Sally McManus • City, University of London

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Sally McManus joined City, University of London in January 2020 as Senior Lecturer in Health.

She works in the interdisciplinary Violence and Society Centre, and is affiliated with the School of Health Sciences.

Sally specialises in quantitative research methods and the measurement of mental health and wellbeing. She is interested in population trends in health and health behaviours and the social determinants of mental health, including the role played by violence, abuse and socioeconomic adversity. Sally is a Deputy Director of the UKPRP-funded consortium on Violence, Health and Society (VISION).

She also works at the National Centre for Social Research, where she advises on England’s national mental health survey and cohort programmes. She was PI on NIHR research grants on trends and context in women’s mental health, and on risk and resilience in self-harm and suicide. She is part of the What Works for Wellbeing Centre’s Advisory Panel and the NIHR-funded Student Mental Health Research Network leadership team.

Employment

Affiliated researcher, National Centre for Social Research, Jan 1999 – present

Publications

Featured publications

McManus, S., Walby, S., Barbosa, E.C., Appleby, L., Brugha, T., Bebbington, P.E. … Knipe, D. (2022). Intimate partner violence, suicidality, and self-harm: a probability sample survey of the general population in England. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(7), pp. 574–583. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00151-1.
Cook, E., Markham, S., Parker, J., John, A., Barnicot, K. and McManus, S. (2022). Risk, responsibility, and choice in research ethics. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(1), pp. 5–6. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00434-x.
McManus, S., Bebbington, P.E., Tanczer, L., Scott, S. and Howard, L.M. (2021). Receiving threatening or obscene messages from a partner and mental health, self-harm and suicidality: results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi:10.1007/s00127-021-02113-w.
Pierce, M., McManus, S., Hope, H., Hotopf, M., Ford, T., Hatch, S.L. … Abel, K.M. (2021). Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00151-6.
Newlove-Delgado, T., McManus, S., Sadler, K., Thandi, S., Vizard, T., Cartwright, C. … Ford, T. (2021). Child mental health in England before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(5), pp. 353–354. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30570-8.
Bebbington, P.E., McManus, S., Coid, J.W., Garside, R. and Brugha, T. (2021). The mental health of ex-prisoners: analysis of the 2014 English National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi:10.1007/s00127-021-02066-0.

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Chapters (4)

Brugha, T.S., Tyrer, F., Scott, F., Bankart, M.J., Cooper, S.A. and McManus, S. (2014). The Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adulthood. Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 299–314). Springer New York. ISBN 978-1-4939-0505-8.
Mercer, C.H., McManus, S. and Erens, B. (2012). Measuring sexual behaviour. Social Measurement Through Social Surveys: An Applied Approach (pp. 127–146). ISBN 978-0-7546-7487-0.
Mercer, C.H., McManus, S. and Erens, B. (2010). Measuring sexual behaviour. Social Measurement through Social Surveys: An Applied Approach (pp. 127–146). ISBN 978-0-7546-7487-0.
Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies. In Routledge.

Conference papers and proceedings (7)

Hatch, S., Woodhead, C., Rhead, R., Chui, Z., McManus, S., Das-Munshi, J. … Harwood, H. (2020). P80 Intersectional social identities, discrimination and mental health service: findings from the 2014 adult psychiatric morbidity survey of England. Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Hosted online by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health and University of Cambridge Public Health, 9–11 September 2020.
McManus, S., Graham, H., White, P. and Cotton, J. (2020). P23 Flooding and weather-damaged homes: an analysis using England’s mental health survey. Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Hosted online by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health and University of Cambridge Public Health, 9–11 September 2020.
McManus, S. (2017). The gender gap in common mental disorder and self-harm, England 2000 to 2015.
Smith, N. and McManus, S. (2017). Prescribing patterns in dependence forming medications in England, 2000-2015.
Hassiotis, A., Ali, A., Ambler, G., Strydom, A., Mcmanus, S., Meltzer, H. … Cooper, C. (2013). Interplay between intelligence level and happiness: The contribution of socioeconomic and clinical factors.
Mellor, R., Slaymaker, E., Cleland, J., Wellings, K., Glasier, A., McManus, S. … Mercer, C. (2011). CONDOM USE IN ESTABLISHED HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ENGLAND.
Clark, C., Pike, C., Ford, E., McManus, S., Harri, J. and Stansfeld, S. (2010). The contribution of psychosocial work stressors and non-work stressors to common mental disorders in the adult psychiatric morbidity survey (2007).

Datasets (2)

Boreham, R., McManus, S., Blenkinsop, S., Natarajan, L. and Prescott, A. (2003). Smoking, Drinking & Drug use Among Young People in England in 2002.
Sproston, K., Nazroo, J., Blanchard, M., Crawford, M., Fenton, S., Fuller, E. … Weich, S. (2002). Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates in the Community (EMPIRIC): Quantitative Report.

Journal articles (105)

Rhead, R.D., Woodhead, C., Ahmad, G., Das-Munshi, J., McManus, S. and Hatch, S.L. (2022). A comparison of single and intersectional social identities associated with discrimination and mental health service use: data from the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(10), pp. 2049–2063. doi:10.1007/s00127-022-02259-1.
Walby, S., Capelas Barbosa, E. and McManus, S. (2022). Costing the long-term health harms of trafficking: Why a gender-neutral approach discounts the future of women. Frontiers in Sociology, 7. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2022.858337.
Ahmad, G., McManus, S., Bécares, L., Hatch, S.L. and Das-Munshi, J. (2022). Explaining ethnic variations in adolescent mental health: a secondary analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(4), pp. 817–828. doi:10.1007/s00127-021-02167-w.
McManus, S., D'Ardenne, J. and Wessely, S. (2022). Covid conspiracies: misleading evidence can be more damaging than no evidence at all. Psychological Medicine, 52(3), pp. 597–598. doi:10.1017/s0033291720002184.
Richardson, C., Robb, K.A., McManus, S. and O'Connor, R.C. (2022). Psychosocial factors that distinguish between men and women who have suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide: findings from a national probability sample of adults. Psychological Medicine pp. 1–9. doi:10.1017/s0033291721005195.
Ahmad, G., McManus, S., Cooper, C., Hatch, S.L. and Das-Munshi, J. (2021). Prevalence of common mental disorders and treatment receipt for people from ethnic minority backgrounds in England: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population in 2007 and 2014. The British Journal of Psychiatry pp. 1–8. doi:10.1192/bjp.2021.179.
Abel, K.M., Carr, M.J., Ashcroft, D.M., Chalder, T., Chew-Graham, C.A., Hope, H. … Pierce, M. (2021). Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Psychological Distress, Psychotropic Prescribing, Fatigue, and Sleep Problems Among UK Primary Care Patients. JAMA Network Open, 4(11). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34803.
McManus, S., Gunnell, D., Cooper, C., Bebbington, P.E., Howard, L.M., Brugha, T. … Appleby, L. (2021). Non-suicidal self-harm: an evolving epidemiology. Psychological Medicine pp. 1–1. doi:10.1017/s0033291721002543.
Ford, T., Mansfield, K.L., Markham, S., McManus, S., John, A., O'Reilly, D. … Shenow, S. (2021). The challenges and opportunities of mental health data sharing in the UK. The Lancet Digital Health, 3(6). doi:10.1016/s2589-7500(21)00078-9.
Webb, R.T., McManus, S. and O'Connor, R.C. (2021). Evidencing the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health across Europe. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 2, pp. 100052–100052. doi:10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100052.
Pitman, A., Marston, L., Lewis, G., Semlyen, J., McManus, S. and King, M. (2021). The mental health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults compared with heterosexual adults: results of two nationally representative English household probability samples. Psychological Medicine pp. 1–10. doi:10.1017/s0033291721000052.
Greig, F., McManus, S. and Fear, N.T. (2021). Dementia in veterans and non-veterans in England: a cross-sectional survey. Occupational Medicine, 71(1), pp. 34–40. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqaa213.
Puddephatt, J.-.A., Jones, A., Gage, S.H., Fear, N.T., Field, M., McManus, S. … Goodwin, L. (2021). Associations of alcohol use, mental health and socioeconomic status in England: Findings from a representative population survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, pp. 108463–108463. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108463.
Shoham, N., Cooper, C., Lewis, G., Bebbington, P. and McManus, S. (2021). Temporal trends in psychotic symptoms: Repeated cross-sectional surveys of the population in England 2000–14. Schizophrenia Research, 228, pp. 97–102. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2020.11.057.
Wardle, H. and McManus, S. (2021). Suicidality and gambling among young adults in Great Britain: results from a cross-sectional online survey. The Lancet Public Health, 6(1). doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30232-2.
Pierce, M., Hope, H., Ford, T., Hatch, S., Hotopf, M., John, A. … Abel, K.M. (2020). Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(10), pp. 883–892. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30308-4.
Niederkrotenthaler, T., Gunnell, D., Arensman, E., Pirkis, J., Appleby, L., Hawton, K. … Platt, S. (2020). Suicide Research, Prevention, and COVID-19. Crisis, 41(5), pp. 321–330. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000731.
Wardle, H., Banks, J., Bebbington, P., Blank, L., Bowden Jones OBE, H., Bramley, S. … Zendle, D. (2020). Open letter from UK based academic scientists to the secretaries of state for digital, culture, media and sport and for health and social care regarding the need for independent funding for the prevention and treatment of gambling harms. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmj.m2613.
Pierce, M., McManus, S., Jessop, C., John, A., Hotopf, M., Ford, T. … Abel, K.M. (2020). Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during COVID-19. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(7), pp. 567–568. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30237-6.
Wardle, H., John, A., Dymond, S. and McManus, S. (2020). Problem gambling and suicidality in England: secondary analysis of a representative cross-sectional survey. Public Health, 184, pp. 11–16. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2020.03.024.
Gunnell, D., Appleby, L., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapur, N. … Yip, P.S.F. (2020). Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), pp. 468–471. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30171-1.
McManus, S., Bebbington, P.E., Jenkins, R., Morgan, Z., Brown, L., Collinson, D. … Brugha, T. (2020). Data Resource Profile: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(2), pp. 361–362. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz224.
Ford, T., Vizard, T., Sadler, K., McManus, S., Goodman, A., Merad, S. … Collinson, D. (2020). Data Resource Profile: Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) Surveys. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(2), pp. 363–364. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz259.
Shoham, N., Lewis, G., Hayes, J., McManus, S., Kiani, R., Brugha, T. … Cooper, C. (2020). Psychotic symptoms and sensory impairment: Findings from the 2014 adult psychiatric morbidity survey. Schizophrenia Research, 215, pp. 357–364. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2019.08.028.
Ford, T. and McManus, S. (2020). Prevalence: are two-fifths of young people really ‘abnormal’? The British Journal of Psychiatry, 216(1), pp. 58–58. doi:10.1192/bjp.2019.225.
Bhavsar, V., Hatch, S.L., Dean, K. and McManus, S. (2020). Association of prior depressive symptoms and suicide attempts with subsequent victimization: analysis of population-based data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. European Psychiatry, 63(1). doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.50.
Bebbington, P.E. and McManus, S. (2020). Revisiting the one in four: the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the population of England 2000–2014. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 216(1), pp. 55–57. doi:10.1192/bjp.2019.196.
McManus, S. and Gunnell, D. (2020). Trends in mental health, non‐suicidal self‐harm and suicide attempts in 16–24-year old students and non-students in England, 2000–2014. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(1), pp. 125–128. doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01797-5.
Shoham, N., Lewis, G., McManus, S. and Cooper, C. (2019). Common mental illness in people with sensory impairment: results from the 2014 adult psychiatric morbidity survey. BJPsych Open, 5(6). doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.81.
Graham, H., White, P., Cotton, J. and McManus, S. (2019). Flood- and Weather-Damaged Homes and Mental Health: An Analysis Using England’s Mental Health Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), pp. 3256–3256. doi:10.3390/ijerph16183256.
McManus, S., Gunnell, D., Cooper, C., Bebbington, P.E., Howard, L.M., Brugha, T. … Appleby, L. (2019). Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(7), pp. 573–581. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30188-9.
McManus, S. (2019). Opioids: long-term prescribing trends. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(2), pp. 85–86. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30507-8.
Brugha, T., Bankart, J., McManus, S. and Gullon-Scott, F. (2018). CDC autism rate: misplaced reliance on passive sampling? The Lancet, 392(10149), pp. 732–733. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31494-6.
Brugha, T.S., Spiers, N., Bankart, J., Cooper, S.-.A., McManus, S., Scott, F.J. … Tyrer, F. (2016). Epidemiology of autism in adults across age groups and ability
levels. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(6), pp. 498–503. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.174649.
Nimmo-Smith, V., Brugha, T.S., Kerr, M.P., McManus, S. and Rai, D. (2016). Discrimination, domestic violence, abuse, and other adverse life events in people with epilepsy: Population-based study to assess the burden of these events and their contribution to psychopathology. Epilepsia, 57(11), pp. 1870–1878. doi:10.1111/epi.13561.
Spiers, N., Qassem, T., Bebbington, P., McManus, S., King, M., Jenkins, R. … Brugha, T.S. (2016). Prevalence and treatment of common mental disorders in the English national population, 1993–2007. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(2), pp. 150–156. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.174979.
Jordanova, V., Crawford, M.J., McManus, S., Bebbington, P. and Brugha, T. (2015). Religious discrimination and common mental disorders in England: a nationally representative population-based study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(11), pp. 1723–1729. doi:10.1007/s00127-015-1110-6.
Qassem, T., Bebbington, P., Spiers, N., McManus, S., Jenkins, R. and Dein, S. (2015). Prevalence of psychosis in black ethnic minorities in Britain: analysis based on three national surveys. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(7), pp. 1057–1064. doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0960-7.
Cooper, C., Rantell, K., Blanchard, M., McManus, S., Dennis, M., Brugha, T. … Bebbington, P. (2015). Why are suicidal thoughts less prevalent in older age groups? Age differences in the correlates of suicidal thoughts in the English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. Journal of Affective Disorders, 177, pp. 42–48. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.02.010.
Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Dennis, M.S., Jenkins, R., McManus, S. and Brugha, T.S. (2015). Erratum to: Feelings of loneliness among adults with mental disorder. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(3), pp. 503–504. doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0977-y.
Wellings, K., Brima, N., Sadler, K., Copas, A.J., McDaid, L., Mercer, C.H. … Glasier, A. (2015). Stopping and switching contraceptive methods: findings from Contessa, a prospective longitudinal study of women of reproductive age in England. Contraception, 91(1), pp. 57–66. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2014.09.008.
Stansfeld, S., Smuk, M., Onwumere, J., Clark, C., Pike, C., McManus, S. … Bebbington, P. (2014). Stressors and common mental disorder in informal carers – An analysis of the English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. Social Science & Medicine, 120, pp. 190–198. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.025.
Smith, L., Onwumere, J., Craig, T., McManus, S., Bebbington, P. and Kuipers, E. (2014). Mental and physical illness in caregivers: results from an
English national survey sample. British Journal of Psychiatry, 205(3), pp. 197–203. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.125369.
Brugha, T.S., McManus, S., Bankart, J., Jenkins, R., Smith, J. and Scott, F. (2014). The proportion of true cases of autism is not changing. BMJ, 348(jun11 5). doi:10.1136/bmj.g3774.
Jonas, S., Khalifeh, H., Bebbington, P.E., McManus, S., Brugha, T., Meltzer, H. … Howard, L.M. (2014). Gender differences in intimate partner violence and psychiatric disorders in England: results from the 2007 adult psychiatric morbidity survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 23(2), pp. 189–199. doi:10.1017/s2045796013000292.
Spiers, N., Bebbington, P.E., Dennis, M.S., Brugha, T.S., McManus, S., Jenkins, R. … Meltzer, H. (2014). Trends in suicidal ideation in England: the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys of 2000 and 2007. Psychological Medicine, 44(1), pp. 175–183. doi:10.1017/s0033291713000317.
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Butterworth, P., Leach, L.S., McManus, S. and Stansfeld, S.A. (2013). Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: is a poor job better than no job at all? Psychological Medicine, 43(8), pp. 1763–1772. doi:10.1017/s0033291712002577.
Ali, A., Ambler, G., Strydom, A., Rai, D., Cooper, C., McManus, S. … Hassiotis, A. (2013). The relationship between happiness and intelligent quotient: the contribution of socio-economic and clinical factors. Psychological Medicine, 43(6), pp. 1303–1312. doi:10.1017/s0033291712002139.
McBride, O., McManus, S., Thompson, J., Palmer, R.L. and Brugha, T. (2013). Profiling disordered eating patterns and body mass index (BMI) in the English general population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(5), pp. 783–793. doi:10.1007/s00127-012-0613-7.
Cooper, C., Spiers, N., Livingston, G., Jenkins, R., Meltzer, H., Brugha, T. … Bebbington, P. (2013). Ethnic inequalities in the use of health services for common mental disorders in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(5), pp. 685–692. doi:10.1007/s00127-012-0565-y.
Stansfeld, S.A., Pike, C., McManus, S., Harris, J., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T. … Clark, C. (2013). Occupations, work characteristics and common mental disorder. Psychological Medicine, 43(5), pp. 961–973. doi:10.1017/s0033291712001821.
King, M., Marston, L., McManus, S., Brugha, T., Meltzer, H. and Bebbington, P. (2013). Religion, spirituality and mental health: results from a national study of English households. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(1), pp. 68–73. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112003.
Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Dennis, M.S., Jenkins, R., McManus, S. and Brugha, T.S. (2013). Feelings of loneliness among adults with mental disorder. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(1), pp. 5–13. doi:10.1007/s00127-012-0515-8.
Hatch, S.L., Woodhead, C., Frissa, S., Fear, N.T., Verdecchia, M., Stewart, R. … Hotopf, M. (2012). Importance of Thinking Locally for Mental Health: Data from Cross-Sectional Surveys Representing South East London and England. PLoS ONE, 7(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048012.
Spiers, N., Brugha, T.S., Bebbington, P., McManus, S., Jenkins, R. and Meltzer, H. (2012). Age and birth cohort differences in depression in repeated cross-sectional surveys in England: the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, 1993 to 2007. Psychological Medicine, 42(10), pp. 2047–2055. doi:10.1017/s003329171200013x.
Freeman, D., Stahl, D., McManus, S., Meltzer, H., Brugha, T., Wiles, N. … Bebbington, P. (2012). Insomnia, worry, anxiety and depression as predictors of the occurrence and persistence of paranoid thinking. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(8), pp. 1195–1203. doi:10.1007/s00127-011-0433-1.
Rai, D., Kerr, M.P., McManus, S., Jordanova, V., Lewis, G. and Brugha, T.S. (2012). Epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidity: A nationally representative population-based study. Epilepsia, 53(6), pp. 1095–1103. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03500.x.
Hayes, J., Chakraborty, A.T., McManus, S., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Nicholson, S. … King, M. (2012). Prevalence of Same-Sex Behavior and Orientation in England: Results from a National Survey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(3), pp. 631–639. doi:10.1007/s10508-011-9856-8.
Jenkins, R., Njenga, F., Okonji, M., Kigamwa, P., Baraza, M., Ayuyo, J. … Kiima, D. (2012). Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in a Rural District of Kenya, and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9(5), pp. 1810–1819. doi:10.3390/ijerph9051810.
Jenkins, R., Njenga, F., Okonji, M., Kigamwa, P., Baraza, M., Ayuyo, J. … Kiima, D. (2012). Psychotic Symptoms in Kenya – Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Relationship with Common Mental Disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9(5), pp. 1748–1756. doi:10.3390/ijerph9051748.
Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., McManus, S., Rai, D., Dennis, M.S. … Jenkins, R. (2012). Physical ill health, disability, dependence and depression: Results from the 2007 national survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in England. Disability and Health Journal, 5(2), pp. 102–110. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.02.001.
Clark, C., Pike, C., McManus, S., Harris, J., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T. … Stansfeld, S. (2012). The contribution of work and non-work stressors to common mental disorders in the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, 42(4), pp. 829–842. doi:10.1017/s0033291711001759.
Brugha, T.S., McManus, S., Smith, J., Scott, F.J., Meltzer, H., Purdon, S. … Bankart, J. (2012). Validating two survey methods for identifying cases of autism spectrum disorder among adults in the community. Psychological Medicine, 42(3), pp. 647–656. doi:10.1017/s0033291711001292.
Calem, M., Bisla, J., Begum, A., Dewey, M., Bebbington, P.E., Brugha, T. … Stewart, R. (2012). Increased Prevalence of Insomnia and Changes in Hypnotics Use in England over 15 Years: Analysis of the 1993, 2000, and 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys. Sleep, 35(3), pp. 377–384. doi:10.5665/sleep.1700.
Meltzer, H., Brugha, T., Dennis, M.S., Hassiotis, A., Jenkins, R., McManus, S. … Bebbington, P. (2012). The influence of disability on suicidal behaviour. Alter, 6(1), pp. 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.alter.2011.11.004.
Cooper, C., Bebbington, P., Lindesay, J., Meltzer, H., McManus, S., Jenkins, R. … Livingston, G. (2011). The meaning of reporting forgetfulness: a cross-sectional study of adults in the English 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Age and Ageing, 40(6), pp. 711–717. doi:10.1093/ageing/afr121.
Weich, S., McBride, O., Hussey, D., Exeter, D., Brugha, T. and McManus, S. (2011). Latent class analysis of co-morbidity in the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in England 2007: implications for DSM-5 and ICD-11. Psychological Medicine, 41(10), pp. 2201–2212. doi:10.1017/s0033291711000249.
Grenfell, P., Nutland, W., McManus, S., Datta, J., Soldan, K. and Wellings, K. (2011). Views and experiences of men who have sex with men on the ban on blood donation: a cross sectional survey with qualitative interviews. BMJ, 343(sep07 2). doi:10.1136/bmj.d5604.
Weich, S., Brugha, T., King, M., McManus, S., Bebbington, P., Jenkins, R. … Stewart-Brown, S. (2011). Mental well-being and mental illness: findings from the Adult
Psychiatric Morbidity Survey for England 2007. British Journal of Psychiatry, 199(1), pp. 23–28. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.111.091496.
Bebbington, P., Jonas, S., Kuipers, E., King, M., Cooper, C., Brugha, T. … Jenkins, R. (2011). Childhood sexual abuse and psychosis: data from a
cross-sectional national psychiatric survey in England. British Journal of Psychiatry, 199(1), pp. 29–37. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.083642.
Woodhead, C., Rona, R.J., Iversen, A.C., MacManus, D., Hotopf, M., Dean, K. … Fear, N.T. (2011). Health of national service veterans: an analysis of a community-based sample using data from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(7), pp. 559–566. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0232-0.
Spiers, N., Bebbington, P., McManus, S., Brugha, T.S., Jenkins, R. and Meltzer, H. (2011). Age and birth cohort differences in the prevalence of common
mental disorder in England: National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys
1993–2007. British Journal of Psychiatry, 198(6), pp. 479–484. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.084269.
Cooper, C., Bebbington, P., King, M., Jenkins, R., Farrell, M., Brugha, T. … Livingston, G. (2011). Happiness across age groups: results from the 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(6), pp. 608–614. doi:10.1002/gps.2570.
Brugha, T.S., McManus, S., Bankart, J., Scott, F., Purdon, S., Smith, J. … Meltzer, H. (2011). Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults in the Community in England. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(5), pp. 459–459. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.38.
Freeman, D., McManus, S., Brugha, T., Meltzer, H., Jenkins, R. and Bebbington, P. (2011). Concomitants of paranoia in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 41(5), pp. 923–936. doi:10.1017/s0033291710001546.
Jonas, S., Bebbington, P., McManus, S., Meltzer, H., Jenkins, R., Kuipers, E. … Brugha, T. (2011). Sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in England: results from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, 41(4), pp. 709–719. doi:10.1017/s003329171000111x.
Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., McManus, S. and Dennis, M.S. (2011). Personal debt and suicidal ideation. Psychological Medicine, 41(4), pp. 771–778. doi:10.1017/s0033291710001261.
Bebbington, P.E., Jonas, S., Brugha, T., Meltzer, H., Jenkins, R., Cooper, C. … McManus, S. (2011). Child sexual abuse reported by an English national sample: characteristics and demography. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(3), pp. 255–262. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0245-8.
Chakraborty, A., McManus, S., Brugha, T.S., Bebbington, P. and King, M. (2011). Mental health of the non-heterosexual population of
England. British Journal of Psychiatry, 198(2), pp. 143–148. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.082271.
Woodhead, C., Rona, R.J., Iversen, A., MacManus, D., Hotopf, M., Dean, K. … Fear, N.T. (2011). Mental health and health service use among post-national service veterans: results from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of England. Psychological Medicine, 41(2), pp. 363–372. doi:10.1017/s0033291710000759.
Ford, E., Clark, C., McManus, S., Harris, J., Jenkins, R., Bebbington, P. … Stansfeld, S.A. (2010). Common mental disorders, unemployment and welfare benefits in England. Public Health, 124(12), pp. 675–681. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.019.
Cooper, C., Bebbington, P., McManus, S., Meltzer, H., Stewart, R., Farrell, M. … Livingston, G. (2010). The treatment of common mental disorders across age groups: Results from the 2007 adult psychiatric morbidity survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 127(1-3), pp. 96–101. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2010.04.020.
Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Jenkins, R., McManus, S. and Stansfeld, S. (2010). Job insecurity, socio-economic circumstances and depression. Psychological Medicine, 40(8), pp. 1401–1407. doi:10.1017/s0033291709991802.
Woodhead, C. (2009). An estimate of the veteran population in England: Based on data from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Population Trends, 138(1), pp. 50–54. doi:10.1057/pt.2009.47.
Jenkins, R., Meltzer, H., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Farrell, M., McManus, S. … Singleton, N. (2009). The British Mental Health Survey Programme: achievements and latest findings. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(11), pp. 899–904. doi:10.1007/s00127-009-0112-7.
Mercer, C.H., Copas, A.J., Sonnenberg, P., Johnson, A.M., McManus, S., Erens, B. … Cassell, J.A. (2009). Who has sex with whom? Characteristics of heterosexual partnerships reported in a national probability survey and implications for STI risk. International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(1), pp. 206–214. doi:10.1093/ije/dyn216.
Macdowall, W., Wellings, K., Mercer, C.H., Nanchahal, K., Copas, A.J., McManus, S. … Johnson, A.M. (2006). Learning About Sex: Results From Natsal 2000. Health Education & Behavior, 33(6), pp. 802–811. doi:10.1177/1090198106289003.
Mercer, C.H., Wellings, K., Macdowall, W., Copas, A.J., McManus, S., Erens, B. … Johnson, A.M. (2006). First Sexual Partnerships—Age Differences and Their Significance. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(1), pp. 87–95. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.10.007.
McCadden, A., Fenton, K.A., McManus, S., Mercer, C.H., Erens, B., Carder, C. … Johnson, A.M. (2005). Chlamydia trachomatis Testing in the Second British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles: Respondent Uptake and Treatment Outcomes. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32(6), pp. 387–394. doi:10.1097/01.olq.0000162364.65643.08.
King, M., Nazroo, J., Weich, S., McKenzie, K., Bhui, K., Karlsen, S. … Erens, B. (2005). Psychotic symptoms in the general population of England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40(6), pp. 509–509. doi:10.1007/s00127-005-0962-6.
King, M., Nazroo, J., Weich, S., McKenzie, K., Bhui, K., Karlson, S. … Erens, B. (2005). Psychotic symptoms in the general population of England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40(5), pp. 375–381. doi:10.1007/s00127-005-0900-7.
Fenton, K.A., Mercer, C.H., McManus, S., Erens, B., Wellings, K., Macdowall, W. … Johnson, A.M. (2005). Ethnic variations in sexual behaviour in Great Britain and risk of sexually transmitted infections: a probability survey. The Lancet, 365(9466), pp. 1246–1255. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)74813-3.
Fenton, K.A., Mercer, C.H., Johnson, A.M., Byron, C.L., McManus, S., Erens, B. … Wellings, K. (2005). Reported Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Attendance and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Britain: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Proportionate Population Burden. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191(s1). doi:10.1086/425286.
WEICH, S., NAZROO, J., SPROSTON, K., McMANUS, S.A.L.L.Y., BLANCHARD, M., ERENS, B.O.B. … TYRER, P. (2004). Common mental disorders and ethnicity in England: the EMPIRIC Study. Psychological Medicine, 34(8), pp. 1543–1551. doi:10.1017/s0033291704002715.
Mercer, C.H., Fenton, K.A., Copas, A.J., Wellings, K., Erens, B., McManus, S. … Johnson, A.M. (2004). Increasing prevalence of male homosexual partnerships and practices in Britain 1990–2000. AIDS, 18(10), pp. 1453–1458. doi:10.1097/01.aids.0000131331.36386.de.
Mercer, C.H. (2003). Sexual function problems and help seeking behaviour in Britain: national probability sample survey. BMJ, 327(7412), pp. 426–427. doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7412.426.
Copas, A.J. (2002). The accuracy of reported sensitive sexual behaviour in Britain: exploring the extent of change 1990-2000. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 78(1), pp. 26–30. doi:10.1136/sti.78.1.26.
Fenton, K.A., Korovessis, C., Johnson, A.M., McCadden, A., McManus, S., Wellings, K. … Erens, B. (2001). Sexual behaviour in Britain: reported sexually transmitted infections and prevalent genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The Lancet, 358(9296), pp. 1851–1854. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06886-6.
Johnson, A.M., Mercer, C.H., Erens, B., Copas, A.J., McManus, S., Wellings, K. … Field, J. (2001). Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours. The Lancet, 358(9296), pp. 1835–1842. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06883-0.
Wellings, K., Nanchahal, K., Macdowall, W., McManus, S., Erens, B., Mercer, C.H. … Field, J. (2001). Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience. The Lancet, 358(9296), pp. 1843–1850. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06885-4.
Fenton, K.A. (2001). Measuring sexual behaviour: methodological challenges in survey research. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 77(2), pp. 84–92. doi:10.1136/sti.77.2.84.
Pierce, M., McManus, S., Hope, H., Hotopf, M., Ford, T., Hatch, S. … Abel, K. Different Mental Health Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Latent Class Trajectory Analysis Using Longitudinal UK Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3784647.
Pierce, M., Hope, H., Ford, T., Hatch, S., Hotopf, M., Kontopantelis, E. … Abel, K.M. Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Probability Sample Survey of the UK Population. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3624264.
Wardle, H. and McManus, S. Suicidality and Problem Gambling Among Emerging Adults: Results from a Cross-Sectional Online Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3578807.

Reports (10)

Newlove-Delgado, T., Williams, T., Robertson, K., McManus, S., Sadler, K., Vizard, T. … Ford, T. (2021). Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021 - wave 2 follow up to the 2017 survey. Leeds: NHS Digital.
McManus, S. (2020). Often overlooked: Young women, poverty, and self-harm. Agenda.
Walby, S., Bell, P., Bowstead, J., Feder, G., Fraser, A., Herbert, A. … Verrall, R. (2020). Study on the economic, social and human costs of trafficking in human beings within the EU. Luxembourg: European Commission. ISBN 978-92-76-21349-9.
Vizard, T., Sadler, K., Ford, T., Newlove-Delgado, T., McManus, S., Marcheselli, F. … Cartwright, C. (2020). Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020 Wave 1 follow up to the 2017 survey. Leeds: NHS Digital.
McManus, S., Lubian, K., Bennett, C., Turley, C., Porter, L., Gill, V. … Weich, S. (2019). Suicide and self-harm in Britain: researching risk and resilience using UK surveys. London: NatCen.
Sadler, K., Vizard, T., Ford, T., Goodman, A., Goodman, R. and McManus, S. (2019). Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017: Trends and characteristics. Leeds: NHS Digital.
McManus, S., Sehmi, R., Nguyen, A. and Smith, N. (2019). Trends in long-term prescribing of dependence forming medicines. London: NatCen.
McManus, S., Ali, A., Bebbington, P., Brugha, T., Cooper, C., Rai, D. … Hassiotis, A. (2018). Inequalities in Health and Service Use among People with Borderline Intellectual Impairment. London: NatCen.
McManus, S., Bebbington, P., Jenkins, R. and Brugha, T. (2016). Mental Health and Wellbeing in England: the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014. Leeds: NHS Digital. ISBN 978-1-78386-825-4.
McManus, S., Meltzer, H., Brugha, T., Bebbington, P. and Jenkins, R. (2009). Adult psychiatric morbidity in England: results of a household survey. Leeds: Health and Social Care Information Centre. ISBN 978-1-904599-94-4.

Other (4)

Corsi, J., Cook, E., McManus, S., Innes, A., Capelas Barbosa, E. and Walby, S. (2021). The gendered dimensions of defences to homicide: a systematic review protocol.
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Innes, A., Capelas Barbosa, E., Cook, E., Corsi, J., Kotanen, R., McManus, S. … Walby, S. (2021). Prevalence of violence experienced by people with insecure immigration status, and perceptions of association with immigration control (protocol).
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Kotanen, R., McManus, S., Cook, E., Innes, A., Corsi, J., Capelas Barbosa, E. … Walby, S. (2021). Changes in statutory child protection service interventions in response to parental physical violence against children, 1990 to 2021: a systematic review (protocol).
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Walby, S., Stöckl, H., Cook, E., Innes, A., McManus, S., Corsi, J. … Capelas Barbosa, E. (2021). Sex/gender-disaggregated fatal violence: a systematic review (protocol).
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