Michael Sharpe (psychiatrist)

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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 PACE Trial which controversially recommended exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.[5]

In 2021 he 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]

  1. ^ "Professor Michael Sharpe". People. St Cross College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Michael Sharpe". Department of Psychiatry. University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  3. ^ "EAPM president Michael Sharpe receives the Hackett Award from ACLP". EAPM. European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "60 Seconds With Michael Sharpe". Oxford University. Department of Psychiatry, Oxford. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Chronic fatigue trial results 'not robust', new study says". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Post Covid 19 Syndrome" (PDF). SwissRe. Swiss Re. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Apparently just by talking about it, I'm super-spreading long Covid". The Guardian. The Guardian newspaper. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Our Team: Michael Sharpe". Oxford University. Department of Psychiatry, Oxford. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. ^ "RCPsych Awards 2009: Winners". Awards. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  10. ^ "RCPsych Awards 2014: The Winners". Awards. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.