Job Title
Professor in Psychiatry
Department
WMS - Mental Health and Wellbeing
Phone
024 7657 4708
Research Interests
Scott's main research interests include the socio-economic and contextual determinants of the most common mental disorders, anxiety and depression in general population settings. He has experience of epidemiological research, especially cohort studies and secondary analysis of complex data sets.Currently funded projects include an evaluation of a lifestyle change intervention in people with severe mental illness. He is a collaborator on several national surveys of psychiatric morbidity.
Biography
Scott trained at Cambridge University and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, before completing post-graduate training in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was a Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, before being appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School (now Royal Free and University College Medical School) in 1996. He was appointed Foundation Professor of Psychiatry at Warwick Medical School in June 2003 and works as an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. He was appointed as Clinical Director of West Midlands (South) CLRN in October 2010.
- McBride, Orla, Duncan, Craig, Twigg, Liz, Keown, Patrick, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Scott, Jan, Parsons, Helen, Crepaz-Keay, David, Cyhlarova, Eva, Weich, Scott, 2023. Effects of ethnic density on the risk of compulsory psychiatric admission for individuals attending secondary care mental health services : evidence from a large-scale study in England. Psychological Medicine, 53 (2), pp. 458-467
- Weich, Scott, Fenton, Sarah-Jane Hannah, Staniszewska, Sophie, Canaway, Alastair, Crepaz-Keay, David, Larkin, Michael, Madan, Jason, Mockford, Carole, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Newton, Elizabeth, Croft, Charlotte, Foye, Una, Cairns, Aimee, Ormerod, Emma, Jeffreys, Stephen, Griffiths, Frances, 2020. Using patient experience data to support improvements in inpatient mental health care : the EURIPIDES multimethod study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8 (21), pp. 1-338
- 'Winsper, Catherine, 'Crawford Docherty, Anne, 'Weich, Scott, 'Fenton, Sarah-Jane Hannah, 'Singh, Swaran P., 2020. 'How do recovery-oriented interventions contribute to personal mental health recovery? A systematic review and logic model. Clinical Psychology Review, 76
- Houlden, Victoria, Porto de Albuquerque, Joa~o, Weich, Scott, Jarvis, Stephen A., 2019. A spatial analysis of proximate greenspace and mental wellbeing in London. Applied Geography, 109
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Mockford, Carole, Chadburn, Greg, Fenton, Sarah-Jane Hannah, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Larkin, Michael, Newton, Elizabeth, Crepaz-Keay, David, Griffiths, Frances, Weich, Scott, 2019. Experiences of inpatient mental health services : systematic review. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 214 (6), pp. 329-338
- Weich, Scott, Fenton, Sarah-Jane Hannah, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Staniszewska, Sophie, Madan, Jason, Larkin, Michael, Newton, Elizabeth, Crepaz-Keay, David, Canaway, Alastair, Croft, Charlotte, Griffiths, Frances, 2018. Realist evaluation of the use of patient experience data to improve the quality of inpatient mental health care (EURIPIDES) in England : study protocol. BMJ Open, 8 (6)
- Maughan, Daniel, Lillywhite, Robert, Pearce, Steve, Pillinger, Toby, Weich, Scott, 2016. Evaluating sustainability : a retrospective cohort analysis of the Oxfordshire therapeutic community. BMC Psychiatry, 16 (1)
- Barons, Martine J., Turner, Sally, Parsons, Nicholas R., Griffiths, Frances, Bethell, Hugh, Weich, Scott, Thorogood, Margaret, 2015. Fitness predicts long-term survival after a cardiovascular event : a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 5 (10)
- Weich, Scott, Pearce, Hannah L., Croft, Peter, Singh, Swaran P., Crome, Ilana B., Bashford, James, Frisher, Martin, 2014. Effect of anxiolytic and hypnotic drug prescriptions on mortality hazards : retrospective cohort study. BMJ, 348
- Mitrofan, Oana, Paul, Moli, Weich, Scott, Spencer, Nick, 2014. Aggression in children with behavioural/emotional difficulties : seeing aggression on television and video games. BMC Psychiatry, 14 (1)
- Adams, Ann, Vail, Laura, Buckingham, Christopher D., Kidd, Jane M., Weich, Scott, Roter, Debra, 2014. Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression. Social Science & Medicine, 116, pp. 161-168
- Rai, D., Hall, W., Bebbington, P., Skapinakis, P., Hassiotis, A., Weich, Scott, Meltzer, H., Moran, P., Brugha, T., Strydom, A., Farrell, M., 2013. Estimated verbal IQ and the odds of problem gambling : a population-based study. Psychological Medicine, pp. 1-11
- Weich, Scott, Bebbington, Paul, Rai, Dheeraj, Stranges, Saverio, McBride, Orla, Spiers, Nicola, Meltzer, Howard, Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), 2013. The population impact of common mental disorders and long-term physical conditions on disability and hospital admission. Psychological Medicine, 43 (5), pp. 921-931
- Bhui, Kamaldeep, McCabe, Rosemarie, Weich, Scott, Singh, Swaran P., Johnson, Mark R. D., Szczepura, Ala, 2013. THERACOM : a systematic review of the evidence base for interventions to improve Therapeutic Communications between black and minority ethnic populations and staff in specialist mental health services. Systematic Reviews, 2 (1)
- Cooper, Claudia, Spiers, Nicola, Livingston, Gill, Jenkins, Rachel, Meltzer, Howard, Brugha, Terry, McManus, Sally, Weich, Scott, Bebbington, Paul, 2013. Ethnic inequalities in the use of health services for common mental disorders in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48 (5), pp. 685-692
- Ali, Afia, Ambler, Gareth, Strydom, Andre, Rai, Dheeraj, Cooper, Claudia, McManus, Sally, Weich, Scott, Meltzer, H., Dein, Simon, Hassiotis, Angela, 2013. The relationship between happiness and intelligent quotient : the contribution of socio-economic and clinical factors. Psychological Medicine, 43 (06), pp. 1303-1312
- Calem, Maria, Bisla, Jatinder, Begum, Aysha, Dewey, Michael, Bebbington, Paul, Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), Cooper, Claudia, Jenkins, Rachel, Lindesay, James, McManus, Sally, Meltzer, Howard, Spiers, Nicola, Weich, Scott, Stewart, Robert, 2012. Increased prevalence of insomnia and changes in hypnotics use in England over 15 years : analysis of the 1993, 2000, and 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys. Sleep, Vol. 35 (No. 3)
- Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy, Weich, Scott, Powell, J. (John), Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., 2012. Evaluating the responsiveness of the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) : group and individual level analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10 (1)
- Weich, Scott, Griffith, Laura, Commander, Martin, Bradby, Hannah, Sashidharan, S. P., Pemberton, Sarah, Jasani, Rubina, Bhui, Kamaldeep Singh, 2012. Experiences of acute mental health care in an ethnically diverse inner city : qualitative interview study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol.47 (No.1), pp. 119-128
- Clark, C., Pike, C., McManus, Sally, Harris, J., Bebbington, Paul, Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), Jenkins, Rachel, Meltzer, Howard, Weich, Scott, Stansfeld, Stephen, 2012. The contribution of work and non-work stressors to common mental disorders in the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, Vol.42 (No.4), pp. 829-842
- Weich, Scott, McBride, O., Hussey, D., Exeter, D., Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), McManus, Sally, 2011. Latent class analysis of co-morbidity in the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in England 2007 : implications for DSM-5 and ICD-11. Psychological Medicine, Vol.41 (No.10), pp. 2201-2212
- Weich, Scott, Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), King, Michael B., McManus, Sally, Bebbington, Paul, Jenkins, Rachel, Cooper, Claudia, McBride, O., Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., 2011. Mental well-being and mental illness : findings from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey for England 2007. The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.199 (No.1), pp. 23-28
- Walters, K., Buszewicz, M., Weich, Scott, King, Michael B., 2011. Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder outcomes : prospective cohort study in primary care. The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.198 (No.6), pp. 472-478
- Keown, Patrick, Weich, Scott, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Scott, Jan, 2011. Association between provision of mental illness beds and rate of involuntary admissions in the NHS in England 1988-2008 : ecological study. BMJ, Vol.343
- Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., Tennant, Ruth, Tennant, Alan, Platt, Stephen, Parkinson, Jane, Weich, Scott, 2009. Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh MentalWell-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol.7 (No.15)
- Kessler, David, Lewis, Glyn, Kaur, Surinder, Wiles, Nicola, King, Michael, Weich, Scott, Sharp, Debbie J., Araya, Ricardo, Hollinghurst, Sandra, Peters, Tim J., 2009. Therapist-delivered internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, Vol.374 (No.9690), pp. 628-634
- King, Michael, Walker, Carl, Levy, Gus, Bottomley, Christian, Royston, Patrick, Weich, Scott, Bellon-Saameno, Juan Angel, Moreno, Berta, Svab, Igor, Rotar, Danica, Rifel, J., Maaroos, Heidi-Ingrid, Aluoja, Anu, Kalda, Ruth, Neeleman, Jan, Geerlings, Mirjam I., Xavier, Miguel, Carraca, Idalmiro, Pereira, Manuel José Gonçalves, Vicente, Benjamin et al (Select to open full list), 2008. Development and validation of an international risk prediction algorithm for episodes of major depression in general practice attendees : the PredictD study. Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol.65 (No.12), pp. 1368-1376
- Walters, Kate, Buszewicz, Marta, Weich, Scott, King, M. (Michael), 2008. Help-seeking preferences for psychological distress in primary care: effect of current mental state. British Journal of General Practice, Vol.58 (No.555), pp. 694-698
- King, Michael B., Nazareth, Irwin, Levy, Gus, Walker, Carl, Morris, R., Weich, Scott, Angel Bellon-Saameno, Juan, Moreno, Berta, Svab, Igor, Rotar, Danica, Rifel, J., Maaroos, Heidi-Ingrid, Aluoja, Anu, Kalda, Ruth, Neeleman, Jan, Geerlings, Mirjam I., Xavier, Miguel, de Almeida, Manuel Caldas, Correa, Bernardo, Torres-Gonzalez, Francisco, 2008. Prevalence of common mental disorders in general practice attendees across Europe. British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.192 (No.5), pp. 362-367
- Jenkins, Rachel, Bhugra, Dinesh, Bebbington, Paul, Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), Farrell, M., Dr., Coid, Jeremy, Fryers, Tom, Weich, Scott, Singleton , Nicola, Meltzer, Howard, 2008. Debt income and mental disorder in the general population. Psychological Medicine, Vol.38 (No.10), pp. 1485-1493
- Tennant, Ruth, Hiller, Louise, Fishwick, Ruth, Platt, Stephen, Joseph, Stephen, Weich, Scott, Parkinson, Jane, Secker, Jenny, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., 2007. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) : development and UK validation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol.5 (No.63)
- Hu, Yongjian (Researcher in medicine), Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., Twigg, Liz, Weich, Scott, 2007. Can the 12-item General Health Questionnaire be used to measure positive mental health?. Psychological Medicine, Vol.37 (No.7), pp. 1005-1013
- Weich, Scott, Nazareth, Irwin, Morgan, Louise, King, Michael, 2007. Treatment of depression in primary care: socio-economic status, clinical need and receipt of treatment. British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.191 (No.2), pp. 164-169
- Weich, Scott, Morgan, Louise, King, Michael, Nazareth, Irwin, 2007. Attitudes to depression and its treatment in primary care. Psychological Medicine, Vol.37 (No.9), pp. 1239-1248
- Rubino, Annalisa, Roskell, Neil, Tennis, Pat, Mines, Daniel, Weich, Scott, Andrews, Elizabeth, 2007. Risk of suicide during treatment with venlafaxine, citalopram, fluoxetine, and dothiepin: retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal, Vol.334 (No.7587), pp. 242-245
- King, Michael, Dinos, Sokratis, Shaw, Jenifer, Watson, Robert, Stevens, Scott, Passetti, Filippo, Weich, Scott, Serfaty, Marc, 2007. The Stigma Scale: development of a standardised measure of the stigma of mental illness. British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.190 (No.3), pp. 248-254
- Rubino, Annalisa, Roskell, Neil, Tennis, Pat, Mines, Daniel, Weich, Scott, Andrews, Elizabeth, 2006. Risk of suicide during treatment with venlafaxine, italopram, fluoxetine, and dothiepin : retrospective cohort study. BMJ, Vol.334 (No.7587)
- King, Michael, Weich, Scott, Torres-González, Francisco, ?vab, Igor, Maaroos, Heidi-Ingrid, Neeleman, Jan, Xavier, Miguel, Morris, Richard, Walker, Carl, Bellón-Saameño, Juan A., Moreno-Küstner, Berta, Rotar, Danica, Rifel, Janez, Aluoja, Anu, Kalda, Ruth, Geerlings, Mirjam I., Carraça, Idalmiro, Caldas de Almeida, Manuel, Vicente, Benjamin, Saldivia, Sandra et al (Select to open full list), 2006. Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees: the PREDICT study. BMC Public Health, Vol.6 (No.6)
- Skapinakis, Petros, Weich, Scott, Lewis, Glyn, Singleton , Nicola, Araya, Ricardo, 2006. Socio-economic position and common mental disorders - Longitudinal study in the general population in the UK. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189, pp. 109-117
- Brugha, T. S. (Traolach S.), Weich, Scott, Singleton , Nicola, Lewis, Glyn, Bebbington, Paul, Jenkins, Rachel, Meltzer, Howard, 2005. Primary group size, social support, gender and futuremental health status in a prospective study of peopleliving in private households throughout Great Britain. Psychological Medicine, Vol.35 (No.5), pp. 705-714
- Karlsen, Saffron, Nazroo, James Y., McKenzie, Kwame, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Weich, Scott, 2005. Racism psychosis and common mental disorder among ethnic minority groups in England. Psychological Medicine, Vol.35 (No.12), pp. 1795-1803
- Weich, Scott, Nazroo, James Y., Sproston, Kerry, McManus, Sally, Blanchard, Martin, Erens, Bob, Karlsen, Saffron, King, Michael, Lloyd, Keith, Stansfeld, Stephen, Tyrer, Peter, 2004. Common mental disorders and ethnicity in England :the EMPIRIC Study. Psychological Medicine, Vol.34, pp. 1543-1551
- Lorant, V., Croux, C., Weich, Scott, Deliege, D., Mackenbach, J., Ansseau, M., 2006. Depression and socio-economic status : an 8-year longitudinal population-based study. 19th Congress of the European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology, Paris, France, 16-20 Sep 2006, Published in European Neuropsychopharmacology, pp. S294-S295
- Rubino, Annalisa, Roskell, Neil, Tennis, Pat, Mines, Daniel, Weich, Scott, Andrews, Elizabeth, 2006. Risk of suicide during venlafaxine and comparator antidepressants treatment. 22nd International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management, Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 24 - 27, 2006, Published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, pp. S40-S41
- Weich, Scott, Duncan, Craig, Twigg, Liz, McBride, Orla, Parsons, Helen, Moon, Graham, Canaway, Alastair, Madan, Jason, Crepaz-Keay, David, Keown, Patrick, Singh, Swaran P., Bhui, Kamaldeep, 2020. Use of community treatment orders and their outcomes : an observational study. Health Services and Delivery Research, NIHR, pp. 1-76
- Barons, Martine J., Turner, Sally, Parsons, Nicholas R., Griffiths, Frances, Bethell, Hugh, Weich, Scott, Thorogood, Margaret, 2015. Data for Fitness predicts long-term survival after a cardiovascular event : a prospective cohort study. University of Warwick, Centre for Complexity Science and Department of Statistics
- Weich, Scott, 2012. In England, a peak in poor mental health in middle-aged people is present only among low-income households. Evidence-Based Mental Health, BMJ Publishing Group, pp. 8-8
- Alba, Cornelia Anca, Weich, Scott, Griffiths, Frances, 2011. Innovative methods : service users' experiences of a physical activity and lifestyle intervention for people with severe mental illness : a longitudinal qualitative study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, BMJ Group
- Weich, Scott, Patterson, Jacoby, Shaw, Richard, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., 2009. Family relationships in childhood and common psychiatric disorders in later life : systematic review of prospective studies. British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, pp. 392-398
- Weich, Scott, 2008. Availability of inpatient beds for psychiatric admissions in the NHS. British Medical Journal, BMJ Group
- Weich, Scott, 2007. Review of Social capital and mental health, ed. by McKenzie, K. and Harpham, T.. British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, pp. 278-278
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCARE via UCL | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jul 2016 | 30 Jun 2019 |
| Evaluating the Use of Patient Experience Data to Improve the Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Care | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Dec 2015 | 30 Nov 2018 |
| Evaluating the Effects of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in England Using the Mental Health Minimum Dataset | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jan 2016 | 31 Aug 2018 |
| Mental Health Alliance for Excellence, Resilience Innovation & Training - MERIT | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | 13 Mar 2016 | 31 Jul 2016 |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists: Small project funding - Angharad De cates: Feasibility study of investigation into specific neurocognitive correlates of self harm. | Royal College of Psychiatrists | 01 Apr 2015 | 31 Jul 2016 |
| Understanding social contributions to disparities in depression care: US and UK | ESRC | 01 Jan 2010 | 31 Dec 2014 |
| Scott Weich - Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust award (Research Fellow to support Research Impact Assessment project) | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust | 02 Sept 2013 | 31 Mar 2014 |
| Funding for Research Fellow for Trust Research Impact Assessment | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust | 29 Aug 2013 | 31 Mar 2014 |
| Cov and Warks Partnership Trust RDF funding:Developing Interventions to Reduce Involuntary Admissions to Hospital | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust | 01 Jun 2013 | 31 Oct 2013 |
| Therapeutic communication in black and minority ethnic populations: a synthesis of the evidence base: Via QMUL | The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) | 01 Jan 2012 | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Call 10/11 - FULL Proposal: Reponsive funding in the NHIR SDO Programme: Secondary analyses | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Oct 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 |
| Implementing the GRiST clinical decision support system within primary care and the community, to improve detection and management of suicide risk amongst depressed patients. | Judi Meadows Memorial Fund | 01 Jan 2011 | 31 Mar 2012 |
| HTA (OPERA) Older Peoples Exercise Invention in Residential and Nursing Accommodation | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Apr 2007 | 31 Mar 2011 |
| Ethnicity, Detention and Early intervention, Reducing Inequalities and Improving Outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic Patients - The Enrich Programme | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | 01 Apr 2007 | 31 Mar 2011 |
| Cross Cultural Validation of WEMWEBS Among English Speaking Members of Minority Ethnic Populations in the UK - continuing development 09/10 | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 01 Jun 2009 | 31 May 2010 |
| Pilot study to enhance recovery through physical activity | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jan 2008 | 31 Dec 2009 |
| Evaluation of Focused Implemenation Site Programme: Extension | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 01 May 2008 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| An investigation into the links between a proactive corporate approach to employee health, attendance management and its effect on organisational performance | BUPA Foundation | 01 Sept 2006 | 28 Feb 2009 |
| In-patient staff morale: a national investigation | University College London | 01 Nov 2006 | 31 Oct 2008 |
| MHRN Research Group: Ethnic Inequalities in Mental Health Care | Kings College London | 01 Oct 2006 | 30 Sept 2008 |
| Acute Mental Health Service Use by Black Minority Ethinc Groups Study | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 01 Mar 2008 | 31 Aug 2008 |
| BUPA Foundation Grant - A randomised controlled trial of internet based cognotive behavioural psychotherapy | University of Bristol | 01 Sept 2005 | 31 Dec 2007 |
| UK Longitudinal Household Study | ESRC | 01 Apr 2007 | 30 Sept 2007 |
| UK Longitudinal Household Study | ESRC | 01 Apr 2007 | 30 Sept 2007 |
| Evaluation of the Focussed Implementation Site Programme | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 01 Dec 2005 | 30 Nov 2006 |
| Affectometer 2 - Proposal for Phase 3 of the UK Validation - Supplemental IP Agreement | NHS Health Scotland | 01 Apr 2005 | 30 Jun 2006 |
| Affectometer 2 - Proposal for Phase 3 of the UK Validation | NHS Health Scotland | 01 Apr 2005 | 30 Jun 2006 |
| National Centre for Research in Ethnicity and Mental health | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 23 Jun 2005 | 23 Jun 2006 |
| National Centre for Research in Ethnicity and Mental Health | National Institute for Mental Health in England | 01 Jan 2003 | 31 Dec 2005 |