Title: Co-ordinating Editor, Cochrane Schizophrenia Group
Department: Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Location: Institute of Mental Health
Phone: 0115 8231287
Email: clive.adams@nottingham.ac.uk
Research Interests: Medical informatics; Biomedical search techniques; Using machines to help surmise evidence
Teaching Interests: Systematic reviewing; Evidence-based practice
Biography: Clive was born in rural Ulster, educated in Belfast and qualified in medicine (Queen’s University, Belfast) in 1983. He began psychiatry in Bradford in 1985 before gaining membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists whilst in Guy’s and Thomas’ (London) training scheme. After a research year, he was awarded a Masters in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Clive founded the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group whilst at Oxford University, and is now Chair of Mental Health Services Research in Nottingham (UK).
Author's Works
- Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of haloperidol plus promethazine plus chlorpromazine versus haloperidol plus promethazine for rapid tranquilisation for agitated psychiatric patients in the emergency setting (TREC-Lebanon) [In Press], 2020
- Identification of surveys in major biomedical bibliographic databases, 2020
- Classification of psychotherapy interventions for people with schizophrenia: development of the Nottingham Classification of Psychotherapies, 2020
- A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [In Press], 2019
- Study-based registers reduce waste in systematic reviewing: discussion and case report, 2019
- Introducing RAPTOR: RevMan Parsing Tool for Reviews, 2019
- The lost drugs of schizophrenia, 2019
- Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, 2019
- Physical health monitoring after rapid tranquillisation: clinical practice in UK mental health services, 2019
- Brief report: Autism spectrum disorder: A comprehensive survey of randomized controlled trials, 2018