2016), and 'Mental Health Nurses' Perception of Clinical Supervision Implementation Mapped Against a Program Logic: A Survey Study' (2025). Her contributions include the NHMRC NICS Fellowship, University of Melbourne Engagement Grant, and VMIAC Inaugural Ally of the Year Award. She has given keynotes on Safewards evidence and PARC evaluations.