Pearse Mccusker

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• 2025

  Self-care in social work: An imperative or beyond reach?

  Rose, S., Mccusker, P., Mitchell, M., Roesch-Marsh, A., Jian, M. & Petrova, L., 1 Apr 2025, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 55, 3, p. 1455-1473 19 p., bcae204.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Self-Care 100%
  • Degree Program 10%
  • Self-Identity 10%
  • Multiplicity 10%

• Social workers’ views and experiences of self-care practices: A qualitative interview study

  Jian, M., Mccusker, P., Mitchell, M., Roesch-Marsh, A., Rose, S. & Petrova, L., 27 Mar 2025, In: Frontiers in public health. 13, p. 1-12 12 p., 1585900.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Self-Care 100%
  • Public Health 33%
  • Qualitative Study 16%
  • Semistructured Interview 16%
  • Thematic Analysis 16%

• Feeling well, feeling cared for? Using participatory and arts-engaged research to improve understanding and professional responses to the mental health needs of care-experienced young people

  Mccusker, P., Mcmellon, C., Roesch-Marsh, A. & Bartlett, T., 2025, In: Educational Action Research. 33, 1, p. 153-171 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Participatory Action Research 20%
  • Sensation of Hearing 20%
• 2024

  [Review of] Adult Safeguarding Observed: How Social Workers Assess and Manage Risk and Uncertainty, Jeremy Dixon

  Mccusker, P., 14 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British Journal of Social Work. p. 1-3 3 p., bcae133.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Adult safeguarding legislation: Navigating the borderlands between mental capacity, mental health and social care law and practice

  Mackay, K. & Mccusker, P., May 2024, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 94, p. 1-9 9 p., 101964.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Literature Review 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Mental Health Care 100%

• Mindfulness-based social work and self-care with social work professionals: Replication and expansion of a randomised controlled trial

  Maddock, A., McGuigan, K. & Mccusker, P., 1 Apr 2024, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 54, 3, p. 1319-1339 21 p., bcae011.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Self-Care 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Burnout 25%
  • Mental Health 12%
  • Emotion Regulation 12%

• Exploring social work professionals’ experiences of the mindfulness-based social work and self-care programme: A focus group study

  Maddock, A., McGuigan, K. & McCusker, P., 2024, In: Social Work in Public Health. 39, 4, p. 352-367 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Focus Group 100%
  • Self-Care 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Professional Experience 100%
  • Coping Behavior 60%
• 2023

  An agenda for future research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience

  Devaney, J., Power, L., Jacobs, P., Davidson, G., Hiller, R., Martin, J., McCartan, C., Mccusker, P., McGuire, R., Phillips, A., Roesch-Marsh, A. & Thapar, A., Nov 2023, In: Child & Family Social Work. 28, 4, p. 960-970

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Personal Experience 16%
  • Lived Experience 16%

• Social work practitioner research in a globalised context

  Kong, S.-T., Mccusker, P. & Shears, J., 28 Oct 2023, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 53, 7, p. 3337–3343 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Social Work Practitioner Research in a Globalised Context

  Kong, S.-T. (Guest editor), Shears, J. (Guest editor) & Mccusker, P. (Guest editor), 28 Oct 2023, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 53, 7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and social work: Evidence for Impact?

  Mccusker, P., Gillespie, L., Davidson, G., Vicary, S. & Stone, K., 16 Oct 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 20, p. 1-18 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • United Nations 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Decision Making 75%
  • Social Workers 50%
  • Legislation 50%

• The mindfulness-based social work and self-care programme: A focus group study

  Maddock, A., McGuigan, K., McCusker, P. & Kellock, J., 7 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Social Work Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Focus Group 100%
  • Self-Care 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Self Care 100%
  • Social Workers 44%

• A scoping review of mental health and wellbeing outcome measures for children and young people: Implications for children in out-of-home care

  Jacobs, P., Power, L., Davidson, G., Devaney, J., McCartan, C., McCusker, P. & Jenkins, R., 4 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Home Care 100%
  • Scoping Review 100%

• Reconceptualising coproduction as activism together

  McMellon, C., McCusker, P., Roesch-Marsh, A., Hall, L., Bartlett, T. & McDermott, R., 1 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Children and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Coproduction 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Emotions 66%
  • COVID 19 Epidemic 33%

• Supported decision making

  Gillespie, L. & Mccusker, P., 1 Sept 2023, 23 p. Iriss.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• A randomised trial of Mindfulness‐based Social Work and Self‐Care with social workers

  Maddock, A., McGuigan, K. & Mccusker, P., 25 Feb 2023, In: Current psychology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Self-Care 57%
  • Self-Compassion 14%
  • Mental Health 7%
  • Health and Well-Being 7%
• 2022

  The Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A mixed methods evaluation study

  Maddock, A., Mccusker, P., Blair, C. & Roulston, A., Jul 2022, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 52, 5, p. 2760-2777 18 p., bcab203.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Self-Care 100%
  • Methods Evaluation 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Mental Health 33%

• Implementing the learning from the mindfulness-based social work and self-care programme to social work student practice during COVID-19: A qualitative study

  Maddock, A. & McCusker, P., 13 May 2022, In: The British Journal of Social Work. p. 1-20 20 p., bcac094.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Exploring the potential mechanisms of action of the mindfulness-based social work and self-care programme

  Maddock, A. & Mccusker, P., 9 Apr 2022, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Self-Care 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Burnout 33%
  • Coping Strategies 16%
  • Regression Analysis 16%
• 2021

  An exploratory survey of mental health social work in Europe

  Stone, K., Mccusker, P., Davidson, G. & Vicary, S., 5 Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 19, p. 1-15 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Pandemic 100%
  • Mental Health Service 11%
  • Thematic Analysis 11%

• Critical mindfulness in social work: Exploring the potential of reflexive self-care in the journey from student to social worker

  Mccusker, P., 11 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British Journal of Social Work. bcaa246.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Social Workers 100%
  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Self-Care 100%
  • Mindfulness Program 25%
  • Role Conflict 25%
• 2020

  “It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom

  Vicary, S., Stone, K., McCusker, P., Davidson, G. & Spencer-Lane, T., Sept 2020, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 72, 101601.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Coronavirinae 100%
  • Health and Social Care 66%
  • Legislation 66%
  • Mental Capacity 66%

• Mindfulness in social work education and practice

  Mccusker, P., 8 Jul 2020, 20 p. Iriss.

  Research output: Other contribution

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  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Self-Care 25%

• A hidden dynamic: Examining the impact of fear on mental health officers’ decisions to use powers of compulsory detention

  Allen, S. & McCusker, P., 6 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Practice: Social Work in Action (Practice).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Detention 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Scottish Government 11%
  • Decision-Making Process 11%
  • Semi-Structured Interview 11%
• 2019

  Community treatment orders and mental health social work: Issues for policy and practice in the UK and Ireland

  Campbell, J., Davidson, G., Mccusker, P., Jobling, H. & Slater, T., May 2019, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 64, p. 230-237 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• 2018

  Safeguarding Adults: Key Themes and Issues

  MacIntyre, G. (Editor), Stewart, A. (Editor) & McCusker, P. (Editor), 13 Feb 2018, Red Globe Press. 218 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Mental Health Problem 100%
  • Everyday Practice 100%
  • Practice Experience 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Mental Health 100%

• Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm

  McCusker, P. & Jackson, J., 13 Feb 2018, Safeguarding Adults: Key Themes and Issues. MacIntyre, G., Stewart, A. & McCusker, P. (eds.). Red Globe Press, p. 151-169 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Mental Health 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  • Effective Intervention 100%
  • Hostility 100%
  • Case Study 100%
• 2016

  Social work and mental distress: Articulating the connection

  McCusker, P. & Jackson, J., Sept 2016, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 46, 6, p. 1654-1670 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Focus Group 100%
  • Social Workers 100%
  • Action Research 100%
  • Social Work Student 100%
  • Mental Health 100%

• Community treatment orders in the UK 5 years on: a repeat national survey of psychiatrists

  DeRidder, R., Molodynski, A., Manning, C., McCusker, P. & Rugkasa, J., Jun 2016, In: BJPsych Bulletin. 40, 3, p. 119-123 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Clinical Practice 100%
  • Patient Care 100%
  • Patient Compliance 100%
  • Group Therapy 100%
• 2015

  Involving service users and carers in social work education: a consideration of the UK and global perspectives: Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges

  MacIntyre, G. & McCusker, P., 20 Aug 2015, Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges. Palattiyil, G., Sidhva, D. & Chakrabarti, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 193-206 14 p. (Routledge Advances in Social Work).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Social Work Education 100%
  • Human Rights 100%
• 2013

  Harnessing the potential of constructive develop-mental pedagogy to achieve transformative learning in social work education

  McCusker, P., 10 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Transformative Education. 11, 1, p. 3-25 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work Education 100%
  • Self-Efficacy 50%
  • Focus Group 50%
  • Learning Theory 50%
  • Communication Skill 50%
• 2012

  Evaluating the effectiveness of service user and carer involvement in post qualifying mental health social work education in Scotland: Challenges and opportunities

  McCusker, P., MacIntyre, G., Stewart, A. & Jackson, J., 14 Sept 2012, In: Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 7, 3, p. 143-153 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work Education 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Health Social Work 100%
  • Emotions 25%
  • Research Design 25%