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The 5-As Framework for Including Sexual Concerns in Mental Health Nursing Practice

Chris QuinnCentral Queensland University Australia, Institute of Health and Social Sciences Research, Rockhampton, Australia
, RN, DAS (Nurs), Cert PN, Grad Dip (MHN), PhD Candidate,
Brenda HappellCentral Queensland University Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rockhampton, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
, RN, RPN, BA (Hons), Dip Ed, B Ed, M Ed, PhD &
Anthony WelchCentral Queensland University Australia, Institute of Health and Social Sciences Research and School of Nursing and Midwifery, Noosa, Australia
, RN, RPN, Dip App Sci, BN, B Ed, M Ed, PhD
Pages 17-24 | Published online: 09 Jan 2013

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Chris Quinn & Brenda Happell. (2015) Exploring Sexual Risks in a Forensic Mental Health Hospital: Perspectives from Patients and Nurses. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 36:9, pages 669-677.
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Elnike Brand, Ching Tham, Angela Ratsch & Edward Heffernan. (2023) Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients: A cross-sectional quantitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry 14.
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Megan Cahn, Abby Mulcahy, Kelly Gonzales, Gregory Miller & Wendy Smith. (2022) Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Integrating Reproductive and Acute Mental Healthcare. Sexuality and Disability 40:4, pages 749-768.
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Lavanya J. Thana, Lesley O’Connell, Alexandra Carne-Watson, Abhishek Shastri, Arunan Saravanamuthu, Natasha Budhwani, Sandra Jayacodi, Verity C. Leeson, Jasna Munjiza, Sofia Pappa, Elizabeth Hughes, Joe Reilly & Mike J. Crawford. (2022) Barriers to the management of sexual dysfunction among people with psychosis: analysis of qualitative data from the REMEDY trial. BMC Psychiatry 22:1.
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Marie Davis & Julie McGarry. (2021) Supporting women’s sexual safety in acute mental health settings. Mental Health Practice 24:4, pages 35-41.
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Alicia M. Evans, Chris Quinn, Brian McKenna & Karen Willis. (2020) Consumers living with psychosis: Perspectives on sexuality. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 30:2, pages 382-389.
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Rachel Luby. (2020) Using the STARTER model to talk about sex in mental health nursing practice. Mental Health Practice 23:4, pages 32-41.
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Hilary K. Brown, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Paul Kurdyak & Simone N. Vigod. (2018) A population-based study of the frequency and predictors of induced abortion among women with schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychiatry 215:6, pages 736-743.
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Reginald Fennell & Blair Grant. (2019) Discussing sexuality in health care: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing 28:17-18, pages 3065-3076.
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Shane A. Cooper & Peggy A. Compton. (2019) Nursing interventions for sexual dysfunction: An integrative review for the psychiatric nurse. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 33:4, pages 389-399.
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Chris Quinn, Chris Platania-Phung, Christopher Bale, Brenda Happell & Elizabeth Hughes. (2018) Understanding the current sexual health service provision for mental health consumers by nurses in mental health settings: Findings from a Survey in Australia and England. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27:5, pages 1522-1534.
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Elizabeth Hughes, Amanda J. Edmondson, Ijeoma Onyekwe, Chris Quinn & Fiona Nolan. (2018) Identifying and addressing sexual health in serious mental illness: Views of mental health staff working in two National Health Service organizations in England. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 27:3, pages 966-974.
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Avril Hendry, Austyn Snowden & Michael Brown. (2018) When holistic care is not holistic enough: The role of sexual health in mental health settings. Journal of Clinical Nursing 27:5-6, pages 1015-1027.
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Rebecca Corbett, Stephen Elsom, Natisha Sands & Roshani Prematunga. (2017) An exploratory investigation of sexual health screening in the first 12 weeks of case management in populations with severe mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 26:2, pages 160-169.
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Chris Quinn & Brenda Happell. (2016) Supporting the Sexual Intimacy Needs of Patients in a Longer Stay Inpatient Forensic Setting. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 52:4, pages 239-247.
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Snigdha Dutta, Shazmin Majid & Birgit Völlm. (2016) Experiences and Perceptions of Nursing Staff Working With Long-Stay Patients in a High Secure Psychiatric Hospital Setting. Journal of Forensic Nursing 12:3, pages 111-119.
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S. Gascoyne, E. Hughes, E. McCann & C. Quinn. (2016) The sexual health and relationship needs of people with severe mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 23:5, pages 338-343.
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Chris Quinn & Brenda Happell. (2015) Sex on show. Issues of privacy and dignity in a Forensic mental health hospital: Nurse and patient views. Journal of Clinical Nursing 24:15-16, pages 2268-2276.
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Chris Quinn & Brenda Happell. (2015) Consumer sexual relationships in a Forensic mental health hospital: Perceptions of nurses and consumers. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 24:2, pages 121-129.
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Julie Tennille, Phyllis Solomon & Casey Bohrman. (2014) Using the FIELD Model to Prepare Social Work Students and Field Instructors on Sexuality and Intimacy for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities. Sexuality and Disability 32:4, pages 469-483.
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