Michael Sharpe (psychiatrist)
Michael Sharpe is a British psychiatrist and academic, specialising in the psychiatric aspects of medical illness. He is an Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Saint Cross College, Oxford. From 1997 to 2011, he was Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[1][2] Sharpe was the elected President of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine for 2022-2023.[3]
Work
[edit]While a Professor at Oxford, Sharpe ran a research programme to develop and evaluate psychiatric treatments for medically ill patients.[4]
Sharpe is best known as a co-author on the controversial PACE trial which found exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy to be “moderately effective” treatments for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.[5]
In 2021 he controversially gave a presentation on secondary covid 19 impacts[6] to Swiss Re in which he suggested that Long COVID was partly caused by psychological and social factors such as reportage by the Guardian columnist George Monbiot.[7]
Sharpe's recent work is on depression in people with cancer and the mental health of elderly inpatients.[8]
Honours
[edit]In 2009, he was named Psychiatric Academic of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[9] In 2014, he was named Psychiatrist of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Michael Sharpe". People. St Cross College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Michael Sharpe". Department of Psychiatry. University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "EAPM president Michael Sharpe receives the Hackett Award from ACLP". EAPM. European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "60 Seconds With Michael Sharpe". Oxford University. Department of Psychiatry, Oxford. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Chronic fatigue trial results 'not robust', new study says". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Post Covid 19 Syndrome" (PDF). SwissRe. Swiss Re. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Apparently just by talking about it, I'm super-spreading long Covid". The Guardian. The Guardian newspaper. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Our Team: Michael Sharpe". Oxford University. Department of Psychiatry, Oxford. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "RCPsych Awards 2009: Winners". Awards. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "RCPsych Awards 2014: The Winners". Awards. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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