Rate My Professor Katrina Campbell

Dr Katrina Campbell serves as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSci) and Master of Nursing (Mental Health) (MNurse(MntlHlth)) from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Southern Cross University in 2023. Her doctoral dissertation, titled "Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotional Dysregulation," investigated diagnostic practices in mental health nursing, focusing on the factors influencing clinical decision-making by nurses who provide provisional diagnoses of borderline personality disorder in emergency department or crisis assessment settings. This research was motivated by her clinical experience in emergency departments with mental health crisis teams, where she noted frequent presentations by individuals exhibiting symptoms of borderline personality disorder, including unstable relationships, emotional dysregulation, self-harm, and challenges in accessing appropriate treatment due to limited Medicare coverage for the condition.

Campbell's research centers on mental health nursing, borderline personality disorder, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and online adaptations of DBT. Her contributions include peer-reviewed articles such as "Towards online delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Skills training" (co-authored with Richard Lakeman et al., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2022), "High fidelity dialectical behaviour therapy online: Learning from experienced practitioners" (Lakeman et al., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2022), "Working with People Presenting with Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: The Attitudes, Knowledge and Confidence of Mental Health Nurses" (Campbell, Massey, Lakeman, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2022), "Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case for the Right Treatment, at the Right Dose, at the Right Time" (Campbell and Lakeman, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2021), "Borderline Personality Disorder: to diagnose or not to diagnose? That is the question" (Campbell et al., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2020), and "Factors influencing clinical decision making used by mental health nurses to provide provisional diagnosis: a scoping review" (Campbell et al., Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2019). Her scholarship has garnered over 298 citations on Google Scholar under the mental health category. Post-PhD, she plans to pursue a research position emphasizing scholarly writing to improve mental health service access.