Francis Creed
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 330220 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Francis Creed |
| PRENOMES | Francis |
| SOBRENOME | Creed |
| ASSINATURA | CREED F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3077-5002 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1986 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”
Launched in 1946, Woman's Hour became one of Britain's first women-organised radio programmes, predominantly targeting mothers. In 1960, Woman's Hour transmitted the first mass media broadcast on "childbirth depression" in Britain; however, such discussions only became standard on Woman's Hour in the twenty-first century. This article explores why the BBC and Woman's Hour developed an interest in maternal mental health. It then evaluates how Woma…
Nemone Lethbridge's play Baby Blues on BBC television
In December 1973, the BBC aired Nemone Lethbridge’s auto-fictional play Baby Blues as one of their influential ‘Play for Today’ (PfT) series (1970–1984). This article explores the impact of Lethbridge’s controversial television play, which drew attention to taboo topics, such as infertility, caesarean section childbirth, infanticide, suicide, and, separately, motherhood ageism and dismissive medical professionals. It will illustrate how Lethbridg…
Psychiatric disorders and the onset of self-reported fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Introduction This study aimed to assess whether psychiatric disorders predict the onset of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) which develop in the presence of pre-existing muscle pain or fatigue. Methods The population-based Lifelines cohort study included 148,614 adults with relevant data for the fibromyalgia study and 136,423 for the CFS study. Participants with prior self-reported fibromyalgia (or CFS) at baseline were excluded fr…
The Predictors of Somatic Symptoms in a Population Sample
OBJECTIVE: Multiple bodily symptoms predict poor health status, high healthcare use, and onset of functional somatic syndromes. This study aimed to identify the predictors of somatic symptoms with special reference to mental disorders. METHODS: The prospective, population-based Lifelines cohort study included 80,888 adults who were followed up for a mean of 2.4 years. At baseline sociodemographic status, self-reported medical disorders, functiona…
From ‘Immoral’ Users to ‘Sunbed Addicts’
Drawing on the changing representations of sunbed consumers within everyday entertainment media and national newspapers from the late 1980s to early 1990s, this article will demonstrate how sunbed use was framed, at first, as an 'immoral' working-class activity, and later as a growing addictive threat to white adolescent women. Medical experts had finally confirmed that sunbeds increased the risk of developing skin cancer, and the media had taken…
Tania Woloshyn, Soaking up the Rays
Soaking up the Rays presents one of the first monographs to examine the controversial histories and visual cultures of light therapy in Britain. Tania Woloshyn explains a wide variety of light therapies available from the late 19th to early 20th century and the illnesses (both medical and aesthetic) that they treated. Woloshyn’s purpose is not to measure their ‘success’. Instead, she evaluates both the changing historical contexts and visual ‘rep…
Associations between antenatal depression and neonatal outcomes in Malawi
Studies from several low- and middle-income countries have shown that antenatal depression may be a risk factor for poor neonatal outcomes. However, those studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa have not consistently demonstrated this association. We set out to investigate whether antenatal depression is associated with shorter duration of pregnancy and reduced newborn size in rural Malawi. Pregnant women recruited from four antenatal clinics to …
The impact of maternal diet fortification with lipid‐based nutrient supplements on postpartum depression in rural Malawi
Perinatal depression is highly prevalent in low-and-middle-income countries and has been linked to poor child health. Suboptimal maternal nutrition may be a risk factor for perinatal depression. In this randomised-controlled trial conducted in rural Malawi, we set out to test the hypothesis that women taking a fatty acid-rich lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) would have fewer depressive symptoms postpartum than those taking iron-folate (IFA) …
The impact of perinatal depression on exclusive breastfeeding
Perinatal depression is associated with infant undernutrition. We hypothesised that perinatal depression was associated with early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced quantity of breast milk in rural Pakistan. We used a prospective cohort design to study a population-based sample of 132 depressed and 147 non-depressed women from the third trimester of pregnancy to 6 months post-natal. Current major depressive episode was measured in …
Psychological distress in mothers of children admitted to a nutritional rehabilitation unit in M alawi – a comparison with other paediatric wards
In a previous study we found a very high prevalence of psychological distress in mothers of children admitted to a nutritional rehabilitation unit (NRU) in Malawi, Africa. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence and severity of maternal distress within the NRU with that in other paediatric wards. Given the known association between poor maternal psychological well-being and child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countrie…
Somatization and Health Anxiety as Predictors of Health Care Use
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the number of somatic symptoms and health anxiety are independent predictors of future health care use after adjusting for confounders. METHODS: In a random sample of the adult UK population, questionnaires assessed the number of somatic symptoms (Somatic Symptom Inventory), health anxiety (Whiteley Index), anxiety/depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), the number of physical illnesses and demographic var…
Somatization is associated with physical health-related quality of life independent of anxiety and depression in cancer, glaucoma and rheumatological disorders
Cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention by community health workers for mothers with depression and their infants in rural Pakistan
New Onset Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Predicts Cardiac Mortality
Objective: Studies investigating the effects of depression on mortality following myocardial infarction (MI) have produced heterogeneous findings. We report on a study investigating whether the timing of the onset of depression, with regard to the MI, affected its impact on subsequent cardiac mortality. Methods: Five hundred and eighty-eight subjects admitted following MI underwent assessments of cardiac status, cardiac risk factors, and noncardi…
Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth – a cross‐sectional study from Malawi
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due for measles vaccination, and their mothers. Mean infant weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores were compared between infants of mothers with and without CMD as measured using the …
Reported Sexual Abuse Predicts Impaired Functioning but a Good Response to Psychological Treatments in Patients With Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effect of reported sexual abuse on symptom severity and health-related quality of life in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) undergoing psychological treatments. METHODS: IBS patients entering a treatment trial who reported prior sexual abuse were compared with the remainder in terms of symptom severity and health-related quality of life (SF-36) at trial entry and 15 months later. Analyses used ANCOVA w…
Changes in Tolerance to Rectal Distension Correlate With Changes in Psychological State in Patients With Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: Reduced tolerance to rectal distension has been regarded as a biological marker for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but longitudinal studies are few. This study determined whether change in tolerance to rectal distension after psychological treatments was associated with: 1) change in abdominal pain; 2) change in psychological symptoms; 3) a reported history of sexual abuse. METHODS: Participants completed a visual analogue scale of ab…
Chest Pain in Patients With Cardiac and Noncardiac Disease
Objective: To describe factors influencing chest pain expression in patients with cardiac or noncardiac disease. Methods: The authors conducted a case presentation and review of literature. Results: Causes of chest pain are diverse. Psychologic factors influence chest pain expression commonly in patients with or without cardiac disease. Conclusions: Physicians and other therapists must be aware of psychologic influences on chest pain expression t…
Do Childhood Adversity and Recent Social Stress Predict Health Care Use in Patients Presenting With Upper Abdominal or Chest Pain
OBJECTIVE: A comprehensive model of health care use by patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders has not been fully tested. This study aimed to establish whether reported childhood and/or recent adversity are independent predictors of health care use when all other relevant factors are also included in the model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Consecutive new patients with upper abdominal or chest pain presenting to a secondary/tertiary clinic …
Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treating Depression in Chronic Low Back Pain Sufferers
Side effects of psychiatric treatment
A random allocation study of the effectiveness of day hospital treatment for acute psychiatric illness was carried out in two district general hospitals. During the study it became apparent that in one hospital numerous patients being randomised to the day hospital failed to become established in treatment. In depth interviews were carried out with the day hospital staff in an attempt to elicit the reasons for this. It became clear that staff per…
Hostility and deliberate self‐poisoning
Patients admitted to hospital following deliberate self‐poisoning have been shown to have high levels of hostility, but the exact role of hostility in self‐poisoning is not clear. It was hypothesized that those subjects with marked depression would have high intro‐punitive scores whereas those deliberately poisoning themselves who did not have marked depression would have high extra‐punitive scores. Seventy young adults admitted to hospital follo…
The ‘sedimented meanings and compounded politics’ of skin lighteners
Protective Practices
Hostility and deliberate self‐poisoning
Patients admitted to hospital following deliberate self‐poisoning have been shown to have high levels of hostility, but the exact role of hostility in self‐poisoning is not clear. It was hypothesized that those subjects with marked depression would have high intro‐punitive scores whereas those deliberately poisoning themselves who did not have marked depression would have high extra‐punitive scores. Seventy young adults admitted to hospital follo…
Hostility and deliberate self‐poisoning
Patients admitted to hospital following deliberate self‐poisoning have been shown to have high levels of hostility, but the exact role of hostility in self‐poisoning is not clear. It was hypothesized that those subjects with marked depression would have high intro‐punitive scores whereas those deliberately poisoning themselves who did not have marked depression would have high extra‐punitive scores. Seventy young adults admitted to hospital follo…
Side effects of psychiatric treatment
A random allocation study of the effectiveness of day hospital treatment for acute psychiatric illness was carried out in two district general hospitals. During the study it became apparent that in one hospital numerous patients being randomised to the day hospital failed to become established in treatment. In depth interviews were carried out with the day hospital staff in an attempt to elicit the reasons for this. It became clear that staff per…
Treating Depression in Chronic Low Back Pain Sufferers
Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Do Childhood Adversity and Recent Social Stress Predict Health Care Use in Patients Presenting With Upper Abdominal or Chest Pain
OBJECTIVE: A comprehensive model of health care use by patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders has not been fully tested. This study aimed to establish whether reported childhood and/or recent adversity are independent predictors of health care use when all other relevant factors are also included in the model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Consecutive new patients with upper abdominal or chest pain presenting to a secondary/tertiary clinic …
Changes in Tolerance to Rectal Distension Correlate With Changes in Psychological State in Patients With Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: Reduced tolerance to rectal distension has been regarded as a biological marker for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but longitudinal studies are few. This study determined whether change in tolerance to rectal distension after psychological treatments was associated with: 1) change in abdominal pain; 2) change in psychological symptoms; 3) a reported history of sexual abuse. METHODS: Participants completed a visual analogue scale of ab…
Chest Pain in Patients With Cardiac and Noncardiac Disease
Objective: To describe factors influencing chest pain expression in patients with cardiac or noncardiac disease. Methods: The authors conducted a case presentation and review of literature. Results: Causes of chest pain are diverse. Psychologic factors influence chest pain expression commonly in patients with or without cardiac disease. Conclusions: Physicians and other therapists must be aware of psychologic influences on chest pain expression t…
Reported Sexual Abuse Predicts Impaired Functioning but a Good Response to Psychological Treatments in Patients With Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effect of reported sexual abuse on symptom severity and health-related quality of life in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) undergoing psychological treatments. METHODS: IBS patients entering a treatment trial who reported prior sexual abuse were compared with the remainder in terms of symptom severity and health-related quality of life (SF-36) at trial entry and 15 months later. Analyses used ANCOVA w…
Cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention by community health workers for mothers with depression and their infants in rural Pakistan
New Onset Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Predicts Cardiac Mortality
Objective: Studies investigating the effects of depression on mortality following myocardial infarction (MI) have produced heterogeneous findings. We report on a study investigating whether the timing of the onset of depression, with regard to the MI, affected its impact on subsequent cardiac mortality. Methods: Five hundred and eighty-eight subjects admitted following MI underwent assessments of cardiac status, cardiac risk factors, and noncardi…
Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth – a cross‐sectional study from Malawi
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due for measles vaccination, and their mothers. Mean infant weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores were compared between infants of mothers with and without CMD as measured using the …
Somatization is associated with physical health-related quality of life independent of anxiety and depression in cancer, glaucoma and rheumatological disorders
Somatization and Health Anxiety as Predictors of Health Care Use
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the number of somatic symptoms and health anxiety are independent predictors of future health care use after adjusting for confounders. METHODS: In a random sample of the adult UK population, questionnaires assessed the number of somatic symptoms (Somatic Symptom Inventory), health anxiety (Whiteley Index), anxiety/depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), the number of physical illnesses and demographic var…
Psychological distress in mothers of children admitted to a nutritional rehabilitation unit in M alawi – a comparison with other paediatric wards
In a previous study we found a very high prevalence of psychological distress in mothers of children admitted to a nutritional rehabilitation unit (NRU) in Malawi, Africa. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence and severity of maternal distress within the NRU with that in other paediatric wards. Given the known association between poor maternal psychological well-being and child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countrie…
The impact of perinatal depression on exclusive breastfeeding
Perinatal depression is associated with infant undernutrition. We hypothesised that perinatal depression was associated with early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced quantity of breast milk in rural Pakistan. We used a prospective cohort design to study a population-based sample of 132 depressed and 147 non-depressed women from the third trimester of pregnancy to 6 months post-natal. Current major depressive episode was measured in …
The impact of maternal diet fortification with lipid‐based nutrient supplements on postpartum depression in rural Malawi
Perinatal depression is highly prevalent in low-and-middle-income countries and has been linked to poor child health. Suboptimal maternal nutrition may be a risk factor for perinatal depression. In this randomised-controlled trial conducted in rural Malawi, we set out to test the hypothesis that women taking a fatty acid-rich lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) would have fewer depressive symptoms postpartum than those taking iron-folate (IFA) …
Associations between antenatal depression and neonatal outcomes in Malawi
Studies from several low- and middle-income countries have shown that antenatal depression may be a risk factor for poor neonatal outcomes. However, those studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa have not consistently demonstrated this association. We set out to investigate whether antenatal depression is associated with shorter duration of pregnancy and reduced newborn size in rural Malawi. Pregnant women recruited from four antenatal clinics to …
Tania Woloshyn, Soaking up the Rays
Soaking up the Rays presents one of the first monographs to examine the controversial histories and visual cultures of light therapy in Britain. Tania Woloshyn explains a wide variety of light therapies available from the late 19th to early 20th century and the illnesses (both medical and aesthetic) that they treated. Woloshyn’s purpose is not to measure their ‘success’. Instead, she evaluates both the changing historical contexts and visual ‘rep…
The Predictors of Somatic Symptoms in a Population Sample
OBJECTIVE: Multiple bodily symptoms predict poor health status, high healthcare use, and onset of functional somatic syndromes. This study aimed to identify the predictors of somatic symptoms with special reference to mental disorders. METHODS: The prospective, population-based Lifelines cohort study included 80,888 adults who were followed up for a mean of 2.4 years. At baseline sociodemographic status, self-reported medical disorders, functiona…
From ‘Immoral’ Users to ‘Sunbed Addicts’
Drawing on the changing representations of sunbed consumers within everyday entertainment media and national newspapers from the late 1980s to early 1990s, this article will demonstrate how sunbed use was framed, at first, as an 'immoral' working-class activity, and later as a growing addictive threat to white adolescent women. Medical experts had finally confirmed that sunbeds increased the risk of developing skin cancer, and the media had taken…
Psychiatric disorders and the onset of self-reported fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Introduction This study aimed to assess whether psychiatric disorders predict the onset of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) which develop in the presence of pre-existing muscle pain or fatigue. Methods The population-based Lifelines cohort study included 148,614 adults with relevant data for the fibromyalgia study and 136,423 for the CFS study. Participants with prior self-reported fibromyalgia (or CFS) at baseline were excluded fr…
The ‘sedimented meanings and compounded politics’ of skin lighteners
Protective Practices
Woman’s Hour or Mother’s Hour”
Launched in 1946, Woman's Hour became one of Britain's first women-organised radio programmes, predominantly targeting mothers. In 1960, Woman's Hour transmitted the first mass media broadcast on "childbirth depression" in Britain; however, such discussions only became standard on Woman's Hour in the twenty-first century. This article explores why the BBC and Woman's Hour developed an interest in maternal mental health. It then evaluates how Woma…
Nemone Lethbridge's play Baby Blues on BBC television
In December 1973, the BBC aired Nemone Lethbridge’s auto-fictional play Baby Blues as one of their influential ‘Play for Today’ (PfT) series (1970–1984). This article explores the impact of Lethbridge’s controversial television play, which drew attention to taboo topics, such as infertility, caesarean section childbirth, infanticide, suicide, and, separately, motherhood ageism and dismissive medical professionals. It will illustrate how Lethbridg…
Medicine (20 obras) · Internal Medicine (14 obras) · Psychiatry (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Internal Medicine (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Anxiety (6 obras) · Depression (economics (6 obras) · Physical therapy (6 obras) · Depression (economics) (5 obras)