Professor Martin Knapp

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

020 7955 6225

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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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Developing the evidence base for adult social care practice: The NIHR School for Social Care Research (2010)

Knapp M, Manthorpe J, Mehta A, Challis D, Glendinning C, Hastings G, Mansell J, Netten A

Journal of Care Services Management 4, 2, 167-179

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Gearing up for personalisation: Training activities commissioned in the English Pilot Individual Budgets Sites 2006-2008 (2010)

Manthorpe J, Stevens M, Rapaport J, Jacobs S, Challis D, Wilberforce M, Netten A, Knapp M, Glendinning C

Social Work Education 29, 3, 319-331

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Health and social care costs for young adults with epilepsy in the UK (2010)

Beecham J, Snell T, Perkins M, Knapp M

Health and Social Care in the Community 18, 5, 465-473

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Residential services in Europe - findings from the DECLOC study (2009)

Beadle-Brown J, Mansell J, Knapp M, Beecham J

International Journal of Integrated Care 9

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Cost-effectiveness of combination therapy versus antidepressant therapy for management of depression in Japan (2009)

Sado M, Knapp M, Yamauchi K, Fujisawa D, So M, Nakagawa A, Kikuchi T, Ono Y

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 43, 6, 539-547

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Economic impact of early intervention services for psychosis: demonstration of a decision model approach (2009)

McCrone P, Knapp M, Dhanasiri S

Early Intervention in Psychiatry 3, 4, 266-273

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Making an economic case for prevention and promotion (2009)

Knapp M, McDaid D

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 11, 49-56

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Guest editorial: Mental wellbeing of older people: Making an economic case (2009)

Knapp M

Australian eJournal for the Advancement of Mental Health 8, 2, 123-127

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The Barcelona declaration on bridging knowledge in long-term care and support. Barcelona (Spain), March 7, 2009 (2009)

Salvador-Carulla L, Balot J, Weber G, Zelderloo L, Parent AS, McDaid D, Solans J, Knapp M, Mestheneos L, Wolfmayr F

International Journal of Integrated Care 9, Suppl, e179

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Outcome measures used in forensic mental health research: a structured review (2009)

Chambers JC, Yiend J, Barrett B, Burns T, Doll H, Fazel S, Jenkinson C, Kaur A, Knapp M, Plugge E, Sutton L, Fitzpatrick R

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 19, 1, 9-27

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Social care: a new initiative in England to fill evidence gaps (2009)

Knapp M, Mehta A

Eurohealth 15, 4, 12-14

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The treatment of challenging behaviour in intellectual disabilities: cost-effectiveness analysis (2009)

Romeo R, Knapp M, Tyrer P, Crawford M, Oliver-Africano P

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 53, 7, 633-643

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Housing services for people with mental disorders in England: patient characteristics, care provision and costs (2009)

Priebe S, Saidi M, Want A, Mangalore R, Knapp M

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 44, 10, 805-14

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DOMINO-AD protocol: donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease - a multicentre RCT (2009)

Jones R, Sheehan B, Phillips P, Juszczak E, Adams J, Baldwin A, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Barber R, Bentham P, Brown R, Burns A, Dening T, Findlay D, Gray R, Griffin M, Holmes C, Hughes A, Jacoby R, Johnson T, Jones R, Knapp M, Lindesay J, McKeith I, McShane R, Macharouthu A, O'Brien J, Onions C, Passmore P, Raftery J, Ritchie C, Howard R

Trials 10, 57

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Impact of psychotic relapse definitions in assessing drug efficacy and costs: comparison of quetiapine XR, olanzapine and paliperidone ER (2009)

Knapp M, Locklear J, Järbrink K

Current Medical Research and Opinion 25, 7, 1593-1603

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Economics and new strategies for funding and financing (2009)

Knapp M, Cabases Hita J

International Journal of Integrated Care 9, Suppl

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Balance of care (deinstitutionalisation in Europe). Results from the Mental Health Economics European Network (MHEEN) (2009)

Knapp M, McDaid D, Medeiros H

International Journal of Integrated Care 9, Suppl

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Cost estimation of a health-check intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities in the UK (2009)

Romeo R, Knapp M, Morrison J, Melville C, Allan L, Finlayson J, Cooper S

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 53, 5, 426-439

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Neuroleptics in the treatment of aggressive challenging behaviour for people with intellectual disabilities: a randomized controlled trial (NACHBID) (2009)

Tyrer P, Oliver-Africano P, Romeo R, Knapp M, Dickens S, Bouras N, Ahmed Z, Cooray S, Deb S, Murphy D, Hare M, Meade M, Reece B, Kramo K, Bhaumik S, Harley D, Regan A, Thomas D, Rao B, Karatela S, Lenôtre L, Watson J, Soni A, Crawford M, Eliahoo J, North B

Health Technology Assessment 13, 21, iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-54

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Financial incentives to improve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients - a cluster randomised controlled trial (FIAT) (2009)

Priebe S, Burton A, Ashby D, Ashcroft R, Burns T, David A, Eldridge S, Firn M, Knapp M, McCabe R

BMC Psychiatry , 9:61

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