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Em P Chris Dowrick BA MSc MD CQSW FRCGP

Emeritus Professor of Primary Medical Care Primary Care & Mental Health

    Research

    Primary mental health care

    Depression in primary care and community settings: critical perspectives on diagnosis and management approaches; role of primary care; impact of psychosocial interventions; patient-based outcomes.
    Medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: diagnostic issues; impact of doctor-patient communication on genesis and persistence of symptoms; efficacy of reattribution techniques in reducing disability and symptoms; links with chronic fatigue syndrome.
    Improving primary mental health care for marginalised groups, locally and globally
    Understanding concepts of the self and how they impact on primary care consultations

    Research Group Membership

    Research Grants

    Feasibility work in advance of randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a focussed narrative intervention for moderate to severe depression in palliative care patients with advanced cancer – DISCERN Trial

    LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    February 2019 - December 2020

    NIHR ARC 2 national social care implementation projects

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    October 2019 - March 2026

    Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: PROMDEP randomised controlled trial

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    November 2018 - October 2022

    A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational booklet to support and give practical advice to informal carers of patients with advanced cancer

    LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    February 2019 - December 2022

    Feasibility study for a proposed trial of an evidence-based low intensity psychosocial intervention delivered by lay therapists for asylum seekers and refugees(PROSPER).

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    September 2018 - June 2021

    REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice (REDUCE) programme

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    October 2016 - June 2023

    European Refugees - Human Movement and Advisory Network (EUR-HUMAN).

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    January 2016 - December 2016

    PANDA: What are the indications for prescribing antidepressant that will lead to clinical benefit?

    LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    February 2015 - May 2015

    Facilitate public led research into inequalities in mental health care

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    November 2016 - June 2021

    Research into Implementation Strategies to support patients of different Origins and Language background in a Variety of European primary care settings (RESTORE)

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    April 2011 - March 2015

    Clara e burgess charity trust.

    CLARA BURGESS TRUST (UK)

    October 2006 - July 2016

    Patients influence on treatment decisions when physical symptoms are present without physical pathology.

    MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM

    January 2003 - December 2003

    Placebos and antidepressants.

    MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM

    September 2004 - June 2006

    Mental health needs in patients with advanced cancer - implications for primary health care teams.

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    December 2003 - November 2006

    The Prosocial Place Programme: Pilot Studies.

    LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    July 2013 - July 2017

    Anxiety, depressive symptoms and the dental patient; opportunities for interprofessional collaboration in Primary Health Care.

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    September 1999 - February 2001

    Development and validation of a tool to predict the likelihood of emergency admission in older people.

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    September 2000 - August 2003

    Palliative medicine.

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    December 1997 - December 2001

    Exploratory RCT of Training General Practitioners to Manage Patients with Persistent Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUST).

    MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    June 2003 - June 2006

    Value in People Award 2005.

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    October 2005 - September 2009

    A R&D programme to increase equity of access to high quality mental health services in primary care

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    December 2007 - November 2012

    What are the indications for prescribing antidepressants that will lead to a clinical benefit?

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    March 2012 - May 2018

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme - Laura Benjamin

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2009 - July 2010

    Randomised controlled trial to determine the cost-effectiveness of fluoxetine for mild to moderate depression with somatic symptoms in primary care.

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    October 2003 - October 2007

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme - Emma Wall

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    October 2009 - September 2010

    Systematic review of non-treatment antidepressant placebo characteristics: SNAP.

    MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM

    September 2006 - August 2009

    Exploratory RCT of Training General Practitioners to Manage Patients with Persistent Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUST).

    MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM

    July 2003 - December 2005

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme - Peter MacPherson

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2009 - July 2010

    NIHR Senior Investigator Award

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    April 2008 - December 2018

    A randomised controlled trial of nurse facilitated self-help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome (FINE).

    MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2004 - October 2008

    Randomised controlled trial of nurse led self-help treatment for primary care patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (FINE).

    MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM

    May 2004 - February 2009

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme - Christopher Moxon

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2008 - July 2009

    Prof Dowrick Research Support (RCF Funding - NIHR Senior Investigator)

    LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    July 2013 - June 2016

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Interventions within the Primary Care Setting: Developing Reseources for Support

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    March 2011 - August 2013

    MerseyBeat - Best Evidence, Application and Translation of research

    LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)

    March 2008 - September 2019

    Merseybeat 2: What people attend A&E due to mental health problems? An analysis over a 1 year period in Liverpool

    LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)

    January 2011 - August 2013

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PHD Programme - Jamie Rylance

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2008 - July 2009

    Wellcome Trust Clinical PHD Programme - Derek Sloan

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2008 - July 2009

    North West Research Management and Government Network (MaGNet)

    LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)

    November 2004 - October 2008

    Cancer Experience Collaborative.

    NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (UK)

    May 2006 - December 2015

    Patients` influence on treatment decisions when physical symptoms are presented without physical pathology.

    MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    December 1999 - December 2002

    Research Collaborations

    Tony Kendrick

    External: University of Southampton

    Kendrick T, Dowrick C, Lester H, Sharp D, Gask L, Tylee A, Howe A, Gilbody S, et
    al. Diagnosis and treatment of depression in general practice in England following
    the introduction of financial incentives for case-finding and assessment with
    validated measures of severity: an observational study of practitioner behaviour in
    three parts. Lilly, Servier, Lundbeck and Wyeth, £70,000. 2007-2008.

    John Cape

    External: UCL, UK

    Cape J, Barker C, Pistrang N, Buszewicz M, Salmon P,Dowrick C. Negotiating
    understanding of mental health problems in GP psychological consultations: a
    qualitative study of patients’ and doctors’ perspectives using
    tape-assisted recall. .NoCLoR, £26,000. 2006-2007

    Frances Mair

    External: University of Glasgow

    Mair F, J Cavanagh, J McMurray, F Sullivan, Dowrick C, A McConnachie, L Blue, I
    Findlay. A pilot study of depressive symptoms in heart failure in the community.
    NHS Scotland, £39,952.2006-2007

    Jane Gunn

    External: University of Melbourne

    Gunn J, Kokanovich R, Dowrick C, Herrman H, May C, Furler J. Extending RE-ORDER: cross cultural components. Beyond blue – Australian national depression initiative. AUS$ 99,689. 2006-7

    Jane Gunn, Kelsey Hegarty

    External: University of Melbourne

    Gunn J, Hegarty K, Hurworth R, Gilchrist G, Pierce D, Griffiths F, Blashki G, Griffiths
    K, Dowrick C, Pond D, Mihalopoulos C, Kyrios M, Herrman H. RE-ORDER: Re-organising care for depression and related disorders in the Australian primary health
    care setting. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Stream Three Grant,
    AUS $867,005. 2005-2008