AUT - Daniel Sutton

Dr Daniel Sutton

Senior Lecturer, Programme Co-ordinator for the Post Graduate Certificate (Mental Health)

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext7732

Email: daniel.sutton@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
Room AA205, AUT North Shore Campus, 90 Akoranga Drive, Northcote 0627, Auckland, New Zealand

Postal Address:
Department of Occupational Science and Therapy
School of Rehabilitation & Occupation Studies
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
AUT University, Private Bag 92006
Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Qualifications:

BHSc (OT), PGDip (Mental Health), PhD

Memberships and Affiliations:

The National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development (Te Pou).

Teaching Areas:

Teaching responsibility: BHSc (Occupational Therapy)

Undergraduate:

• Paper Coordinator  and lecturer for Experiencing Occupation

Post Graduate: Paper Co-ordinator and lecturer for

• Concepts of Recovery in Mental Health
• Rehabilitation in Mental Health
• Mental Health Practice
  

Research areas:

The process of recovery from mental illness and the use of therapeutic occupation in mental health practice.
 
Current  areas of research supervision

• Family routines and adolescent mental health: A qualitative descriptive study
• The effectiveness of therapeutic horticulture in mental health
  

Current Research Projects:

• The impact of multi-sensory interventions on the rates of seclusion and restraint in acute mental health units. (Collaboration with Te Pou)
• Legislating for care: An exploration of the role of care managers under the IDCC&R Act. (Collaboration with School of Nursing, University of Auckland)

Publications:

Sutton, D (2008). Recovery as the re-fabrication of everyday life: Exploring the meaning of doing for people recovering from mental illness. Unpublished PhD thesis, Auckland, New Zealand.

Awards:

AUT Contestable Research Fund, 2009.