| School/College |
Date From |
Date To |
| Central School of Nursing, St Brendans Hospital, Dublin 7. |
Dec 1988 |
Jan 1992 |
| Development Studies Centre, Kimmage Manor, Dublin 12. |
Sept 1994 |
June 1995 |
| University College Dublin, Dublin 4 |
Sept1995 |
July 1997 |
| School of Education, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2. |
Sept 1998 |
Sept 2000 |
| Department of Sociology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2. |
Sept 2002 |
To Date |
| Position Held |
Job Description |
Where |
Date From |
Date To |
| Lecturer |
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School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College |
Aug 2002 |
Present |
| Nurse Tutor |
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Central School of Nursing, Eastern Health Board, Dublin. |
Feb/1998 |
Aug/2002 |
| Staff Nurse |
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St Lomans Hospital, Eastern Health Board, Dublin. |
July/1995 |
Feb/1998 |
| Member of Refugee Camp Management Team |
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Working in the Tanzanian / Rwandan border area (Goal Ireland) |
May/1994 |
Aug/1994 |
| Rural Health Promotion / Development Worker |
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East Nepal (Goal Ireland) |
Sept/1993 |
May/1994 |
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| Project title |
Longitudinal study of Irish prisoners with mental health problems. |
| Summary |
This is a developing research agenda which is expanding recently competed PhD research to which I was principal supervisor. |
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2012 |
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| Project title |
A critical consideration of the changing social processes of construction, categorisation and treatment of “lunacy”, “madness” and “mental illness” in Ireland between 1750-2000 |
| Summary |
This is my PhD research with the Department of Sociology Trinity College completed October 2006, which was supervised by Professor Robert Holton. This research identies and explores the social trajectory and processes that have resulted in individuals being treated for “mental illness” in Ireland over the past two-hundred and fifty years. This research provides a platform for future research addressing contemporary social policy concerning mental health in Ireland from a spectrum of paradigms including the social, medical, historical, demographic and economic. |
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2002 |
| Date to |
2006 |
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| Project title |
A visual history of the “The Architecture of Confinement in Ireland” |
| Summary |
This research involves an exploration of the architecture of confinement in Ireland particularly the architecture of asylum buildings, workhouses and Magdalene laundries. This research involves field visits to these sites of confinement, the archiving of maps, the collection of architectural plans and the photographing of these buildings. The emerging sociological themes of structure, system, power, control, shame, stigma, myth and institutionalisation are being examined, in particular how these buildings can interact and affect human behaviour. This research is timely and urgent as many of these buildings are currently being sold and converted to apartment type private accommodation. |
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| Date from |
2001 |
| Date to |
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A Consideration of the Mental Health Promotion Policies and Programs in the Eastern Health Board Region, in the Context of a Developed Theory of Mental Health Promotion |
| Summary |
This research considered whether the theory of mental health promotion is reflected in the mental health promotion policies and programmes within the Eastern Health Board (EHB) region in the period 1995-2000. Research methods utilised included concept analysis, documentary analysis, and semi structured interviews. This research established that gaps exist between mental health promotion theory and the mental health promotion policies and programs in the EHB region. Strategies including programs of education were proposed and key recommendations were made. |
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2000 |
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| Project title |
“Behind the Walls” (TV documentary RTE 9.30-10.30 September 5th & 12th) |
| Summary |
My research was drawn on and contributed to a 2 part TV documentary “Behind the Walls” (RTE 9.30-10.30 September 5th & 12th). This was a very significant research output which had an important impact at the political, public and academic level. |
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2009 |
| Date to |
2011 |
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| Brennan D., Telling stories about ourselves": Historical Methodology and the Creation of Mental Health Nursing Narratives, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18, (8), 2011, p657 - 663 |
| Brennan D, The Location Irish Psychiatric Nursing within the Developmental Trajectory of the Irish Mental Health System, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 5th Annual International Research Conference, Dublin, November, 2004 |
| Brennan D, A Consideration of the Social Trajectory of Psychiatric Nursing in Ireland, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2004 |
| Brennan D, The Special Olympics, a not so quiet revolution – Discourses of Emancipation and Liberation at the Summer Games Ireland 2003, The Frontline of Learning Disability, 59, 2004 |
Brennan D, 2002 TCD as a Multicultural University, the challenges - a paper presented by Damien Brennan, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, TCD Launch of the HEEU Report by the Minister of Education and Science: Trinity College, Dublin November 2002., 2002
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