Alison Yung

Examining the feasibility, acceptability, validity and reliability of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep measures in people with schizophrenia

A Berry, RJ Drake, I Butcher, AR Yung

Journal article  |  2021  |  Mental Health and Physical Activity

Background: Schizophrenia is associated with a more than doubled risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Risk factors for..

Patients', carers' and clinicians' attitudes towards alternative terms to describe the at-risk for psychosis state.

Andrea Polari, Rebekah Street, Philippe Conus, Adam Finkelstein, Jessica A Hartmann, Sung-Wan Kim, Patrick McGorry, Carsten Schley, Magenta Simmons, John Stratford, Andrew Thompson, Alison Yung, Barnaby Nelson, Suzie Lavoie

Journal article  |  2021  |  Schizophr Res

OBJECTIVE: Language used in psychiatry is important because it provides an understandable and accurate way of describing clinical ..

Investigation of structural brain correlates of neurological soft signs in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis

Ya Wang, Esmee E Braam, Cassandra MJ Wannan, Tamsyn E Van Rheenen, Raymond CK Chan, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D McGorry, Alison R Yung, Ashleigh Lin, Warrick J Brewer, John Koutsogiannis, Stephen J Wood, Dennis Velakoulis, Christos Pantelis, Vanessa L Cropley

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Increased severity of neurological soft signs (NSS) in schizophrenia have been associated with abnormal brain morphology in cerebe..

Toxoplasma gondii, Herpesviridae and long-term risk of transition to first-episode psychosis in an ultra high-risk sample.

E Burkhardt, M Berger, RH Yolken, A Lin, HP Yuen, SJ Wood, SM Francey, A Thompson, PD McGorry, B Nelson, AR Yung, GP Amminger

Journal article  |  2021  |  Schizophr Res

BACKGROUND: Ultra high-risk (UHR) criteria were introduced to identify people at imminent risk of developing psychosis. To improve..

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 ..

Preventive interventions for individuals at ultra high risk for psychosis: An updated and extended meta-analysis

Cristina Mei, Mark van der Gaag, Barnaby Nelson, Filip Smit, Hok Pan Yuen, Maximus Berger, Marija Krcmar, Paul French, G Paul Amminger, Andreas Bechdolf, Pim Cuijpers, Alison R Yung, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

Intervention at the earliest illness stage, in ultra or clinical high-risk individuals, or indicated prevention, currently represe..

Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis An ENIGMA Working Group Mega-analysis

Maria Jalbrzikowski, Rebecca A Hayes, Stephen J Wood, Dorte Nordholm, Juan H Zhou, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Peter J Uhlhaas, Tsutomu Takahashi, Gisela Sugranyes, Yoo Bin Kwak, Daniel H Mathalon, Naoyuki Katagiri, Christine I Hooker, Lukasz Smigielski, Tiziano Colibazzi, Esther Via, Jinsong Tang, Shinsuke Koike, Paul E Rasser, Chantal Michel, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA PSYCHIATRY

Importance: The ENIGMA clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis initiative, the largest pooled neuroimaging sample of individuals at..

Greater preference for eveningness is associated with negative symptoms in an ultra-high risk for psychosis sample

Jashmina J Shetty, Christian Nicholas, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D McGorry, Suzie Lavoie, Connie Markulev, Miriam R Schafer, Andrew Thompson, Hok Pan Yuen, Alison R Yung, Dorien H Nieman, Lieuwe de Haan, G Paul Amminger, Jessica A Hartmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

AIM: Investigating biological processes in at-risk individuals may help elucidate the aetiological mechanisms underlying psychosis..

Intervention strategies for ultra-high risk for psychosis: Progress in delaying the onset and reducing the impact of first-episode psychosis

Patrick D McGorry, Cristina Mei, Jessica Hartmann, Alison R Yung, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

Over a quarter of a century ago, the formulation of the "at risk mental state" and operational criteria to prospectively identify ..

Combined individual and family therapy in comparison to treatment as usual for people at-risk of psychosis: A feasibility study (IF CBT): Trial rationale, methodology and baseline characteristics.

Heather Law, Emma Izon, Karmen Au-Yeung, Anthony P Morrison, Rory Byrne, Caitlin Notley, Alison Yung, John Norrie, Paul French

Journal article  |  2021  |  Early Interv Psychiatry

AIMS: Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for psychosis recommend psychological therapy wi..