Dr Thompson is a Principal Research Fellow at Orygen and a Consultant Psychiatrist. He leads the early psychosis research stream at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) at Orygen and is the lead psychiatrist and research lead for the national headspace Youth Early Psychosis services.

He is also acting Director of Specialist Services at Orygen. He holds an honorary Associate Professor position at the University of Warwick in the UK. Andrew completed his medical degree at the University of Oxford in 1993 and a research MD at the University of London in 2008. He trained as a psychiatrist both the UK and Australia obtaining fellowships in both countries and received the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Young Psychiatrist Research Award in 2013. He has received major research funding in Australia and the UK. Andrew’s major academic interests include work into risk factors for developing psychosis and novel interventions to treat early or emerging psychosis including using technology such as virtual reality. He is also interested in defining and understanding predictors of clinical outcomes in early psychosis.

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A certificate in youth psychiatry: meeting the training needs of psychiatrists.

Andrew Thompson's selected work

Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium Clinical Registry (Cr) & Clinical Tria..

Research Grant

Improving treatments for psychotic disorders: beyond cognitive behaviour therapy for psych..

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Nu-Life Project: New Life Interventions For First Episode Psychosis

Research Grant

Relationship Between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Psychopathology in the NEURAPRO Clini..

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After the storm, Solar comes out: A new service model for children and adolescent mental h..

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Do schizotypal or borderline personality disorders predict onset of psychotic disorder or ..

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Projects

Displaying the 2 most recent projects by Andrew Thompson.

Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium Clinical Registry (Cr) & Clinical Trial & Translation Network (Cttn)

2020 - 2023

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Nu-Life Project: New Life Interventions For First Episode Psychosis

2012 - 2013

Completed

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 219 most recent scholarly works by Andrew Thompson.

A certificate in youth psychiatry: meeting the training needs of psychiatrists.

Iain Macmillan, Andrew Thompson, Megan Kalucy, Daniel Pellen, Eóin Killackey, Patrick McGorry, James G Scott

Journal article | 2020 | Australasian Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: This paper provides the rationale for the development of sub-specialty training in youth psychiatry. METHOD: Training n..

Improving treatments for psychotic disorders: beyond cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis

B Nelson, L Torregrossa, A Thompson, LA Sass, S Park, JA Hartmann, PD McGorry, M Alvarez-Jimenez

Journal article | 2020 | Psychosis

Relationship Between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Psychopathology in the NEURAPRO Clinical Trial (vol 10, 393, 2019)

Maximus Berger, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schafer, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schloegelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Swapna Verma, Todd W Mitchell, Barbara J Meyer, Andrew Thompson, Alison Ruth Yung, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

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After the storm, Solar comes out: A new service model for children and adolescent mental health

Frane Vusio, Andrew Thompson, Liam Laughton, Max Birchwood

Journal article | 2020 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIM: Existing children and adolescent mental health services in the United Kingdom have many gaps, such as reduced access to commu..

Do schizotypal or borderline personality disorders predict onset of psychotic disorder or persistent attenuated psychotic symptoms in patients at high clinical risk?

H Hadar, H Zhang, LJ Phillips, GP Amminger, GE Berger, EYH Chen, L de Haan, JA Hartmann, IB Hickie, S Lavoie, C Markulev, PD McGorry, N Mossaheb, DH Nieman, M Nordentoft, A Riecher-Rossler, MR Schafer, M Schloegelhofer, S Smesny, A Thompson, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

Virtual reality as a clinical tool in mental health research and practice .

Imogen H Bell, Jennifer Nicholas, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Andrew Thompson, Lucia Valmaggia

Journal article | 2020 | Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Virtual reality (VR) is a potentially powerful technology for enhancing assessment in mental health. At any time or place, individ..

Commentary: Preventive Treatments for Psychosis: Umbrella Review (Just the Evidence)

Barnaby Nelson, G Paul Amminger, Andrew Thompson, Stephen J Wood, Alison R Yung, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

The need for Early Intervention for Psychosis to persist throughout the covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

Brian O'Donoghue, Karen O'Connor, Andrew Thompson, Patrick McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

In the last three decades, Early Intervention for psychosis services have been established worldwide and have resulted in superior..

S134. INCIDENCE, IMPACT AND TRAJECTORIES OF PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCES FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, AND PREDICTION OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER

Stanley Zammit, Jon Heron, Alexandros Rammos, Hannah Jones, Daphne Kounali, Sarah Sullivan, Jazz Croft, Mary Cannon, Anthony David, Paul Fletcher, Peter Holmans, Peter Jones, David Linden, Glyn Lewis, Michael Owen, Michael O’Donovan, Andrew Thompson, Dieter Wolke

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

Abstract Background Given the global burden of disease of psychotic disorders ..

Evidence for preventive treatments in young patients at clinical high risk of psychosis: the need for context

Barnaby Nelson, Gunter P Amminger, Andreas Bechdolf, Paul French, Ashok Malla, Anthony P Morrison, Stefanie J Schmidt, Jai L Shah, Andrew Thompson, Mark Van der Gaag, Stephen J Wood, Scott W Woods, Alison R Yung, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | The Lancet Psychiatry

Cognitive functioning in ultra -high risk for psychosis individuals with and without depression: Secondary analysis of findings from the NEURAPRO randomized clinical trial

Sumudu Rasangi Mallawaarachchi, G Paul Amminger, John Farhall, Luke K Bolt, Barnaby Nelson, Hok Pan Yuen, Patrick D McGorry, Connie Markulev, Miriam R Schaefer, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schloegelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor Emanuel Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Swapna Verma, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

Neurocognitive impairments are well established in both ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis and major depressive disorder (MDD). D..

A Population-Based Cohort Study Examining the Incidence and Impact of Psychotic Experiences From Childhood to Adulthood, and Prediction of Psychotic Disorder

Sarah A Sullivan, Daphne Kounali, Mary Cannon, Anthony S David, Paul C Fletcher, Peter Holmans, Hannah Jones, Peter B Jones, David EJ Linden, Glyn Lewis, Michael J Owen, Michael O'Donovan, Alexandros Rammos, Andrew Thompson, Dieter Wolke, Jon Heron, Stan Zammit

Journal article | 2020 | American Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the incidence, course, and outcome of psychotic experiences from childhood through early adult..

Risk Factors for Psychosis Paradigms, Mechanisms, and Prevention

Andrew Thompson, Matthew Broome

Book | 2020

The book also introduces the ethics and current treatment evidence that attempts to ameliorate risk or reduce the number of indivi..

Society and Risk for Psychosis.

Andrew Thompson, Craig Morgan, Tessa Roberts, Brian O'Donoghue

Book Chapter | 2020

The book also introduces the ethics and current treatment evidence that attempts to ameliorate risk or reduce the number of indivi..

Insulin resistance and obesity, and their association with depression in relatively young people: findings from a large UK birth cohort

BI Perry, GM Khandaker, S Marwaha, A Thompson, S Zammit, SP Singh, R Upthegrove

Journal article | 2020 | Psychological Medicine

BACKGROUND: Depression frequently co-occurs with disorders of glucose and insulin homeostasis (DGIH) and obesity. Low-grade system..

The prevalence of personality disorders in the community: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

Catherine Winsper, Ayten Bilgin, Andrew Thompson, Steven Marwaha, Andrew M Chanen, Swaran P Singh, Ariel Wang, Vivek Furtado

Journal article | 2020 | The British Journal of Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: Personality disorders are now internationally recognised as a mental health priority. Nevertheless, there are no syste..

Basic symptoms in young people at ultra-high risk of psychosis: Association with clinical characteristics and outcomes

S Youn, LJ Phillips, GP Amminger, G Berger, EYH Chen, L de Haan, JA Hartmann, IB Hickie, S Lavoie, C Markulev, PD McGorry, N Mossaheb, DH Nieman, M Nordentoft, A Riecher-Rossler, MR Schafer, M Schloegelhofer, S Smesny, A Thompson, S Verma, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

There has been limited research into the predictive value of basic symptoms and their relationship with other psychopathology in p..

Co-designing a virtual world with young people to deliver social cognition therapy in early psychosis

Alba Realpe, Farah Elahi, Sandra Bucci, Max Birchwood, Ivo Vlaev, David Taylor, Andrew Thompson

Journal article | 2020 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIMS: Co-design implies genuine partnership in the generation of knowledge between service users and researchers. Service user inv..

The NEURAPRO Biomarker Analysis: Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids Improve 6-Month and 12-Month Outcomes in Youths at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis

G Paul Amminger, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schafer, Maximus Berger, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schloegelhofer, Stephan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Swapna Verma, Andrew Thompson, Alison Ruth Yung, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | Biological Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: NEURAPRO was a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) (fi..

Early Signs Monitoring to Prevent Relapse in Psychosis and Promote Well-Being, Engagement, and Recovery: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Harnessing Mobile Phone Technology Blended With Peer Support

Andrew Gumley, Simon Bradstreet, John Ainsworth, Stephanie Allan, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Louise Beattie, Imogen Bell, Max Birchwood, Andrew Briggs, Sandra Bucci, Emily Castagnini, Andrea Clark, Sue M Cotton, Lidia Engel, Paul French, Reeva Lederman, Shon Lewis, Matthew Machin, Graeme MacLennan, Claire Matrunola, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | JMIR Research Protocols

BACKGROUND: Relapse in schizophrenia is a major cause of distress and disability and is predicted by changes in symptoms such as a..

A Feasibility and Acceptability Trial of Social Cognitive Therapy in Early Psychosis Delivered Through a Virtual World: The VEEP Study

Andrew Thompson, Farah Elahi, Alba Realpe, Max Birchwood, David Taylor, Ivo Vlaev, Fiona Leahy, Sandra Bucci

Journal article | 2020 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

Background: Addressing specific social cognitive difficulties is an important target in early psychosis and may help address poor ..

Trajectories of symptom severity and functioning over a three-year period in a psychosis high-risk sample: A secondary analysis of the Neurapro trial

Jessica A Hartmann, Stefanie J Schmidt, Patrick D McGorry, Maximus Berger, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Ian B Hickie, Suzie Lavoie, Connie Markulev, Nilufar Mossaheb, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Andrea Polari, Anita Riecher-Rossler, Miriam R Schafer, Monika Schlogelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Andrew Thompson, Swapna K Verma, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Behaviour Research and Therapy

The Ultra-High Risk (UHR) for psychosis group is known to be heterogeneous with diverse outcomes. This study aimed to: 1. Identify..

The potential impact of COVID-19 on psychosis: A rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research

Ellie Brown, Richard Gray, Samantha Lo Monaco, Brian O'Donoghue, Barnaby Nelson, Andrew Thompson, Shona Francey, Pat McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

The COVID-19 outbreak may profoundly impact population mental health because of exposure to substantial psychosocial stress. An in..

Sleep disturbances and the At Risk Mental State: A systematic review and meta-analysis

L Clarke, K Chisholm, FP Cappuccio, NKY Tang, MA Miller, F Elahi, AD Thompson

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

Psychopathological outcomes of adolescent borderline personality disorder symptoms

Catherine Winsper, Dieter Wolke, Jan Scott, Carla Sharp, Andrew Thompson, Steven Marwaha

Journal article | 2019 | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: Despite considerable morbidity and functional losses associated with adolescent borderline personality disorder, little..

Experiences and satisfaction of children, young people and their parents with alternative mental health models to inpatient settings: a systematic review

Frane Vusio, Andrew Thompson, Max Birchwood, Latoya Clarke

Journal article | 2019 | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Supplementation with the omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: Changes in the concentrations of omega-3 index, fatty acids and molecular phospholipids of people at ultra high risk of developing psychosis.

Ayedh Alqarni, Todd W Mitchell, Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schäfer, Maximus Berger, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schlögelhofer, Stephan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Rössler, Swapna Verma, Andrew Thompson, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA) are necessary for optimum mental health, with recent studies showing l..

Staged treatment and acceptability guidelines in early psychosis study (STAGES): A randomized placebo controlled trial of intensive psychosocial treatment plus or minus antipsychotic medication for first-episode psychosis with low-risk of self-harm or aggression. Study protocol and baseline characteristics of participants

Brian O'Donoghue, Shona M Francey, Barnaby Nelson, Aswin Ratheesh, Kelly Allott, Jessica Grahann, Lara Baldwin, Mario Alvarez-Jinnenez, Andrew Thonnpson, Alex Fornito, Andrea Polari, Michael Berk, Craig Macneil, Kingsley Crisp, Christos Pantelis, Hok P Yuen, Susy Harrigan, Patrick McGorry

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Comparison of erythrocyte omega-3 index, fatty acids and molecular phospholipid species in people at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis and healthy people.

Ayedh Alqarni, Todd W Mitchell, Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schäfer, Maximus Berger, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schlögelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Rössler, Swapna Verma, Andrew Thompson, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

People classified as ultra-high risk (UHR) of developing psychosis have reduced cellular membrane omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsatura..

Relationship Between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Psychopathology in the NEURAPRO Clinical Trial

Maximus Berger, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schafer, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schloegelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor E Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Rossler, Swapna Verma, Andrew Thompson, Alison Ruth Yung, Patrick D McGorry, G Paul Amminger

Journal article | 2019 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

Does reason for referral to an ultra-high risk clinic predict transition to psychosis?

Simon Rice, Andrea Polari, Andrew Thompson, Jessica Hartmann, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Neurocognition as a predictor of transition to psychotic disorder and functional outcomes in ultra-high risk participants: Findings from the NEURAPRO randomized clinical trial

Luke K Bolt, G Paul Amminger, John Farhall, Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok Pan Yuen, Miriam R Schafer, Nilufar Mossaheb, Monika Schlogelhofer, Stefan Smesny, Ian B Hickie, Gregor Emanuel Berger, Eric YH Chen, Lieuwe de Haan, Dorien H Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Swapna Verma, Andrew Thompson, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

Dysglycaemia, Inflammation and Psychosis: Findings From the UK ALSPAC Birth Cohort

Benjamin Ian Perry, Rachel Upthegrove, Andrew Thompson, Steven Marwaha, Stanley Zammit, Swaran Preet Singh, Golam Khandaker

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

Research and practice for ultra-high risk for psychosis: A national survey of early intervention in psychosis services in England

Helen J Stain, Lauren Mawn, Stephanie Common, Marie Pilton, Andrew Thompson

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Short-term outcome of first episode delusional disorder in an early intervention population

Tobias Rowland, Maximillian Birchwood, Swaran Sing, Nicholas Freemantle, Linda Everard, Peter Jones, David Fowler, Tim Amos, Max Marshall, Vimal Sharma, Andrew Thompson

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

The relationship between childhood trauma and clinical characteristics in ultra-high risk for psychosis youth

Chloe de Vos, Andrew Thompson, Paul Amminger, Sarah Bendall, Lieuwe de Haan, Jessica Hartmann, Suzie Lavoie, Connie Markulev, Patrick McGorry, Dorien Nieman, Lisa Phillips, Ulrich Reininghaus, Hok Pan Yuen, Alison Yung, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | Psychosis

Association of Trauma Type, Age of Exposure, and Frequency in Childhood and Adolescence With Psychotic Experiences in Early Adulthood

Jazz Croft, Jon Heron, Christoph Teufel, Mary Cannon, Dieter Wolke, Andrew Thompson, Lotte Houtepen, Stanley Zammit

Journal article | 2019 | JAMA Psychiatry

Dynamic prediction of transition to psychosis using joint modelling

HP Yuen, A Mackinnon, J Hartmann, GP Amminger, C Markulev, S Lavoie, MR Schaefer, A Polari, N Mossaheb, M Schloegelhofer, S Smesny, IB Hickie, G Berger, EYH Chen, L de Haan, DH Nieman, M Nordentoft, A Riecher-Roessler, S Verma, A Thompson, et al.

Journal article | 2018 | Schizophrenia Research

An fMRI study of theory of mind in individuals with first episode psychosis

Cali F Bartholomeusz, Eleni P Ganella, Sarah Whittle, Kelly Allott, Andrew Thompson, Ahmad Abu-Akerl, Henrik Walter, Patrick McGorry, Eoin Killackey, Christos Pantelis, Stephen J Wood

Journal article | 2018 | Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging