Michael King MD PhD FRCP FRCGP FRCPsych

Head of Research Department of Mental Health Sciences, Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry

Contact Details:

Department of Mental Health Sciences
Royal Free Campus
Rowland Hill Street
London NW3 2PF
Direct line 020 7830 2397
m.king@medsch.ucl.ac.uk

Brief biographical details

Michael King completed his medical studies in New Zealand before coming to the United Kingdom to undertake a vocational training in general practice at the Hammersmith Hospital. He then moved to the Maudsley Hospital to train in psychiatry and later trained in psychiatric epidemiology at the General Practice Research Unit in the Institute of Psychiatry under the leadership of the late Professor Michael Shepherd. Thus, much of his research focuses on primary mental health care. He is interested in how GPs recognise and manage mental health problems and the epidemiology of such problems in primary care populations. He has particular expertise in the methodology of randomised trials of complex interventions in primary and secondary care. He also has research and clinical interests in cognitive behaviour therapy and in sexual medicine.

Current research

Examples of recent and current externally funded projects are as follows:

• Epidemiology: a European wide study  to define predictors of depression in general practice attenders; the epidemiology of sexual dysfunction in primary care populations; a national study of the mental health of gay men and lesbians; associations between religious an spiritual belief and mental health and well-being
• Measurement: a number of instruments have been developed to measure: spiritual and religious beliefs; the stigma of mental illness; and sexual dysfunction
• Randomised trials:  the effectiveness of brief psychotherapy in general practice; the effectiveness of carer support in palliative care; the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for older depressed adults attending general practitioners; the effectiveness of art therapy for people with schizophrenia
• Systematic reviews: a review of the effect of patients' and professionals' preferences in randomised clinical trials; a review of the mental health of gay men and lesbians; a Cochrane systematic review of the effectiveness of psychostimulants in depression.

Selected publications

• Chatterjee S, Chowdhary N, Pednekar S, Cohen A, Andrew G, Araya R et al. Integrating evidence-based treatments for common mental disorders in routine primary care: feasibility and acceptability of the MANAS intervention in Goa, India. World Psychiatry 2008; 7:39-46
• Patel V, Araya R, Chowdhary N, King M, Kirkwood B, Nayak S et al. Detecting common mental disorders in primary care in India: a comparison of five screening questionnaires. Psychological Medicine 2008; 38:221-228.
• King M, Jones, L, Richardson A, Murad S,  Irvin A, Haslett H, Ramsay A, Coelho H, Andreou P, Tookman A, Mason C, Nazareth I. The relationship between patients’ experiences of continuity of cancer care and health outcomes: a mixed methods study British Journal of Cancer 2008; 98: 529-536.
• Osborn DPJ, Levy G, Nazareth I, King M. (2008) Suicide and severe mental illnesses. Cohort study within the UK General Practice Research Database Schizophrenia Research. 99 (1-3) 134-138
• Patel V H, Kirkwood B R, Pednekar S, Araya R, King M, Chisholm D, Simon G Weiss H Improving the outcomes of primary care attenders with common mental disorders in developing countries: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a collaborative stepped care intervention in Goa, India. Trials 2008, 9:4 (25 Jan 2008)
• King  M B, Nazareth I, Levy G, Walker C, Morris R, Weich S, Bellón-Saameño J, Moreno B, Švab I, Rotar D, Rifel J, Maaroos Heidi, Aluoja A, Kalda R, Neeleman J, Geerlings M, Xavier M, de Almeida M, Correa B, Torres-Gonzalez F.  Prevalence of common mental disorders in general practice attendees across Europe: the PREDICT study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 192: 362-367.
• Passetti F, Clark L, Mehta MA, Joyce E, King M. Neuropsychological predictors of clinical outcome in opiate addiction. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2008 Apr 1;94(1-3):82-91. Epub 2007 Dec 11. PMID: 18063322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• King M.  Invited commentary on Proposals for massive expansion of psychological therapies would be counterproductive across society.  British Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 192:331-332.
• Candy B; Jones L; Williams R; Tookman A; King M. Psychostimulants for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD006722. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006722.pub2
• Sampson E, Thune-Boyle I, Kukkastenvehmas R, Jones L, Tookman, King M, Blanchard M.
  Palliative care in advanced dementia; a mixed methods approach for the development of a
  complex intervention BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7:8.
• Whiting, M., Leavey, G., Scammell, A., Au, S., King, M. Using acupuncture to treat depression: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.  Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2008; 16:87-91.
• King M, Semlyen J, See Tai S, Killaspy H, Osborn D, Popelyuk D, Nazareth I. A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a systematic review.  BMC Psychiatry 2008;8:70 (18 August).
• Bellon J, Moreno-Kustner B, Torres-Gonzalez F, Monton-Franco C, GildeGomez-Barragan M, Sanchez-Celaya M, az-Barreiros M, Vicens C, de Dios Luna J, Cervilla J,  Gutierrez Blanca, Martinez-Canavate M, Olivan-Blazquez B, Vazquez-Medrano A, Sanchez-Artiaga M, March S, Motrico E, Ruiz-Garcia V, Brangier-Wainberg P, del Mar Munoz-Garcia M, Nazareth I, King M; the predictD group Predicting the onset and persistence of episodes of depression in primary health care. The predictD-Spain study: Methodology. BMC Public Health 2008; 8(1):256.
• David PJ Osborn, Christine A Wright, Gus Levy, Michael B King, Raman Deo and Irwin Nazareth.  Relative risk of diabetes, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome in people with severe mental illnesses. Systematic review and meta-analysis Journal: BMC Psychiatry 2008
• Walters K, Buszewicz M, Weich S, King M.  Help-seeking preferences for psychological distress in primary care: effect of current mental state. British Journal of General Practice 2008; 58:694-698.
• Killaspy,H., Bebbington,P., Johnson,S., King,M. (2008). Developing mental health services in response to research evidence. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale 17, 47-56.
• Strydom A, Hassiotis A, King M, Livingston G. The relationship of dementia prevalence in older adults with intellectual disability (ID) to age and severity of ID. Psychological Medicine (in press).
• Bhui K, King M, Dein S, O’Connor W. Ethnicity and religious coping with mental distress.  Journal of Mental Health (in press)
• Wilkinson S, Croy P, King M, Barnes J. Are we getting it right? Parents’ perceptions of hospice child bereavement support services.  Palliative Medicine (in press).
• Nazareth I, Jones L, Irving A, Haslett H, Ramsay, Richardson A, Tookman A, Mason C, King M. Perceived concepts of continuity of care in people with colorectal and breast cancer
  – a qualitative case study analysis. European Journal of Cancer Care (in press).
• Ali A, Strydom A, Hassiotis A, Williams R, King M. A measure of the perceived stigma of intellectual disability. British Journal of Psychiatry (in press).
• King, Michael, Walker Carl, Levy Gus, Bottomley Christian, Royston Patrick, Weich, Scott, Bellón-Saameño, Juan Ángel, Moreno, Berta, Švab, Igor, Rotar, Danica, Rifel, J,  Maaroos, Heidi-Ingrid, Aluoja, Anu, Kalda, Ruth, Neeleman, Jan, Geerlings, Mirjam I, Xavier, Miguel, Carraça, Idalmiro, Gonçalves-Pereira Manuel, Vicente, Benjamin, Saldivia, Sandra, Melipillan, Roberto, Torres-Gonzalez Francisco,  Nazareth, Irwin.  Development and validation of an international risk prediction algorithm for episodes of major depression in general practice attendees: the predictD study Archives of General Psychiatry(in press).
• Rivera M, Molina E, Torres-González F, Bellón J, Moreno-Küstner B, King M, Nazareth I, Martínez-González L, Martínez- Espín E, Muñoz-García M, Motrico E, Martínez-Cañavate T, Lorente J, Luna J, Cervilla J. High-activity variants of the uMAOA polymorphism increase the risk for depression in a large primary care sample. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. (in press). 
• Weich S, Morgan L, King M, Nazareth I.  Attitudes to Depression and its Treatment in Primary Care. British Journal of General Practice (in press).
• Sampson E L, Blanchard M R, Jones L, Tookman A, King M. Dementia in the acute hospital: prospective cohort study of prevalence and mortality. British Journal of Psychiatry (in press).
• Killaspy H, Johnson S, Pierce B, Bebbington P, Pilling S, Nolan F, King M.  A mixed methods analysis of interventions delivered by assertive community treatment and community mental health teams in the REACT trial. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatry Epidemiology (in press)
  

 

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