Professor Michael Dennis

Research Highlights

1. Dennis, M., BAILLON, S., BRUGHA, T., LINDESAY, J., STEWART, R., & MELTZER, H. (2007). The spectrum of suicidal ideation in Great Britain: comparisons across a 16–74 years age range. Psychological Medicine, 37(06), 795-805.

   https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291707000013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1211
2. Karasouli, E., Karasouli, E., Owens, D., Owens, D., Abbott, R., Abbott, R., Hurst, K., & Dennis, M. (2011). All-cause mortality after non-fatal self-poisoning: a cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(6), 455-62.

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0213-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9260
3. Shah, A., Lindesay, J., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2011). Suicides by country of birth groupings in England and Wales: age-associated trends and standardised mortality ratios. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(3), 197

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0188-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9269
4. Bebbington, P., Cooper, C., Minot, S., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., Meltzer, H., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2009). Suicide Attempts, Gender, and Sexual Abuse: Data From the 2000 British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(10), 1135

   https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030310, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9840
5. Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., McManus, S., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2011). Personal debt and suicidal ideation. Psychological Medicine, 41(04), 771

   https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291710001261, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9841
6. Meltzer, H., Vostanis, P., Ford, T., Bebbington, P., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2011). Victims of bullying in childhood and suicide attempts in adulthood. European Psychiatry, 26(8), 498

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9842
7. Lloyd-Williams, M., Shiels, C., Taylor, F., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2009). Depression — An independent predictor of early death in patients with advanced cancer. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113(1-2), 127

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2008.04.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9843
8. Brophy, S., Davies, H., Dennis, M., Cooksey, R., Husain, M., Irvine, E., & Siebert, S. (2013). Fatigue in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Treatment Should Focus on Pain Management. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 42(4), 361-367.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.06.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11554
9. Dennis, M., Kadri, A., Coffey, J., & Dennis, M. (2012). Depression in older people in the general hospital: a systematic review of screening instruments. Age and Ageing, 41(2), 148-154.

   https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr169, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12807
10. Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., McManus, S., Rai, D., Dennis, M., & Jenkins, R. (2012). Physical ill health, disability, dependence and depression: Results from the 2007 national survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in England. Disability and Health Journal, 5(2), 102-110.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.02.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12809
11. Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Dennis, M., Jenkins, R., McManus, S., & Brugha, T. (2012). Feelings of loneliness among adults with mental disorder. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0515-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12810
12. Dennis, M., Owens, D., & Dennis, M. (2012). Self-harm in older people: a clear need for specialist assessment and care. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 200(5)-358.

    https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.111.104109, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15429
13. Spiers, N., Bebbington, P., Dennis, M., Brugha, T., McManus, S., Jenkins, R., Meltzer, H., & Dennis, M. (2013). Trends in suicidal ideation in England: the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys of 2000 and 2007. Psychological Medicine-9.

    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291713000317, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15430
14. Brophy, S., Cooksey, R., Davies, H., Dennis, M., Zhou, S., & Siebert, S. (2013). The effect of physical activity and motivation on function in ankylosing spondylitis: A cohort study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 42(6)-626.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.09.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15431
15. Davies, H., Brophy, S., Dennis, M., Cooksey, R., Irvine, E., & Siebert, S. (2013). Patient perspectives of managing fatigue in Ankylosing Spondylitis, and views on potential interventions: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 14(1)

    https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-163, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15432
16. Dennis, M., Shah, A., & Lindesay, J. (2009). Methods of elderly suicides in England and Wales by country of birth groupings. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(11)-1313.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2253, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15433
17. Dennis, M. (2008). Other causes of dementia. Psychiatry, 7(1)-35.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.11.011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15434
18. Dennis, M., Wakefield, P., Molloy, C., Andrews, H., Friedman, T., & Dennis, M. (2007). A study of self-harm in older people: Mental disorder, social factors and motives. Aging & Mental Health, 11(5)-525.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860601086611, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15435
19. Subramaniam, H., Dennis, M., & Byrne, E. (2007). The role of vascular risk factors in late onset bipolar disorder. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(8)-737.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1730, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15436
20. Jones, P., Gunnell, D., Platt, S., Scourfield, J., Lloyd, K., Huxley, P., John, A., Kamran, B., Wells, C., Dennis, M., & Jones, P. (2013). Identifying Probable Suicide Clusters in Wales Using National Mortality Data. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e71713

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071713, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15619

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0071713
21. Jordan, S., Snelgrove, S., Dennis, M., & Gabe-Walters, M. (2014). Medication Monitoring for People with Dementia in Care Homes: the Feasibility and Clinical Impact of Nurse-led monitoring.

    https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/843621, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17444
22. John, A., Hawton, K., Lloyd, K., Luce, A., Platt, S., Scourfield, J., Marchant, A., Jones, P., Dennis, M., Jones, P., & Dennis, M. (2014). PRINTQUAL – A Measure for Assessing the Quality of Newspaper Reporting of Suicide. Crisis, 35(6), 431-435.

    https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000276, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18552
23. Baillon, S., Dennis, M., Lo, N., Lindesay, J., & Dennis, M. (2014). Screening for depression in Parkinson's disease: the performance of two screening questions. Age and Ageing, 43(2), 200-205.

    https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft152, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18553
24. Baillon, S., Lindesay, J., Prabhakaran, P., Hands, O., Murray, J., Stacey, S., Gaur, S., Rajkonwar, A., Padmanabhan, J., Shukla, D., Chakrabarti, S., Lo, N., & Dennis, M. (2014). The utility of the Edinburgh Depression Scale as a screening tool for depression in Parkinson's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, n/a-n/a.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4110, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18556
25. John, A., Dennis, M., Kosnes, L., Gunnell, D., Scourfield, J., Ford, D., & Lloyd, K. (2014). Suicide Information Database-Cymru: a protocol for a population-based, routinely collected data linkage study to explore risks and patterns of healthcare contact prior to suicide to identify opportunities for intervention. BMJ Open, 4(11), e006780-e006780.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006780, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20296
26. Esiwe, C., Baillon, S., Rajkonwar, A., Lindesay, J., Lo, N., Dennis, M., & Dennis, M. (2015). Screening for depression in older adults on an acute medical ward: the validity of NICE guidance in using two questions. Age and Ageing

    https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20297
27. Cooper, C., Rantell, K., Blanchard, M., McManus, S., Dennis, M., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., Meltzer, H., & Bebbington, P. (2015). Why are suicidal thoughts less prevalent in older age groups? Age differences in the correlates of suicidal thoughts in the English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. Journal of Affective Disorders, 177, 42-48.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.02.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20298
28. Cooksey, R., Brophy, S., Dennis, M., Davies, H., Atkinson, M., Irvine, E., Siebert, S., Davies, H., Brophy, S., Dennis, M., Cooksey, R., & Atkinson, M. (2015). Severe flare as a predictor of poor outcome in ankylosing spondylitis: a cohort study using questionnaire and routine data linkage. Rheumatology

    https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20778
29. John, A., Marchant, A., McGregor, J., Tan, J., Hutchings, H., Kovess, V., Choppin, S., Macleod, J., Dennis, M., Lloyd, K., Hutchings, H., Lloyd, K., Dennis, M., McGregor, J., John, A., Tan, J., & Marchant, A. (2015). Recent trends in the incidence of anxiety and prescription of anxiolytics and hypnotics in children and young people: An e-cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 183, 134-141.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22342
30. Briel, M., Jordan, S., Gabe-Walters, M., Watkins, A., Humphreys, I., Newson, L., Snelgrove, S., Dennis, M., & Jordan, S. (2015). Nurse-Led Medicines' Monitoring for Patients with Dementia in Care Homes: A Pragmatic Cohort Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0140203

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140203, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23980

    http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140203
31. Baker, C., Huxley, P., Dennis, M., Islam, S., & Russell, I. (2015). Alleviating staff stress in care homes for people with dementia: protocol for stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate a web-based Mindfulness- Stress Reduction course. BMC Psychiatry, 15(1)

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0703-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25444
32. John, A., Hawton, K., Gunnell, D., Lloyd, K., Scourfield, J., Jones, P., Luce, A., Marchant, A., Platt, S., Price, S., & Dennis, M. (2016). Newspaper Reporting on a Cluster of Suicides in the UK. Crisis, 1-9.

    https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000410, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29646
33. Esiwe, C., Baillon, S., Rajkonwar, A., Lindesay, J., Lo, N., & Dennis, M. (2016). Screening for depression in older people on acute medical wards: the validity of the Edinburgh Depression Scale. Age and Ageing, 45(4), 554-558.

    https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw075, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30299
34. McManus, S., Hassiotis, A., Jenkins, R., Dennis, M., Aznar, C., & Appleby, L. (2016). Chapter 12: Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and self-harm. Mental health and wellbeing in England: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014. (pp. 1-29).

    SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31583
35. Broome, L., Broome, L., Battle, C., Lawrence, M., Evans, P., Dennis, M., & Evans, A. (2016). Cognitive Outcomes following Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 25(12), 2868-2875.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.07.048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31585
36. Dennis, M., Shine, L., John, A., Marchant, A., McGregor, J., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2017). Risk of Adverse Outcomes for Older People with Dementia Prescribed Antipsychotic Medication: A Population Based e-Cohort Study. Neurology and Therapy

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40120-016-0060-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31586
37. Islam, M., Baker, C., Huxley, P., Russell, I., Dennis, M., & Islam, S. (2017). The nature, characteristics and associations of care home staff stress and wellbeing: a national survey. BMC Nursing, 16(1)

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-017-0216-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33722
38. John, A., Marchant, A., Fone, D., McGregor, J., Dennis, M., Tan, J., Lloyd, K., Lloyd, K., Dennis, M., McGregor, J., John, A., & Marchant, A. (2016). Recent trends in primary-care antidepressant prescribing to children and young people: an e-cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 46(16), 3315-3327.

    https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291716002099, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34070
39. Okolie, C., Wood, S., Hawton, K., Kandalama, U., Glendenning, A., Dennis, M., Price, S., Lloyd, K., & John, A. (2020). Means restriction for the prevention of suicide by jumping. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013543, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53738
40. Marchant, A., Brown, M., Scourfield, J., Hawton, K., Cleobury, E., Dennis, M., Lloyd, K., McGregor, J., John, A., Cleobury, L., & McGregor, J. (2020). A Content Analysis and Comparison of Two Peaks of Newspaper Reporting During a Suicide Cluster to Examine Implications for Imitation, Suggestion, and Prevention. Crisis, 41(5), 398-406.

    https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000655, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53915
41. John, A., del Pozo Banos, M., Gunnell, D., Dennis, M., Scourfield, J., Ford, D., Kapur, N., & Lloyd, K. (2020). Contacts with primary and secondary healthcare prior to suicide: case–control whole-population-based study using person-level linked routine data in Wales, UK, 2000–2017. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 217(6), 1-8.

    https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.137, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54772
42. Okolie, C., Hawton, K., Lloyd, K., Price, S., Dennis, M., & John, A. (2020). Means restriction for the prevention of suicide on roads. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013738, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55407
43. Cooksey, R., Kennedy, J., Dennis, M., Escott-Price, V., Lyons, R., Seaborne, M., & Brophy, S. (2020). Proton pump inhibitors and dementia risk: Evidence from a cohort study using linked routinely collected national health data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 15(9), e0237676

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237676, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55833
44. John, A., Marchant, A., Hawton, K., Gunnell, D., Cleobury, L., Thomson, S., Spencer, S., Dennis, M., Lloyd, K., & Scourfield, J. (2022). Understanding suicide clusters through exploring self-harm: Semi-structured interviews with individuals presenting with near-fatal self-harm during a suicide cluster. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114566

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114566, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58751

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