The experiences of mothers who have a child diagnosed with cancer.

This qualitative study explored the experiences of mothers who had a child diagnosed with cancer. Informed by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, semi-structured interviews were completed with 13 participants, transcribed verbatim with individual and cross-case analysis conducted. One superordinate theme, , was identified with five related subordinate themes.

Experiences of fatherhood among men who were sexually abused in childhood.

Background: Fatherhood is a complex psychological process, which is shaped at a profound level by reflections on past childhood memories and parenting experienced in childhood. Fathers who were sexually abused in childhood may experience particular challenges for their fathering identity and parenting role.

Objective: This qualitative study explored the experiences of fatherhood for men who were sexually abused in childhood and how they perceived themselves in the fathering role.

A comparative study of clinical supervision in the Republic of Ireland and the United States.

We replicated Son, Ellis, and Yoo (2013) and extended Ellis et al.'s (2014) taxonomy of harmful and inadequate supervision by providing and testing cross-national comparative descriptive data about clinical supervision practices in the Republic of Ireland versus the United States. Participants were 149 Republic of Ireland and 151 U.

A survey of pedagogical approaches and quality mechanisms used in education programs for mental health professionals.

The provision of high-quality education and training that is responsive, relevant, accessible and evidence based is critical if the vision for quality mental health services presented in recent policy initiatives in Ireland is to be fulfilled. This paper reports the findings related to pedagogical approaches and quality assurance mechanisms utilized within mental health education. The study involved canvassing all Higher Education Institutions in Ireland.