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      Mr Herbert Mwebe

      RMN, B.Sc. Hons, M.Sc. (Public Health & Health Promotion), SFHEA, Independent Prescriber, Doctoral student-current    
      ROLE: Senior Lecturer (Practice) in Mental Health
      SCHOOL: Health & Education
      DEPARTMENT: Mental Health & Social Work
      EMAIL: H.Mwebe@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Herbert Mwebe is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health in the School of Health and Education at Middlesex University. Within the Department of Mental Health, Herbert delivers physical health training for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He leads on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses focusing on developing mental health professionals’ knowledge and skills in relation to improving physical health in serious mental illness (SMI) and medication management in adult mental health settings. Prior to entering academia, Herbert worked in both inpatient and community settings providing mental health care to people with acute mental health illness; most recently in General Practice, Herbert led on a mental health project in City and Hackney commissioned by NHS England to provide timely management of people presenting with mental illness in primary care.

         

         


        Languages Spoken

        English

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        • Health promotion in mental health
        • Smoking and mental illness
        • Physical and mental health
        • Psychopharmacology

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Conference or workshop item

        Mwebe, H. (2015) - Oral Presentation to Primary care health professionals- Workshop "Mental Health, what to expect in Primary care" A quick guide. City University. April 2015

        Mwebe, H. (2015) - Oral presentation at the interprofessional learning workshop on integrating physical and mental health care provision in secondary and community mental health settings. Middlesex University, September 2015

        Mwebe, H. (2017)- Poster presentation," Monitoring physical health needs in severe mental illness" MH nurses' to do list". At the CapitalNurse Conference on the 16th March 2017, at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, 200 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, SE1 7UT.

        Mwebe, H. (2017)- Oral presentation," Physical health care needs in severe mental illness- 'screening and monitoring'. At the 4th Horatio Festival of Psychiatric Nursing conference “Working in Partnership” 11-14th May 2017, at the Dolman Hotel- MALTA.

        Mwebe, H. (2017)- Oral presentation," Improving physical health in severe mental illness'. At the The #ProudToBeDifferent Conference, 18th May 2017, Middlesex University.

        Mwebe, H. (2017)- Poster presentation," Mental health nurses’ views of their role in monitoring physical care needs in MHSUs- a qualitative exploratory study". At the The #ProudToBeDifferent Conference, 18th May 2017, Middlesex University.

        Mwebe, H. (2017)- Oral & Poster presentation," Improving the physical health needs of Mental health service users-. At Middlesex Research Student Summer Conference, 28th June 2017, Middlesex University.

        Mwebe, H. (2018)- Oral presentation, " Psychopharmacological interventions and physical health needs of the SMI population" Swedish Redcross University College, Stockholm, 29.3.18.

        Mwebe, H. (2019) - Oral presentation," An Exploration of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Monitoring in SMI: A Mixed Methods Study of Acute Inpatient Psychiatric settings”. At the #MH ProudToBeDifferent Conference, 17th July 2019, Middlesex University.

        Mwebe, H. (2019)- Oral presentation," An Exploration of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Monitoring in SMI: A Mixed Methods Study of Acute Inpatient Psychiatric settings”- At Middlesex Research Student Summer Conference, 20th June 2019, Middlesex University.

        Mwebe, H. (2019)- Oral presentation," An Exploration of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Monitoring in SMI: A Mixed Methods Study of Acute Inpatient Psychiatric settings”- At the Integrated Practice Unit; Clinical Nursing forum- Camden and Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust, 27th August 2019.

        Book Publications

        Mwebe, H (2018). Psychopharmacology; A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications. London. Critical Publishing Ltd. ISBN : 9781912096046

         Peer reviewed publications

        Mwebe, H. (2017), Physical health monitoring in mental health settings: a study exploring mental health nurses’ views of their role. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13653.

        Mwebe, H (2018). Serious mental illness and smoking cessation, British Journal of Mental Health Nursing | Vol. 7 | No. 1 | pp 39–46. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2018.7.1.39.

        Mwebe, H & Roberts, D (Dr) (2019) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in people with serious mental illness (SMI) taking psychotropic medication. A review of literature:British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjmh.2018.0033

         Articles and book reviews

        Ayerbe, et al. (2017) Inequalities in the management of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psychiatric disorders; a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychological Medicine.

        Mutsatsa, S. (2015) Physical Healthcare and Promotion in Mental Health Nursing. Sage publishers- ISBN 978-1-446268179

        Cummins, I. (2016) Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System. A social Work Perspective. Critical Publishing- ISBN 978-1-910391-91-4

        Megele, C. (2015) Psychosocial and Relationship=based Practice. Critical Publishing. ISBN-978-1-909682-97-9

        Adams, J and Sheard, A. (2016) Positive Social Work. The Essential Toolkit for NQSWs.2nd Critical Publishing. ISBN-9781911106067

        David,BC and Jo,C (2019) Palliative Care Within Mental Health- Ethical Practice. (Editors).London. Routledge.

        Pilgrim, D (2017) Key Concepts in Mental Health. (4th Edition). London. Sage Publishers.

        Publication Feed

        Psychopharmacology; A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications

        Mwebe, Herbert (2018) Psychopharmacology; A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications. Nursing series . Critical Publishing, St Albans Hertfordshire. ISBN 9781912096046

        Efficacy of endoscopic variceal ligation alone or in combination with vasoactive drugs for acute treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

        Mwebe, Herbert and Roberts, Danielle (2018) Efficacy of endoscopic variceal ligation alone or in combination with vasoactive drugs for acute treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews. (Published online first)

        Physical health assessment and strategies to improve physical health needs in SMI

        Mwebe, Herbert (2018) Physical health assessment and strategies to improve physical health needs in SMI. In: Erasmus Exchange Teaching and Learning Scheme, 31 Jan 2018, Red Cross University College of Nursing-Stockholm Sweden.

        Serious mental illness and smoking cessation

        Mwebe, Herbert (2018) Serious mental illness and smoking cessation. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing , 7 (1). pp. 39-41. ISSN 2049-5919

        Physical health monitoring in mental health settings: a study exploring mental health nurses’ views of their role

        Mwebe, Herbert (2017) Physical health monitoring in mental health settings: a study exploring mental health nurses’ views of their role. Journal of Clinical Nursing , 26 (19-20). pp. 3067-3068. ISSN 0962-1067

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        • Member of The British Association for Psychopharmacology
        • CQC Specialist Clinical Advisor- Hospital and community inspections of health and social care providers; 2015-current
        • CPD lead on physical health training for registered mental health professionals and allied staff (BEH & C&I); 2015-Current
        • CPD training lead on the medication awareness project for mental health staff in (BEH); 2015-current

         

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