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Integrating Mental and Physical healthcare: Research Training and Services (IMPARTS) is a King’s Health Partners initiative designed to bring together mental and physical healthcare in general hospital settings. 

The IMPARTS Research and Education team sits within the Department of Psychological Medicine. The team is interested in the interface between mental and physical health, in particular the link between depression and anxiety and long-term physical health conditions, and how to connect mental and physical healthcare. 

Research and education 

The routine collection of patient-reported outcomes in services across King’s Health Partners provides exciting audit and research opportunities. We routinely collect data covering various aspects of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression; anxiety; alcohol and drug misuse; smoking; adherence; physical function; fatigue; illness perceptions; quality of life; and sleep quality. This provides broad scope for cross-sectional research examining prevalence of variables of interest, and assessment of the factors associated with these. Furthermore, we are able to link IMPARTS data with information held in Electronic Patient Records, meaning that demographic and disease variables can also be examined in relation to IMPARTS data. 

The frequent follow-up of patients screened using IMPARTS also provides exciting scope for longitudinal study designs. These could examine the trajectory of mental health concerns, examine the impact of mental health on long-term physical health outcomes, or examine the impact of certain medical interventions on well-being.  

We have now been granted generalised ethical approval for IMPARTS-collected data to be used for research purposes. This will enable audit of clinical practice against local and national standards of care; evaluations of patterns of service usage and demographic trends to inform commissioning of services; and hypothesis-driven observational research using pseudonymised data. 

Please see our IMPARTS Research Governance Summary to find out more about how to apply to use IMPARTS data. You can read our IMPARTS research privacy policy here.

  1. If you are a clinician in a service in which IMPARTS data is already being collected and you wish to see your patients’ data for audit purposes, please contact imparts@slam.nhs.uk.
  2. If you are a clinician in a service in which IMPARTS data is already being collected and you wish to see your patients’ data for research purposes, or you are not working in a service but are interested in conducting research using IMPARTS data, please contact a member of our research team to discuss your potential project further. You will be asked to complete an IMPARTS research application form and, if your application is successful, an IMPARTS data transfer agreement (research) form.

If you are uncertain about whether your data request would qualify as research or audit, please see this webpage for advice.

IMPARTS courses

We run a 5-day and a 3-week course on mental health skills for non-mental health professionals. Find more information and book your place here.

Publications

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are independently associated with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes

Beatrice A Pieri, Gabriella A I Bergin-Cartwright, Anna Simpson, Julian Collins, Anna Reid, Janaka Karalliedde, Anna Brackenridge, Matthew Hotopf, Sufyan Hussain.
Published in Diabetes Care, 2022

The importance of illness severity and multimorbidity in the association between mental health and body weight in psoriasis: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

Neli T. Pavlova, Rona Moss-Morris, Catherine Smith, Ewan Carr, Lauren Rayner, Federica Picariello.
Published in the open access journal of Skin Health and Disease, 2022

Healthcare utilization and costs in chronic cough

Peter S. P. Cho, James Shearer, Anna Simpson, Sanchika Campbell, Mark Pennington, Surinder S. Birring.
Published in the journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2022

Outcomes of adults who received liver transplant as young children

Sunitha Vimalesvaran, Lara Neves Souza, Maesha Deheragoda, Marianne Samyn, Jemma Day, Anita Verma, Hector Vilca-Melendez, Mohamed Rela, Nigel Heaton, Anil Dhawan.
Published in eClinical Medicine. Part of The Lancet Discovery Science, 2021

Real-time screening tool for identifying post-traumatic stress disorder in facial trauma patients in a UK maxillofacial trauma clinic

K Howson, E Yeung, L Rayner, K Fan
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2021

The effectiveness of the Guy’s Rapid Diagnostic Clinic (RDC) in detecting cancer and serious conditions in vague symptom patients

Saoirse Olivia Dolly, Geraint Jones, Paula Allchorne, Daniel Wheeler, Sunnyath Ali, Yaseen Mukadam, Sifan Zheng, Loay Rahman, Jan Sindhar, Charlotte Louise Moss, Danielle Harari, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Anthony Cunliffe & Luigi Vincenzo De Michele 
Published in the British Journal of Cancer, 2021.

Association of Patient Mental Health Status With the Level of Agreement Between Patient and Physician Ratings of Psoriasis Severity

Ewan Carr, Satveer K Mahil, Anamaria Brailean, Tejus Dasandi, Andrew E Pink, Jonathan N Barker, Lauren Rayner, Mark A Turner, Kimberley Goldsmith, Catherine H Smith
Published in JAMA Dermatology, 2021

Catastrophising, pain self-efficacy and acceptance in patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome

Pavneet Chana, Jared G. Smith, Aalia Karamat, Anna Simpson, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2020

Integrating mental and physical health assessment in a neuro-otology clinic: feasibility, acceptability, associations and prevalence of common mental health disorders

David Herdman, Helen Sharma, Anna Simpson, Louisa Murdin
Published in the Clinical Medical Journal, 2020

The differential impact of neuropathic, musculoskeletal and neurovascular orofacial pain on psychosocial function

Jared Smith, Aalia Karamat, Lydia Melek, Simone Jayakumar, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 2020

A high prevalence of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in adults with cystic fibrosis is detected using tools already validated in other GI disorders 

Bu' Hussain, Kerry-Lee Watson, Sanchika Campbell, Anna Simpson, Emma Farrell, Penelope Hutchings, Patricia Macedo, Felicity Perrin, Kevin Whelan, Caroline Elston  
Published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2019 

To what extent do disease severity and illness perceptions explain depression, anxiety and quality of life in hidradenitis suppurativa? 

Alicia Blanco, Mark Turner, Gabriela Petrof, John Weinman  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2019

Comparison of the Neuropathic Pain Symptoms and Psychosocial Impacts of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Painful Posttraumatic Trigeminal Neuropathy

Lydia Melek, Jared Smith, Aalia Karamat, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 2019

Changing face of orofacial pain: The diagnostic impact of working with Neurology on an orofacial pain clinic 

Aalia Karamat, Jared Smith, Giorgio Lambru, Tara Renton  
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2019 

The psychosocial impact of orofacial pain in trigeminal neuralgia patients: a systematic review 

Lydia Melek, Maria Devine, Tara Renton  
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2018

Screening for psychological distress using the Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS): Initial validation of structural validity in dialysis patients

Joseph Chilcot, Joanna L Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, Amy Carroll, David Game, Anna Simpson, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2018

Tailored online cognitive therapy with or without therapist support calls to target psychological distress in adults receiving haemodialysis: a feasibility randomized controlled trial 

Joanne Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, Sam Norton, Federica Picariello, David Game, Amy Carroll, Jonathon Spencer, Paul McCrone, Matthew Hotopf, Lucy Yardley, Joseph Chilcot 
Published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2017 

Screening for anxiety and depression in people with psoriasis: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary referral setting 

Ruth Lamb, Faith Matcham, Mark Turner, Lauren Rayner, Anna Simpson, Matthew Hotopf, Jonathon Barker, Karina Jackson, Catherine Smith  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2017 

Improving distress in dialysis (iDiD):a feasibility two-arm parallel randomised controlled trial of an online cognitive behavioural therapy intervention with and without therapist-led telephone support for psychological distress in patients undergoing haemodialysis 

Joanna Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, David Game, Amy Carroll, Paul McCrone, Matthew Hotopf, Lucy Yardley, Joseph Chilcot  
Published in the BMJ Open Journal, 2017 

Integration of mental health screening in the management of patients with temporomandibular disorders 

Elizabeth Yeung, Ahmadkamal Abou-foul, Faith Matcham, Elizabeth Yeung, Kathy Fan  
Published in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017 

Smoking and common mental disorders in patients with chronic conditions: An analysis of data collected via a web-based screening system 

Faith Matcham, Amy Carroll, Natali Chung, Victoria Crawford, James Galloway, Anna Hames, Karina Jackson, Clare Jacobson, Dulka Manawadu, Lance McCracken, John Moxham, Lauren Rayner, Deborah Robson, Anna Simpson, Nicky Wilson, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2017

Liver Transplantation and Adolescence: The Role of Mental Health 

Anna Hames, Faith Matcham, Deepak Joshi, Michael Heneghan, Anil Dhawan, Nigel Heaton, Marianne Samyn 
Published in the Liver Transplantation Journal, 2016 

Mental disorder in limb reconstruction: Prevalence, associations and impact on work disability

Lauren Rayner, Anna Simpson, Faith Matcham, Sowmya Shetty, Om Lahoti, Graeme Groom, Matthew Hotopf 
Published in Psychosomatic Research, 2016

Usefulness of the SF-36 Health Survey in screening for depresive and anxiety disorders in rheumatoid arthritis

Faith Matcham, Sam Norton, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf 
Published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2016

Depression in patients with chronic pain attending a specialised pain treatment centre: prevalence and impact on healthcare costs

Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf, Hristina Petkova, Faith Matcham, Anna Simpson, Lance McCracken 
Published in Pain, 2016

Symptoms of depression and anxiety predict treatment response and long-term physical health outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Faith Matcham, Sam Norton, David L Scott, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf
Published in Rheumatology, 2016

Illness perception in individuals with hidradentitis suppurtiva at a tertiary referral clinic 

Gabriela Petrof, Lauren Rayner, Mark Turner, N Desai  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2015 

Progress in developing stepped-care psychological support for people with psoriasis

Mark A Turner, Lucy Moorhead, Anna Simpson, Karina Jackson  
Published in Dermatological Nursing, 2015 

The psychological correlates of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

Faith Matcham, Sheila Ali, Matthew Hotopf, Trudie Chalder
Published in Clinical Psychology Review, 2015

The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on quality-of-life assessed using the SF-36: A systematic review and meta-analysis  

Faith Matcham, Ian C. Scott, Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf, Gabrielle H. Kingsley, Sam Norton, David L. Scott, Sophia Steer
Published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2014
 
Self-help interventions for symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychological distress in patients with physical illnesses: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Faith Matcham, Lauren Rayner, Jane Hutton, Anna Monk, Catherine Steel and Matthew Hotopf
Published in Clinical Psychology Review, 2014

Embedding integrated mental health assessment and management in general hospital settings: feasibility, acceptability and the prevalence of common mental disorder

Lauren Rayner, Faith Matcham, Jane Hutton, Clive Stringer, Joanne Dobson, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2013 

The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Faith Matcham, Lauren Rayner, Sophia Steer and Matthew Hotopf
Published in Rheumatology, 2013

Publications

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are independently associated with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes

Beatrice A Pieri, Gabriella A I Bergin-Cartwright, Anna Simpson, Julian Collins, Anna Reid, Janaka Karalliedde, Anna Brackenridge, Matthew Hotopf, Sufyan Hussain.
Published in Diabetes Care, 2022

The importance of illness severity and multimorbidity in the association between mental health and body weight in psoriasis: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

Neli T. Pavlova, Rona Moss-Morris, Catherine Smith, Ewan Carr, Lauren Rayner, Federica Picariello.
Published in the open access journal of Skin Health and Disease, 2022

Healthcare utilization and costs in chronic cough

Peter S. P. Cho, James Shearer, Anna Simpson, Sanchika Campbell, Mark Pennington, Surinder S. Birring.
Published in the journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2022

Outcomes of adults who received liver transplant as young children

Sunitha Vimalesvaran, Lara Neves Souza, Maesha Deheragoda, Marianne Samyn, Jemma Day, Anita Verma, Hector Vilca-Melendez, Mohamed Rela, Nigel Heaton, Anil Dhawan.
Published in eClinical Medicine. Part of The Lancet Discovery Science, 2021

Real-time screening tool for identifying post-traumatic stress disorder in facial trauma patients in a UK maxillofacial trauma clinic

K Howson, E Yeung, L Rayner, K Fan
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2021

The effectiveness of the Guy’s Rapid Diagnostic Clinic (RDC) in detecting cancer and serious conditions in vague symptom patients

Saoirse Olivia Dolly, Geraint Jones, Paula Allchorne, Daniel Wheeler, Sunnyath Ali, Yaseen Mukadam, Sifan Zheng, Loay Rahman, Jan Sindhar, Charlotte Louise Moss, Danielle Harari, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Anthony Cunliffe & Luigi Vincenzo De Michele 
Published in the British Journal of Cancer, 2021.

Association of Patient Mental Health Status With the Level of Agreement Between Patient and Physician Ratings of Psoriasis Severity

Ewan Carr, Satveer K Mahil, Anamaria Brailean, Tejus Dasandi, Andrew E Pink, Jonathan N Barker, Lauren Rayner, Mark A Turner, Kimberley Goldsmith, Catherine H Smith
Published in JAMA Dermatology, 2021

Catastrophising, pain self-efficacy and acceptance in patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome

Pavneet Chana, Jared G. Smith, Aalia Karamat, Anna Simpson, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2020

Integrating mental and physical health assessment in a neuro-otology clinic: feasibility, acceptability, associations and prevalence of common mental health disorders

David Herdman, Helen Sharma, Anna Simpson, Louisa Murdin
Published in the Clinical Medical Journal, 2020

The differential impact of neuropathic, musculoskeletal and neurovascular orofacial pain on psychosocial function

Jared Smith, Aalia Karamat, Lydia Melek, Simone Jayakumar, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 2020

A high prevalence of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in adults with cystic fibrosis is detected using tools already validated in other GI disorders 

Bu' Hussain, Kerry-Lee Watson, Sanchika Campbell, Anna Simpson, Emma Farrell, Penelope Hutchings, Patricia Macedo, Felicity Perrin, Kevin Whelan, Caroline Elston  
Published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2019 

To what extent do disease severity and illness perceptions explain depression, anxiety and quality of life in hidradenitis suppurativa? 

Alicia Blanco, Mark Turner, Gabriela Petrof, John Weinman  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2019

Comparison of the Neuropathic Pain Symptoms and Psychosocial Impacts of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Painful Posttraumatic Trigeminal Neuropathy

Lydia Melek, Jared Smith, Aalia Karamat, Tara Renton
Published in the Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 2019

Changing face of orofacial pain: The diagnostic impact of working with Neurology on an orofacial pain clinic 

Aalia Karamat, Jared Smith, Giorgio Lambru, Tara Renton  
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2019 

The psychosocial impact of orofacial pain in trigeminal neuralgia patients: a systematic review 

Lydia Melek, Maria Devine, Tara Renton  
Published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2018

Screening for psychological distress using the Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS): Initial validation of structural validity in dialysis patients

Joseph Chilcot, Joanna L Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, Amy Carroll, David Game, Anna Simpson, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2018

Tailored online cognitive therapy with or without therapist support calls to target psychological distress in adults receiving haemodialysis: a feasibility randomized controlled trial 

Joanne Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, Sam Norton, Federica Picariello, David Game, Amy Carroll, Jonathon Spencer, Paul McCrone, Matthew Hotopf, Lucy Yardley, Joseph Chilcot 
Published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2017 

Screening for anxiety and depression in people with psoriasis: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary referral setting 

Ruth Lamb, Faith Matcham, Mark Turner, Lauren Rayner, Anna Simpson, Matthew Hotopf, Jonathon Barker, Karina Jackson, Catherine Smith  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2017 

Improving distress in dialysis (iDiD):a feasibility two-arm parallel randomised controlled trial of an online cognitive behavioural therapy intervention with and without therapist-led telephone support for psychological distress in patients undergoing haemodialysis 

Joanna Hudson, Rona Moss-Morris, David Game, Amy Carroll, Paul McCrone, Matthew Hotopf, Lucy Yardley, Joseph Chilcot  
Published in the BMJ Open Journal, 2017 

Integration of mental health screening in the management of patients with temporomandibular disorders 

Elizabeth Yeung, Ahmadkamal Abou-foul, Faith Matcham, Elizabeth Yeung, Kathy Fan  
Published in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017 

Smoking and common mental disorders in patients with chronic conditions: An analysis of data collected via a web-based screening system 

Faith Matcham, Amy Carroll, Natali Chung, Victoria Crawford, James Galloway, Anna Hames, Karina Jackson, Clare Jacobson, Dulka Manawadu, Lance McCracken, John Moxham, Lauren Rayner, Deborah Robson, Anna Simpson, Nicky Wilson, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2017

Liver Transplantation and Adolescence: The Role of Mental Health 

Anna Hames, Faith Matcham, Deepak Joshi, Michael Heneghan, Anil Dhawan, Nigel Heaton, Marianne Samyn 
Published in the Liver Transplantation Journal, 2016 

Mental disorder in limb reconstruction: Prevalence, associations and impact on work disability

Lauren Rayner, Anna Simpson, Faith Matcham, Sowmya Shetty, Om Lahoti, Graeme Groom, Matthew Hotopf 
Published in Psychosomatic Research, 2016

Usefulness of the SF-36 Health Survey in screening for depresive and anxiety disorders in rheumatoid arthritis

Faith Matcham, Sam Norton, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf 
Published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2016

Depression in patients with chronic pain attending a specialised pain treatment centre: prevalence and impact on healthcare costs

Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf, Hristina Petkova, Faith Matcham, Anna Simpson, Lance McCracken 
Published in Pain, 2016

Symptoms of depression and anxiety predict treatment response and long-term physical health outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Faith Matcham, Sam Norton, David L Scott, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf
Published in Rheumatology, 2016

Illness perception in individuals with hidradentitis suppurtiva at a tertiary referral clinic 

Gabriela Petrof, Lauren Rayner, Mark Turner, N Desai  
Published in the British Journal of Dermatology, 2015 

Progress in developing stepped-care psychological support for people with psoriasis

Mark A Turner, Lucy Moorhead, Anna Simpson, Karina Jackson  
Published in Dermatological Nursing, 2015 

The psychological correlates of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

Faith Matcham, Sheila Ali, Matthew Hotopf, Trudie Chalder
Published in Clinical Psychology Review, 2015

The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on quality-of-life assessed using the SF-36: A systematic review and meta-analysis  

Faith Matcham, Ian C. Scott, Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf, Gabrielle H. Kingsley, Sam Norton, David L. Scott, Sophia Steer
Published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2014
 
Self-help interventions for symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychological distress in patients with physical illnesses: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Faith Matcham, Lauren Rayner, Jane Hutton, Anna Monk, Catherine Steel and Matthew Hotopf
Published in Clinical Psychology Review, 2014

Embedding integrated mental health assessment and management in general hospital settings: feasibility, acceptability and the prevalence of common mental disorder

Lauren Rayner, Faith Matcham, Jane Hutton, Clive Stringer, Joanne Dobson, Sophia Steer, Matthew Hotopf
Published in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2013 

The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Faith Matcham, Lauren Rayner, Sophia Steer and Matthew Hotopf
Published in Rheumatology, 2013