Elena Ratschen

Contact

• workRoom C119 Clinical Sciences Building
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• work0115 823 1390
• elena.ratschen@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr. Elena Ratschen graduated in Culture and Language Studies at the University of Passau, Germany, in 2004, before commencing her first employment as a quality & process management consultant in healthcare. She came to Nottingham in 2006, achieved a Masters in Public Health degree with distinction in 2007, and a PhD (part-funded by the Medical Research Council) in 2009. She was appointed Lecturer in Tobacco Control in November 2009.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Tobacco dependence and mental illness; tobacco control and policy; qualitative research; health inequalities; vulnerable populations.

Teaching Summary

Elena convenes the Health Inequalities module on the Masters in Public Health course and contributes to the teaching of BmedSci undergraduate students and the Masters in Public Health tobacco module.

Research Summary

Elena's current work focusses on the area of smoking and mental illness, with a special interest in the introduction of smokefree policies in mental health settings and the development of tailored… read more

Selected Publications

• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Implementation Of Smoke-Free Policies In Mental Health In-Patient Settings In England British Journal Of Psychiatry. 194(6), 547-551
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J, DOODY, JA, LEONARDI-BEE, J and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Tobacco dependence, treatment and smoke-free policies: a survey of mental health professionals' knowledge and attitudes Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 31, 576-82
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J, DOODY, GA and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Smoke-Free Policy In Acute Mental Health Wards: Avoiding The Pitfalls General Hospital Psychiatry. 31(2), 131-136
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J and MCNEILL, A, 2008. Smoke-free hospitals - the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits BMC Health Serv Res. 8, 41

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Current Research

Elena's current work focusses on the area of smoking and mental illness, with a special interest in the introduction of smokefree policies in mental health settings and the development of tailored tobacco dependence support for people with mental health problems. She has used both qualitative and quantitative approaches to her studies, and also has experience with piloting interventions in mental healt settings.Elena is currently leading a Department of Health funded pilot project aiming to develop a comprehensive and tailored tobacco dependence support model for mental health inpatient and community settings.

Other areas of research interest include harm reduction, vulnerable populations and substance abuse.

• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J and MCNEILL, A, 2011. The smoking culture in psychiatry: time for change Br J Psychiatry. 198, 6-7
• MCNALLY, L, TODD, C and RATSCHEN, E, 2011. The Prevalence Of Mental Health Problems Among Users Of Nhs Stop Smoking Services: Effects Of Implementing A Routine Screening Procedure Bmc Health Services Research. 11,
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J, DOODY, G and MCNEILL, A, 2010. Smoking attitudes, behaviour and nicotine dependence among mental health acute inpatients: an exploratory study Int J Soc Psychiatry. 56, 107-18
• MCNALLY, L and RATSCHEN, E, 2010. The delivery of stop smoking support to people with mental health conditions: a survey of NHS stop smoking services BMC Health Serv Res. 10, 179
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J, DOODY, GA and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Smoke-Free Policy In Acute Mental Health Wards: Avoiding The Pitfalls General Hospital Psychiatry. 31(2), 131-136
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Implementation Of Smoke-Free Policies In Mental Health In-Patient Settings In England British Journal Of Psychiatry. 194(6), 547-551
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J, DOODY, JA, LEONARDI-BEE, J and MCNEILL, A, 2009. Tobacco dependence, treatment and smoke-free policies: a survey of mental health professionals' knowledge and attitudes Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 31, 576-82
• RATSCHEN, E, MCNEILL, E, DOODY, GA and BRITTON, J, 2008. Smoking, mental health, and human rights: a UK judgment Lancet. 371, 2067-8
• RATSCHEN, E, BRITTON, J and MCNEILL, A, 2008. Smoke-free hospitals - the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits BMC Health Serv Res. 8, 41