Professor Kevin Gournay

CBE, FRCPsych(Hon), FMedSci, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FRCN, RN, Cert Beh Psychotherapy, DSc(Hon)

Kevin Gournay was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998 for his important contribution to education, research, policy and practice development in mental health nursing.

Kevin has been a Professor of Psychiatric Nursing at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London since 1995 and has been responsible for a very wide range of research, policy and practice development in mental health nursing.

Kevin was one of the country’s first nurse therapists, trained at the Maudsley Hospital in the 1970s and, for the past 30 years has combined an academic life with a clinical practice as a nurse therapist and psychologist, specialising in the cognitive behavioural treatment of a range of mental health problems, including panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia.

He has been responsible for a number of initiatives that have improved nursing care, including the Guidance on the Observation of Patients at Risk, published by the Department of Health in 1999, the UKCC Report on the Management of Violence in Mental Health Settings, published in 2001 and, recently, as chair of the NICE Guidance on the Short Term Management of Disturbed/Violent Behaviour in Mental Health and Emergency Settings.

Kevin has served on numerous government bodies and was recently Special Adviser to the UK Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. He is President and founding Patron of No Panic, the UK’s largest anxiety disorder, self-help charity. Among his various honours, he is Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was elected Nurse of the Year by the American Psychiatric Nursing Association in 2004.

Kevin is an accomplished marathon runner and 50-year plus supporter of Charlton Athletic Football Club. He was appointed CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours in 1999.

Publications

Kevin is the author of more than 300 chapters, articles, books and conference papers. Here are just some of his publications:

Books/monographs

  • Gournay KJM, Gray R (2001) Should mental health nurses prescribe? Maudsley Discussion Paper No 11:Institute of Psychiatry, London.
  • Newell R, Gournay KJM (2000) Effectiveness in Mental Health Nursing. Harcourt Brace: London.
  • Goldberg DG, Gournay KJM (1997) The general practitioner, the psychiatrist and the burden of mental health care. Maudsley Discussion Paper No 1: Institute of Psychiatry, London.
  • Gournay KJM (1996) No Panic: A practical guide for managing panic and phobia. Asset Books.
  • Sanford T, Gournay KJM (1996) Perspectives in Mental Health Nursing. Balliere Tindall: London.
  • Gournay KJM (1989) Agoraphobia: Current Perspectives on Theory and Treatment. Routledge, London.

Journals

  • Rofail D, Gray R, Gournay KJM (2005) The development and internal consistency of the satisfaction with antipsychotic medication scale, Psychological Medicine. 35, 1-10.
  • Gray R, Wykes T, Gournay K (2004) Randomised controlled trial of medication management training for mental health nurses, British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 157-162.
  • Wright S, Gournay K, Glorney E, Thornicroft G (2002) Dual diagnosis in the suburbs: violence and offending, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 13(1), 35-52.
  • Walburn J, Gray R, Gournay K, Quraishi S, David A (2001) Systematic review of patient and nurse attitudes to depot antipsychotic medication, British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, 300-307.
  • Gournay KJM, Denford L, Parr A-M, Newell R (2000) British nurses in behavioural psychotherapy: a 25-year follow up, Journal of Advanced Nursing 32,2, 343-351.
  • Gournay KJM, Bowers L (2000) Suicide and self-harm in inpatient psychiatric units: a study of nursing issues in 31 cases, Journal of Advanced Nursing 32(1), 124-131.