Melissa Kerr

My child's future mental health: Carer's engagement with risk identification in an intervention study for youth with at-risk mental states

Michael Tham, Sarah Bendall, Thomas Carlyon-Stewart, Andrea Polari, Jessica Hartmann, Melissa Kerr, Paul Amminger, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Aswin Ratheesh

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

AIM: Prevention and early intervention efforts of serious mental illnesses has yielded promising results. However, alongside benef..

Cannabidiol for at risk for psychosis youth: A randomized controlled trial

G Paul Amminger, Ashleigh Lin, Melissa Kerr, Amber Weller, Jessica Spark, Charlotte Pugh, Sally O'Callaghan, Maximus Berger, Scott R Clark, James G Scott, Andrea Baker, Iain McGregor, David Cotter, Zoltan Sarnyai, Andrew Thompson, Alison R Yung, Brian O'Donoghue, Eoin Killackey, Cathy Mihalopoulos, Hok Pan Yuen, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: No biological treatment has been firmly established for the at-risk stage of psychotic disorder. In this study we aim ..

Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for People with Bipolar Disorder

KM Filia, SM Cotton, AE Watson, A Jayasinghe, M Kerr, PB Fitzgerald

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHIATRIC QUARTERLY

People with Bipolar Disorder (BD) consistently report a desire for employment; however, this is not reflected in employment figure..

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..

M21. THE STEP TRIAL: A SEQUENTIAL MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENT RANDOMISED TRIAL (SMART) OF INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS AT ULTRA-HIGH RISK OF PSYCHOSIS - STUDY RATIONALE, DESIGN AND BASELINE DATA

Barnaby Nelson, G Paul Amminger, Hok Pan Yuen, Melissa Kerr, Jessica Spark, Nicky Wallis, Cameron Carter, Tara Niendam, Rachel Loewy, Martha Shumway, Lisa Dixon, Patrick McGorry

Journal article  |  2020  |  Schizophrenia Bulletin

Abstract Background Although approximately twenty randomised controlled trials..

Youth Depression Alleviation with Anti-inflammatory Agents (YoDA-A): a randomised clinical trial of rosuvastatin and aspirin

Michael Berk, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Olivia M Dean, Sue M Cotton, Andrew M Chanen, Seetal Dodd, Aswin Ratheesh, G Paul Amminger, Mark Phelan, Amber Weller, Andrew Mackinnon, Francesco Giorlando, Shelley Baird, Lisa Incerti, Rachel E Brodie, Natalie O Ferguson, Simon Rice, Miriam R Schafer, Edward Mullen, Sarah Hetrick, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Inflammation contributes to the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD), and anti-inflammatory strategies m..

Psychosocial Intervention With or Without Antipsychotic Medication for First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial

Shona M Francey, Brian O’Donoghue, Barnaby Nelson, Jessica Graham, Lara Baldwin, Hok Pan Yuen, Melissa J Kerr, Aswin Ratheesh, Kelly Allott, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Alex Fornito, Susy Harrigan, Andrew D Thompson, Stephen Wood, Michael Berk, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article  |  2020  |  Schizophrenia Bulletin Open

Abstract This triple-blind (participants, clinicians, and researchers) randomized controlled noninferiority trial e..

The addition of fluoxetine to cognitive behavioural therapy for youth depression (YoDA-C): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial

Christopher G Davey, Andrew M Chanen, Sarah E Hetrick, Sue M Cotton, Aswin Ratheesh, Guenter P Amminger, John Koutsogiannis, Mark Phelan, Edward Mullen, Ben J Harrison, Simon Rice, Alexendra G Parker, Olivia M Dean, Amber Weller, Melissa Kerr, Amelia L Quinn, Lisa Catania, Nikolaos Kazantzis, Patrick D McGarry, Michael Berk

Journal article  |  2019  |  LANCET PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Medication is commonly used to treat youth depression, but whether medication should be added to cognitive behavioural..

The addition of fluoxetine to cognitive behavioural therapy for youth depression: The YoDA-C randomised clinical trial

CG Davey, S Hetrick, AM Chanen, SM Cotton, A Ratheesh, GP Amminger, J Koutsogiannis, M Phelan, E Mullen, BJ Harrison, S Rice, A Williams, M Kerr, AL Quinn, S Baird, N Ferguson, R Brodie, L Incerti, OM Dean, PD McGorry, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  BIPOLAR DISORDERS

Staged Treatment in Early Psychosis: A sequential multiple assignment randomised trial of interventions for ultra high risk of psychosis patients

Barnaby Nelson, G Paul Amminger, Hok Pan Yuen, Nicky Wallis, Melissa J Kerr, Lisa Dixon, Cameron Carter, Rachel Loewy, Tara A Niendam, Martha Shumway, Sarah Morris, Julie Blasioli, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article  |  2018  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

AIM: Previous research indicates that preventive intervention is likely to benefit patients "at risk" of psychosis, in terms of fu..