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Overview

Michael Barkham is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research is focused within the field of psychology, with a significant concentration in clinical psychology.

Their work spans several subfields of study including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Applied Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Barkham has contributed frequently to several publication venues, notably:

  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) and Feedback: Research Review and Recommendations, 2023, Psychotherapy Research
  • Prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in university undergraduate students: A systematic review with meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Stratified Care vs Stepped Care for Depression, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Mental Health During COVID-19 Lockdown in the United Kingdom, 2020, Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Are there interactional differences between telephone and face-to-face psychological therapy? A systematic review of comparative studies, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jaime Delgadillo
  • D. H. Saxon
  • Wolfgang Lutz
  • Emma Broglia
  • Peter Bower

Best Publications

  • Towards a standardised brief outcome measure: psychometric properties and utility of the CORE-OM.

    Chris Evans;Janice Connell;Michael Barkham;Frank Margison

  • CORE: Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation

    Chris Evans;John Mellor-Clark;Frank Margison;Michael Barkham

  • Changes in undergraduate students’ psychological well‐being as they progress through university

    Bridgette Bewick;Gina Koutsopoulou;Jeremy Miles;Esther Slaa

  • Effects of treatment duration and severity of depression on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy.

    David A. Shapiro;Michael Barkham;Anne Rees;Gillian E. Hardy

  • Service profiling and outcomes benchmarking using the CORE-OM: Toward practice-based evidence in the psychological therapies.

    Michael Barkham;Frank Margison;Chris Leach;Mike Lucock

  • The IIP-32 : A short version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems

    Michael Barkham;Gillian E. Hardy;Michael Startup

  • The contribution of reliable and clinically significant change methods to evidence-based mental health

    Chris Evans;Frank Margison;Michael Barkham

  • Prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in university undergraduate students: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

    Elena Sheldon;Melanie Simmonds-Buckley;Claire Bone;Thomas Mascarenhas

  • Measurement and psychotherapy: Evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence.

    Frank R. Margison;Michael Barkham;Chris Evans;Graeme McGRATH

  • Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (cCBT) as treatment for depression in primary care (REEACT trial): large scale pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Simon Gilbody;Elizabeth Littlewood;Catherine Hewitt;Gwen Brierley

  • Measuring, monitoring and managing the psychological well-being of first year university students

    Richard Cooke;Bridgette M. Bewick;Michael Barkham;Margaret Bradley

  • Dose-effect relations and responsive regulation of treatment duration: the good enough level.

    Michael Barkham;Janice Connell;William B Stiles;Jeremy N V Miles

  • Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural, person-centred, and psychodynamic therapies in UK primary-care routine practice: replication in a larger sample.

    William B. Stiles;Michael Barkham;John Mellor-Clark;Janice Connell

  • The CORE-10: A short measure of psychological distress for routine use in the psychological therapies

    Michael Barkham;Bridgette Bewick;Tracy Mullin;Simon Gilbody

  • Patterns of alliance development and the rupture-repair hypothesis: Are productive relationships U-shaped or V-shaped?

    William B. Stiles;Meredith J. Glick;Katerine Osatuke;Gillian E. Hardy

  • Influence of initial severity of depression on effectiveness of low intensity interventions: meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Peter Bower;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Alex Sutton;Tony Kendrick

  • Bridging evidence‐based practice and practice‐based evidence: developing a rigorous and relevant knowledge for the psychological therapies

    Michael Barkham;John Mellor-Clark

  • Methods to identify postnatal depression in primary care: an integrated evidence synthesis and value of information analysis.

    CE Hewitt;SM Gilbody;S Brealey;M Paulden

  • A systematic review, psychometric analysis and qualitative assessment of generic preference-based measures of health in mental health populations and the estimation of mapping functions from widely used specific measures.

    John Brazier;Janice Connell;Diana Papaioannou;Clara Mukuria

  • Dose-Effect Relations in Time-Limited Psychotherapy for Depression

    Michael Barkham;Anne Rees;William B. Stiles;David A. Shapiro

  • The effectiveness of web-based interventions designed to decrease alcohol consumption--a systematic review.

    Bridgette M. Bewick;Karen Trusler;Michael Barkham;Andrew J. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Gillian E. Hardy
Gillian E. Hardy University of Sheffield
William B. Stiles
William B. Stiles Miami University
Janice Connell
Janice Connell University of Sheffield
Glenys Parry
Glenys Parry University of Sheffield
Shirley Reynolds
Shirley Reynolds University of Reading
Bridgette M. Bewick
Bridgette M. Bewick University of Leeds
Stephen Pilling
Stephen Pilling University College London
Stephen Kellett
Stephen Kellett University of Sheffield
Jaime Delgadillo
Jaime Delgadillo University of Sheffield

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