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Joe Reilly
Honorary Visiting Professor

Profile

Biography

Joe works to resolve staff conflict in the NHS via his role as a workplace mediator, and helps staff cope with the emotional impact of working in healthcare as Clinical Lead for Schwartz Rounds at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV NHSFT).  After undergraduate medicine at Nottingham, he trained in adult psychiatry in London and Newcastle, and worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the North East until NHS retirement in 2021.  Previously as Clinical Director of R&D at TEWV, he established the research partnership between the Trust and the University of York.  He was also Head of the Mental Health Research Group at Durham University and held leadership roles in the NIHR Clinical Research Network.

Qualifications

  • BMedSci, BM BS, DM (Nottingham)
  • DipMedSci, CertMedEd (Newcastle)
  • FRCPsych

 

Research

Overview

Joe’s research degree work examined the association between psychotropic drugs, cardiotoxicity and sudden death. His main research interest has been personality disorder - the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions, and approaches to diagnosis and risk. As co-investigator he completed two major NIHR Health Technology Assessment funded randomised trials in personality disorder (PEPS and LABILE). He continues involvement in large scale clinical trials in mental health as co-investigator on the NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research “Community-based behavioural activation training (ComBAT) for adolescents” led by Professor Lina Gega.

Projects

Research group(s)

Teaching

Postgraduate

  • PhD supervision at University of York and Durham University

Other teaching

  • Structured Clinical Management in Borderline Personality Disorder (Teesside University)

External activities

Memberships

  • Member of the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder 
  • Member of the British Association for Psychopharmacology
  • Member of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology

Other

  • Schwartz Round facilitator, University of Hull

Contact details

Professor Joe Reilly
Honorary Visiting Professor

Publications

Selected publications

  • SCIMITAR+ collaborative (2020). Cost-effectiveness of a specialist smoking cessation package compared with standard smoking cessation services for people with severe mental illness in England : a trial-based economic evaluation from the SCIMITAR+ study.  Addiction, Vol 115: No. 11: 2113-2122
  • Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, C.; Brabyn, S.; Allen, S. F.; Reilly, J.; Clarke, C.; de Vroege, L.; Gilbody, S.; Wittington, M.; Lagos, D. (2020) Conversion and neuro-inflammation disorder observational study (CANDO). Protocol of a feasibility study. European Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 34: No. 3: 164-172
  • Peckham, Emily; Arundel, Catherine; Bailey, Della; Crosland, Suzanne; Fairhurst, Caroline; Heron, Paul; Hewitt, Catherine; Li, Jinshuo; Parrott, Steve; Bradshaw, Tim; Horspool, Michelle; Hughes, Elizabeth; Hughes, Tom; Ker, Suzy; Leahy, Moira; McCloud, Tayla; Osborn, David; Reilly, Joseph; Steare, Thomas; Ballantyne, Emma; Bidwell, Polly; Bonner, Susan; Brennan, Diane; Callen, Tracy; Carey, Alex; Colbeck, Charlotte; Coton, Debbie; Donaldson, Emma; Evans, Kimberley; Herlihy, Hannah; Khan, Wajid; Nyathi, Lizwi; Nyamadzawo, Elizabeth; Oldknow, Helen; Phiri, Peter; Rathod, Shanaya; Rea, Jamie; Romain-Hooper, Crystal-Bella; Smith, Kaye; Stribling, Alison; Vickers, Carinna; Gilbody, Simon. (2019). A bespoke smoking cessation service compared with treatment as usual for people with severe mental ill health : the SCIMITAR+ RCT. Health technology assessment, Vol. 23: No. 50: 1-116
  • Gilbody, Simon; Peckham, Emily; Bailey, Della; Arundel, Catherine; Heron, Paul; Crosland, Suzanne; Fairhurst, Caroline; Hewitt, Catherine; Li, Jinshuo; Parrott, Steve; Bradshaw, Tim; Horspool, Michelle; Hughes, Elizabeth; Hughes, Tom; Ker, Suzy; Leahy, Moira; McCloud, Tayla; Osborn, David; Reilly, Joe; Steare, Thomas; Ballantyne, Emma; Bidwell, Polly; Bonner, Sue; Brennan, Diane; Callen, Tracy; Carey, Alex; Colbeck, Charlotte; Coton, Debbie; Donaldson, Emma; Evans, Kimberley; Herlihy, Hannah; Khan, Wajid; Nyathi, Lizwi; Nyamadzawo, Elizabeth; Oldknow, Helen; Phiri, Peter; Rathod, Shanaya; Rea, Jamie; Romain-Hooper, Crystal-Bella; Smith, Kaye; Stribling, Alison; Vickers, Carinna. (2019). Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness (SCIMITAR+) : a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, Vol. 6: No. 5: 379-390
  • Short, V., Covey, J. A., Webster, L. A. D., Wadman, R., Reilly, J., Hay-Gibson, N., & Stain, H. (2019). Considering the team in team formulation: a systematic review.  Mental Health Review Journal, 24(1), 11-29
  • Alabi A, Todd A, Husband A, Reilly J (2016).  Safety profile of lamotrigine in overdose.  Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology Published online August 8, 2016, doi: 10.1177/2045125316656707
  • McMurran M, Day F, Reilly J, Delport  J, McCrone P, Whitham D, Tan W, Duggan C, Montgomery AA, Williams HC, Adams CE, Jin H, Lewis M, Moran P, Crawford MJ (2016).  Psychoeducation and problem solving (PEPS) therapy for adults with personality disorder:  A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a manualised intervention to improve social functioning.  Health Technology Assessment 20(52)
  • Crawford, M.J., Sanatinia, R., Barret, B., Byford, S., Cunningham, G., Gakhal, K., Lawrence-Smith, G., Leeson, V., Lemonsky, F., Lykomitrou, G., Montgomery, A., Morriss, R., Paton, C., Tan, W., Tyrer, P. & Reilly, J.G. (2015). Lamotrigine versus inert placebo in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation. Trials 16: 308.
  • Sykes, M.J., Brabban, A. & Reilly, J. (2015). Balancing harms in support of recovery. Journal of Mental Health 24(3): 140-144.
  • Wood, V.J., Gesler, W., Curtis, S.E., Spencer, I.H., Close, H.J., Mason, J. & Reilly, J.G. (2015). 'Therapeutic landscapes' and the importance of nostalgia, solastalgia, salvage and abandonment for psychiatric hospital design. Health & Place 33: 83-89
  • Close, H., Reilly, J., Mason, J.M., Mukesh, K., Wilson, D., Main, J. & Hungin, A.P.S. (2014). Renal Failure in Lithium-Treated Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLOS ONE 9(3): e90169
  • Beckwith, H., Moran, P.F. & Reilly, J.G. (2014). Personality disorder prevalence in psychiatric outpatients: A systematic literature review. Personality and Mental Health 8(2): 91-101
  • Crawford, MJ, MacLaren, T & Reilly, JG (2014). Are mood stabilisers helpful in treatment of borderline personality disorder?. BMJ 349: g5378
  • Van Zyl, M., Wieczorek, G. & Reilly, J. G. (2013). Survey of venous thromboembolism incidence in mental health services for older people survey of in-patient units. Psychiatrist 37: 283-285
  • Gupta, S., Kripalani, M., Khastgir, U. & Reilly, J. (2013). Management of the renal effects of lithium. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 19: 457-466
  • Curtis, S.E., Gesler, W., Wood, V.J., Spenser, I., Mason, J., Close, H. & Reilly, J. (2013). Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards. Social Science & Medicine 97: 201-209
  • Van Zyl, M., Wieczorek, G. & Reilly, J. G. (2013). Awareness of Venous Thromboembolism in Mental Health Services for Older People. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 21(4): 375-378