Paul McCrone

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Professor Paul McCrone (Paul Richard McCrone) is Professor of Health Economics, and Director of Health Economics at the Institute of Psychiatry, a department of King's College London.[1][2] Professor McCrone is also a co-Director of the Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which is jointly led by King's College London and University College London and funded by the National Institute for Health Research, UK.[3] He has worked at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience for 25 years.[4]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2003, Cost-effectiveness of counselling, graded-exercise and usual care for chronic fatigue: evidence from a randomised trial in primary care[5] (Abstract)
  • 2003, The economic cost of chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in UK primary care[6] (Abstract)

PACE trial publications include:

Main trial outcome
Other PACE trial publications

Letters[edit | edit source]

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

Professor Paul McCrone has given a number of presentations at the Science Media Centre, including several promoting the benefits of Cognitive behavioral therapy or graded exercise therapy for ME/CFS, and lectures or seminars on the same topic at other UK universities.[14] He has been quoted in a number of news articles or press releases promoting the effectiveness or cost effectiveness of these treatments.[15][16][17]

Online presence[edit | edit source]

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Learn more[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Paul McCrone - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ "King's College London - Paul McCrone". kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ "King's College London - Research unit to bring evidence to forefront of mental health policy". kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ "King's College London - Research unit to bring evidence to forefront of mental health policy". kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ Sabes-Figuera, Ramon; McCrone, Paul; Hurley, Mike; King, Michael; Donaldson, Ana Nora; Ridsdale, Leone (August 20, 2012). "Cost-effectiveness of counselling, graded-exercise and usual care for chronic fatigue: evidence from a randomised trial in primary care". BMC Health Services Research. 12 (1): 264. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-264. ISSN 1472-6963. PMC 3480915. PMID 22906319.
  6. ↑ Seed, P.; Ridsdale, L.; Darbishire, L.; McCrone, P. (February 2003). "The economic cost of chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in UK primary care". Psychological Medicine. 33 (2): 253–261. doi:10.1017/S0033291702006980. ISSN 1469-8978.
  7. ↑ Seed, P.; Darbishire, L.; Ridsdale, L.; McCrone, P. (August 2004). "Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy, graded exercise and usual care for patients with chronic fatigue in primary care". Psychological Medicine. 34 (6): 991–999. doi:10.1017/S0033291704001928. ISSN 1469-8978.
  8. ↑ Clark, Lucy V.; McCrone, Paul; Ridge, Damien; Cheshire, Anna; Vergara-Williamson, Mario; Pesola, Francesca; White, Peter D. (June 8, 2016), "Graded Exercise Therapy Guided Self-Help Trial for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (GETSET): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Interview Study", JMIR research protocols, 5 (2): 70, doi:10.2196/resprot.5395, PMC 4917732, PMID 27278762
  9. ↑ White, PD; Goldsmith, KA; Johnson, AL; Potts, L; Walwyn, R; DeCesare, JC; Baber, HL; Burgess, M; Clark, LV; Cox, DL; Bavinton, J; Angus, BJ; Murphy, G; Murphy, M; O'Dowd, H; Wilks, D; McCrone, P; Chalder, T; Sharpe, M; The PACE Trial Management Group (March 5, 2011), "Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomised trial", The Lancet, 377 (9768): 823–836, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60096-2, PMID 21334061
  10. ↑ McCrone, P; Sharpe, M; Chalder, T; Knapp, M; Johnson, AL; Goldsmith, K (August 1, 2012), "Adaptive Pacing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Graded Exercise, and Specialist Medical Care for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis", PLoS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040808, PMID 22870204
  11. ↑ Walwyn, R; Potts, L; McCrone, P; Johnson, AL; DeCesare, JC; Baber, HL; Goldsmith, KA; Sharpe, M; Chalder, T; White, PD (November 13, 2013), "A randomised trial of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): statistical analysis plan", Trials Journal, doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-386
  12. ↑ White, PD; Chalder, T; Sharpe, M; Angus, BJ; Baber, HL; Bavinton, J; Burgess, M; Clark, LV; Cox, DL; DeCesare, JC; Goldsmith, KA; Johnson, AL; McCrone, P; Murphy, G; Murphy, M; O'Dowd, H; Potts, L; Walwyn, R; Wilks, D (January 2017). "Response to the editorial by Dr Geraghty". Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (9): 1113–1117. doi:10.1177/1359105316688953.
  13. ↑ "Testing a 'controversial' treatment for CFS/ME in children | Science Media Centre". Science Media Centre. Science Media Centre. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Paul McCrone - Centre for Health Economics, The University of York". york.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Brain training best value for ME". BBC news. August 2, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  16. ↑ Queen Mary University of London. "SMD - Two effective chronic fatigue syndrome treatments are good value for money - Queen Mary University of London". qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Calls to scrap common treatment for ME". BBC News. May 8, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
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