Fulbourn
0845 196 5307
james.trueman@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

• PhD
• MA Mental Health
• PG Dip Mental Health Innovations
• PG Dip Learning and Teaching
• RN (Mental Health)

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Courses

Module / Pathway responsibilities

• Approved Mental Health Professional Training Programme (Post Qualifying Specialist Training)
• Strategies to help people experiencing crisis
• The person/client in crisis

Primary Undergraduate teaching focus

• Law and Ethics in Mental Health practice

Post-registration workshops

• The Mental Health Act 1983: Recent Developments & Ethico-Legal Practice (Post Qualifying Workshop)
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Implications for Practice (Post Qualifying Workshop)
• Mental Health Act 1983 Study Day: With a Learning Disability Perspective (Post Qualifying Workshop)

Outline of career

My early career specialised in therapeutic interventions practicing in the NHS and private sector. Subsequently, my experience has ranged from acute admission services (including drug and alcohol detoxification) through to clinical governance and project management. Following a more flexible relationship with the University, I pursued my interest in teaching and research when I joined the department permanently in 2002.

Research Interest

Law and ethics particularly relating to mental health care
Media and professional discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis

Selected Publications

Trueman, J. and Khoo, R. (2009) Mental Health Nursing and the Law. IN Wrycraft, N. (Ed.) Introduction to Mental Health Nursing. London, Open University Press.