Phil Wilson

Phil Wilson studied physiology at Balliol College, Oxford, followed by a Wellcome Foundation doctoral studentship in the Department of Anatomy at Oxford, where he worked on serotonin metabolism in the hypothalamus and its interaction with the neuroendocrine system. He then went to Cambridge to become a clinical medical student. Three years after qualifying, he became a partner in a small general practice in Battlefield, in South East Glasgow. In 1997 this practice became one of the first five CSO-funded research practices in Scotland.

Phil was appointed to his research post at the University of Glasgow in 1995 where his work focussed on the development and evaluation of a range of complex interventions in primary care including methadone maintenance and management of depression. Between 1998 and May 2001, he was medical director of WestNet, the West of Scotland Primary Care Research Network. He was appointed a primary care career scientist by the Chief Scientist Office in October 2003, with a programme of research involving the role of primary care in improving the mental health of pre-school children.

Most of Phil’s current research and development work is in the field of infant mental health. He is currently involved in developing and evaluating a parenting support strategy for Glasgow and in research designed to improve early identification and treatment of psychological and psychiatric problems in infancy.

Phil is currently working with the SPHSU half a day per week. He is planning collaborative work with the Sexual Health and Families team on early predictors of child wellbeing and the rigorous evaluation of early years parenting interventions.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Wilson PMJ, Watson R, Ralston GE. Methadone maintenance in general practice: patients, workload and outcomes. BMJ 1994 309 641-644.

Wilson PMJ, Sullivan F, Hussein S, Davey Smith G. Examination of the effects of emotional disturbance and its detection on general practice patients' satisfaction with the consultation. British Journal of General Practice 1995 45 304-309.

Wilson PMJ, Watson R, Ralston GE. Supporting problem drug users: methadone maintenance in general practice (editorial). British Journal of General Practice, 1995 45 454-455.

Ralston GE, Wilson PMJ. Methadone maintenance: costs and benefits for the individual and society. Pharmacoeconomics 1996 10 321-326.

Gruer L, Wilson P. Scott R, Elliot L, MacLeod J et al. General practitioner centred scheme for the treatment of opiate dependent drug injectors in Glasgow. BMJ 1997: 314; 1730-1735.

Wilson P. What the doctor ordered: the role of the GP. In: How We Feel – an insight into the emotional world of teenagers. Gordon and Grant (eds); London: Kingsley 1997 pp 174-180.

Ross S, Moffat K, McConnachie A, Gordon J, Wilson P. Sex and Attitude: a randomized vignette study of the management of depression by general practitioners. British Journal of General Practice, 1999; 49: 17-21.

O’Donnell CA, McConnachie A, Moffat K, Drummond N, Wilson P, Ross SJ. Cross sectional study of social variation in use of an out of hours patient transport service. BMJ 1999; 318: 566-7.

Thomson H, Ross S, Wilson P, McConnachie A, Watson R. Randomised controlled trial of effect of Baby Check on use of health services in infancy. BMJ 1999; 318: 1740-4

O’Donnell CA, McConnachie A, Moffat KJ, Wilson P, Ross S. Out of hours care in the UK - generalizability of research findings (letter). J Publ Hlth Med 1999; 21: 482-483.

Wilson P, Carr S, Sharp C. The prevalence of gender dysphoria in Scotland: a primary care study. BJGP 1999; 49: 991-992

Drummond N, McConnachie A, O’Donnell CA, Moffat KJ, Wilson P, Ross S. Social variation in reasons for contacting general practice out of hours: implications for daytime service provision? BJGP 2000; 50: 460-464

Wilson P, McConnachie A, O’Donnell C, Ross S, Moffat K, Drummond N. Assessing dissatisfaction with an out of hours service: reasons and remedies. Health Bulletin 2001; 61: 30-37.

Stirling M, Wilson P, McConnachie A. Consultation length, deprivation and identification of psychological distress in general practice. BJGP 2001; 51: 456-460

Heaney D, Wyke S, Wilson P, Elton R, Rutledge P. Assessment of impact of information booklets on use of healthcare services: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2001; 322: 1218-1221.

Thomson H, Ross S, Wilson P, McConnachie A, Watson R. Mothers’ use of and attitudes to “Baby Check.” BJGP 2002; 52: 314-316

Wilson P, Stirling M, McConnachie A. Increasing consultation time may not be straightforward and outcomes must be evaluated. (Research letter) BMJ 2002; 325: 104

Armstrong B, Kinn S, Scoular A, Wilson P. Shared Care in the Management of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Primary Care. Journal of Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2003;79:369–371

Wyke S, Hunt K, Walker J, Wilson P. Frequent attendance, socioeconomic status and burden of ill health - An investigation in the West of Scotland. Eur J Gen Pract 2003; 9: 48-55

Hussey S, Hoddinott P, Wilson P, Dowell J, Barbour R. Sickness certification in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study of views of general practitioners in Scotland. BMJ 2004; 328: 88-91

McConnachie A, Wilson P, Thomson H, Ross S, Watson R, Muirhead P, Munley A. Modelling consultation patterns in infancy: influence of maternal and infant characteristics, feeding type and consultation history. British Journal of General Practice 2004; 54: 598-603.

Olivia Wu, Robin Knill-Jones, Philip Wilson, Neil Craig. The Impact Of Economic Information On Medical Decision-Making In Primary Care. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2004; 10: 407-411.

Senok A, Wilson P, Reid M, Scoular A, Craig N, McConnachie A, Fitzpatrick B, MacDonald A. Can we evaluate population screening strategies in general practice? A pilot randomised controlled trial comparing postal and opportunistic screening for genital chlamydial infection. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:198-204

Wilson P, Furnivall J, Barbour R (eds) ‘Only Connect’: Addressing The Emotional Needs Of Scotland's Children And Young People: A report on the SNAP Child and Adolescent Mental Health phase 2 survey. 2006. (www.headsupscotland.org.uk/snap.html)

Campbell NC, Murray E, Darbyshire J, Emery J, Farmer A, Griffiths F, Guthrie B, Lester H, Wilson P, Kinmonth AL. Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care. BMJ 2007;334;455-459.

Furnivall J, Wilson P, Barbour RS, Connelly G, Bryce G, Phin L. ‘Hard to know what to do’: how residential child care workers experience the mental health needs of young people. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 2007; 6 (1): 1-13

Wilson P, Barbour RS, Furnivall J, Connelly G, Bryce G, Phin L, Stallard A. The work of health visitors and school nurses with children with emotional, behavioural and psychological problems: findings from a Scottish Needs Assessment. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2008 61(4), 445–455. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04505.x.

Connelly G, Lockhart E, Wilson P, Furnivall J, Bryce G, Barbour R, Phin L. Teachers’ responses to the emotional needs of children and young people – results from the Scottish Needs Assessment Programme. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 2008; 13:1, 7 – 19. DOI: 10.1080/13632750701814633
McKinstry B, Wilson P, Espie C. Non-pharmacological management of chronic insomnia in primary care (editorial). BJGP, 2008; 58 (547) 79-80 DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X264018

Wilson P, Barbour RS, Graham C, Currie M, Puckering C, Minnis H. Health visitors’ assessments of parent-child relationships: a focus group study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2008; 45: 1137-1147 . DOI 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.07.006

Wilson P. Recognising childhood neuropsychiatric disorders. The Practitioner 2007; 251: 26-30.

Wallace LA, Scoular A, Hart G, Reid M, Wilson P, Goldberg DJ. What is the excess risk of infertility in women following genital chlamydia infection? A systematic review of the evidence. STI, 2008;84:171–175. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.026047

Morrison J, Anderson MJ, Sutton M, Munoz – Arroyo R, McDonald S, Maxwell M, Power A, Smith M, Wilson P. Factors influencing the variation in antidepressant prescribing by general practices in Scotland. British Journal of General Practice, 2009; 59: 88-93. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X395076

J. Morrison, MJ. Anderson, S. MacDonald, M. Maxwell, R. Munoz-Arroyo, A. Power, M. Smith, M. Sutton, P. Wilson. Relationship between antidepressant and anxiolytic/hypnotic prescribing: a mixed methods study. European Journal of General Practice. 2008; 14: 129-135

Macdonald,S; Morrison,J;Maxwell,M; Munoz-Arroyo,R; Power,A; Smith,M; Sutton, M; Wilson,P. ‘A coal face option': GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing British Journal of General Practice, 2009; 59: 299-307

Wilson P, Minnis H, Puckering C, Gillberg C. Should we aspire to screen preschool children for conduct disorder? Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2009;94:812-816

Thompson L, Kemp J,Wilson P, Pritchett R, Minnis H, Toms-Whittle L, Puckering C, Law J, Gillberg C. What have birth cohort studies asked about genetic, pre- and perinatal exposures and child and adolescent onset mental health outcomes? A systematic review. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2010) 19:1–15 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0045-4

Wilson P, Mullin A. Child neglect: what has it to do with general practice? BJGP, 2010; 60: 5-6

Wilson P, Thompson L, MConnachie A, Puckering C, Holden C, Cassidy C, Gillberg C Parent-child relationships: are health visitors’ judgements reliable? Community Practitioner 2010; 83(5): 22-5.

In Press:

Lim K, Corlett L, Thompson L, Law J, Wilson P, Gillberg C, Minnis H. Measuring attachment in large population studies: A systematic review. Educational and Child Psychology, in press.

Helen Minnis, Graham Bryce, Louise Phin and Phil Wilson. The “Spirit of New Orleans”: translating a model of intervention with maltreated children and their families for the Glasgow context. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, in press.

Whittaker W, Sutton M, Maxwell M, Munoz-Arroyo R, MacDonald S, Power A, Smith M. Wilson P, Morrison J. Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on state benefits: Analysis of routinely available data. In press, BMJ.