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Renwick, L., Lavelle, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3951-0011, James, K. , Stewart, D., Richardson, M. & Bowers, L.view all authors (2019). The physical and mental health of acute psychiatric ward staff, and its relationship to experience of physical violence. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), pp. 268-277. doi: 10.1111/inm.12530

Bowers, L., James, K., Quirk, A. , Simpson, A., Sugar, X., Stewart, D. & Hodsoll, J.view all authors (2016). Corrigendum to "Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: The Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial" [Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 52 (September (9)) (2015) 1412-1422]. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 58, article number 102. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.12.006

Renwick, L., Lavelle, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3951-0011, Brennan, G. , Stewart, D., James, K., Richardson, M., Williams, H. L., Price, O. & Bowers, L.view all authors (2016). Physical injury and workplace assault in UK mental health trusts: An analysis of formal reports. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 25(4), pp. 355-366. doi: 10.1111/inm.12201

Bowers, L., James, K., Quirk, A. , Simpson, A., SUGAR, Stewart, D. & Hodsoll, J.view all authors (2015). Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: The Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(9), pp. 1412-1422. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.05.001

Simpson, A., Flood, C., Rowe, J. , Quigley, J., Henry, S., Hall, C., Evans, R., Sherman, P. & Bowers, L.view all authors (2014). Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the clinical and cost effectiveness of peer support in increasing hope and quality of life in mental health patients discharged from hospital in the UK.. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), article number 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-244x-14-30

Muir-Cochrane, E., van der Merwe, M., Nijman, H. , Haglund, K., Simpson, A. & Bowers, L.view all authors (2012). Investigation into the acceptability of door locking to staff, patients, and visitors on acute psychiatric wards. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 21(1), pp. 41-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00758.x

Simpson, A., Bowers, L., Haglund, K. , Muir-Cochrane, E., Nijman, H. & van der Merwe, M.view all authors (2011). The relationship between substance use and exit security on psychiatric wards. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 67(3), pp. 519-530. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05499.x

Nijman, H., Bowers, L., Haglund, K. , Muir-Cochrane, E., Simpson, A. & van der Merwe, M.view all authors (2011). Door locking and exit security measures on acute psychiatric admission wards. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(7), pp. 614-621. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01716.x

Bowers, L., Nijman, H., Simpson, A. & Jones, J.view all authors (2011). The relationship between leadership, teamworking, structure, burnout and attitude to patients on acute psychiatric wards. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(2), pp. 143-148. doi: 10.1007/s00127-010-0180-8

Bowers, L., Haglund, K., Muir-Cochrane, F. , Nijman, H., Simpson, A. & van der Merwe, M.view all authors (2010). Locked doors: a survey of patients, staff and visitors. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17(10), pp. 873-880. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01614.x

Jones, J., Nolan, P., Bowers, L. , Simpson, A., Whittington, R., Hackney, D. & Bhui, K.view all authors (2010). Psychiatric wards: places of safety?. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17(2), pp. 124-130. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01482.x

Stewart, D., van der Merwe, M., Bowers, L. , Simpson, A. & Jones, J. C.view all authors (2010). A Review of Interventions to Reduce Mechanical Restraint and Seclusion among Adult Psychiatric Inpatients. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31(6), pp. 413-424. doi: 10.3109/01612840903484113

Stewart, D., Bowers, L., Simpson, A. , Ryan, C. & Tziggili, M.view all authors (2009). Manual restraint of adult psychiatric inpatients: a literature review. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 16(8), pp. 749-757. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01475.x

Whittington, R., Bowers, L., Nolan, P. , Simpson, A. & Neil, L.view all authors (2009). Approval Ratings of Inpatient Coercive Interventions in a National Sample of Mental Health Service Users and Staff in England. Psychiatric Services, 60(6), pp. 792-798. doi: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.792

van der Merwe, M., Bowers, L., Jones, J. , Simpson, A. & Haglund, K.view all authors (2009). Locked doors in acute inpatient psychiatry: a literature review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(3), pp. 293-299. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01378.x

Bowers, L., Jones, J. & Simpson, A. (2009). The demography of nurses and patients on acute psychiatric wards in England. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 18(6), pp. 884-892. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02362.x

Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A. , Jones, J. & Whittington, R.view all authors (2009). Morale is high in acute inpatient psychiatry. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(1), pp. 39-46. doi: 10.1007/s00127-008-0396-z

Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A. , Jones, J., van der Merwe, M. & Jeffery, D.view all authors (2009). Identifying Key Factors Associated with Aggression on Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Wards. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(4), pp. 260-271. doi: 10.1080/01612840802710829

Stewart, D., Bowers, L., Simpson, A. , Ryan, C. & Tziggili, M.view all authors (2009). Manual restraint of adult psychiatric inpatients: a literature review. Conflict and Containment Reduction Research Programme.

Bowers, L., Flood, C., Brennan, G. & Allan, T.view all authors (2008). A replication study of the City nurse intervention: reducing conflict and containment on three acute psychiatric wards. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15(9), pp. 737-742. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01294.x

Bowers, L., Jeffery, D., Bilgin, H. , Jarrett, M., Simpson, A. & Jones, J.view all authors (2008). Psychiatric intensive care units: A literature review. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 54(1), pp. 56-68. doi: 10.1177/0020764007082482

Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Nijman, H. & Hall, C.view all authors (2008). Patient ethnicity and three psychiatric intensive care units compared: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15(3), pp. 195-202. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01211.x

Bowers, L., Whittington, R., Nolan, P. , Parkin, D., Curtis, S., Bhui, K., Hackney, D., Allan, T. & Simpson, A.view all authors (2008). Relationship between service ecology, special observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193(5), pp. 395-401. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037721

Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Simpson, A. , Ryan, C. & Carr-Walker, P.view all authors (2007). Student psychiatric nurses' approval of containment measures: Relationship to perception of aggression and attitudes to personality disorder. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44(3), pp. 349-356. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.03.002

Bowers, L., Allan, T., Simpson, A. , Nijman, H. & Warren, J.view all authors (2007). Adverse incidents, patient flow and nursing workforce variables on acute psychiatric wards: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), pp. 75-84. doi: 10.1177/0020764007075011

Bowers, L., Jeffery, D., Simpson, A. , Daly, C., Warren, J. & Nijman, H.view all authors (2007). Junior staffing changes and the temporal ecology of adverse incidents in acute psychiatric wards. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 57(2), pp. 153-160. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04101.x

Simpson, A. & Bowers, L. (2007). Observing and engaging new ways to reduce self harm and suicide. Mental Health Practice, 10(10), pp. 12-14. doi: 10.7748/mhp2007.07.10.10.12.c4314

Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Eyres, S. , Nijman, H., Hall, C., Grange, A. & Phillips, L.view all authors (2006). Serious untoward incidents and their aftermath in acute inpatient psychiatry: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 15(4), pp. 226-234. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00428.x

Bowers, L., Nijman, H., Allan, T. , Simpson, A., Warren, J. & Turner, L.view all authors (2006). Prevention and management of aggression training and violent incidents on U.K. Acute psychiatric wards. Psychiatric Services, 57(7), pp. 1022-1026. doi: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.7.1022

Bowers, L., Simpson, A., Alexander, J. , Hackney, D., Nijman, H., Grange, A. & Warren, J.view all authors (2005). The Nature and Purpose of Acute Psychiatric Wards: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. Journal of Mental Health, 14(6), pp. 625-635. doi: 10.1080/09638230500389105

Simpson, A., Bowers, L., Alexander, J. , Ridley, C. & Warren, J.view all authors (2005). Occupational Therapy and Multidisciplinary Working on Acute Psychiatric Wards: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(12), pp. 545-552. doi: 10.1177/030802260506801203

McCann, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3548-4204 & Bowers, L. (2005). Training in cognitive behavioural interventions on acute psychiatric inpatient wards. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12(2), pp. 215-222. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00822.x

Bowers, L., Alexander, J., Simpson, A. , Ryan, C. & Carr-Walker, P.view all authors (2004). Cultures of psychiatry and the professional socialization process: the case of containment methods for disturbed patients. Nurse Education Today, 24(6), pp. 435-442. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2004.04.008

Simpson, A., Bowers, L. & Miller, C. (2003). The History of the Care Programme Approach in England: Where did it go wrong?. Journal of Mental Health, 12(5), pp. 489-504. doi: 10.1080/09638230310001603555

Simpson, A., Miller, C. & Bowers, L. (2003). Case management models and the care programme approach: how to make the CPA effective and credible.. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 10(4), pp. 472-483. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00640.x

Bowers, L., Crowhurst, N., Alexander, J. , Eales, S., Guy, S. & McCann, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3548-4204view all authors (2003). Psychiatric nurses' views on criteria for psychiatric intensive care: acute and intensive care staff compared. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 40(2), pp. 145-152. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7489(02)00043-3

Bowers, L., Crowhurst, N., Alexander, J. , Callaghan, P., Eales, S., Guy, S., McCann, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3548-4204 & Ryan, C.view all authors (2002). Safety and security policies on psychiatric acute admission wards: results from a London-wide survey. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 9(4), pp. 427-433. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00492.x