Aswin Ratheesh

A protocol for the first episode psychosis outcome study (FEPOS): >= 15 year follow-up after treatment at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Sue Cotton, Kate Filia, Amity Watson, Andrew J Mackinnon, Leanne Hides, John FM Gleeson, Michael Berk, Philippe Conus, Martin Lambert, Benno Schimmelmann, Helen Herrman, Victoria Rayner, Aswin Ratheesh, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Specialist early intervention (SEI) service models are designed to treat symptoms, promote social and vocational recov..

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..

Not in education, employment and training status in the early stages of bipolar I disorder with psychotic features

Sue M Cotton, Kate M Filia, Martin Lambert, Michael Berk, Aswin Ratheesh, Benno G Schimmelmann, Craig Macneil, Melissa Hasty, Patrick D McGorry, Philippe Conus

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: There is a lack of existing research regarding young people with bipolar I disorder (BD-I) and psychotic features, who ..

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..

Personality disorder among youth with first episode psychotic mania: An important target for specific treatment?

Melissa K Hasty, Craig A Macneil, Sue M Cotton, Michael Berk, Linda Kader, Aswin Ratheesh, Julie Ramain, Andrew M Chanen, Philippe Conus

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

AIM: Personality disorder is a common co-occurrence ('comorbidity') among patients with bipolar disorder and appears to affect out..

Pluripotential Risk and Clinical Staging: Theoretical Considerations and Preliminary Data From a Transdiagnostic Risk Identification Approach

Jessica A Hartmann, Patrick D McGorry, Louise Destree, G Paul Amminger, Andrew M Chanen, Christopher G Davey, Rachid Ghieh, Andrea Polari, Aswin Ratheesh, Hok Pan Yuen, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY

Most psychiatric disorders develop during adolescence and young adulthood and are preceded by a phase during which attenuated or e..

Does guideline-concordant care predict naturalistic outcomes in youth with early stage bipolar I disorder?

Priya Sunder, Ming-Fang Chia, Kate Filia, Craig Macneil, Melissa Hasty, Christopher Davey, Patrick McGorry, Michael Berk, Sue Cotton, Aswin Ratheesh

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: The impact of guideline concordance on naturalistic maintenance treatment outcomes in BD is not known. We sought to ev..

A clinical approach to treatment resistance in depressed patients: What to do when the usual treatments don't work well enough?

Seetal Dodd, Michael Bauer, Andre F Carvalho, Harris Eyre, Maurizio Fava, Siegfried Kasper, Sidney H Kennedy, Jon-Paul Khoo, Carlos Lopez Jaramillo, Gin S Malhi, Roger S McIntyre, Philip B Mitchell, Angela Marianne Paredes Castro, Aswin Ratheesh, Emanuel Severus, Trisha Suppes, Madhukar H Trivedi, Michael E Thase, Lakshmi N Yatham, Allan H Young, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder is a common, recurrent, disabling and costly disorder that is often severe and/or chronic, a..

A Novel Multimodal Digital Service (Moderated Online Social Therapy plus ) for Help-Seeking Young People Experiencing Mental III-Health: Pilot Evaluation Within a National Youth E-Mental Health Service

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Simon Rice, Simon D'Alfonso, Steven Leicester, Sarah Bendall, Ingrid Pryor, Penni Russon, Carla McEnery, Olga Santesteban-Echarri, Gustavo Da Costa, Tamsyn Gilbertson, Lee Valentine, Laia Solves, Aswin Ratheesh, Patrick D McGorry, John Gleeson

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Mental ill-health is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Moreover, 75% of mental health conditions emerge betwe..

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..