Mario Alvarez

Online interventions for cannabis use among adolescents and young adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Anna Beneria, Olga Santesteban-Echarri, Constanza Daigre, Hailey Tremain, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Patrick D McGorry, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Young people present high rates of cannabis use, abuse, and dependence. The United Nations estimates that roughly 3.8%..

ENgage YOung people earlY (ENYOY): a mixed-method study design for a digital transdiagnostic clinical - and peer- moderated treatment platform for youth with beginning mental health complaints in the Netherlands.

M van Doorn, A Popma, T van Amelsvoort, C McEnery, JF Gleeson, FG Ory, Jaspers M W M, M Alvarez-Jimenez, DH Nieman

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: The onset of mental disorders typically occurs between the ages of 12 and 25, and the burden of mental health problems..

Young people's experience of online therapy for first-episode psychosis: A qualitative study

Lee Valentine, Carla McEnery, Shaunagh O'Sullivan, Simon D'Alfonso, John Gleeson, Sarah Bendall, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY-THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to understand how young people with first-episode psychosis experienced online therapy on a Moderated..

Functional Connectivity in Antipsychotic-Treated and Antipsychotic-Naive Patients With First-Episode Psychosis and Low Risk of Self-harm or Aggression A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Sidhant Chopra, Shona M Francey, Brian O'Donoghue, Kristina Sabaroedin, Aurina Arnatkeviciute, Vanessa Cropley, Barnaby Nelson, Jessica Graham, Lara Baldwin, Steven Tahtalian, Hok Pan Yuen, Kelly Allott, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Susy Harrigan, Christos Pantelis, Stephen J Wood, Patrick McGorry, Alex Fornito

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA PSYCHIATRY

Importance: Altered functional connectivity (FC) is a common finding in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fM..

Moderated Online Social Therapy for Young People With Active Suicidal Ideation: Qualitative Study (vol 4, e24260, 2021)

Eleanor Bailey, Jo Robinson, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Maja Nedeljkovic, Lee Valentine, Sarah Bendall, Simon D'Alfonso, Tamsyn Gilbertson, Ben McKechnie, Simon Rice

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

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The Horyzons project: a randomized controlled trial of a novel online social therapy to maintain treatment effects from specialist first-episode psychosis services

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Peter Koval, Lianne Schmaal, Sarah Bendall, Shaunagh O'Sullivan, Daniela Cagliarini, Simon D'Alfonso, Simon Rice, Lee Valentine, David L Penn, Chris Miles, Penni Russon, Jessica Phillips, Carla McEnery, Reeva Lederman, Eoin Killackey, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Cesar Gonzalez-Blanch, Tamsyn Gilbertson, Shalini Lal, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  WORLD PSYCHIATRY

This study aimed to determine whether, following two years of specialized support for first-episode psychosis, the addition of a n..

Cognitive ability and metabolic physical health in first-episode psychosis

Sarah Whitson, Brian O'Donoghue, Robert Hester, Lara Baldwin, Susy Harrigan, Shona Francey, Jessica Graham, Barnaby Nelson, Aswin Ratheesh, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Alex Fornito, Christos Pantelis, Hok Pan Yuen, Andrew Thompson, Melissa Kerr, Michael Berk, Stephen J Wood, Patrick McGorry, Kelly Allott

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH-COGNITION

Cognitive impairments are a core feature of first-episode psychosis (FEP), arising before illness onset and antipsychotic exposure..

Development of a graphic medicine-enabled social media-based intervention for youth social anxiety

Simon Rice, Bridget O'Bree, Michael Wilson, Carla McEnery, Michelle H Lim, Matthew Hamilton, John Gleeson, Sarah Bendall, Simon D'Alfonso, Penni Russon, Lee Valentine, Daniela Cagliarini, Simmone Howell, Christopher Miles, Marc Pearson, Mario alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Objective: The objective of the Entourage project was to develop an innovative digital mental health intervention addressing key b..

Effective Connectivity of Fronto-Striato-Thalamic Circuitry Across the Psychosis Continuum

Kristina Sabaroedin, Adeel Razi, Sidhant Chopra, Nancy Tran, Andrii Pozaruk, Zhaolin Chen, Amy Finlay, Barnaby Nelson, Kelly Allott, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Jessica Graham, Lara Baldwin, Steven Tahtalian, Hok P Yuen, Susy Harrigan, Vanessa Cropley, Sujit Sharma, Bharat Saluja, Robert Williams, Christos Pantelis, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Longitudinal Changes in Functional Connectivity in Antipsychotic-Treated and Antipsychotic-Naive Patients With First Episode Psychosis: A Randomized, Triple-Blind Placebo-Controlled fMRI Study

Sidhant Chopra, Shona Francey, Brian O'Donoghue, Kristina Sabaroedin, Aurina Arnatkeviciute, Vanessa Cropley, Barnaby Nelson, Jessica Graham, Lara Baldwin, Hok Pan Yuen, Kelly Allott, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Susy Harrigan, Christos Pantelis, Stephen Wood, Patrick McGorry, Alex Fornito

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY