Dr. Anna Hegedüs
Profile
Dr. Anna Hegedüs Co-Leiterin IF psy. G. & psychiat. Vers.
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Health Professions
Fachbereich Pflege
Stadtbachstrasse 64
3012 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Establishment of the research field of community mental health nursing
Supervision of Master's theses in MSc Nursing
Teaching in MSc Nursing
Focus areas
Community Mental Health Nursing
Mental health
Independent living
Participatory research
Peer support
Research
Specialisations
Community Mental Health Nursing
Transitions between care settings
Participation of patients and relatives
CV
Professional experience
- from 10/2025 Co-Head of the Innovation field «Mental Health and Psychiatric Care» Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Professions, Nursing Research
- from 09/2021 Stiftung Lindenhof Tenure Track Position on Community Mental Health Nursing Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Professions, Nursing Research
- 12/2015 - 06/2021 Research Associate Careum Hochschule Gesundheit, Research, Zürich
- 09/2009 - 12/2016 Research Associate Research & Department of Nursing and Education, University Psychiatric Services Bern, Bern
- 02/2009 * 08/2009 Research internship Research & Department of Nursing and Education, University Psychiatric Services Bern, Bern
Education
- 02/2012 - 02/2021 Dr. rer. medic Doctoral programme "Health and Nursing Sciences: Participation as a Goal of Nursing and Therapy", Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- 10/2005 - 11/2009 MSc Individual Diploma Programme Nursing Science University of Vienna, Vienna (AT)
Other
- 01/2008 – 06/2008: Semester abroad (Erasmus): Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Projects
Publications
Peer-reviewed
Scheydt, S., & Hegedüs, A. (2021). Tasks and activities of Advanced Practice Nurses in the psychiatric and mental health care context: A systematic review and thematic analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 118, 103759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103759
Scheydt, S., Holzke, M., & Hegedüs, A. (2020). Advanced Nursing Practice im psychiatrisch-psychosozialen Kontext. Psychiatrische Praxis, 47, 118–127. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1116-0195
Renyi, M., Hegedüs, A., Maier, E., Teuteberg, F., & Kunze, C. (2020). Toward Sustainable ICT-Supported Neighborhood Development – A Maturity Model. Sustainability, 12(22), 9319.
Hegedüs, A., Kozel, B., Frankhauser, N., Needham, I., & Behrens, J. (2018). Outcomes and feasibility of the short transitional intervention in psychiatry in improving the transition from inpatient treatment to the community: A pilot study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 571–580.
Hegedüs, A., Seidel, E., & Steinauer, R. (2016). Participants’ employment status and experiences in the year after the Experienced Involvement training. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 62(3), 214–220.
Hegedüs, A., & Kozel, B. (2015). In response to the Commentary to our systematic review 'Does adherence therapy improve medication adherence among patients with schizophrenia?'. [Letter]. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 24(4), 373-374.
Hegedüs, A., & Kozel, B. (2014). Does adherence therapy improve medication adherence among patients with schizophrenia? A systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23(6), 490-497.
Hegedüs, A., & Abderhalden, C. (2011). Versorgungsbedarf von Klienten in der ambulanten psychiatrischen Pflege im Kanton Bern. Psychiatr Prax, 38(8), 382-388.
Memberships
External memberships
Expert group ‘Psychiatric Spitex’ of Spitex Switzerland
Association for Nursing Science, Academic Society for Psychiatric Nursing
Network for Nursing Development in Psychiatric Care
Organising committee and scientific committee of the ‘Tri-border Congress on Nursing in Psychiatry’
Organising committee ‘Symposium on Community Mental Health Nursing’
Awards
1st prize from the DGPPN for nursing and healthcare professions in psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics 2020
‘Patients in transition from inpatient psychiatric care to the home environment: Assessment and applicability of accompanying interventions for patients in the transition process’
Best poster
Tri-border Congress on Nursing in Psychiatry, Vienna 2015
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- French - Limited working proficiency
- Hungarian - Native or bilingual proficiency