Contact information
Michael Sharpe
MA (Oxon), MB BChir, MD (Cantab), FRCP, FRCPEdin, FRCPsych, FACLP
Professor of Psychological Medicine
- Director Oxford Psychological Medicine Centre
- Fellow of Saint Cross College, Oxford.
- Honorary Consultant in Psychological Medicine
- Trust Lead in Psychological Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and advisor to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh.
- Past-President, American Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
- Vice-President, European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychiatric aspects of medical illness and treatment ; multi-morbidity; clinical trials
Current activities
Our research aims to achieve a unified whole person perspective on illness and health, that transcends the 'physical' versus 'mental' dichotomy.
We aim to improve health by developing and evaluating novel interventions that are integrated into the patient's medical care.
Our current work focuses on depression in people with medical conditions such as cancer and on complex multi-morbidity in elderly medical inpatients (the HOME study).
In my clinical role, I am the Trust-wide Lead for Psychological Medicine (leading psychiatric and psychological care of the medically ill for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
I am Vice-President of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine and a past-President of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) which is based in the USA.
Key publications
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The HOME Study: Statistical and economic analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial comparing the addition of Proactive Psychological Medicine to usual care, with usual care alone, on the time spent in hospital by older acute hospital inpatients.
Journal article
Magill N. et al, (2020), Trials, 21
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Integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer (SMaRT Oncology-2): a multicentre randomised controlled effectiveness trial.
Journal article
Sharpe M. et al, (2014), Lancet, 384, 1099 - 1108
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Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): A randomised trial
Journal article
White PD. et al, (2011), The Lancet, 377, 823 - 836
Recent publications
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The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in General Hospital Inpatients: A Systematic Umbrella Review.
Journal article
van Niekerk M. et al, (2022), J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry
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Depression and anxiety during the year before death from cancer.
Journal article
Magill N. et al, (2022), J Psychosom Res, 158
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Psychiatric comorbidity and risk of premature mortality and suicide among those with chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes in Sweden: A nationwide matched cohort study of over 1 million patients and their unaffected siblings.
Journal article
Sariaslan A. et al, (2022), PLoS Med, 19
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Integrated care to address child and adolescent health in the 21st century: a clinical review
Journal article
FAZEL M. et al, (2021), JCPP Advances