Rate My Professor Christine Palmer

Palmer's research specializations include mental health and mental illness, clinical supervision, critiques of mental health services, trauma-informed care, working with individuals experiencing addiction, perinatal mental illness, and psychotropic medications. A Fellow of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (FACMHN), she has received awards such as Best Poster at the ACMHN International Conference (Cairns, 2018), Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme ($1,500, Australian College of Nursing, 2014), APA Scholarship (2005-2007), and Queensland Nursing Council Scholarships ($5,000 annually, 2005-2007). Her grant-funded projects include the University of the Sunshine Coast Early Career Research Grant ($4,000, 2018-2019) on psychosocial support for adolescents with Type 1 diabetes, Flinders University Faculty Competitive Research Grant ($16,000, 2014-2016), and SALHN-Flinders Collaborative Partnership Grant ($40,000, 2016). Key publications comprise "Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road" (2020), "Factors affecting ward nurses' basic life support experiences: An integrative literature review" (2022), "Web-Based Questionnaire for Healthcare Professionals on Psychosocial Support for Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes" (2022), and book chapters on therapeutic interventions (2017) and pathways of care (2018). She teaches mental health, research, and primary health care, while offering clinical supervision in private practice.