Sabrina Akter is a PhD student in Nursing Research at King’s College London and a dual-registered Adult and Mental Health Nurse. Her academic background spans psychology, mental health, and nursing, having completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of Reading and an MSc in Mental Health: Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London before undertaking her dual-registration MNurs in Adult and Mental Health Nursing at King’s College London.

Her longstanding interest in mental health research has developed across these disciplines, bringing together psychological perspectives, clinical nursing experience, and research. Her research interests include acute mental health nursing, rapid tranquillisation, patient safety, clinical decision-making and mental capacity, evidence-based practice, and the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals.Sabrina has experience in both qualitative and quantitative research, including semi-structured interviewing, survey development, qualitative data analysis using NVivo, literature reviewing, and the management and analysis of large datasets.

She has also contributed to interdisciplinary research exploring decision-making and mental capacity and is developing research for publication.

Through her doctoral studies, Sabrina is particularly interested in research that can improve the quality and safety of mental health care and contribute to evidence-based clinical practice. Her broader research interests centre on understanding mental health and healthcare experiences and translating research findings into meaningful improvements in patient care.