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Research Interests
David McDaid is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics at the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is involved in a wide range of work on mental health and public ealth in the UK, Europe and at the global level. He is a co-ordinator of the Mental Health Economics European Network, a member of NICE's Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee since 2007, Co-Convenor of the Cochrane Campbell Economic Methods Group and has acted as an advisor to a range of organisations, including the European Commission and World Health Organisation, and national/regional governmental departments, including the Department of Health in England and equivalent bodies in Scotland and Wales. He has published over 300 peer reviewed papers and reports, including a report for the UK Department of Health which looked at the economic case for investing in mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention. He is the editor of two recent books – the first on economics and wellbeing and the second, a collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the OECD, looks at the economic case for investing in health promotion and disease prevention. He is also a past winner of the European Health Management Association's Baxter Award in 2007 for the best book on health policy – Mental Health Policy and Practice across Europe.
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David McDaid's Publications
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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Economics of Wellbeing (2014)
McDaid D, Cooper C
Wiley
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Mental Health Policy and Practice across Europe (2007)
Knapp M, McDaid D, Mossialos E, Thornicroft G
Open University Press
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The Issues Panel for Equity in Health: The Discussion Papers (2001)
Oliver A, Cookson R, McDaid D
Nuffield Trust
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Counting all the costs: the economic impact of comorbidity (2015)
McDaid D, Park A
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Economic modelling for global mental health (2014)
McDaid D
Oxford University Press
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Investing in wellbeing in the workplace: more than just a business case (2014)
McDaid D, Park A
Wiley-Blackwell
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Promoting the health and wellbeing of older people: making an economic case (2014)
Park A, McDaid D, Forsman A, Wahlbeck K
Wiley-Blackwell
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Investing in the wellbeing of young people: making the economic case (2014)
McDaid D, Park A, Currie C, Zanotti C
Wiley-Blackwell
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Capacity building (2014)
Jenkins R, Baingana F, McDaid D, Atun R
Cambridge University Press
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Making the economic case for road accident prevention (2013)
Anderson R, McDaid D, Park A
Open University Press
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Mental health: a key challenge for Europe in the 21st century (2013)
McDaid D
Eurohealth, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
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Responding to scarcity: understanding costs and cost-effectiveness (2012)
Knapp M, McDaid D
Sage
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Joint budgeting: can it facilitate intersectoral action? (2012)
McDaid D
Wold Health Organisation
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Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being. assessing the case for investing in health systems (2012)
McDaid D
Open University Press
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Mental health economics, mental health policies and the human rights implications (2012)
Mangalore R, Knapp M, McDaid D
Oxford University Press
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Tackling medically unexplained symptoms (2011)
McDaid D, Parsonage M, Park A
Department of Health
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Promoting well-being in the workplace (2011)
McDaid D, King D, Park A, Parsonage M
Department of Health
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Equity, efficiency and research synthesis (2010)
McDaid D, Sassi F
Wiley, BMJ Books
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Economics and public mental health (2010)
McDaid D, Park A
Pavilion Publishing
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Investing in the mental health of the labour force: epidemiological and economic impact of mental disorders in the workplace (2010)
Dewa C, McDaid D
Springer, Boston
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