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David Shiers

Researcher at University of Manchester

Publications -  102
Citations -  2472

David Shiers is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 81 publications receiving 1847 citations. Previous affiliations of David Shiers include Royal College of Psychiatrists & Keele University.

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Interventions to improve the experience of caring for people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Carer-focused interventions appear to improve the experience of caring and quality of life and reduce psychological distress of those caring for people with severe mental illness, and these benefits may be gained in first-episode psychosis.
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Tobacco Use Before, At, and After First-Episode Psychosis: A Systematic Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the prevalence and course of tobacco use during early psychosis using meta-analysis and found a strong association between first-episode psychosis and tobacco use (OR = 6.04; 95% CI, 3.03-12.02).
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tobacco use before, at and after first episode psychosis: A systematic meta-analysis : c66

TL;DR: Patients with first-episode psychosis tend to have smoked for some years prior to the onset of psychosis, have high prevalence of tobacco use at the time of presenting for treatment, and are much more likely to smoke than aged-matched controls.