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Max Birchwood
Researcher at University of Warwick
Publications - 268
Citations - 20099
Max Birchwood is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 259 publications receiving 18491 citations. Previous affiliations of Max Birchwood include University of Birmingham & Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Preventing the entrenchment of high expressed emotion in first episode psychosis: early developmental attachment pathways.
TL;DR: The early ontogeny of EE in a first-episode sample of individuals with psychosis and its links with the process of adaptation to change are examined, finding that attachment theory may help to explain some of the processes underlying resistance to change inSome of the high-EE behaviours measured by expressed emotion.
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Prediction of psychosis in clinical high-risk patients by the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire. Results of the EPOS project
Raimo K. R. Salokangas,Peter Dingemans,Markus Heinimaa,T. Svirskis,T. Svirskis,Sinikka Luutonen,Jarmo Hietala,Stephan Ruhrmann,Georg Juckel,H. Graf von Reventlow,D. Linszen,D. Linszen,Max Birchwood,Paul Patterson,Frauke Schultze-Lutter,Joachim Klosterkötter +15 more
TL;DR: The SPQ subscales and items describing ideas of reference and lack of close interpersonal relationships were found to correlate significantly with TTP, and the co-occurrence of these features doubled the risk of TTP.
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Effect of delaying treatment of first-episode psychosis on symptoms and social outcomes: a longitudinal analysis and modelling study.
Richard Drake,Richard Drake,Nusrat Husain,Nusrat Husain,Max Marshall,Shôn Lewis,Shôn Lewis,Barbara Tomenson,Barbara Tomenson,Imran B Chaudhry,Imran B Chaudhry,Imran B Chaudhry,Linda Everard,Swaran P. Singh,Nick Freemantle,David Fowler,David Fowler,Peter B. Jones,Tim Amos,Tim Amos,Vimal Sharma,Chloe D Green,Helen L. Fisher,Robin M. Murray,Til Wykes,Iain Buchan,Max Birchwood +26 more
TL;DR: Long DUP was associated with reduced treatment response across subscales, consistent with a harmful process upstream of individual symptoms' mechanisms, and underscore the importance of rapid access to a comprehensive range of treatments, especially in the first weeks after psychosis onset.
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Randomised Controlled Trial of Joint Crisis Plans to Reduce Compulsory Treatment for People with Psychosis: Economic Outcomes
Barbara Barrett,Waquas Waheed,Simone Farrelly,Max Birchwood,Graham Dunn,Clare Flach,Claire Henderson,Morven Leese,Helen Lester,Max Marshall,Diana Rose,Kim Sutherby,George Szmukler,Graham Thornicroft,Sarah Byford +14 more
TL;DR: The evidence does not support the cost-effectiveness of JCPs for White or Asian ethnic groups, but there is at least a 90% probability of the JCP intervention being the more cost-effective option in the Black ethnic group.
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The national policy reforms for mental health services and the story of early intervention services in the United Kingdom.
Renju Joseph,Max Birchwood +1 more
TL;DR: The reforms include changes to services for first-episode psychosis, which have attracted considerable consumer support and have been used to commission specialized ("functional") community teams for people with severe mental illness.