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2011 show/hide

Sharma, N., Hansen, C., O'Connor, M., Walker, J., Kleiboer, A., Murray, G., Espie, C., Story, D. and Sharpe, M. Sleep problems in cancer patients: prevalence and association with distress and pain. Psycho-oncology. 2011.

Sharpe, M., Walker, J., Williams, C., Stone, J., Cavanagh, J., Murray, G., Butcher, I., Duncan, R., Smith, S. and Carson, A. Guided self-help for functional (psychogenic) symptoms. A randomized controlled efficacy trial. Neurology. 2011.

O'Connor, M., Weir, J., Butcher, I., Kleiboer, A., Murray, G., Sharma, N., Thekkumpurath, P., Walker, J., Fallon, M., Storey, D. and Sharpe, M. Pain in patients attending a specialist cancer service: prevalence and association with emotional distress. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011.

Walker, J., Holm Hansen, C., Butcher, I., Sharma, N., Wall, L., Murray, G. and Sharpe, M. Thoughts of Death and Suicide Reported by Cancer Patients Who Endorsed the "Suicidal Thoughts" Item of the PHQ-9 During Routine Screening for Depression. Psychosomatics. 2011.

Hodges, L., Walker, J., Kleiboer, A., Ramirez, A., Richardson, A., Velikova, G. and Sharpe, M. What is a psychological intervention? A metareview and practical proposal. Psychooncology 2011; 20:470-478.

Thekkumpurath, P., Walker, J., Butcher, I., Hodges, L., Kleiboer, A., O'Connor, M., Wall, L., Murray, G., Kroenke, K. and Sharpe, M. Screening for Major Depression in Cancer Outpatients: The diagnostic accuracy of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Cancer 2011; 117:218-227.

White, P., Goldsmith, K., Johnson, A., Potts, L., Walwyn, R., Decesare, J., Baber, H., Burgess, M., Clark, L., Cox, D., Bavinton, J., Angus, B., Murphy, G., Murphy, M., O'Dowd, H., Wilks, D., McCrone, P., Chalder, T., and Sharpe, M. Comparison of Adaptive Pacing Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Graded Exercise Therapy, and Specialist Medical Care for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (PACE): a Randomised Trial. Lancet 2011; 377: 823-836

Absolom, K., Holch, P., Pini, S., Hill, K., Liu, A., Sharpe, M., Richardson, A., and Velikova, G. The Detection and Management of Emotional Distress in Cancer Patients: the Views of Health-Care Professionals. Psychooncology. 2011 (e-pub ahead of print ref)

Boye, B., Lundin, K. E., Jantschek, G., Leganger, S., Mokleby, K., Tangen, T., Jantschek, I., Pripp, A. H., Wojniusz, S., Dahlstroem, A., Rivenes, A. C., Benninghoven, D., Hausken, T., Roseth, A., Kunzendorf, S., Wilhelmsen, I., Sharpe, M., Blomhoff, S., Malt, U. F., and Jahnsen, J. INSPIRE Study: Does Stress Management Improve the Course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Distressed Patients With Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Inflamm.Bowel Dis. 2011 (e-pub ahead of print ref)

Burton, C., McGorm, K., Weller, D., and Sharpe, M. Depression and Anxiety in Patients Repeatedly Referred to Secondary Care With Medically Unexplained Symptoms: a Case-Control Study. Psychol.Med. 2011;41(3):555-63.

Carson, A., Stone, J., Hibberd, C., Murray, G., Duncan, R., Coleman, R., Warlow, C., Roberts, R., Pelosi, A., Cavanagh, J., Matthews, K., Goldbeck, R., Hansen, C., and Sharpe, M. Disability, Distress and Unemployment in Neurology Outpatients With Symptoms 'Unexplained by Organic Disease'. J.Neurol.Neurosurg. Psychiatry 2011 (e-pub ahead of print ref)

Minton, O., Richardson, A., Sharpe, M., Hotopf, M., and Stone, P. C. Psychostimulants for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J.Pain Symptom Manage 2011 (e-pub ahead of print ref)

Browning, M., Fletcher, P., and Sharpe, M. Can Neuroimaging Help Us to Understand and Classify Somatoform Disorders? A Systematic and Critical Review. Psychosom.Med. 2011;73(2):173-84.

Thekkumpurath, P., Walker, J., Butcher, I., Hodges, L., Kleiboer, A., O'Connor, M., Wall, L., Murray, G., Kroenke, K., and Sharpe, M. Screening for Major Depression in Cancer Outpatients: the Diagnostic Accuracy of the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire. Cancer 2011;117(1):218-27.

Kleiboer, A., Bennett, F., Hodges, L., Walker, J., Thekkumpurath, P., and Sharpe, M. The Problems Reported by Cancer Patients With Major Depression. Psychooncology. 2011;20(1):62-8.


2010 show/hide

Lawn, T., Kumar, P., Knight, B., Sharpe, M., and White, P. D. Psychiatric Misdiagnoses in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. JRSM.Short Rep. 2010;1(4):28.

Hodges, L. J., Walker, J., Kleiboer, A. M., Ramirez, A. J., Richardson, A., Velikova, G., and Sharpe, M. What Is a Psychological Intervention? A Metareview and Practical Proposal. Psychooncology. 25-5-2010.

McGorm, K., Burton, C., Weller, D., Murray, G., and Sharpe, M. Patients Repeatedly Referred to Secondary Care With Symptoms Unexplained by Organic Disease: Prevalence, Characteristics and Referral Pattern. Fam.Pract. 2010;27(5):479-86.

Stone, J., Carson, A., Duncan, R., Roberts, R., Warlow, C., Hibberd, C., Coleman, R., Cull, R., Murray, G., Pelosi, A., Cavanagh, J., Matthews, K., Goldbeck, R., Smyth, R., Walker, J., and Sharpe, M. Who Is Referred to Neurology Clinics?--the Diagnoses Made in 3781 New Patients. Clin.Neurol.Neurosurg. 2010;112(9):747-51.

Minton, O., Richardson, A., Sharpe, M., Hotopf, M., and Stone, P. Drug Therapy for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst.Rev. 2010;(7):CD006704.

Stone, J., LaFrance, W. C., Jr., Levenson, J. L., and Sharpe, M. Issues for DSM-5: Conversion Disorder. Am.J.Psychiatry 2010;167(6):626-7.

Townend, E., Tinson, D., Kwan, J., and Sharpe, M. 'Feeling Sad and Useless': an Investigation into Personal Acceptance of Disability and Its Association With Depression Following Stroke. Clin.Rehabil. 2010;24(6):555-64.

Lloyd, A., White, P., Wessely, S., Sharpe, M., and Buchwald, D. Comment on "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Letter to Science 14-5-2010;328(5980):825.

Kleiboer, A., Gowing, K., Holm, Hansen C., Hibberd, C., Hodges, L., Walker, J., Thekkumpurath, P., O'Connor, M., Murray, G., and Sharpe, M. Monitoring Symptoms at Home: What Methods Would Cancer Patients Be Comfortable Using? Qual.Life Res. 2010;19(7):965-8.

O'Connor, M., Butcher, I., Hansen, C. H., Kleiboer, A., Murray, G., Sharma, N., Thekkumpurath, P., Walker, J., and Sharpe, M. Measuring Improvement in Depression in Cancer Patients: a 50% Drop on the Self-Rated SCL-20 Compared With a Diagnostic Interview. Gen.Hosp.Psychiatry 2010;32(3):334-6.

Stone, J., Warlow, C., and Sharpe, M. The Symptom of Functional Weakness: a Controlled Study of 107 Patients. Brain 2010;133(Pt 5):1537-51.

Walker, J., Hansen, C. H., Hodges, L., Thekkumpurath, P., O'Connor, M., Sharma, N., Kleiboer, A., Murray, G., Kroenke, K., and Sharpe, M. 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? Gen.Hosp.Psychiatry 2010;32(2):218-20.

Walker, J., Sharpe, M., Kroenke, K., and Murray, G. The HSCL-20: One Questionnaire, Two Versions. J.Psychosom.Res. 2010;68(3):313-4.

Burton, C., Heath, R. A., Weller, D., and Sharpe, M. Evidence of Reduced Complexity in Self-Report Data From Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Nonlinear.Dynamics.Psychol.Life Sci. 2010;14(1):15-25.

Creed, F., Guthrie, E., Fink, P., Henningsen, P., Rief, W., Sharpe, M., and White, P. Is There a Better Term Than "Medically Unexplained Symptoms"? J.Psychosom.Res. 2010;68(1):5-8.

Sharpe, M., Stone, J., Hibberd, C., Warlow, C., Duncan, R., Coleman, R., Roberts, R., Cull, R., Pelosi, A., Cavanagh, J., Matthews, K., Goldbeck, R., Smyth, R., Walker, A., Walker, J., MacMahon, A., Murray, G., and Carson, A. Neurology Out-Patients With Symptoms Unexplained by Disease: Illness Beliefs and Financial Benefits Predict 1-Year Outcome. Psychol.Med. 2010;40(4):689-98.


2009 show/hide

Hodges, L., Butcher, I., Kleiboer, A., McHugh, G., Murray, G., Walker, J., Wilson, R., and Sharpe, M. Patient and General Practitioner Preferences for the Treatment of Depression in Patients With Cancer: How, Who, and Where? J.Psychosom.Res. 2009;67(5):399-402.

Walker, J., Cassidy, J., and Sharpe, M. 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 2009;10:92.

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., and Sharpe, M. Symptoms 'Unexplained by Organic Disease' in 1144 New Neurology Out-Patients: How Often Does the Diagnosis Change at Follow-Up? Brain 2009;132(Pt 10):2878-88.

Walker, J. and Sharpe, M. Depression Care for People With Cancer: a Collaborative Care Intervention. Gen.Hosp.Psychiatry 2009;31(5):436-41.

Ahern, L., Stone, J., and Sharpe, M. C. Attitudes of Neuroscience Nurses Toward Patients With Conversion Symptoms. Psychosomatics 2009;50(4):336-9.

Smith, B. J., McGorm, K. J., Weller, D., Burton, C., and Sharpe, M. The Identification in Primary Care of Patients Who Have Been Repeatedly Referred to Hospital for Medically Unexplained Symptoms: a Pilot Study. J.Psychosom.Res. 2009;67(3):207-11.

McGeough, E., Pollock, A., Smith, L. N., Dennis, M., Sharpe, M., Lewis, S., and Mead, G. E. Interventions for Post-Stroke Fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst.Rev. 2009;(3):CD007030.

Jones, R., Hoare, P., Elton, R., Dunhill, Z., and Sharpe, M. Frequent Medical Absences in Secondary School Students: Survey and Case-Control Study. Arch.Dis.Child 2009;94(10):763-7.

Burton, C., Knoop, H., Popovic, N., Sharpe, M., and Bleijenberg, G. Reduced Complexity of Activity Patterns in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a Case Control Study. Biopsychosoc.Med. 2009;3:7.

Stone, J., Carson, A., Aditya, H., Prescott, R., Zaubi, M., Warlow, C., and Sharpe, M. The Role of Physical Injury in Motor and Sensory Conversion Symptoms: a Systematic and Narrative Review. J.Psychosom.Res. 2009;66(5):383-90.

Demertzi, A., Liew, C., Ledoux, D., Bruno, M. A., Sharpe, M., Laureys, S., and Zeman, A. Dualism Persists in the Science of Mind. Ann.N.Y Acad.Sci. 2009;1157:1-9.

Walker, J., Cassidy, J., and Sharpe, M. 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 2009;10:18.

Burton, C., Weller, D., and Sharpe, M. Functional Somatic Symptoms and Psychological States: an Electronic Diary Study. Psychosom.Med. 2009;71(1):77-83.

Smith, A. B., Rush, R., Wright, P., Stark, D., Velikova, G., and Sharpe, M. Validation of an Item Bank for Detecting and Assessing Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients. Psychooncology. 2009;18(2):195-9.


2008 show/hide

Boye, B., Lundin, K. E., Leganger, S., Mokleby, K., Jantschek, G., Jantschek, I., Kunzendorf, S., Benninghoven, D., Sharpe, M., Wilhelmsen, I., Blomhoff, S., Malt, U. F., and Jahnsen, J. The INSPIRE Study: Do Personality Traits Predict General Quality of Life (Short Form-36) in Distressed Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease? Scand.J.Gastroenterol. 2008;43(12):1505-13.

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., and Sharpe, M. Better Off Dead: Suicidal Thoughts in Cancer Patients. J.Clin.Oncol. 2008;26(29):4725-30.

Minton, O., Richardson, A., Sharpe, M., Hotopf, M., and Stone, P. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Pharmacological Treatment of Cancer-Related Fatigue. J.Natl.Cancer Inst. 2008;100(16):1155-66.

Strong, V., Waters, R., Hibberd, C., Murray, G., Wall, L., Walker, J., McHugh, G., Walker, A., and Sharpe, M. Management of Depression for People With Cancer (SMaRT Oncology 1): a Randomised Trial. Lancet 2008;372(9632):40-8.

Smith, A. B., Rush, R., Fallowfield, L. J., Velikova, G., and Sharpe, M. Rasch Fit Statistics and Sample Size Considerations for Polytomous Data. BMC Med.Res.Methodol. 2008;8:33.

Boye, B., Jahnsen, J., Mokleby, K., Leganger, S., Jantschek, G., Jantschek, I., Kunzendorf, S., Benninghoven, D., Wilhelmsen, I., Sharpe, M., Blomhoff, S., Malt, U. F., and Lundin, K. E. The INSPIRE Study: Are Different Personality Traits Related to Disease-Specific Quality of Life (IBDQ) in Distressed Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease? Inflamm.Bowel Dis. 2008;14(5):680-6.

Stone, J., Hewett, R., Carson, A., Warlow, C., and Sharpe, M. The 'Disappearance' of Hysteria: Historical Mystery or Illusion? J.R.Soc.Med. 2008;101(1):12-8.

Minton, O., Stone, P., Richardson, A., Sharpe, M., and Hotopf, M. Drug Therapy for the Management of Cancer Related Fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst.Rev. 2008;(1):CD006704.

Nutt, D. J. and Sharpe, M. Uncritical Positive Regard? Issues in the Efficacy and Safety of Psychotherapy. J.Psychopharmacol. 2008;22(1):3-6.


2007 show/hide
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Payne, S., Addington-Hall, J., Richardson, A., and Sharpe, M. Supportive and Palliative Care Research Collaboratives in the United Kingdom: an Unnatural Experiment? Palliat.Med. 2007;21(8):663-5.

Stone, J., Zeman, A., Simonotto, E., Meyer, M., Azuma, R., Flett, S., and Sharpe, M. FMRI in Patients With Motor Conversion Symptoms and Controls With Simulated Weakness. Psychosom.Med. 2007;69(9):961-9.

Lynch, J., Mead, G., Greig, C., Young, A., Lewis, S., and Sharpe, M. Fatigue After Stroke: the Development and Evaluation of a Case Definition. J.Psychosom.Res. 2007;63(5):539-44.

Deary, V., Chalder, T., and Sharpe, M. The Cognitive Behavioural Model of Medically Unexplained Symptoms: a Theoretical and Empirical Review. Clin.Psychol.Rev. 2007;27(7):781-97.

Storey, D. J., Waters, R. A., Hibberd, C. J., Rush, R. W., Cargill, A. T., Wall, L. R., Fallon, M. T., Strong, V. A., Walker, J., and Sharpe, M. Clinically Relevant Fatigue in Cancer Outpatients: the Edinburgh Cancer Centre Symptom Study. Ann.Oncol. 2007;18(11):1861-9.

Kroenke, K., Sharpe, M., and Sykes, R. Revising the Classification of Somatoform Disorders: Key Questions and Preliminary Recommendations. Psychosomatics 2007;48(4):277-85.

Walker, J., Postma, K., McHugh, G. S., Rush, R., Coyle, B., Strong, V., and Sharpe, M. Performance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale As a Screening Tool for Major Depressive Disorder in Cancer Patients. J.Psychosom.Res. 2007;63(1):83-91.

Smith, A. B., Rush, R., Velikova, G., Wall, L., Wright, E. P., Stark, D., Selby, P., and Sharpe, M. The Initial Development of an Item Bank to Assess and Screen for Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients. Psychooncology. 20-6-2007.

Mead, G., Lynch, J., Greig, C., Young, A., Lewis, S., and Sharpe, M. Evaluation of Fatigue Scales in Stroke Patients. Stroke 2007;38(7):2090-5.

Burton, C., Weller, D., and Sharpe, M. Are Electronic Diaries Useful for Symptoms Research? A Systematic Review. J.Psychosom.Res. 2007;62(5):553-61.

White, P. D., Sharpe, M. C., Chalder, T., DeCesare, J. C., and Walwyn, R. Protocol for the PACE Trial: a Randomised Controlled Trial of Adaptive Pacing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Graded Exercise, As Supplements to Standardised Specialist Medical Care Versus Standardised Specialist Medical Care Alone for Patients With the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Encephalopathy. BMC Neurol. 2007;7:6.


2006 show/hide

Townend, E., Tinson, D., Kwan, J., and Sharpe, M. Fear of Recurrence and Beliefs About Preventing Recurrence in Persons Who Have Suffered a Stroke. J.Psychosom.Res. 2006;61(6):747-55.

Hagen, N. A., Addington-Hall, J., Sharpe, M., Richardson, A., and Cleeland, C. S. The Birmingham International Workshop on Supportive, Palliative, and End-of-Life Care Research. Cancer 15-8-2006;107(4):874-81.

Stone, J. and Sharpe, M. Functional Symptoms in Neurology: Case Studies. Neurol.Clin. 2006;24(2):385-403.

Sharpe, M., Mayou, R., and Walker, J. Bodily Symptoms: New Approaches to Classification. J.Psychosom.Res. 2006;60(4):353-6.

Walker, J., Sharpe, M., and Wessely, S. Commentary: Symptoms Not Associated With Disease: an Unmet Public Health Challenge. Int.J.Epidemiol. 2006;35(2):477-8.

Stone, J., Smyth, R., Carson, A., Warlow, C., and Sharpe, M. La Belle Indifference in Conversion Symptoms and Hysteria: Systematic Review. Br.J.Psychiatry 2006;188:204-9.


2005 show/hide

Mayou R, Kirmayer LJ, Simon G, Kroenke K, Sharpe M. 2005. Somatoform disorders: time for a new approach in DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry 162:847-55.

Stone J, Smyth R, Carson A, Lewis S, Prescott R, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2005. Systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms and "hysteria". British Medical Journal 331: 989- 991.

Stone J, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2005. Eliot Slater and the myth of the non-existence of hysteria. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 98: 547-548.

Sharpe M. 2005. Psychiatric diagnosis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Controversies and conflicts. Journal of Mental Health 14: 69-277.

Stone J, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2005. Functional symptoms and signs in neurology: assessment and diagnosis. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry 76 suppl1:2-12.

Stone J, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2005. Functional symptoms and signs in neurology: management. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry 76 suppl1:13-21.


2004 show/hide

Sharpe M, Strong V, Allen K, Rush R, Maguire P, House A, Ramirez A, Cull A. 2004. Management of major depression in outpatients attending a cancer centre: a preliminary evaluation of a multi-component cancer nurse-delivered intervention. British Journal of Cancer 90:310-313.

Sharpe M, Strong V, Allen K, Rush R, Postma K, Tulloh A, Maguire P, House A, Ramirez A, Cull A. 2004. Major depression in outpatients attending a regional cancer centre: screening and unmet treatment needs. British Journal of Cancer 90:314-320.

Stone J, Colyer M, Feltbower S, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2004. "Psychosomatic": a systematic review of its meaning in newspaper articles. Psychosomatics 45:287-90.

Sharpe M, Mayou R. 2004. Somatoform disorders: a help or hindrance to good patient care? British Journal of Psychiatry 184:465-7.

Stone J, Binzer M, Sharpe M. 2004. Illness beliefs and locus of control: a comparison of patients with pseudo-seizures and epilepsy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 57:541-547.

Stone J, Townend E, Kwan J, Haga K, Dennis M, Sharpe M. 2004. Personality change after stroke: some preliminary observations. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry 75:1708-1713.

Strong V, Sharpe M, Cull A, Maguire P, House A, Ramirez A. 2004. Can oncology nurses treat depression? A pilot project. Journal of Advanced Nursing 46:542-8.

Stone J, Durrance D, Wojcik W, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2004. What do medical outpatients attending a neurology clinic think about antidepressants? Journal of Psychosomatic Research 56:293-5.

Binzer M, Stone J, Sharpe M. 2004. Recent onset pseudo-seizures: Clues to aetiology. Seizure 13:146-55.

Bennett D, Sharpe M, Freeman C, Carson A. 2004. Anorexia nervosa among female secondary school students in Ghana. British Journal of Psychiatry 185:312-7.

Carson AJ, Stone J, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2004. Patients whom neurologists find difficult to help. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 75:1776-8.

Mayou R, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2004. Psychological medicine: Obstacles to delivery (Editorial) Journal of Psychosomatic Research; 57:217-8.

Rief W, Sharpe M. 2004. Somatoform disorders: new approaches to classification, conceptualization, and treatment. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 56:387-90. Stone J, Sharpe M, Binzer M. 2004. Motor conversion symptoms and pseudo-seizures: a comparison of clinical characteristics. Psychosomatics 45:492-9.


2003 show/hide

Maiden NL, Hurst NP, Lochead A, Carson AJ, Sharpe M. 2003. Medically unexplained symptoms in patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service: prevalence and associations. Rheumatology (Oxford). 42:108-12.

Stone J, Sharpe M, Rothwell P, Warlow CP. 2003. The 12-year prognosis of functional weakness and sensory disturbance. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 74:591-596.

Stone J, Warlow C, Carson A, Sharpe M. 2003. A 1908 systematic review of the laterality of hysterical hemiplegia. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry 74:1163-1164.

Anderson KM, Sharpe M, Rattray A, Irvine DS. 2003. Distress and concerns in couples referred to a specialist infertility clinic. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 54:353-5.

Carson AJ, Postma K, Stone J, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2003. The outcome of depressive disorders in neurology patients: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 74:893-6.

Carson AJ, Best S, Postma K, Stone J, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2003. The outcome of neurology outpatients with medically unexplained symptoms: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 74:897-900.

Cavanagh JT, Carson AJ, Sharpe M, Lawrie SM. 2003. Psychological autopsy studies of suicide: a systematic review. Psychological Medicine 33:395-405.

Maiden NL, Hurst NP, Lochhead A, Carson AJ, Sharpe M. 2003. Quantifying the burden of emotional ill-health amongst patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service. Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:750-57.

Allen K, Cull A, Sharpe M. 2003, Diagnosing major depression in medical outpatients: acceptability of telephone interviews. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 55:385-7.

Clauw DJ, Engel CC, Jr., Aronowitz R, Jones E, Kipen HM, Kroenke K, Sharpe M, Wessely S. 2003. Unexplained symptoms after terrorism and war: an expert consensus statement. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 45: 1040-8.

Stone J, Campbell K, Sharma N, Carson A, Warlow CP, Sharpe M. 2003. What should we call pseudo-seizures? The patient's perspective. Seizure 12: 568-572.

Mayou R, Levenson J, Sharpe M. 2003. Somatoform disorders in DSM-V. Psychosomatics 44: 449-51.

Sharpe M, Mayou R. 2003. Nature, terminology and classification of somatization and somatoform disorders. Psychiatry 10:1-4.

Stone J, Zeidler M, Sharpe M. 2003. Misdiagnosis of conversion disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry 160:391-392.

Stone J, Sharpe M. 2003. Internet resources for psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry 74:10-12.

Stone J, Sharpe M. 2003. Neurology, psychiatry and neuroscience. American Journal of Psychiatry 160:1013.

Sharpe M, Strong V, Allen K, Rush R, Maguire P, House A, Ramirez A, Cull A. 2004. Management of major depression in outpatients attending a cancer centre: a preliminary evaluation of a multi-component cancer nurse-delivered intervention. British Journal of Cancer 90:310-313.


2002 show/hide

Sharpe M. 2002. The English Chief Medical Officer's Working Parties' report on the management of CFS/ME: Significant breakthrough or unsatisfactory compromise? Journal of Psychosomatic Research 52:437-438.

Sharpe M. 2002. Medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes. Clinical Medicine 2:501-4. Clark C, Buchwald D, Macintyre A, Sharpe M, Wessely S. 2002. Chronic fatigue syndrome: a step towards agreement. Lancet 359:97-8.

Stone J, Sharpe M. 2002. Amnesia for childhood in patients with unexplained neurological symptoms. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 72:416-7.

Stone J, Zeman A, Sharpe M. 2002. Functional weakness and sensory disturbance. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 73:241-245.

Von Korff M, Glasgow RE, Sharpe M. 2002. ABC of psychological medicine: Organising care for chronic illness. British Medical Journal 325:92-94.

Sharpe M, Wilks D. 2002. ABC of psychological medicine: Fatigue. British Medical Journal 325:480-483.

Stone J, Sharpe M, Carson A, Lewis SC, Thomas B, Goldbeck R et al. 2002. Are functional motor and sensory symptoms really more frequent on the left? A systematic review. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 73:578-581.

Clarke K, Hartswood M, Procter R, Rouncefield M, Sharpe M. 2002. The Electronic Medical Record: Some Observations of Inter-organisational Working. In: Bryant, J. Proceedings of the BCS Conference on Healthcare Computing. Harrogate UK.

Stone J, Wojcik W, Durrance D, Carson A, Lewis S, MacKenzie L, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2002. What should we say to patients with symptoms unexplained by disease? The "number needed to offend". British Medical Journal 325:1449-50.


2001 show/hide

Bass C, Hyde G, Bond A, Sharpe M. 2001. A survey of frequent attenders at a gastroenterology clinic. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 50:107-9.

Sharpe M, Carson AJ. 2001. "Unexplained" Somatic Symptoms, Functional Syndromes, and Somatization: Do We Need a Paradigm Shift? Annals of Internal Medicine 134: Supplement 926-930.

Lewis SC, Dennis MS, O'Rourke SJ, Sharpe M. 2001. Negative attitudes among short-term stroke survivors predict worse long-term survival. Stroke 32:1640-1645.

Dendy C, Cooper M, Sharpe M. 2001. Interpretation of symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome, Behaviour Research and Therapy 39:1369-1380.

Hardt J, Buchwald D, Wilks D, Sharpe M, Nix WA, Egle UT. 2001. Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. An international study, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 51:431-434.

Wilson A, Hickie I, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Wakefield D, Parker G, Straus SE, Dale J, McCluskey D, Hinds G, Brickman A, Goldenberg D, Demitrack M, Blakely T, Wessely S, Sharpe M, Lloyd A. 2001. What is chronic fatigue syndrome? Heterogeneity within an international study. Australia & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 35:520-527.

Lawrie SM, Scott AI, Sharpe M. 2001. Implementing evidence-based psychiatry: whose responsibility? British Journal of Psychiatry 178:195-196.

Sharpe M. 2001. Rethinking somatization. Advances in Mind Body Medicine 17:260-263.


2000 show/hide

Procter R, Hartswood M, Sharpe M, Doris A. 1999. A Case Study of User-Led Systems Design and Development in Healthcare Informatics. In: Gulliksen, J., Lantz, A., Boivie, I. Proceedings of the workshop on How to Make User Centred Design More Usable, INTERACT'99. Edinburgh, August, pages 51--55. Report No. CID-72, Centre for User Oriented IT Design, Stockholm ISSN 1403-073 X.

Dennis M, O'Rourke S, Lewis S, Sharpe M, Warlow C. 2000. Emotional outcomes after stroke: factors associated with poor outcome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 68:47-52.

Carson AJ, Best S, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2000. Suicidal ideation among outpatients at general neurology clinics: a prospective study. British Medical Journal 320:1311-12.

Carson AJ, MacHale S, Allen K, Lawrie SM, Dennis M, House A, Sharpe M. 2000. Depression after stroke and lesion location: a systematic review. Lancet 356:122-26.

Carson AJ, Ringbauer B, MacKenzie L, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2000. Neurological disease, emotional disorder, and disability: they are related: a study of 300 consecutive new referrals to a neurology outpatient department. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 68: 202-6.

Carson AJ, Ringbauer B, Stone J, McKenzie L, Warlow C, Sharpe M. 2000. Do medically unexplained symptoms matter? A prospective cohort study of 300 new referrals to neurology outpatient clinics. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 68:207-10.

Lawrie SM, Scott AI, Sharpe M. 2000. Evidence-based psychiatry - do psychiatrists want it and can they do it? Health Bulletin 58:25-33.

Hartswood M, Procter R, Rouncefield, Sharpe M. 2000. Being There and Doing IT: A Case Study of a Co-Development Approach in Healthcare. In: Cherkasky, T., Greenbaum, J., Mambery, P. Proceedings of the CPSR/IFIP WG 9.1 Participatory Design Conference. New York, pp 96-105.