Publications

Non academic publications

DATAMIND

Read our two DATAMIND reports on the use of routine data (Electronic Health Records and longitudinal studies) to study severe mental illness and cardiovascular disease risk factors. They highlight the strengths and challenges of these data, the complexities of defining severe mental illness and differences in recording of severe mental illness, and cardiovascular disease risk factors across the four nations. of the UK

Office for Health Improvements and Disparities (OHID)

In 2023, I co-authored a report with OHID on all-cause mortality in people with severe mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic:

Premature mortality during COVID-19 in adults with severe mental illness

Academic publications

Firstly, they say no one ever reads a thesis. So here’s mine in the hope someone might!

Investigating physical health and related secondary care use in people with severe mental illness

A full list of my acadmic papers is below, but citations can also be viewed on:

F Bu, A Burton, N Launders, AE Taylor, A Richards-Belle, S Tierney, D Osborn, and D Fancourt. (2025). National roll-out of social prescribing in England’s primary care system. The Lancet Public Health .

A Richards-Belle, N Launders, S Hardoon, KKC Man, E Bramon, DPJ Osborn, and JF Hayes. (2025). Prescribing of antipsychotics for people diagnosed with severe mental illness in UK primary care 2000–2019. The British Journal of Psychiatry 226 (5), 269-277.

N Launders, CA Jackson, JF Hayes, A John, R Stewart, MH Iveson, E Bramon, B Guthrie, SW Mercer, and DPJ Osborn. (2025). Prevalence and patient characteristics associated with cardiovascular disease risk factor screening in UK primary care for people with severe mental illness. BMJ Ment Health 28 (1).

A Jeffery, JF Hayes, N Launders, G Lewis, D Osborn, H Bould, N Warne, and F Solmi. (2025). Mortality and hospital admissions in people with eating disorders. The British Journal of Psychiatry 1-9.

LF Trajano, JF Hayes, N Launders, NM Davies, DPJ Osborn, and A Richards-Belle. (2025). Co-prescription of metformin and antipsychotics in severe mental illness. BMJ Mental Health 28 (1).

A Richards-Belle, N Launders, S Hardoon, A Richards, KKC Man, NM Davies, E Bramon, JF Hayes, and DPJ Osborn. (2025). Comparative cardiometabolic safety and effectiveness of aripiprazole in people with severe mental illness. Plos Medicine 22 (1), e1004520.

P Clery, JF Hayes, N Launders, R Thompson, A Kandola, DPJ Osborn, EL Lawrance, A Jeffery, and J Dykxhoorn. (2025). The association between outdoor ambient temperature and depression and mania. Journal of Affective Disorders 379, 457-466.

N Launders, CA Jackson, JF Hayes, A John, R Stewart, MH Iveson, E Bramon, B Guthrie, SW Mercer, and DPJ Osborn. (2025). Characteristics of people with severe mental illness excluded from incentivised physical health checks in the UK. The British Journal of Psychiatry 1-8.

Y Bauernfreund, N Launders, G Favarato, JF Hayes, D Osborn, and EL Sampson. (2024). Delirium risk and mortality in people with pre-existing severe mental illness. Psychological Medicine 54 (14), 3974-3984.

A Richards-Belle, N Launders, and JF Hayes. (2024). ADHD Pharmacotherapy and Mortality. JAMA 332 (1), 77-77.

Y Bauernfreund, N Launders, G Favarato, JF Hayes, D Osborn, and EL Sampson. (2023). Incidence and associations of hospital delirium diagnoses in 85,979 people with severe mental illness. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 147 (5), 516-526.

N Launders, JF Hayes, G Price, L Marston, and DPJ Osborn. (2023). The incidence rate of planned and emergency physical health hospital admissions in people diagnosed with severe mental illness. Psychological medicine 53 (12), 5603-5614.

L Byrne, A Douglas, N Launders, G Godbole, R Lynn, C Inward, and C Jenkins. (2023). Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. Epidemiology & Infection 151, e160.

N Launders, L Kirsh, DPJ Osborn, and JF Hayes. (2022). The temporal relationship between severe mental illness diagnosis and chronic physical comorbidity. The Lancet Psychiatry 9 (9), 725-735.

N Launders, JF Hayes, G Price, and DPJ Osborn. (2022). Clustering of physical health multimorbidity in people with severe mental illness. PLoS Medicine 19 (4), e1003976.

N Launders, K Dotsikas, L Marston, G Price, DPJ Osborn, and JF Hayes. (2022). The impact of comorbid severe mental illness and common chronic physical health conditions on hospitalisation. PloS one 17 (8), e0272498.

N Launders, L Scolamiero, DPJ Osborn, and JF Hayes. (2022). Cancer rates and mortality in people with severe mental illness. Schizophrenia Research 246, 260-267.

L Richeldi, N Launders, F Martinez, SLF Walsh, J Myers, B Wang, M Jones, A Chisholm, KR Flaherty, REG IPF, A David-Wang, A Morais, A Azuma, B Crestani, C Vancheri, C Youakim, CD Fell, CJ Ryerson, D Bouros, E Bendstrup, F Morell, F Bonella, G Raghu, G Christoff, G Ferrara, I Glaspole, I Rosas, Jür Behr, K DeBoer, KM Antoniou, K Dheda, K Brown, L Planas-Cerezales, M Sköld, M Funke, M Molina-Molina, M Mazzei, M Kolb, M Selman, P Rottoli, P Spagnolo, P Rivera-Ortega, S Avdeev, S Quandrelli, TJ Corte, TM Maher, V Cottin, W Wuyts, and ZJ Xu. (2019). The characterisation of interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary team meetings. ERJ open research 5 (2).

N Launders, D Ryan, CC Winchester, D Skinner, PR Konduru, and DB Price. (2019). Management of community-acquired pneumonia. Pragmatic and observational research 53-65.

N Launders, L Byrne, C Jenkins, K Harker, A Charlett, and GK Adak. (2016). Disease severity of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 and factors influencing the development of typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome. BMJ open 6 (1), e009933.

N Launders, ME Locking, M Hanson, G Willshaw, A Charlett, R Salmon, J Cowden, and GK Adak. (2016). A large Great Britain-wide outbreak of STEC O157 phage type 8 linked to handling of raw leeks and potatoes. Epidemiology & Infection 144 (1), 171-181.

N Launders, ME Locking, M Hanson, G Willshaw, A Charlett, R Salmon, J Cowden, and GK Adak. (2016). A large Great Britain-wide outbreak of STEC O157 phage type 8 linked to handling of raw leeks and potatoes–CORRIGENDUM. Epidemiology & Infection 144 (1), 182-182.

L Byrne, C Jenkins, N Launders, R Elson, and GK Adak. (2015). The epidemiology, microbiology and clinical impact of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in England, 2009–2012. Epidemiology & Infection 143 (16), 3475-3487.

C Jenkins, TJ Dallman, N Launders, C Willis, L Byrne, F Jorgensen, M Eppinger, GK Adak, H Aird, N Elviss, KA Grant, D Morgan, and J McLauchlin. (2015). Public health investigation of two outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 associated with consumption of watercress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (12), 3946-3952.

TJ Dallman, L Byrne, N Launders, K Glen, KA Grant, and C Jenkins. (2015). The utility and public health implications of PCR and whole genome sequencing for the detection and investigation of an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli …. Epidemiology & Infection 143 (8), 1672-1680.

NJ Launders, GL Nichols, R Cartwright, J Lawrence, J Jones, and C Hadjichristodoulou. (2014). Self-reported stomach upset in travellers on cruise-based and land-based package holidays. PLoS One 9 (1), e83425.

L Byrne, GL Vanstone, NT Perry, N Launders, GK Adak, G Godbole, KA Grant, R Smith, and C Jenkins. (2014). Epidemiology and microbiology of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli other than serogroup O157 in England, 2009–2013. Journal of medical microbiology 63 (9), 1181-1188.

N Launders, L Byrne, N Adams, K Glen, C Jenkins, D Tubin-Delic, M Locking, C Williams, D Morgan, and OC Team. (2013). Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 associated with consumption of watercress, United Kingdom, August to September 2013. Eurosurveillance 18 (44), 20624.

N Perry, T Cheasty, T Dallman, N Launders, and G Willshaw. (2013). Application of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis to monitor Verocytotoxin‐producing Escherichia coli O157 phage type 8 in England and Wales …. Journal of Applied Microbiology 115 (4), 1052-1058.

KN Ward, A Ohrling, NJ Bryant, JS Bowley, EM Ross, and CM Verity. (2012). Herpes simplex serious neurological disease in young children. Archives of disease in childhood 97 (2), 162-165.

NL Boddington, H Simons, N Launders, M Gawthrop, A Stillwell, C Wong, J Mathewson, and DR Hill. (2012). Evaluation of travel medicine practice by yellow fever vaccination centers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Journal of travel medicine 19 (2), 84-91.

GA Willshaw, N Perry, T Cheasty, and N Launders. (2012). Application of Multi-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) to Monitor an Increase in Verocytotoxin-ProducingEscherichia coliO157 (VTEC O157) Phage Type 8 in …. Zoonoses and Public Health 59, 37.

M Gobin, N Launders, C Lane, G Kafatos, and B Adak. (2011). National outbreak of Salmonella Java phage type 3b variant 9 infection using parallel case–control and case–case study designs, United Kingdom, July to October 2010. Eurosurveillance 16 (47), 20023.

NL Boddington, H Simons, N Launders, and DR Hill. (2011). Quality improvement in travel medicine. Quality in Primary Care 19 (6), 391-398.

N Boddington, N Bryant, and DR Hill. (2011). Role of National Travel Health Network and Centre Website during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17 (1), 149.

N Bryant, R Tucker, H Simons, S Bailey, J Mathewson, G Lea, and DR Hill. (2008). Analysis of yellow fever vaccination practice in England. Journal of travel medicine 15 (5), 287-293.

N Bryant, J Lawrence, J Jones, A Jordan, H Simons, and DR Hill. (2008). MONITORING OF INTERNATIONAL OUTBREAKS WITH AN OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE DATABASE. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 79 (6), 251-251.

SD Blacksell, NJ Bryant, DH Paris, JA Doust, Y Sakoda, and NPJ Day. (2007). Scrub typhus serologic testing with the indirect immunofluorescence method as a diagnostic gold standard. Clinical infectious diseases 44 (3), 391-401.

KN Ward, NJ Bryant, NJ Andrews, JS Bowley, A Ohrling, CM Verity, EM Ross, and E Miller. (2007). Risk of serious neurologic disease after immunization of young children in Britain and Ireland. Pediatrics 120 (2), 314-321.