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Richard Churchill
Researcher at University of Nottingham
Publications - 14
Citations - 776
Richard Churchill is an academic researcher from University of Nottingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 761 citations.
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Antidepressant drugs and generic counselling for treatment of major depression in primary care: randomised trial with patient preference arms
C Chilvers,Michael E. Dewey,Katherine Fielding,Virginia Gretton,Paul Miller,Ben Palmer,David Weller,Richard Churchill,Idris Williams,Navjot Bedi,Conor Duggan,Alan Lee,Glynn Harrison +12 more
TL;DR: Generic counselling seems to be as effective as antidepressant treatment for mild to moderate depressive illness, although patients receiving antidepressants may recover more quickly, 12 months after starting treatment.
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Assessing effectiveness of treatment of depression in primary care. Partially randomised preference trial.
Navjot Bedi,C. E. D. Chilvers,Richard Churchill,Michael E. Dewey,Conor Duggan,Katherine Fielding,Virginia Gretton,Paul Miller,Glynn Harrison,Alan Lee,Idris Williams +10 more
TL;DR: A partially randomised preference trial to determine whether counselling is as effective as antidepressants for depression in primary care and whether allowing patients to choose their treatment affects their response, finding no differences in the baseline characteristics of the randomised and preference groups.
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Treating depression in general practice: factors affecting patients' treatment preferences.
Richard Churchill,M Khaira,Virginia Gretton,C Chilvers,Michael E. Dewey,Conor Duggan,Andrew Lee,Nottingham Counselling +7 more
TL;DR: Counselling was more popular than drug therapy (antidepressants), particularly among women, those who believed antidepressants are addictive, and those who had received such treatment in the past.
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Randomised controlled trials in general practice
Mike Pringle,Richard Churchill +1 more
TL;DR: The particular problems of recruitment and randomisation merit consideration with respect to primary care, and applying experimental methods in clinical practice presents problems that, if not properly addressed or acknowledged, may invalidate the findings.
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Tackling teenage turmoil: primary care recognition and management of mental ill health during adolescence.
TL;DR: How troubled teenagers can be identified, cared for and managed by primary care providers within the UK, although some of the information presented is from other countries, identifies inter-relationships with other health behaviours and risk factors.