Rate My Professor Michael Hazelton

Professor Hazelton's research focuses on mental health nursing practice, including patient-related violence in healthcare, seclusion and restraint in forensic mental health settings, women's experiences in secure facilities, weight gain associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, visual methodologies like autophotography and photo-elicitation in qualitative research, swearing and verbal aggression in inpatient settings, nurses with mental illness, borderline personality disorder interventions, and bibliometrics in nursing scholarship. Notable publications include 'Hear My Voice: One Woman's Experience of Seclusion: A Case Study in a Secure Forensic Hospital' (2025), 'Understanding Women and Seclusion Use in a Forensic Mental Health Setting: A Retrospective Study' (2025), 'Conducting mixed methods research with women in a forensic mental health setting: A reflexive account from a nurse as researcher' (2024), 'What do we know about the experience of seclusion in a forensic setting? An integrative literature review' (2022), 'The Double Whammy: Women's Experiences of Weight Gain After Diagnosis and Treatment for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders' (2018), 'Visual Methodologies in Qualitative Research: Autophotography and Photo Elicitation Applied to Mental Health Research' (2017), 'Mental health reform, citizenship and human rights in four countries' (2005), and 'Scoping the prospects of Australian mental health nursing' (2001). With 59 publications cited over 2,112 times, his scholarship has shaped clinical practices, policy development, and education in mental health nursing. He has served in editorial capacities and on committees advancing mental health care.