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 a manual based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of family carers of people with dementia (the START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study): a 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, Romeo R

British Medical Journal 347, 347:f6342

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Goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation in early-stage dementia: study protocol for a multi-centre single-blind randomised controlled trial (GREAT) (2013)

Clare L, Bayer A, Burns A, Corbett A, Jones R, Knapp M, Kopelman M, Kudlicka A, Leroi I, Oyebode J, Pool J, Woods R, Whitaker R

Trials 14, 152, 1-15

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Supported employment: cost-effectiveness across six European sites (2013)

Knapp M, Patel A, Curran C, Latimer E, Catty J, Becker T, Drake R, Fioritti A, Kilian R, Lauber C, Rössler W, Tomov T, van Busschback, Comas Herrera A, White S, Wiersma D, Burns T

World Psychiatry 12, 1, 60-68

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Cost-effectiveness analyses for mirtazapine and sertraline in dementia: randomised controlled trial (2013)

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

British Journal of Psychiatry 202, 2, 121-128

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Building community capital in social care: is there an economic case? (2013)

Knapp M, Bauer A, Perkins M, Snell T

Community Development Journal 48, 2, 313-331

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The economic impact of early intervention in psychosis services for children and adolescents (2013)

McCrone P, Singh S, Knapp M, Smith J, Clark M, Tiffin P

Early Intervention in Psychiatry 7, 4, 368-373

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Cost effectiveness of telehealth for patients with long term conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested economic evaluation in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)

Henderson C, Knapp M, Fernandez J-L, Beecham J, Hirani S, Cartwright M, Rixon L, Beynon M, Rogers A, Bower P, Doll H, Fitzpatrick R, Steventon A, Bardsley M, Hendy J, Newman S, for the Whole System Demonstrator evaluation team

British Medical Journal 346, 346:f1035

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Development of DEMQOL-U and DEMQOL-PROXY-U: generation of preference-based indices from DEMQOL and DEMQOL-PROXY for use in economic evaluation (2013)

Mulhern B, Rowen D, Brazier J, Smith S, Romeo R, Tait R, Watchurst C, Chua K-C, Loftus V, Young T, Lamping D, Knapp M, Howard R, Banerjee S

Health Technology Assessment 17, 5

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Older people’s experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects (2013)

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

Ageing and Society 33, 5, 826-851

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The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns (2013)

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

Journal of Social Work 13, 2, 141-163

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The MonAMI project: the social benefits of telecare (2012)

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

International Journal of Integrated Care 12, Suppl, e56

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Exploring barriers to participation and adoption of telehealth and telecare within the Whole System Demonstrator trial: a qualitative study (2012)

Sanders C, Rogers A, Bowen R, Bower P, Hirani S, Cartwright M, Fitzpatrick R, Knapp M, Barlow J, Hendy J, Chrysanthaki T, Bardsley M, Newman S

BMC Health Services Research 12, 12:220

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The costs of early intervention in psychosis: restoring the balance (2012)

Mihalpoulos C, McCrone P, Knapp M, Johannessen J, Malla A, McGorry P

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 46, 9, 808-811

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Some reflections on social care research: joys, tribulations and aspirations (2012)

Knapp M, Richardson A

Research, Policy and Planning 29, 3, 147-151

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Treatment costs for depression with pain and cardiovascular comorbidities (2012)

Pan YJ, Knapp M, Yeh LL, Chen YP, McCrone P

Journal of Psychiatric Research 47, 3, 329-336

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Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for dementia (iCST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2012)

Orrell M, Yates LA, Burns A, Russell I, Woods R, Hoare Z, Moniz-Cook E, Henderson C, Knapp M, Spector A, Orgeta V

Trials 13, 172

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Donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease: The DOMINO trial (2012)

Knapp M, King D, Romeo R, Adams J, Baldwin A, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Barber R, Bentham P, Burns A, Dening T, Findlay D, Griffin M, Holmes C, Jacoby R, Johnson T, Jones R, Jones R, Juszczak E, Katona C, Lindesay J, Macharouthu A, McShane R, O'Brien J, Passmore P, Phillips P, Ritchie C, Sheehan B, Howard R

New England Journal of Medicine 366, 10, 893-903

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Mental health, poverty and development (2012)

Funk M, Drew N, Knapp M

Journal of Public Mental Health 11, 4, 166-185

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Economic aspects of the association between diabetes and depression: a systematic review (2012)

Molosankwe I, Patel A, Jose Gagliardino J, Knapp M, McDaid D

Journal of Affective Disorders 142, S42-S55

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The state of adult social care research: findings from an online survey (2012)

Rehill A, King D, Knapp M

Research, Policy and Planning 29, 2, 115-134

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