Professor Martin Knapp

Director of PSSRU at LSE; Professor of Social Policy; Director of the NIHR School for Social Care Research

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Research Interests

Martin Knapp is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has also been Director of the NIHR School for Social Care Research since 2009. His current research emphases are primarily dementia, child and adult mental health, autism and long-term social care; much of his work has an economic focus, and in all of it he seeks to tease out the policy implications. He has published almost 600 peer-review journal papers and 15 books. His work has had numerous impacts on policy and practice in these areas.

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Martin Knapp's Publications

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Cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with social care needs: the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial (2014)

Henderson C, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Beecham J, Hirani S, Beynon M, Cartwright M, Rixon L, Doll H, Bower P, Steventon A, Rogers A, Fitzpatrick R, Barlow J, Bardsley M, Newman S

Age and Ageing 43, 6, 794-800

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Revisiting the causes of stress in social work: sources of job demands, control and support in personalised adult social care (2014)

Wilberforce M, Jacobs S, Challis D, Manthorpe J, Stevens M, Jasper R, Fernández J-L, Glendinning C, Jones K, Knapp M, Moran N, Netten A

British Journal of Social Work 44, 4, 812-830

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Patient-reported cognitive dysfunction negatively impacts functioning in patients with major depressive disorder–preliminary findings from the Perform study (2013)

Saragoussi D, Haro J, Boulenger JP, Jönsson B, Knapp M, Caillou, H, Chalem Y, Milea D, François C

Value in Health 16, 7, A543-A544

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Does telecare prolong community living in dementia? a study protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial (2013)

Leroi I, Woolham J, Gathercole R, Howard R, Dunk B, Fox C, O’Brien J, Bateman A, Poland F, Bentham P, Burns A, Davies A, Forsyth K, Gray R, Knapp M, Newman S, McShane R, Ritchie C

Trials 14, 349

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A multi-strand investigation of microsegmentation of the autism spectrum to enhance the data on the economic costs and benefits of provision (2013)

MacKay T, Boyle J, Knapp M, Connolly M

Good Autism Practice 14, Supplement 1, 99-104

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A cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a structured training programme for caregivers of inpatients after stroke: the TRACS trial (2013)

Forster A, Dickerson J, Young J, Patel A, Kalra L, Nixon J, Smithard D, Knapp M, Holloway I, Anwar S, Farrin A

Health Technology Assessment 17, 46

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Clinical effectiveness of a manual based coping strategy programme (START, STrAtegies for RelaTives) in promoting the mental health of carers of family members with dementia: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2013)

Livingston G, Barber J, Rapaport P, Knapp M, Griffin M, King D, Livingston D, Mummery C, Walker Z, Hoe J, Sampson E, Cooper C

British Medical Journal 347, 347:f6276

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Prevention: wrestling with new economic realities (2013)

Knapp M

Tizard Learning Disability Review 18, 4, 186-191

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Geographical inequalities in suicide rates and area deprivation in South Korea (2013)

Hong J, Knapp M

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 16, 3, 109-119

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The mental health consequences of the recession: economic hardship and employment of people with mental health problems in 27 European countries (2013)

Evans-Lacko S, Knapp M, McCrone P, Thornicroft G, Mojtabai R

PLoS ONE 8, 7

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Feasibility study of an optimized person-centred intervention to improve mental health and reduce antipsychotics amongst people with dementia in care homes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2013)

Whitaker R, Ballard C, Stafford J, Orrell M, Moniz-Cook E, Woods R, Murray J, Knapp M, Woodward-Carlton B, Fossey J,

Trials 14, 13

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Resource-use measurement based on patient recall: issues and challenges for economic evaluation (2013)

Thorn J, Coast J, Cohen D, Hollingworth W, Knapp M, Noble S, Ridyard C, Wordsworth S, Hughes D

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 11, 3, 155-161

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Effect of telecare on use of health and social care services: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trial (2013)

Steventon A, Bardsley M, Billings J, Dixon J, Doll H, Beynon M, Hirani S, Cartwright M, Rixon L, Knapp M, Henderson C, Rogers A, Hendy J, Fitzpatrick R, Newman S

Age and Ageing 42, 4, 501-508

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Economic impact of childhood psychiatric disorder on public sector services in Britain: estimates from national survey data (2013)

Snell T, Knapp M, Healey A, Guglani S, Evans-Lacko S, Fernández J-L, Meltzer H, Ford T

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54, 9, 977-985

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The cost of schizophrenia in Japan (2013)

Sado M, Inagaki A, Koreki A, Knapp M, Kissane LA, Mimura M, Yoshimura K ,

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 9, 787-798

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Cost-effectiveness of adherence therapy versus health education for people with schizophrenia: randomised controlled trial in four European countries (2013)

Patel A, McCrone P, Knapp M, Leese M, Amaddeo F, Tansella M, Kilian R, Angermeyer M, Kikkert M, Schene A,

Cost-Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 11, 12

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Cost-utility of a psychoeducational intervention in fibromyalgia patients compared with usual care: an economic evaluation alongside a 12-month randomized controlled trial (2013)

Devis JVL, Sabes-Figuera R, Cardeñosa E, Peñarrubia-Maria M, Fernandez-Vergel R, Garcia-Campayo J, Knapp M, Serrano-Blanco A

Clinical Journal of Pain 29, 8, 702-711

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The impact of ICT services on the perceptions of quality of life of older people (2013)

Damant J, Knapp M, Watters S, Freddolino P, Ellis M, King D

Journal of Assistive Technologies 7, 1, 5-21

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Does integrated governance lead to integrated patient care? Findings from the Innovation Forum (2013)

Beech R, Henderson C, Ashby S, Dickinson A, Sheaff R, Windle K, Wistow G, Knapp M

Health and Social Care in the Community 21, 6, 598-605

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Study of the use of anti-depressants for depression in dementia: the HTA-SADD trial: a multicentre randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine (2013)

Banerjee S, Hellier J, Romeo R, Dewey M, Knapp M, Ballard C, Baldwin R, Bentham P, Fox C, Holmes C, Katona C, Lawton C, Lindesay J, Livingston G, McCrae N, Moniz-Cook E, Murray J, Nurock S, Orrell M, O’Brien J, Poppe M, Thomas A, Walwyn R, Wilson K, Burns A

Health Technology Assessment 17, 7

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