Clinical Interests: Mental health service delivery (emergency department triage and care, continuity of care)

Teaching Areas: Mental health; Research methods
 

  
Province of Manitoba-The development, implementation and evaluation of a new mental health component of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) and the development of national benchmarks to track emergency department flow, care and satisfaction in the management of mental health patients (Principal Investigator)

Health Sciences Centre Foundation- Testing an intervention designed to increase empowerment and improve quality of life in individuals living with mental illness (collaborator)

CIHR Research Advisory Group (CRAG)-Developing “best practices” in the triage and assessment of patients presenting to emergency departments with mental health complaints

University of Manitoba-Best practices in the triage and assessment of patients presenting with mental health complaints in general hospital emergency departments (Principal Investigator)

University of Manitoba Research Grants Program (URGP)-Refinement of a client-held tool for mental health clients (Principal Investigator)
 

Marchinko, S., & Clarke, D. (2010). The Wellness Planner: Empowering consumers in self-care.  Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.10.003

Clarke, D., Brown, A.M., & Griffith, P. (2010). The Brøset Violence Checklist: Clinical utility in a secure psychiatric intensive care setting.” Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 17 (7), 614-620.

Clarke, D., & Winsor, J. (2010). Perceptions and needs of parents during a first psychiatric hospitalization: “We’re all on this little island and we’re going to drown real soon”. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 31, 242-247. 

Chernomas, W., & Clarke, D. (2010). Women living with a psychotic illness: A critical review of the literature with implications for research. CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research Conference, Toronto, November, 2010.

Marchinko, S., & Clarke, D. (2009).  The Wellness Planner: Increasing empowerment and improving quality of life in individuals with Mental Illness. Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses 2000 National Conference, Halifax, NS, October, 2009.

Book Chapters:
Clarke, D.E., Brown, A.M., & Hughes, L. (In press). Mental health and illness in the Emergency Department. In Emergency Nursing: Stresses, Patient care, and Training. Novascience Publications.

Roberts, N., Stock, R., & Clarke, D. (2006).  Schizoaffective, delusional, and other psychotic disorders. In Psychiatric Nursing for Canadian Practice. Austin, W., & Boyd, M.A. (Eds.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. (Second edition in press.)