Irma Mahone, PhD, RN

Research Assistant Professor of Nursing

Registered nurse with a Masters Degree in Psychiatric Mental Health and a PhD in nursing. Employed as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing . Currently conducting nursing research in shared decision making in public mental health.

• NIH BioSketch

Research Focus

Shared decision making in public mental health.

Publications

Journal Articles

Mahone, I.H., Farrell, S.P., Hinton, I., Moody, D., Rifkin, K., Moore, K., ... Barker, M. (2011). Shared decision making in mental health treatment: Qualitative findings from stakeholder focus groups. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 25(6), e27-e36, Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883941711000550.

Mahone, I.H., Farrell, S.P., Hinton, I., Moody, D., Rifkin, K., Moore, K., ... Barker, M. (2011). Participatory action research in public mental health and the school of nursing: Qualitative findings from an academic-community partnership. Journal of Participatory Medicine, 3, Retrieved from http://www.jopm.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=1557.

Curtis, L., Milstrey-Wells, S., Penney, D., Ghose, S., Mistler, L., Mahone, I.H., Delphim-Rittmon, M. , del Vecchio, P., & Lesko, S. (2010). Pushing the envelope: Shared decision making in mental health. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(1), 14-22.

Stern, S., Merwin, E., Hauenstein, E., Hinton, I., Rovnyak, V., Wilson, M., Williams, I. & Mahone, I.H. (2010). The effects of rurality on mental and physical health. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 10(1), 33-66.

Farrell,S. P.,Zerull,M. L.,Mahone,I. H.,Guerlain,S.,Akan,D.,Hauenstein,E. J.,Schorling,J. (2009). Electronic screening for mental health in rural primary care: Feasibility and user testing.. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 27(2), 1-6.

Farrell,S. P., Mahone, I.H., Zerull,L.M., Guerlain,S., Hauenstein,E. J., Schorling,J. (2009). Electronic screening for mental health in rural primary care: Implementation.. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(3), 165-173.

Cox, K., Mahone, I., & Merwin, E. (2008). Improving the quality of rural nursing care. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 26, 175-194.

Mahone, I. H. (2008). Shared decision making and serious mental illness. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 22(6), 334-343.

Mahone, I. H. (2004). Medication decision-making by persons with serious mental illness. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 18(4), 126-134.

Farrell, S. P., Mahone, I. H., & Guilbaud, P. (2004). Web technology for persons with serious mental illness. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 18(4), 121-125.

Book Sections

Farrell, S. F. & Mahone, I. H. (2004). Clinical management of psychotic disorders: Evidenced based practice in the clinical management of psychotic disorders(1st). In B. M. Melnyk & E. Finout-Overholt (Eds.), Evidence-based practice in nursing and health: A guide for translating research into practice (pp. ). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Awards & Honors

• Year 5 Pilot Study Award, "Shared Decision Making and Medication Use in Public Mental Health", Rural Healthcare Research Center (NIH-NINR grant P20NR009009), School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. (April, 2008)
• Finalist for the Lutterman Award., Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association, at the APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, "Public Health and Human Rights," November 4-8, 2006, Boston, MA. (2006)
• Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition Award for best oral presentation in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (2005)
• Best Student Poster Award at 18th Annual National Conference , American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Phoenix, AZ (2004)
• National Research Service Award for doctoral research proposal “Medication Decision-Making by Persons with Serious Mental Illness” , Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, Washington, D.C. (2004)
• Phyllis Verhonick Research Award, Beta Kappa Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Charlottesville, VA. (2004)
• Ann O’Brien Leone Scholarship , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (2004)

Current Funded Grants

• Rural Health Care Research Center
  Pilot Principal Investigator, ( YR 05 Pilot 13); Shared Decision Making and Medication Use in Public Mental Health.(2008 - 2010)

Professional Service

• Co-founder and first President , Virginia Association of Community Psychiatric Nurses (1989-1992)