Michael Sharpe

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Top papers

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1 Psychological medicine and the future of psychiatry. Br J Psychiatry 2014 4.48
2 Systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms and "hysteria". BMJ 2005 4.25
3 Optimizing breast cancer treatment efficacy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 3.93
4 Management of depression for people with cancer (SMaRT oncology 1): a randomised trial. Lancet 2008 3.79
5 Somatic symptom disorder: an important change in DSM. J Psychosom Res 2013 3.40
6 Chronic fatigue syndrome: a step towards agreement. Lancet 2002 2.99
7 Somatoform disorders: time for a new approach in DSM-V. Am J Psychiatry 2005 2.81
8 Are electronic diaries useful for symptoms research? A systematic review. J Psychosom Res 2007 2.66
9 What should we say to patients with symptoms unexplained by disease? The "number needed to offend". BMJ 2002 2.20
10 A systematic review and meta-analysis of the pharmacological treatment of cancer-related fatigue. J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 2.17
11 Organising care for chronic illness. BMJ 2002 1.95
12 Ongoing clinical experience utilizing 3D conformal external beam radiotherapy to deliver partial-breast irradiation in patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003 1.89
13 Uncritical positive regard? Issues in the efficacy and safety of psychotherapy. J Psychopharmacol 2008 1.80
14 Eliot Slater's myth of the non-existence of hysteria. J R Soc Med 2005 1.78
15 Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous data. BMC Med Res Methodol 2008 1.77
16 Is there a better term than "medically unexplained symptoms"? J Psychosom Res 2010 1.77
17 Implementing IMRT in clinical practice: a joint document of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004 1.70
18 Revising the classification of somatoform disorders: key questions and preliminary recommendations. Psychosomatics 2007 1.63
19 Somatoform disorders in DSM-V. Psychosomatics 2003 1.62
20 Cognitive-behavioural group treatment for a range of functional somatic syndromes: randomised trial. Br J Psychiatry 2012 1.57
21 Somatoform disorders-new approaches to classification, conceptualization, and treatment. J Psychosom Res 2004 1.53
22 Better off dead: suicidal thoughts in cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2008 1.46
23 Performance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale as a screening tool for major depressive disorder in cancer patients. J Psychosom Res 2007 1.24
24 Fatigue after stroke: the development and evaluation of a case definition. J Psychosom Res 2007 1.20
25 Healthcare costs incurred by patients repeatedly referred to secondary medical care with medically unexplained symptoms: a cost of illness study. J Psychosom Res 2012 1.17
26 Evaluation of fatigue scales in stroke patients. Stroke 2007 1.17
27 The microcirculation as a functional system. Crit Care 2005 1.16
28 Drug therapy for the management of cancer-related fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 1.10
29 Organ donation after cardiac death: donor and recipient outcomes after the first three years of the Ontario experience. Can J Anaesth 2011 1.10
30 A history of liaison psychiatry in the UK. BJPsych Bull 2016 1.08
31 La belle indifférence in conversion symptoms and hysteria: systematic review. Br J Psychiatry 2006 1.08
32 FMRI in patients with motor conversion symptoms and controls with simulated weakness. Psychosom Med 2007 1.05
33 Interventions for post-stroke fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 1.04
34 Screening for major depression in cancer outpatients: the diagnostic accuracy of the 9-item patient health questionnaire. Cancer 2010 1.03
35 Integrating psychosocial care into cancer services. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.02
36 The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice. BMC Med 2015 1.01
37 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 1.01
38 Issues for DSM-5: Conversion disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2010 1.01
39 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 1.00
40 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 0.99
41 Conversion disorder: current problems and potential solutions for DSM-5. J Psychosom Res 2011 0.99
42 Psychostimulants for the management of cancer-related fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pain Symptom Manage 2011 0.98
43 Can neuroimaging help us to understand and classify somatoform disorders? A systematic and critical review. Psychosom Med 2011 0.98
44 Adaptive pacing, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome: a cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS One 2012 0.98
45 Diagnosing major depression in medical outpatients: acceptability of telephone interviews. J Psychosom Res 2003 0.97
46 Dualism persists in the science of mind. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 0.97
47 Unexplained symptoms after terrorism and war: an expert consensus statement. J Occup Environ Med 2003 0.97
48 Brain blood flow in the neurological determination of death: Canadian expert report. Can J Neurol Sci 2008 0.96
49 Neurology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. Am J Psychiatry 2003 0.95
50 Techniques to modulate radiotherapy toxicity and outcome in soft tissue sarcoma. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2003 0.93
51 Motor conversion symptoms and pseudoseizures: a comparison of clinical characteristics. Psychosomatics 2004 0.93
52 The detection and management of emotional distress in cancer patients: the views of health-care professionals. Psychooncology 2011 0.93
53 Patients repeatedly referred to secondary care with symptoms unexplained by organic disease: prevalence, characteristics and referral pattern. Fam Pract 2010 0.91
54 Five-year experience with donation after cardiac death kidney transplantation in a Canadian transplant program: Factors affecting outcomes. Can Urol Assoc J 2012 0.91
55 Fear of recurrence and beliefs about preventing recurrence in persons who have suffered a stroke. J Psychosom Res 2006 0.90
56 Patient and general practitioner preferences for the treatment of depression in patients with cancer: how, who, and where? J Psychosom Res 2009 0.90
57 The symptom of functional weakness: a controlled study of 107 patients. Brain 2010 0.90
58 Sleep problems in cancer patients: prevalence and association with distress and pain. Psychooncology 2011 0.90
59 The Birmingham International Workshop on Supportive, Palliative, and End-of-Life Care Research. Cancer 2006 0.89
60 Psychiatric misdiagnoses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. JRSM Short Rep 2010 0.88
61 Anorexia nervosa among female secondary school students in Ghana. Br J Psychiatry 2004 0.88
62 Interventions for post-stroke fatigue. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 0.87
63 Wall between neurology and psychiatry. Some parts of the wall are thicker than others. BMJ 2002 0.87
64 Somatoform disorders: a help or hindrance to good patient care? Br J Psychiatry 2004 0.87
65 The problems reported by cancer patients with major depression. Psychooncology 2011 0.87
66 Illness beliefs and locus of control: a comparison of patients with pseudoseizures and epilepsy. J Psychosom Res 2004 0.86
67 Treatment of depression in people with lung cancer: a systematic review. Lung Cancer 2012 0.86
68 Enhanced care by generalists for functional somatic symptoms and disorders in primary care. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 0.86
69 A primary care Symptoms Clinic for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: pilot randomised trial. BMJ Open 2012 0.85
70 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 0.85
71 Validation of an item bank for detecting and assessing psychological distress in cancer patients. Psychooncology 2009 0.85
72 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 0.85
73 The role of physical injury in motor and sensory conversion symptoms: a systematic and narrative review. J Psychosom Res 2008 0.84
74 Depression Care for People with Cancer: a collaborative care intervention. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2009 0.83
75 Functional somatic symptoms and psychological states: an electronic diary study. Psychosom Med 2009 0.83
76 "Psychosomatic": a systematic review of its meaning in newspaper articles. Psychosomatics 2004 0.83
77 A national survey of the availability of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery in Canada. Radiat Oncol 2012 0.83
78 The interpretation of low mood and worry by high users of secondary care with medically unexplained symptoms. BMC Fam Pract 2011 0.82
79 Measuring disability in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: reliability and validity of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale. J Psychosom Res 2011 0.82
80 Functional weakness: clues to mechanism from the nature of onset. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011 0.82
81 Can oncology nurses treat depression? A pilot project. J Adv Nurs 2004 0.82
82 'Feeling sad and useless': an investigation into personal acceptance of disability and its association with depression following stroke. Clin Rehabil 2010 0.82
83 What is a psychological intervention? A metareview and practical proposal. Psychooncology 2011 0.81
84 What should we call pseudoseizures? The patient's perspective. Seizure 2003 0.81
85 Quality assurance for the geometric accuracy of cone-beam CT guidance in radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 0.81
86 A randomised trial of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): statistical analysis plan. Trials 2013 0.81
87 Outcome measurement in functional somatic syndromes: SF-36 summary scores and some scales were not valid. J Clin Epidemiol 2011 0.81
88 The 'disappearance' of hysteria: historical mystery or illusion? J R Soc Med 2008 0.81
89 Monitoring symptoms at home: what methods would cancer patients be comfortable using? Qual Life Res 2010 0.80
90 Chronic fatigue syndrome: neurological, mental or both. J Psychosom Res 2011 0.80
91 What do physicians think of somatoform disorders? Psychosomatics 2011 0.80
92 Pain in patients attending a specialist cancer service: prevalence and association with emotional distress. J Pain Symptom Manage 2011 0.79
93 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 0.78
94 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 0.78
95 Reduced complexity of activity patterns in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a case control study. Biopsychosoc Med 2009 0.78
96 The HSCL-20: one questionnaire, two versions. J Psychosom Res 2009 0.77
97 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 0.77
98 Supportive and palliative care research collaboratives in the United Kingdom: an unnatural experiment? Palliat Med 2007 0.76
99 The long-term survival of baboon-to-monkey kidney and liver xenografts. Xenotransplantation 2003 0.76
100 Recent onset pseudoseizures--clues to aetiology. Seizure 2004 0.76
101 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 0.76
102 Integrated management of major depression for people with cancer. Int Rev Psychiatry 2014 0.76
103 Improvement of radiological penumbra using intermediate energy photons (IEP) for stereotactic radiosurgery. Phys Med Biol 2006 0.76
104 Helping to find the most accurate diagnosis. BMJ 2013 0.75
105 A survey of radiation treatment planning peer-review activities in a provincial radiation oncology programme: current practice and future directions. BMJ Open 2013 0.75
106 Use of continuous infusion pumps during radiation treatment. J Oncol Pract 2013 0.75
107 Commentary: symptoms not associated with disease: an unmet public health challenge. Int J Epidemiol 2006 0.75
108 The use of intensity modulated radiation therapy in the treatment of breast cancer: evolving definition, misdirected criticism, and untoward effects. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004 0.75
109 Comment on "Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Science 2010 0.75
110 Misdiagnosis of conversion disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2003 0.75
111 Psychological medicine: obstacles to delivery. J Psychosom Res 2004 0.75
112 Differing perspectives on diagnostic proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. J Psychosom Res 2011 0.75
113 A device and procedure for immobilization of patients receiving limb-preserving radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma. Med Dosim 2008 0.75
114 Volume-based radiotherapy targeting in soft tissue sarcoma. Cancer Treat Res 2004 0.75
115 Oncology professionals' views on the use of antidepressants in cancer patients: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2011 0.75
116 Evidence of reduced complexity in self-report data from patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci 2010 0.75
117 Functional symptoms in neurology: case studies. Neurol Clin 2006 0.75
118 Advanced technologies in the radiotherapy clinic: system fundamentals. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 2011 0.75