Daniel Bressington, RN(MH), PhD, FRSPH
Tokushima University, Japan, Florida Atlantic University, United States of America
Professor at Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia; Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
As a Professor of Mental Health, Dr. Dan Bressington has contributed his expertise and mentorship in his positions at multiple locations across the Asia-Pacific region. This includes leveraging his leadership roles in education, research, and scholarship to promote the use of evidence-based interventions for people with mental health difficulties. Dan has served as editor at various international journals which currently include being Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry, Academic Editor for clinical trials at PLoS ONE, and an editorial board member at Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, among others. He has published over 160 articles/book chapters and received significant amounts of competitive research grant funding.
Research Expertise
Physical and mental health comorbidity; developing and testing physical and psychosocial interventions for people with mental illness; mental health literacy and stigma; treatment satisfaction and adherence; complex PTSD
Methodological expertise
Clinical trials; systematic reviews; observational and mixed-methods studies