title: Research priorities in mental health nursing.
abstract: This study determined nursing research priorities that focused on mental health nursing in the published literature from 1990 to 1996. Determination of which priorities were related to mental health was completed using 18 sources (experts, organizations, and individual research projects). A content analysis of the 18 sources was completed, and 56 mental health related research priorities were identified. Six categories emerged from the data analysis: support, holism, mental health nursing practice, quality care outcomes, mental health etiology, and mental health delivery systems. As mental health nursing embraces evidenced-based practice, the need for clear research priorities is imperative for knowledge development in the field.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996-4180, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pullen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuck
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires