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Professor RICHARD MORRISS's Outputs (10)

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Burn, A.-M., Holland, J., Roe, J., Hopkin, E., Wild, L., Fisher, M., Ford, T., Nazir, S., Dubicka, B., James, A., Tuomainen, H., Fung, N., Wagner, A., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (in press). Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study. BJPsych Open,

Background: National policy in England recommends that young people be admitted to mental health wards that are age-appropriate. Despite this, young people continue to be admitted to adult wards.

Aims: To explore the impact of young people’s admi... Read More about Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study.

Making remote measurement technology work in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and depression: survey of healthcare professionals (2022)
Journal Article
Andrews, J. A., Craven, M. P., Lang, A. R., Guo, B., Morriss, R., Hollis, C., & RADAR-CNS Consortium. (2022). Making remote measurement technology work in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and depression: survey of healthcare professionals. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 22(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01856-z

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis(MS) and depression are long term, central nervous system disorders which have a significant impact on everyday life. Evaluating symptoms of these conditions is problematic and typically involves repeated visit... Read More about Making remote measurement technology work in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and depression: survey of healthcare professionals.

A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial) (2022)
Journal Article
Patel, S., Boutry, C., Patel, P., Craven, M. P., Guo, B., Zafar, A., Kai, J., Smart, D., Butler, D., Higton, F., McNaughton, R., Briley, P. M., Griffiths, C., Nixon, N., Sayal, K., & Morriss, R. (2022). A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial). Trials, 23(1), Article 250. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06192-1

Background: Major depression is the second leading cause of years lost to disability worldwide and is a leading contributor to suicide. However, first-line antidepressants are only fully effective for 33%, and only 40% of those offered psychological... Read More about A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial).

Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey (2022)
Journal Article
Roe, J., Cresswell, A., Mittal, S., Al-Uzri, M., Tanner, J., Moore, M., Simpson, S., Guo, B., & Morriss, R. (2022). Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey. Journal of Mental Health, 31(5), 724-731. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022614

Clinical guidelines for mental health disorders produced by the National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) emphasise a recovery-based approach clinical care with collaborative decision-making. The aim of the study was to explore service user experi... Read More about Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey.

Comorbid depression and risk of cardiac events and cardiac mortality in people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Farooqi, A., Khunti, K., Abner, S. C., Gillies, C., Morriss, R., & Seidu, S. (2019). Comorbid depression and risk of cardiac events and cardiac mortality in people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 156, Article 107816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107816

Objective: To examine the association of comorbid occurrence of diabetes and depression with risk of cardiovascular endpoints including cardiovascular mortality, coronary heart disease and stroke.

Research Design and Methods: A systematic review... Read More about Comorbid depression and risk of cardiac events and cardiac mortality in people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Multiple-therapy-resistant major depressive disorder: a clinically important concept (2018)
Journal Article
McAllistair-Williams, R., Christmas, D. M. B., Cleare, A. J., Currie, A., Gledhill, J., Insole, L., Malizia, A. L., McGeever, M., Morriss, R., Robinson, L. J., Scott, M., Stokes, P. R. A., Talbot, P. S., & Young, A. H. (2018). Multiple-therapy-resistant major depressive disorder: a clinically important concept. British Journal of Psychiatry, 212(5), 274-278. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2017.33

Many novel therapeutic options for depression exist which are either not mentioned in clinical guidelines or recommended only for use in highly specialist services. The challenge faced by clinicians is when it might be appropriate to consider such ‘n... Read More about Multiple-therapy-resistant major depressive disorder: a clinically important concept.

Bipolar at-risk criteria: an examination of which clinical features have optimal utility for identifying youth at risk of early transition from depression to bipolar disorders (2016)
Journal Article
Scott, J., Marwaha, S., Ratheesh, A., Macmillan, I., Yung, A. R., Morriss, R. K., Hickie, I. B., & Bechdolf, A. (2017). Bipolar at-risk criteria: an examination of which clinical features have optimal utility for identifying youth at risk of early transition from depression to bipolar disorders. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(4), 737-744. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbw154

Background: A clinical and research challenge is to identify which depressed youth are at risk of “early transition to bipolar disorders (ET-BD).” This 2-part study (1) examines the clinical utility of previously reported BD at-risk (BAR) criteria in... Read More about Bipolar at-risk criteria: an examination of which clinical features have optimal utility for identifying youth at risk of early transition from depression to bipolar disorders.

Protocol investigating the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy delivered remotely for unscheduled care users with health anxiety: randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Patel, S., Malins, S., Guo, B., James, M., Kai, J., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Rowley, E., Simpson, J., Smart, D., Stubley, M., Tyrer, H., & Morriss, R. K. (2016). Protocol investigating the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy delivered remotely for unscheduled care users with health anxiety: randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 2, https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002220

Background
Health anxiety and medically unexplained symptoms cost the National Health Service (NHS) an estimated £3 billion per year in unnecessary costs with little evidence of patient benefit. Effective treatment is rarely taken up due to issues s... Read More about Protocol investigating the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy delivered remotely for unscheduled care users with health anxiety: randomised controlled trial.

Cost-effectiveness of supported self-management for CFS/ME patients in primary care (2013)
Journal Article
Richardson, G., Epstein, D., Chew-Graham, C., Dowrick, C., Bentall, R. P., Morriss, R. K., Peters, S., Riste, L., Lovell, K., Dunn, G., & Wearden, A. J. (2013). Cost-effectiveness of supported self-management for CFS/ME patients in primary care. BMC Family Practice, 14(Januar), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-12

Background:

Nurse led self-help treatments for people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis (CFS/ME) have been shown to be effective in reducing fatigue but their cost-effectiveness is unknown.
Methods:

Cost-effectiveness analysis... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of supported self-management for CFS/ME patients in primary care.