Contact information
Michael Sharpe
MA (Oxon), MB BChir, MD (Cantab)
Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine
- Consultant in Psychological Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals.
- President, European Association for Psychosomatic Medicine, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Integrated Care.(EAPM).
- Recipient of the prestigious Eleanor and Thomas P Hackett Memorial Award of the American Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and the Adolf Meyer Award for research achievement from the American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Integrating medical and psychiatric care ; multi-morbidity; clinical trials; service implementation
Current activities
I aim to improve patient care by developing and evaluating novel ways to integrate psychiatry into medicine. I am particularly interested in creating real-world solutions to the challenge of delivering integrated mental and physical healthcare, and how this is being done internationally.
Recent publications
Implementing integrated mental and physical healthcare: Experience in Oxford University Hospitals.
Journal article
Sharpe M. and Walker J., (2026), J Psychosom Res, 207
Risks and benefits of probabilistic suicide risk tools
Other
FAZEL S. et al, (2026), The British journal of psychiatry.
Proactive Integrated Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry for older medical inpatients: The HOME Study RCT of its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Journal article
Sharpe M. et al, (2025), Health Soc Care Deliv Res, 13, 1 - 85
Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions for older medical inpatients: a cohort study.
Journal article
Walker J. et al, (2024), BMJ Support Palliat Care, 14, e2461 - e2464
