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
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
Consultation-liaison psychiatry: how the intervention tested in The HOME Study differs from US practice - Authors' reply.
Journal article
Sharpe M. and Walker J., (2024), Lancet Psychiatry, 11, 875 - 876
