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 groups
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
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
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
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
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
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