Martin Knapp

Housing services for people with mental disorders in England: patient characteristics, care provision and costs (2009)

Priebe, Stefan, Saidi, Marya, Want, Anna, Mangalore, Roshni, Knapp, Martin

Background and aims: Since de-institutionalisation, housing services have taken a central role in the care of patients with severe mental illness. Yet, little is known about the characteristics of...

Financial incentives to improve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial (FIAT) (2009)

Priebe, Stefan, Burton, Alexandra, Ashby, Deborah, Ashcroft, Richard, Burns, Tom, David, Anthony, ...

Background: Various interventions have been tested to achieve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients with psychotic disorders, and there is no consistent evidence...

Financial incentives to improve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients - a cluster randomised controlled trial (FIAT) (2009)

Priebe, Stefan, Burton, Alexandra, Ashby, Deborah, Ashcroft, Richard, Burns, Tom, David, Anthony, ...

Abstract Background Various interventions have been tested to achieve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients with psychotic disorders, and there is no consistent...

Caring for people with depression or with schizophrenia: are the consequences different? (2009)

Van Wijngaarden, Bob, Koeter, Maarten, Knapp, Martin, Tansella, Michele, Thornicroft, Graham, Vázquez-Barquero, José-Luis, ...

Attention to caregiver consequences has been mainly restricted to caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. The few studies done in depression were conducted on small samples and/or with...

DOMINO-AD protocol: donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease: a multicentre RCT (2009)

Jones, Rob, Sheehan, Bart, Phillips, Patrick, Knapp, Martin

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the commonest cause of dementia. Cholinesterase inhibitors, such as donepezil, are the drug class with the best evidence of efficacy, licensed for mild to...

Impact of psychotic relapse definitions in assessing drug efficacy and costs: comparison of quetiapine XR, olanzapine and paliperidone ER (2009)

Knapp, Martin, Locklear, Julie, Jarbrink, Krister

Objective: The objective of this study was to illustrate the implications of using standardised psychotic relapse definitions by comparing published clinical trial relapse and drop-out rates for...

The treatment of challenging behaviour in intellectual disabilities: cost-effectiveness analysis (2009)

Romeo, Renee, Knapp, Martin, Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Oliver-Africano, P.

Background: Antipsychotic drugs are used in the routine treatment of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and challenging behaviour in the UK despite limited evidence of their effectiveness....

Residential services in Europe: findings from the DECLOC study (2009)

Beadle-Brown, Julie, Mansell, Jim, Knapp, Martin, Beecham, Jennifer

Background and aims: This study aimed to collate and summarise statistical information on the number of people with disabilities living in all types of residential care but with a particular focus on...

Balance of care (deinstitutionalisation in Europe): results from the Mental Health Economics European Network (MHEEN) (2009)

Knapp, Martin, McDaid, David, Medeiros, Helena

Introduction: Limited research has been undertaken in Europe examining the shift in the balance of care from psychiatric facilities to community/alternative based facilities (deinstitutionalisation)....

Economic cost of autism in the UK (2009)

Knapp, Martin, Romeo, Renée, Beecham, Jennifer

Autism has lifetime consequences, with potentially a range of impacts on the health, wellbeing, social integration and quality of life of individuals and families. Many of those impacts are economic....

Cost estimation of a health-check intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities in the UK (2009)

Romeo, Renee, Knapp, Martin, Morrison, J., Melville, C., Allan, L., Finlayson, J., ...

Background: High rates of health needs among adults with intellectual disabilities flag the need for information about the economic consequences of strategies to identify and address unmet needs....

Neuroleptics in the treatment of aggressive challenging behaviour for people with intellectual disabilities: a randomised controlled trial (NACHBID) (2009)

Tyrer, Peter, Oliver-Africano, P., Romeo, Renee, Knapp, Martin

Objectives: To assess the effects and cost-effectiveness of haloperidol, risperidone and placebo on aggressive challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability. Design: A double-blind...

UK cost-consequence analysis of aripiprazole in schizophrenia: diabetes and coronary heart disease risk projections (STAR study) (2009)

Barnett, Anthony H., Millar, Helen L., Loze, Jean-Yves, L'Italien, Gilbert J., Van Baardewijk, Marc, Knapp, Martin

Patients with schizophrenia experience elevated rates of morbidity and mortality, largely due to an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. There is increasing concern that some...

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) and continuous antipsychotic treatment: 3-year results from the schizophrenia health outcomes (SOHO) study (2009)

Alonso, Jordi, Croudace, Tim, Brown, Jacqueline, Gasquet, Isabelle, Knapp, Martin, Suarez, David, ...

Objectives: We investigated the association between continuous antipsychotic use and health-related quality of life (HRQL) 3-year change in the European Schizophrenia Outpatients Health Outcomes...

Treatment paths and costs for young adults with acquired brain injury in the United Kingdom (2009)

Beecham, Jennifer, Perkins, Margaret, Snell, Tom, Knapp, Martin

Primary objectives: To identify the health and social care services used by young adults aged 18-25 years with acquired brain injury (ABI) and the costs of these supports. Research methods: A review...

Economics and new strategies for funding and financing (2009)

Knapp, Martin, Cabases Hita, Juan

Introduction: Decision makers in care and support systems across Europe are increasingly facing up to new economic realities. Most obvious among the forces that are changing the economic context is...

A comparison of SF-6D and EQ-5D utility scores in a study of patients with schizophrenia (2009)

McCrone, Paul, Patel, Anita, Knapp, Martin, Schene, Aart, Koeter, Maarten, Ammadeo, Francesco, ...

Economic evaluations of healthcare interventions increasingly measure outcomes using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). The SF-6D and the EQ-5D are alternative ways of generating utility scores for...

Economic impact of early intervention in people at high risk of psychosis (2009)

Valmaggia, L. R., McCrone, P., Knapp, Martin, Woolley, J. B., Broome, M. R., Tabraham, P., ...

Background: Despite the increasing development of early intervention services for psychosis, little is known about their cost-effectiveness. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of Outreach and Support...

Long-term care, organisation and financing (2008)

Knapp, Martin, Somani, Ami

Long-term care is provided for individuals – particularly older people – who have lost self-care capacity because of chronic illness or disability, to improve personal functioning and quality of...

Age discrimination in mental health services (2008)

Beecham, Jennifer, Knapp, Martin, Fernandez, Jose-Luis, Huxley, Peter, Mangalore, Roshni, McCrone, Paul R., ...

The UK government is considering the introduction of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in the provision of public services. The Department of Health commissioned a short piece of research to...

Outcomes and costs of community living: semi-independent living and fully staffed group homes (2008)

Felce, David, Perry, Jonathan, Romeo, Renee, Robertson, Janet, Meek, Andrea, Emerson, Eric, ...

In a matched-groups design, costs and quality of life outcomes for adults with intellectual disabilities with relatively low support needs were compared between those in fully staffed group homes (n...

Prisoners' families: civic virtue and policies of impoverishment (2008)

Smith, Rose, Grimshaw, Roger, Romeo, Renee, Knapp, Martin

This article explores the poverty and disadvantage experienced by prisoners' families living at or below the level officially recognised as 'poor'. Current social policy ignores the priority given to...

Training for change: early days of individual budgets and the implications for social work and care management practice: a qualitative study of the views of trainers (2008)

Manthorpe, Jill, Jacobs, Sally, Rapaport, Joan, Challis, David, Harris, Jess, Netten, Ann, ...

Individual Budgets are central to the implementation of English government policy goals in social care. Like other consumer-directed or self-directed support programmes operating in parts of the...

Mental health and work (2008)

Lelliott, Paul, Boardman, Jed, Harvey, Sam, Henderson, Max, Knapp, Martin, Tulloch, Simon

Produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the cross-government Health, Work and Well-being programme

Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy (2007)

Layard, Richard, Clark, David, Knapp, Martin, Mayraz, Guy

At present six million people are suffering from clinical depression or anxiety disorders, but only a quarter of them are in treatment. NICE Guidelines prescribe the offer of evidence-based...

Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy (2007)

Layard, Richard, Clark, David, Knapp, Martin, Mayraz, Guy

At present six million people are suffering from clinical depression or anxiety disorders, but only a quarter of them are in treatment. NICE Guidelines prescribe the offer of evidence-based...

Mental health expenditure in England: a spatial panel approach (2007)

Moscone, Francesco, Knapp, Martin, Tosetti, Elisa

We empirically investigate the determinants of local authority mental health expenditure in England. We adopt a reduced form demand and supply model, extended to incorporate possible interaction...

Mental health expenditure in England: a spatial panel approach (2007)

Moscone, Francesco, Knapp, Martin, Tosetti, Elisa

We empirically investigate the determinants of local authority mental health expenditure in England. We adopt a reduced form demand and supply model, extended to incorporate possible interaction...

Donepezil for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer's disease (2007)

Howard, Robert J., Juszczak, Edmund, Ballard, Clive G., Bentham, Peter, Brown, Richard G., Bullock, Roger, ...

Background: Agitation is a common and distressing symptom in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Cholinesterase inhibitors improve cognitive outcomes in such patients, but the benefits of these drugs...

Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency (2007)

Saxena, Shekhar, Thornicroft, Graham, Knapp, Martin, Whiteford, Harvey

Resources for mental health include policy and infrastructure within countries, mental health services, community resources, human resources, and funding. We discuss here the general availability of...

Transition pathways for young people with complex disabilities: exploring the economic consequences (2006)

Knapp, Martin, Perkins, Margaret, Beecham, Jennifer, Dhanasiri, S K

Section five of "The RITE transition the only way forward". The RITE project was a four-year joint venture between the ACE Centre Oxford and the DARE Foundation.

Young families under stress: assessing maternal and child well-being using a mixed methods approach (2006)

McAuley, Colette, McCurry, Nyree, Knapp, Martin, Beecham, Jennifer, Sleed, Michelle

Supporting parents has been reinforced as central to improving children's lives. Assessment of needs, however, is crucial to the provision of effective support. This paper focuses upon the assessment...

Schizophrenia Patients With Cognitive Deficits: Factors Associated With Costs (2006)

Patel, Anita, Everitt, Brian, Knapp, Martin, Reeder, Clare, Grant, Deidre, Ecker, Christine, ...

Cognitive deficits in people with schizophrenia are associated with poor functioning and lower quality of life. Because few studies have examined their relationship with service use or costs, it is...

Schizophrenia Patients With Cognitive Deficits: Factors Associated With Costs (2006)

Patel, Anita, Everitt, Brian, Knapp, Martin, Reeder, Clare, Grant, Deidre, Ecker, Christine, ...

Cognitive deficits in people with schizophrenia are associated with poor functioning and lower quality of life. Because few studies have examined their relationship with service use or costs, it is...

Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy (2006)

Knapp, Martin, Funk, Michelle, Curran, Claire, Prince, Martin, Grigg, Margaret, McDaid, David

Mental health systems in many countries are seriously under-developed, yet mental health problems not only have huge consequences for quality of life, but – particularly in low- and middle-income...

Financing mental health services in low- and middle-income countries (2006)

Dixon, Anna, McDaid, David, Knapp, Martin, Curran, Claire

Mental disorders account for a significant and growing proportion of the global burden of disease and yet remain a low priority for public financing in health systems globally. In many low-income...

Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy (2006)

Knapp, Martin, Funk, Michelle, Curran, Claire, Prince, Martin, Grigg, Margaret, Mcdaid, David

Mental health systems in many countries are seriously under-developed, yet mental health problems not only have huge consequences for quality of life, but - particularly in low- and middle-income...

Financing mental health services in low- and middle-income countries (2006)

Dixon, Anna, Mcdaid, David, Knapp, Martin, Curran, Claire

Mental disorders account for a significant and growing proportion of the global burden of disease and yet remain a low priority for public financing in health systems globally. In many low-income...

Economic evaluations of child and adolescent mental health interventions : a systematic review (2005)

Romeo, Renée, Byford, Sarah, Knapp, Martin

BACKGROUND : The need has grown over recent years for economic information on the impacts of child and adolescent mental helath problems and the cost-effectiveness of interventions. METHODS : A range...

Economic evaluations of child and adolescent mental health interventions : a systematic review (2005)

Romeo, Renée, Byford, Sarah, Knapp, Martin

BACKGROUND : The need has grown over recent years for economic information on the impacts of child and adolescent mental helath problems and the cost-effectiveness of interventions. METHODS : A range...

Economic evaluations of child and adolescent mental health interventions : a systematic review (2005)

Romeo, Renée, Byford, Sarah, Knapp, Martin

BACKGROUND : The need has grown over recent years for economic information on the impacts of child and adolescent mental helath problems and the cost-effectiveness of interventions. METHODS : A range...

Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accomodation : what are the links? (2005)

Knapp, Martin, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Astin, Jack, Beecham, Jennifer, Pendaries, Claude

The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care...

Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accomodation : what are the links? (2005)

Knapp, Martin, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Astin, Jack, Beecham, Jennifer, Pendaries, Claude

The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care...

Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: what are the links? (2005)

Knapp, Martin, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Astin, Jack, Beecham, Jennifer, Pendaries, Claude

The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care...

Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders: recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology (2005)

Baldwin, David S., Anderson, Ian M., Nutt, David J., Bandelow, Borwin, Bond, A., Davidson, Jonathan R.T., ...

These British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines cover the range and aims of treatment for anxiety disorders. They are based explicitly on the available evidence and are presented as...