Dr Gaia Cetrano

Research institute
Name	Dr Gaia Cetrano
Job title	Senior Lecturer
Primary appointment	Mental Health & Social Work
Email address	G.Cetrano@mdx.ac.uk
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1532-0480
Contact category	Academic staff

Biography

Biography

Gaia holds a BA in Social Work Sciences, an MA in Design and Realisation of Highly Complex Social Work Interventions, and a PhD in Psychological and Psychiatric Sciences from the University of Verona (Italy). Gaia holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Gaia is a qualified and registered social worker and her practice background is in mental health, social work with older people and criminal justice social work. As part of her doctoral studies, Gaia worked on a number of research studies including an EU-funded project, her contribution being the mapping of mental health services in nine European countries and the development of a set of tools for the assessment of mental health care provision in Europe. Before joining Middlesex University in 2019, Gaia worked in the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London as a Research Associate on a national study on the delivery of primary health care to people with experience of homelessness. Gaia also worked as a Lecturer on the Social Work BA course at the University of Verona and as an Associate Lecturer at the University of York. Gaia research interests include mental health social work, homelessness, health and social care systems analysis, social care outcomes evaluation, burnout and professional quality of life.

Teaching

Gaia currently teaches on the following modules as part of the Think Ahead Programme, a two-year fast-track training scheme for mental health social workers:

Module tutor SWK 4700 Readiness for Direct Social Work Practice
Module tutor SWK 4701 Law and Social Policy for Social Work
Module tutor SWK 4702 Social Work Knowledge and Application
Module tutor SWK 4703 Placement Stage One
Module tutor SWK 4705 Placement Stage Two
Module leader SWK 4706 Social Work Dissertation and Preparation for Advanced Mental Health Practice
Module supervisor SWK 4707 Social Work Practice Portfolio and Preparation for Advanced Mental Health Practice

Employment

Role

Senior Lecturer

Employer

Middlesex University

From

01 Sept 2019

Education and qualifications

Grants

Prizes and Awards

External activities

Research outputs

Primary health care for people experiencing homelessness: the effectiveness of specialist and mainstream health service provision

Crane, M., Joly, L., Daly, B.J.M., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J., Cetrano, G., Ford, C. and Williams, P. 2024. Primary health care for people experiencing homelessness: the effectiveness of specialist and mainstream health service provision. British Journal of General Practice. 74 (749), pp. 568-572. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp24X740217

Integration, effectiveness and costs of different models of primary health care provision for people who are homeless: an evaluation study

Crane, M., Joly, L., Daly, B.J., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J., Cetrano, G., Ford, C. and Williams, P. 2023. Integration, effectiveness and costs of different models of primary health care provision for people who are homeless: an evaluation study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research. 11 (16). https://doi.org/10.3310/WXUW5103

The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries

Cetrano, G., Salvador-Carulla, L., Tedeschi, F., Rabbi, L., Gutiérrez-Colosía, M., Gonzalez-Caballero, J., Park, A-L., McDaid, D., Sfetcu, R., Kalseth, J., Kalseth, B., Hope, Ø., Brunn, M., Chevreul, K., Straßmayr, C., Hagmair, G., Wahlbeck, K. and Amaddeo, F. 2020. The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric sciences. 29, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796018000574

Mapping of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless. Summary of findings and considerations for health service commissioners and providers

Crane, M., Cetrano, G., Joly, L., Coward, S., Daly, B., Ford, C., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J. and Williams, P. 2018. Mapping of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless. Summary of findings and considerations for health service commissioners and providers. United Kingdom, United Kingdom Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London.

Mapping of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless (full report)

Crane, M., Cetrano, G., Joly, L., Coward, S., Daly, B., Ford, C., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J. and Williams, P. 2018. Mapping of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless (full report). London Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London.

Inventory of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless

Crane, M., Cetrano, G., Joly, L., Coward, S., Daly, B., Ford, C., Gage, H., Manthorpe, J. and Williams, P. 2018. Inventory of specialist primary health care services in England for people who are homeless. Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London.

How are compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction affected by quality of working life? Findings from a survey of mental health staff in Italy

Cetrano, G., Tedeschi, F., Rabbi, L., Gosetti, G., Lora, A., Lamonaca, D., Manthorpe, J. and Amaddeo, F. 2017. How are compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction affected by quality of working life? Findings from a survey of mental health staff in Italy. BMC Health Services Research. 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2726-x

Standard comparison of local mental health care systems in eight European countries

Gutiérrez-Colosía, M., Salvador-Carulla, L., Salinas-Pérez, J., García-Alonso, C., Cid, J., Salazzari, D., Montagni, I., Tedeschi, F., Cetrano, G., Chevreul, K., Kalseth, J., Hagmair, G., Straßmayr, C., Park, A., Sfectu, R., Ala-Nikkola, T., González-Caballero, J., Rabbi, L., Kalseth, B. and Amaddeo, F. 2019. Standard comparison of local mental health care systems in eight European countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric sciences. 28 (2), pp. 210-223. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796017000415

Developing a tool for mapping adult mental health care provision in Europe: the REMAST research protocol and its contribution to better integrated care

Salvador-Carulla, L., Amaddeo, F., Gutierrez-Colosia, M., Salazzari, D., Gonzalez-Caballero, J., Montagni, I., Tedeschi, F., Cetrano, G., Chevreul, K., Kalseth, J., Hagmair, G., Strasmayr, C., Park, A., Sfetcu, R., Wahlbeck, K. and Garcia-Alonso, C. 2015. Developing a tool for mapping adult mental health care provision in Europe: the REMAST research protocol and its contribution to better integrated care. International Journal of Integrated Care. 15. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2417

Burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction among staff in community-based mental health services

Rossi, A., Cetrano, G., Pertile, R., Rabbi, L., Donisi, V., Grigoletti, L., Curtolo, C., Tansella, M., Thornicroft, G. and Amaddeo, F. 2012. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction among staff in community-based mental health services. Psychiatry Research. 200 (2-3), pp. 933-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.029

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