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Selected Recent Publications

Kleiboer, A., Bennett, F., Hodges, L., Walker, J., Thekkumpurath, P., & Sharpe, M. (2010), "The problems reported by cancer patients with major depression",
Psycho-Oncology.

Walker, J., Hansen, C. H., Hodges, L., Thekkumpurath, P., O'Connor, M., Sharma, N., Kleiboer, A., Murray, G., Kroenke, K., & Sharpe, M. (2010), "Screening for suicidality in cancer patients using Item 9 of the nine-item patient health questionnaire; does the item score predict who requires further assessment?",
General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 218-220.

Hodges, L., Butcher, I., Kleiboer, A., McHugh, G., Murray, G., Walker, J., Wilson, R., & Sharpe, M. (2009), "Patient and general practitioner preferences for the treatment of depression in patients with cancer: how, who, and where?",
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 399-402.

Stone, J., Carson, A., Duncan, R., Coleman, R., Roberts, R., Warlow, C., Hibberd, C., Murray, G., Cull, R., Pelosi, A., Cavanagh, J., Matthews, K., Goldbeck, R., Smyth, R., Walker, J., Macmahon, A. D., & Sharpe, M. (2009) "Symptoms 'unexplained by organic disease' in 1144 new neurology out-patients: how often does the diagnosis change at follow-up?",
Brain, vol. 132, pp. 2878-2888.

Walker, J. & Sharpe, M. (2009), "Depression Care for People with Cancer: a collaborative care intervention"
, Gen.Hosp.Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 436-441.

Smith, B. J., McGorm, K. J., Weller, D., Burton, C., & Sharpe, M. (2009), "The identification in primary care of patients who have been repeatedly referred to hospital for medically unexplained symptoms: a pilot study",
J.Psychosom.Res., vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 207-211.

Walker, J., Cassidy, J., & Sharpe, M. (2009), "The second Symptom Management Research Trial in Oncology (SMaRT Oncology-2): a randomised trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adding a complex intervention for major depressive disorder to usual care for cancer patients"
Trials, vol. 10, p. 18.

Walker, J., Cassidy, J., & Sharpe, M. (2009), "The third symptom management research trial in oncology (SMaRT oncology-3): a randomised trial to determine the efficacy of adding a complex intervention for major depressive disorder (depression care for people with lung cancer) to usual care, compared to usual care alone in patients with lung cancer",
Trials, vol. 10, p. 92.

Walker, J., Waters, R. A., Murray, G., Swanson, H., Hibberd, C. J., Rush, R. W., Storey, D. J., Strong, V. A., Fallon, M. T., Wall, L. R., & Sharpe, M. (2008), "Better off dead: suicidal thoughts in cancer patients"
, J.Clin.Oncol., vol. 26, no. 29, pp. 4725-4730.

Strong, V., Waters, R., Hibberd, C., Murray, G. D., Wall, L., McHugh, G. L., Walker, A., & Sharpe, M. (2008),
"Management of depression for people with cancer (SMaRT oncology 1): a randomised trial",
The Lancet - Vol. 372, Issue 9632, 5 July 2008, Pages 40-48