Matthias Pierce
Biographic Data
| ID | 7449720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Pierce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Pierce |
| SIGNATURE | PIERCE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2182-0369 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Managing the consequences of rising mental‐health awareness—a commentary on Marcotulli et al. (2025)
The editorial by Marcotulli, Foulkes and Stringaris presents a dynamic‐systems framework for understanding the effects of mental‐health information campaigns. They argue that surges in help‐seeking may lead to poorer diagnostic accuracy and reduced treatment efficacy, with potential harm to patients. Their systems‐level approach is timely and valuable. The editorial's predictions rest on several assumptions: new help‐seekers have lower severity, …
Mental health responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Looking Back to Move Forward
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the swift response of mental health research funders and institutions, service providers, and academics enabled progress toward understanding the mental health consequences. Nevertheless, there remains an urgent need to understand the true extent of the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, necessitating ongoing research. Although the speed with which mental health researcher…
Mental health before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during Covid-19
Effect of initiating drug treatment on the risk of drug-related poisoning death and acquisitive crime among offending heroin users
For heroin-using offenders, initial contact with treatment services does not appear to reduce the likelihood of a future acquisitive offence
Ageing opioid users’ increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK
International testing and explanation are needed of UK's sharp age-related increase in the risk of methadone-specific death. Clients should be alerted that their risk of methadone-specific death increases as they age
Pathways through opiate use and offending
Confounding in longitudinal studies in addiction treatment research
Background: The effectiveness of treatment for people with substance use disorders is usually examined using longitudinal cohorts. In these studies, treatment is often considered as a time-varying exposure. The aim of this commentary is to examine confounding in this context, when the confounding variable is time-invariant and when it is time-varying. Method: Types of confounding are described with examples and illustrated using path diagrams. Si…
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Confounding in longitudinal studies in addiction treatment research
Background: The effectiveness of treatment for people with substance use disorders is usually examined using longitudinal cohorts. In these studies, treatment is often considered as a time-varying exposure. The aim of this commentary is to examine confounding in this context, when the confounding variable is time-invariant and when it is time-varying. Method: Types of confounding are described with examples and illustrated using path diagrams. Si…
Pathways through opiate use and offending
Effect of initiating drug treatment on the risk of drug-related poisoning death and acquisitive crime among offending heroin users
For heroin-using offenders, initial contact with treatment services does not appear to reduce the likelihood of a future acquisitive offence
Ageing opioid users’ increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK
International testing and explanation are needed of UK's sharp age-related increase in the risk of methadone-specific death. Clients should be alerted that their risk of methadone-specific death increases as they age
Mental health before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during Covid-19
Mental health responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Looking Back to Move Forward
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the swift response of mental health research funders and institutions, service providers, and academics enabled progress toward understanding the mental health consequences. Nevertheless, there remains an urgent need to understand the true extent of the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, necessitating ongoing research. Although the speed with which mental health researcher…
Managing the consequences of rising mental‐health awareness—a commentary on Marcotulli et al. (2025)
The editorial by Marcotulli, Foulkes and Stringaris presents a dynamic‐systems framework for understanding the effects of mental‐health information campaigns. They argue that surges in help‐seeking may lead to poorer diagnostic accuracy and reduced treatment efficacy, with potential harm to patients. Their systems‐level approach is timely and valuable. The editorial's predictions rest on several assumptions: new help‐seekers have lower severity, …
Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Pandemic (4 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Longitudinal study (3 works)