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Dr Barbara Barrett

Academics

Senior Lecturer

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Biography

Barbara Barrett joined King’s in 2002 as a research assistant, completing her PhD here under Sarah Byford and becoming a member of academic staff in 2008. She has undergraduate and post graduate degrees in economics and health economics from the University of Birmingham.

Barbara is interested in applying health economic evaluation techniques to research questions across a range of clinical areas including mental health, maternal health and healthcare in criminal justice settings.

The other main aspect to her work is education. She leads the module on Economic Evaluation in Mental Health and is the departmental education lead, ensuring both the quantity and quality of the education King's Health Economics provides in HSPR.

Research Interests

Economic evaluation in clinical trials.
Health economics at the intersection of physical and mental health.
Economics of criminal justice (PhD supervision).
Economics of school-based health care interventions (PhD supervision).

Teaching

Health economics, economic evaluation.

Expertise and Public Engagement

Member of RELATE policy and research advisory group.

Latest publications

Prostaglandin insert dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for outpatient labour induction: A randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F)
Bhide, A., Sedgwick, P., Barrett, B., Cupples, G., Coates, R., Goode, R., Linton, S. & McCourt, C., 15 Aug 2020, In : Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6, 1, 113. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00661-7
Switching antipsychotic medication to reduce sexual dysfunction in people with psychosis: the REMEDY RCT
Crawford, M. J., Thana, L., Evans, R., Carne, A., O'Connell, L., Claringbold, A., Saravanamuthu, A., Case, R., Munjiza, J., Jayacondi, S., Reilly, J., Hughes, E., Hoare, Z., Barrett, B., Leeson, V. C., Paton, C., Keown, P., Pappa, S., Green, C. & Barnes, T. R. E., 14 Sep 2020, In : Health Technology Assessment. 24, 44 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Influence of apparently negative personality characteristics on the long-term outcome of health anxiety: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Tyrer, P., Wang, D., Tyrer, H., Crawford, M., Gemma, L., Cooper, S., Barrett, B. & Sanatinia, R., 27 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Personality And Mental Health. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Prostaglandin insert Dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for out-patient labour induction: A randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F)
Bhide, A., Sedgwick, P., Barrett, B., Crupples, G., Coates, R., Goode, R., Linton, S. & McCourt, C., 31 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Digital Interventions for Screening and Treating Common Mental Disorders or Symptoms of Common Mental Illness in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sin, J., McGregor, E., Collom, J., Taylor, A., Lawrence, V., Barrett, B., Barrett, B. & Henderson, C., 2 Sep 2020, In : Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22, 9, p. e20581 Research output: Contribution to journal - Review article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.2196/20581
Study Protocol for The Antidepressant Advisor (ADeSS): A Decision Support System for Antidepressant Treatment for Depression in UK primary care - a feasibility study: The Antidepressant Advisor
Harrison, P., Carr, E., Goldsmith, K., Young, A., Ashworth, M., Fennema, D., Barrett, B. & Zahn, R., 3 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : BMJ Open. 10:e035905, 22 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Structured psychological support for people with personality disorder: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a low-intensity intervention
Crawford, M., Thana, L., Parker, J. A., Turner, O., Carney, A., McMurran, M., Moran, P., Weaver, T., Barrett, B., Roberts, S., Claringbold, A., bassett, P., Sanatinia, R. & Spong, A., 6 Mar 2019, In : BJPsych Open. 6 , e25 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.7
Incidence of anorexia nervosa in young people in the UK and Ireland: A national surveillance study
Petkova, H., Simic, M., Nicholls, D., Ford, T., Prina, A. M., Stuart, R., Livingstone, N., Kelly, G., Macdonald, G., Eisler, I., Gowers, S., Barrett, B. M. & Byford, S., Oct 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 10, p. e027339 e027339. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027339
Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study
Byford, S., Petkova, H., Stuart, R. A., Nicholls, D., Simic, M., Ford, T., Macdonald, G., Gowers, S., Roberts, S. L. E., Barrett, B. M., Kelly, J., Kelly, G., Livingstone, N., Joshi, K., Smith, H. & Eisler, I., 1 Oct 2019, In : Health Services And Delivery Research. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Cost-effectiveness of care for people with psychosis in the community and psychiatric hospitals in the Czech Republic: an economic analysis
Winkler, P., Koeser, L. A., Kondrátová, L., Broulíková, H. M., Páv, M., Kalisova, L., Barrett, B. M. & McCrone, P. R., 9 Nov 2018, In : The Lancet Psychiatry. 5, 12, p. 1023-1031 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30388-2

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