title: Crossing boundaries to improve mental health in the Americas: international collaborative authorship.
abstract: A nurse anthropologist with a background in international collaborations attended Project LEAD for two years, which enabled her to continue to serve as an advocate for the mentally ill in Belize. The anthropologist collaborated with a psychiatrist from Belize to develop a cross-cultural, cross-discipline publication, "Mental Health in Belize: A National Priority, " which highlights the work of psychiatric nurse practitioners in the country. The researcher learned to collaborate with her peer in Belize through face to face discussions and e-mail and overcame technological difficulties and cultural barriers to produce an international publication. Project LEAD gave the author a sense of self-discovery and self-knowledge, reinforced core values, and developed a frame of reference for leadership. The author also benefited from discussions by local, national, and international leaders on leadership in terms of its key components, contexts, challenges, triumphs, and styles.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, USA.
authors.forename: Chery M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Killion
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D001531:Belize; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007857:Leadership; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D015399:Nursing Research; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States