Dr Kate Filia

Dr Kate Filia is a Research Fellow at Orygen, the Centre for Youth Mental Health, building a program of research regarding social inclusion and mental health. Kate’s research focusses on improving understanding about the role of social inclusion in the prevention, treatment and ongoing management of mental ill-health, particularly in early stages for young people.

She is particularly interested in the interplay between aspects of social inclusion (social functioning, vocational engagement, housing, community involvement, and finances) and clinical outcomes, and aims to identify which aspects of social inclusion are most modifiable, malleable and responsive to intervention, in order to aid in protecting long-term outcomes.

Kate is also the Research Program Manager of the Health Services and Outcomes Research team, responsible for overseeing a number of NHMRC-funded projects, including a cohort study of people who accessed early psychosis treatment >15 years earlier, a randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention for early stage bipolar disorder, and a program aiming to improve outcome measurement and evaluation of early mental health support services.

Kate was awarded her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2015. She has obtained a number of early career awards and grants, and is currently the recipient of a Melbourne Research Fellowship (Career Interruptions) from the University of Melbourne.

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FEATURED Journal article

Rates, types and associations of sexual risk behaviours and sexually transmitted infections in those with severe mental illness: a scoping review

Kate Filia's selected work

Social Inclusion, Functioning And Service Use In Youth Mental Health

Internal Research Grant

Preliminary Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Social Inclusion for Young Adults Aged..

Journal article

Experience Of Caregiving For Those With Bipolar Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Exploration Of..

Research Contracts

Improving functional outcomes in early-stage bipolar disorder: The protocol for the REsear..

Journal article

Social Inclusion According To Clinical Stage Of Psychosis

Internal Research Grant

Early intervention for bipolar disorder - Do current treatment guidelines provide recommen..

Journal article

Projects

Displaying the 3 most recent projects by Kate Filia.

Social Inclusion, Functioning And Service Use In Youth Mental Health

2020 - 2021

Active

Experience Of Caregiving For Those With Bipolar Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Exploration Of Caregiver Burden, Mental And Physical Health, Functioning, Social Inclusion And Quality Of Life (The Care-Bd Study)

2020 - 2020

Active

Social Inclusion According To Clinical Stage Of Psychosis

2018 - 2018

Completed

3

Projects

Project Types

Internal Research Grant

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 55 most recent scholarly works by Kate Filia.

Rates, types and associations of sexual risk behaviours and sexually transmitted infections in those with severe mental illness: a scoping review

Meg Stevens, Aswin Ratheesh, Amity Watson, Kate Filia, Brian O Donoghue, Sue M Cotton

Journal article | 2020 | Psychiatry Research

The aim of this scoping review was to: (i) determine rates and types of sexual risk behaviours and sexually-transmitted infections..

Preliminary Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Social Inclusion for Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 With Serious Mental Illness

Andrew Gardner, Sue Cotton, Brian O'Donoghue, Eoin Killackey, Peter J Norton, Kate Filia

Journal article | 2020 | Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

OBJECTIVE: Young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) are reported to be socially excluded, but social inclusion measures are ..

Improving functional outcomes in early-stage bipolar disorder: The protocol for the REsearch into COgnitive and behavioural VERsatility trial

Sue M Cotton, Michael Berk, Henry Jackson, Greg Murray, Kate Filia, Melissa Hasty, Andrew Chanen, Christopher Davey, Barnaby Nelson, Aswin Ratheesh, Craig MacNeil

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIM: Young people with bipolar disorder (BD) commonly experience reduced quality of life, persistent symptoms and impaired functio..

Early intervention for bipolar disorder - Do current treatment guidelines provide recommendations for the early stages of the disorder?

Chia Ming Fang, Sue Cotton, Kate Filia, Mark Phelan, Philippe Conus, Sameer Jauhar, Steven Marwaha, Patrick D McGorry, Christopher Davey, Michael Berk, Aswin Ratheesh

Journal article | 2019 | Journal of Affective Disorders

Developing and testing the F-SIM, a measure of social inclusion for people with mental illness

Kate M Filia, Henry J Jackson, Sue M Cotton, Eoin J Killackey

Journal article | 2019 | Psychiatry Research

Social inclusion is an important contributor to good mental health and greater mental health outcomes for people with psychiatric ..

Group differences in social inclusion between young adults aged 18 to 25 with serious mental illness and same-aged peers from the general community

Andrew Gardner, Sue Cotton, Brian O'Donoghue, Eoin Killackey, Peter Norton, Kate Filia

Journal article | 2019 | International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Understanding what it means to be socially included for people with a lived experience of mental illness

Kate Filia, Henry Jackson, Sue Cotton, Eoin Killackey

Journal article | 2019 | International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Social inclusion and its interrelationships with social cognition and social functioning in first-episode psychosis

Andrew Gardner, Sue M Cotton, Kelly Allott, Kate M Filia, Robert Hester, Eoin Killackey

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Recover: A randomised controlled trial of a tailored psychological intervention for first episode bipolar disorder

SM Cotton, H Jackson, G Murray, M Berk, A Chanen, K Filia, M Hasty, C Davey, B Nelson, A Ratheesh, C Macneil

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

Are current guidelines appropriate for youth with early stage Bipolar Disorder? A prospective observational study of the impact of guideline concordant care on 18-month symptomatic and functional outcomes

M Fang, K Filia, C Davey, PD McGorry, M Berk, S Cotton, A Ratheesh

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

The social inclusion of young people with serious mental illness: A narrative review of the literature and suggested future directions

Andrew Gardner, Kate Filia, Eoin Killackey, Sue Cotton

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

Will it Happen Again? Course of Illness and Predictors of Relapse in First Episode Mania

Melissa Hasty, Susan Cotton, Craig Macneil, Kate Filia, Michael Berk, Aswin Ratheesh, Philippe Conus

Conference Proceedings | 2018 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

RECOVER: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Tailored Psychological Intervention for First Episode Bipolar Disorder

Sue Cotton, Craig Macneil, Henry Jackson, Greg Murray, Aswin Ratheesh, Michael Berk, Andrew Chanen, Kate Filia, Melissa Hasty, Christopher Davey, Barnaby Nelson

Conference Proceedings | 2018 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

The Social Inclusion of Young People with Serious Mental Illness: A Narrative Review of the Literature and Suggested Future Directions

Andrew Gardner, Sue Cotton, Kate Filia, Eoin Killackey

Conference Proceedings | 2018 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

Early Intervention for Bipolar Disorder: The Role of Psychological Interventions

Craig Macneil, Melissa Hasty, Kate Filia, Aswin Ratheesh, Philippe Conus, Michael Berk, Sue Cotton

Conference Proceedings | 2018 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

What Is Social Inclusion? A Thematic Analysis of Professional Opinion

Kate M Filia, Henry J Jackson, Susan M Cotton, Andrew Gardner, Eoin J Killackey

Journal article | 2018 | Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Social and academic premorbid adjustment domains predict different functional outcomes among youth with first episode mania

Aswin Ratheesh, Christopher G Davey, Rothanthi Daglas, Craig Macneil, Melissa Hasty, Kate Filia, Patrick D McGorry, Michael Berk, Philippe Conus, Sue Cotton

Journal article | 2017 | Journal of Affective Disorders

Predictors of functional status at service entry and discharge among young people with first episode psychosis

SM Cotton, M Lambert, BG Schimmelmann, K Filia, V Rayner, L Hides, DL Foley, A Ratheesh, A Watson, P Rodger, PD McGorry, P Conus

Journal article | 2017 | SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

Men's perceived barriers to help seeking for depression: Longitudinal findings relative to symptom onset and duration

Simon M Rice, Helen M Aucote, Alexandra G Parker, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Kate M Filia, G Paul Amminger

Journal article | 2017 | Journal of Health Psychology

Early psychosis research at Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

SM Cotton, KM Filia, A Ratheesh, K Pennell, S Goldstone, PD McGorry

Journal article | 2016 | SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

Mortality 15 years after specialist early intervention treatment for the first episode of psychosis

Sue Cotton, Andrew Mackinnon, Debra Foley, Philippe Conus, Martin Lambert, Benno Schimmelmann, Michael Berk, Victoria Rayner, Kate Filia, Patrick McGorry

Conference Proceedings | 2014 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

The sick role, illness cognitions and outcomes in bipolar disorder

Michael Berk, Lesley Berk, Seetal Dodd, Paul B Fitzgerald, Anthony R de Castella, Sacha Filia, Kate Filia, Alan JM Brnabic, Katarina Kelin, William Montgomery, Jayashri Kulkarni, Lesley Stafford

Journal article | 2013 | Journal of Affective Disorders

Treatment and outcomes of an Australian cohort of outpatients with bipolar I or schizoaffective disorder over twenty-four months: implications for clinical practice

Jayashri Kulkarni, Sacha Filia, Lesley Berk, Kate Filia, Seetal Dodd, Anthony de Castella, Alan JM Brnabic, Amanda J Lowry, Katarina Kelin, William Montgomery, Paul B Fitzgerald, Michael Berk

Journal article | 2012 | BMC PSYCHIATRY

Psychometric properties of a scale to measure investment in the sick role: the Illness Cognitions Scale

Michael Berk, Lesley Berk, Seetal Dodd, Felice N Jacka, Paul B Fitzgerald, Anthony R de Castella, Sacha Filia, Kate Filia, Jayashri Kulkarni, Henry J Jackson, Lesley Stafford

Journal article | 2012 | Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

The Illness Cognitions Scale: a new scale to measure maladaptive illness beliefs and behaviors that may impede recovery

S Dodd, M Berk, L Berk, PB Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, S Filia, K Filia, AJM Brnabic, K Kelin, W Montgomery, J Kulkarni, L Stafford

Conference Proceedings | 2012 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

A prospective study of the impact of smoking on outcomes in bipolar and schizoaffective disorder

Seetal Dodd, Alan JM Brnabic, Lesley Berk, Paul B Fitzgerald, Anthony R de Castella, Sacha Filia, Kate Filia, Katarina Kelin, Meg Smith, William Montgomery, Jayashri Kulkarni, Michael Berk

Journal article | 2010 | Comprehensive Psychiatry

A prospective study of the impact of subthreshold mixed states on the 24-month clinical outcomes of bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder

S Dodd, J Kulkarni, L Berk, F Ng, PB Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, S Filia, K Filia, W Montgomery, K Kelin, M Smith, A Brnabic, M Berk

Journal article | 2010 | Journal of Affective Disorders

TWO-YEAR TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF AN AUSTRALIAN OUTPATIENT COHORT WITH BIPOLAR I OR SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER

Jayashri Kulkarni, Michael Berk, Paul B Fitzgerald, Anthony de Castella, Seetal Dodd, Sacha Filia, Kate Filia, Fran Biffin, Lesley Berk, Bill Montgomery, Meg Smith, Alan Brnabic, Amanda Lowry, Katarina Kelin

Conference Proceedings | 2009 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

BCOS GENDER MATTERS: PRESENTING THE PROFILE OF FEMALES WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER FROM AN AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

K Filia, J Kulkarni, PB Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, S Filia, F Biffin, S Dodd, L Berk, K Kelin, A Brnabic, M Smith, W Montgomery, M Berk

Conference Proceedings | 2009 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

QUALITY OF LIFE OF PARTICIPANTS WITH BIPOLAR AND SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER IN AN AUSTRALIAN COHORT AFTER 24 MONTHS

S Filia, AR de Castella, J Kulkarni, M Berk, PB Fitzgerald, K Filia, S Dodd, L Berk, W Montgomery, M Smith, K Wang, A Meyers, A Brnabic, RE Granger, K Kelin

Conference Proceedings | 2009 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

The impact of age at onset of bipolar I disorder on functioning and clinical presentation

Frances Biffin, Steven Tahtalian, Kate Filia, Paul B Fitzgerald, Anthony R de Castella, Sacha Filia, Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Pam Callaly, Lesley Berk, Katarina Kelin, Meg Smith, William Montgomery, Jayashri Kulkarni

Journal article | 2009 | Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Quality of life of participants with bipolar and schizoaffective disorder in an Australian cohort after 24 months

J Kulkarni, M Berk, PB Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, S Filia, K Filia, S Dodd, L Berk, W Montgomery, M Smith, K Wang, A Meyers, A Brnabic, RE Granger, K Kelin

Conference Proceedings | 2009 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

A prospective study of the impact of subthreshold mixed states on the 24-month clinical outcomes of bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder

S Dodd, J Kulkarni, L Berk, F Ng, PB Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, S Filia, K Filia, W Montgomery, K Kelin, M Smith, A Brnabic, M Berk

Conference Proceedings | 2009 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

The impact of early age at onset of bipolar 1 disorder on functioning and clinical presentation - baseline and 12 month data

F Biffin, K Filia, S Filia, S Tahtalian, P Fitzgerald, AR de Castella, M Berk, S Dodd, P Callaly, L Berk, K Kelin, M Smith, W Montgomery, J Kulkarni

Conference Proceedings | 2008 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

Quality of life of participants with bipolar and schizoaffective disorder in an Australian cohort: Results after 12 months

J Kulkarni, M Berk, PB Fitzgerald, AR Decastella, S Filia, K Filia, S Dodd, L Berk, F Biffin, K Kelin, M Smith, A Brnabic, RE Granger, W Montgomery

Conference Proceedings | 2008 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

Australian schizophrenia care and assessment programme: real-world schizophrenia: outcomes

Jayashri Kulkarni, Anthony R de Castella, Kate M Filia, Sacha L Filia, Natasha Marston, William Montgomery, Laura Christova, Paul B Fitzgerald

Journal article | 2007 | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

History of illness prior to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder star

M Berk, S Dodd, P Callaly, L Berk, P Fitzgerald, AR De Castella, S Filia, K Filia, S Tahtalian, F Biffin, K Kelin, M Smith, W Montgomery, J Kulkarni

Journal article | 2007 | Journal of Affective Disorders

Australian schizophrenia care and assessment programme: Real-world schizophrenia: economics

Paul B Fitzgerald, William Montgomery, Anthony R de Castella, Kate M Filia, Sacha L Filia, Laura Christova, Dan Jackson, Jayashri Kulkarni

Journal article | 2007 | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: The treatment of patients with schizophrenia consumes a considerable proportion of health service budgets, yet there ha..

Impact of diagnostic definition on prevalence of mixed episodes in 12 month prospective bipolar cohort study

Michael Berk, Paul Fitzgerald, Seetal Dodd, Anthony de Castella, Lesley Berk, Sacha Filia, Kate Filia, Jayashri Kulkarni

Conference Proceedings | 2007 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

The impact of age at onset of bipolar I disorder on functioning and clinical presentation

Kate Filia, Frances Biffin, Steven Tahtalian, Paul Fitzgerald, Anthony Decastella, Sacha Filia, Michael Berk

Conference Proceedings | 2007 | BIPOLAR DISORDERS

The impact of age at onset of bipolar 1 disorder on functioning and clinical presentation.

F Biffin, S Tahtalian, K Filia, PB Fitzgerald, AR De Castella, S Filia, M Berk, S Dodd, L Berk, P Callaly, J Kulkarni