Ian Norman

Biography

Norman was educated at Exeter School, UK. He holds a BA degree from the University of Keele (1980), a MSc from the University of Edinburgh (1986) and a PhD from the University of London. He is a qualified mental health nurse and social worker and a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist certified by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists.

Research and teaching

Norman has studied nurse prescribing, NHS cadet schemes, the quality of nursing care and computer-assisted learning for nursing.

Since 2005, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nursing Studies. He has taught and conducted research in Europe, China and Brazil; he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo in 2011.

Norman was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2009 and a Fellowship of the American Academy of Nursing in 2012. He combines research and teaching with clinical practice at the Maudsley Hospital, London, specialising in the treatment of people with complex anxiety disorders and/or depression.

Awards and honours

Publications

Norman is the author of around 150 journal articles, conference papers (national and international), books, book chapters and reports. The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing is a standard textbook for mental health nurse education in the UK and is well known internationally.