Alan Currie

ORCID: 0000-0001-5617-4868
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Research Areas
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
2013-2025

United Kingdom Sport
2025

English Institute of Sport
2021-2025

Radboud University Nijmegen
2025

Radboud University Medical Center
2025

University of Sunderland
2018-2024

St Nicholas Hospital
2018

Bioengineering Center
2016

National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
2016

Synthetic Biologics (United States)
2016

Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport related manifestations within this population impair performance. cannot be separated from physical health, as evidenced by mental increasing the risk of injury delaying subsequent recovery. There no evidence or consensus based guidelines for diagnosis management in athletes. Diagnosis must differentiate character traits particular to athletes psychosocial maladaptations.Management strategies should address...

10.1136/bjsports-2019-100715 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019-05-16

Objectives To develop an assessment and recognition tool to identify elite athletes at risk for mental health symptoms disorders. Methods We conducted narrative systematic reviews about disorders in active former athletes. The views of (N=360) on sports were retrieved through electronic questionnaire. Our group identified the objective(s), target group(s) approach tools. For tool, we undertook a modified Delphi consensus process used existing validated screening instruments. Both tools...

10.1136/bjsports-2020-102411 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020-09-18

Mental health symptoms and disorders amongst elite athletes have attracted a great deal of discussion recently. Current epidemiological evidence illustrates that mental in are prevalent concern for athletes, coaches, sport organizations. Recently, seven consensus, expert, or position statements been written on the topic sport. A strategy suggested by each – aimed at preventing treating both individually systemically is to employ education interventions, specifically those based increasing...

10.1080/10413200.2020.1720045 article EN Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 2020-01-28

In 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published a consensus statement outlining principles for recording and reporting injury illness in elite sport. The authors encouraged sport federations to adapt framework their sport-specific context. Since this publication, several sports have extensions IOC statement.In response paucity of epidemiological data on athlete mental health, health working group adapted surveillance improve capturing data. addition members group, other experts...

10.1136/bjsports-2022-106687 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023-07-19

Abstract Sports psychiatry is a young field of medicine and that focuses on mental health among athletes, sports exercise within disorders. However, the development its fields activity vary from region to are not uniform yet. role psychiatrists have also already been discussed in medicine, medical teams competitive elite sports. A definition psychiatry, activity, psychiatrist, essential knowledge, skills, abilities ( plus attitudes, eKSA +A ) psychiatrist were developed as part an...

10.1111/sms.14627 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2024-04-01

: There is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport especially weight sensitive sports such as endurance, category aesthetic well jumping events. These illnesses not only common but lead to significant physical psychological morbidity impaired performances. Sports organizations, by extension the professionals whose job it help support athletes, have important roles dealing with these conditions. Preventative practices can be adopted if there an...

10.5812/asjsm.34864 article EN cc-by-nc Asian Journal of Sports Medicine 2010-06-01

ABSTRACT Background Toxicity monitoring should be modernized to include real‐world patient‐reported data. However, little is known about how stakeholders view the incorporation of toxicity symptoms into guidelines. This gap hinders development a sustained learning healthcare environment and limits this data daily care. Methods qualitative study, reported according COREQ, involved interviews with 29 plus 10 chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients 18 CML clinicians, including eight...

10.1002/cam4.70880 article EN cc-by Cancer Medicine 2025-04-01

Only two small, prior studies ascertained psychiatric treatment preferences for athletes among sports psychiatrists. This study aims to build upon and update those results by describing comprehensive rationales preferences, across competitive levels of athletes, practicing In 2024, organizations with large concentrations psychiatrists were provided an invitation regarding anonymous, web-based survey on in working mental health symptoms disorders. 75 respondents who identified as or training...

10.1080/00913847.2025.2495545 article EN The Physician and Sportsmedicine 2025-04-19

Summary Many novel therapeutic options for depression exist that are either not mentioned in clinical guidelines or recommended only use highly specialist services. The challenge faced by clinicians is when it might be appropriate to consider such ‘non-standard’ interventions. This analysis proposes a framework aid this decision. Declaration of interest In the past 3 years R.H.M.W. has received support research, expenses attend conferences and fees lecturing consultancy work (including...

10.1192/bjp.2017.33 article EN The British Journal of Psychiatry 2018-02-13

Abstract: Introduction: Sports psychiatry is an emerging medical and psychiatric discipline that has experienced significant development in recent years. This growth been accompanied by increase scientific outputs from sports psychiatrists other academics address the three fields of activity psychiatry: namely, mental health disorders competitive elite sports, sport-specific recreational use sport, exercise physical prevention treatment disorders. Conceptual publications have discussed scope...

10.1024/2674-0052/a000090 article EN cc-by-nd Sports Psychiatry 2024-10-24

Risperidone long acting injection (RLAI) is the only atypical antipsychotic available in UK. Its impact on NHS resource use has not been widely studied. This review of medical records was conducted to quantify RLAI psychiatric secondary care use, primarily terms episodes inpatient hospital 12 months before and after initiation. Data number hospitalizations bed days were collected retrospectively, from patient notes databases four acute units UK for all individuals with a diagnosis...

10.1177/0269881107084068 article EN Journal of Psychopharmacology 2008-01-21

<h3>Background</h3> Despite the known mental health benefits of exercise prevalence symptoms and disorders in high performance athletes appears to be slightly higher than general population with disabilities may especially at risk. However data is scarce valid comparisons are difficult. <h3>Objective</h3> To gauge psychological distress level wellbeing amongst UK Olympic Paralympic programme athletes. <h3><b>Design</b></h3> Cross-sectional questionnaire cohort study. <h3>Setting</h3>...

10.1136/bjsports-2021-ioc.127 article EN Poster presentations 2021-11-01

This paper reports on five cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) occurring in welders, an occupation which there is potential for intense exposure to nonsolar ultraviolet irradiation. The status light as the major aetiological factor NMSC well established, and great majority solar irradiation source. possible role sources should not be overlooked.

10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00565.x article EN Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2000-01-01
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