Prof Barnaby Nelson

Professor Barnaby Nelson is Head of Ultra High Risk for Psychosis Research at The Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne. He is a clinical psychologist with particular interest in psychotic disorders.

Professor Nelson's work focuses on early identification strategies and prediction of outcome and treatments for young people in the early stages of psychotic disorders. He has a particular interest in psychopathology and phenomenology; psychotherapy for psychotic disorders; and integrating neuroscience with phenomenology and clinical characteristics.

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FEATURED Journal article

Transcending false dichotomies and diagnostic silos to reduce disease burden in mental disorders

Barnaby Nelson's selected work

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

Research Grant

Neuroharmony: A new tool for harmonizing volumetric MRI data from unseen scanners.

Journal article

The Vulnerable Self: A Neurophenomenological Model Of The Onset Of Schizophrenia Spectrum ..

Research Grant

The challenges of neuroimaging the self, perspective-taking and psychosis risk.

Journal article

Lex36526 - Using Rdoc Approach To Understand Thought Disorder

Research Contracts

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

Journal article

Projects

Displaying the 14 most recent projects by Barnaby Nelson.

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

2020 - 2023

Active

The Vulnerable Self: A Neurophenomenological Model Of The Onset Of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

2020 - 2026

Active

Lex36526 - Using Rdoc Approach To Understand Thought Disorder

2019 - 2020

Completed

Enhancing Social Functioning In Young People At Ultra High Risk (Uhr) For Psychosis: Rct Of A Novel Strengths-Based Online Social Therapy

Psychosis is a devastating mental health disorder that results in great personal suffering and enormous societal costs. Early intervention i..

2018 - 2023

Active

Enhancing Social Functioning In Young People At Ultra High Risk (Uhr) For Psychosis: Rct Of A Novel Strengths-Based Online Social Therapy

Psychosis is a devastating mental health disorder that results in great personal suffering and enormous societal costs. Early intervention i..

2018 - 2023

Active

Preventing Relapse Of Major Depressive Disorder In Youth: Rct Of A Novel Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Online Social Therapy

Youth depression is a serious illness that will afflict one in four young people. Despite the initial effectiveness of modern treatments, 52..

2018 - 2022

Active

Using The Rdoc Approach To Understand Thought Disorder A Linguistic Corpus- Based Approach

2018 - 2021

Active

Can We Predict Psychosis And Can It Be Prevented?

It remains unclear what the causes of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are and what the most effective interventions are for prev..

2018 - 2022

Active

Does Antipsychotic Dose Reduction Lead To Better Functional Recovery In First Episode Psychosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Can a person with a first episode of psychosis, once remitted, reduce their dosage of medication and still achieve better outcomes in functi..

2016 - 2021

Active

Randomised Controlled Trial Of Aripiprazole For Treatment Of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations In Borderline Personality Disorder

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often report hearing voices. There is no consensus about how to treat these symptoms. Our ..

2016 - 2020

Active

Antipsychotic Medication In First-Episode Psychosis: An Rct To Assess The Risk-Benefit Ratio

There has been an increasing emphasis on intervening early in psychotic disorders. A fundamental principle in early intervention is “to do n..

2014 - 2018

Completed

Clinical Predictors Of Outcome In The Ultra High Risk For Psychosis ("Prodromal") Population

This area of research is concerned with improving our ability to identify young help-seeking patients who are most at risk of developing psy..

2012 - 2015

Completed

Rates Of Psychosis Onset In A High Risk Population

Older studies of people at risk of schizophrenia found that about 35% of them developed psychosis within 1 year. However the risk has decrea..

2012 - 2014

Completed

Rct Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids As Treatment Of Subthreshold Symptoms In Young People At Ultra-High Risk For Psychosis

Omega-3 fats are a type of polyunsaturated fat which has long been thought to be beneficial for health. The body cannot make its own omega-3..

2008 - 2011

Completed

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Projects

Project Types

Research Grant

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 316 most recent scholarly works by Barnaby Nelson.

Transcending false dichotomies and diagnostic silos to reduce disease burden in mental disorders

Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Stephen J Wood, Jai L Shah, Ashok Malla, Alison Yung

Journal article | 2020 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Neuroharmony: A new tool for harmonizing volumetric MRI data from unseen scanners.

Rafael Garcia-Dias, Cristina Scarpazza, Lea Baecker, Sandra Vieira, Walter HL Pinaya, Aiden Corvin, Alberto Redolfi, Barnaby Nelson, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Colm McDonald, Diana Tordesillas-Gutiérrez, Dara Cannon, David Mothersill, Dennis Hernaus, Derek Morris, Esther Setien-Suero, Gary Donohoe, Giovanni Frisoni, Giulia Tronchin, João Sato, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | NeuroImage

The challenges of neuroimaging the self, perspective-taking and psychosis risk.

Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

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

Prediction of clinical outcomes beyond psychosis in theultra-highrisk for psychosis population

Andrea Polari, Hok Pan Yuen, Paul Amminger, Gregor Berger, Eric Chen, Lieuwe deHaan, Jessica Hartmann, Connie Markulev, Patrick McGorry, Dorien Nieman, Merete Nordentoft, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Stefan Smesny, John Stratford, Swapna Verma, Alison Yung, Suzie Lavoie, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIM: Several prediction models have been introduced to identify young people at greatest risk of transitioning to psychosis. To da..

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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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

Transdiagnostic clinical staging in youth mental health: a first international consensus statement

Jai L Shah, Jan Scott, Patrick D McGorry, Shane PM Cross, Matcheri S Keshavan, Barnaby Nelson, Stephen J Wood, Steven Marwaha, Alison R Yung, Elizabeth M Scott, Dost Ongur, Philippe Conus, Chantal Henry, Ian B Hickie

Journal article | 2020 | World Psychiatry

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

Has improved treatment contributed to the declining rate of transition to psychosis in ultra-high-risk cohorts?

MJC Formica, LJ Phillips, JA Hartmann, AR Yung, SJ Wood, A Lin, GP Amminger, PD McGorry, B Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

BACKGROUND: The factors contributing to declining psychotic disorder transition rates in ultra-high-risk populations remain unclea..

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

Impaired olfactory ability associated with larger left hippocampus and rectus volumes at earliest stages of schizophrenia: A sign of neuroinflammation?

Yuri Masaoka, Dennis Velakoulis, Warrick J Brewer, Vanessa L Cropley, Cali F Bartholomeusz, Alison R Yung, Barnaby Nelson, Dominic Dwyer, Cassandra MJ Wannan, Masahiko Izumizaki, Patrick D McGorry, Stephen J Wood, Christos Pantelis

Journal article | 2020 | Psychiatry Research

Impaired olfactory identification has been reported as a first sign of schizophrenia during the earliest stages of illness, includ..

Basic self-disturbances are associated with Sense of Coherence in patients with psychotic disorders

Ingrid Hartveit Svendsen, Merete Glenne Oie, Paul Moller, Barnaby Nelson, Ingrid Melle, Elisabeth Haug

Journal article | 2020 | PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: The Sense of Coherence (SOC) theory gives a possible explanation of how people can experience subjective good health d..

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..

The placement of anomalous self-experiences within schizotypal personality in a nonclinical sample.

David C Cicero, Łukasz Gawęda, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

Anomalous self-experiences are disturbances in the subjective experience of the self and have been shown to be related to the prem..

Shortcomings of calculating risk for psychosis: Critical remarks on predictive modelling in psychosis risk research

Lukasz Gaweda, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Clinical High Risk for Psychosis-Not Seeing the Trees for the Wood.

Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | JAMA Psychiatry

Towards Precision Medicine in Psychosis: Benefits and Challenges of Multimodal Multicenter Studies-PSYSCAN: Translating Neuroimaging Findings From Research into Clinical Practice

Stefania Tognin, Hendrika H van Hell, Kate Merritt, Inge Winter-van Rossum, Matthijs G Bossong, Matthew J Kempton, Gemma Modinos, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Mechelli, Paola Dazzan, Arija Maat, Lieuwe de Haan, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Birte Glenthoj, Stephen M Lawrie, Colm McDonald, Oliver Gruber, Therese van Amelsvoort, Celso Arango, Tilo Kircher, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

In the last 2 decades, several neuroimaging studies investigated brain abnormalities associated with the early stages of psychosis..

Association of Adverse Outcomes With Emotion Processing and Its Neural Substrate in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Gemma Modinos, Matthew J Kempton, Stefania Tognin, Maria Calem, Lilla Porffy, Mathilde Antoniades, Ava Mason, Matilda Azis, Paul Allen, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry, Christos Pantelis, Anita Riecher-Rossler, Stefan Borgwardt, Rodrigo Bressan, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Marie-Odile Krebs, Merete Nordentoft, Birte Glenthoj, Stephan Ruhrmann, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | JAMA Psychiatry

Importance: The development of adverse clinical outcomes in patients with psychosis has been associated with behavioral and neuroa..

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..

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..

Dynamic prediction systems of transition to psychosis using joint modelling: extensions to the base system

Hok Pan Yuen, Andrew Mackinnon, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

Seeking risk factors and constructing prediction models for transition to psychosis in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) has be..

The Prodrome of Psychotic Disorders Identification, Prediction, and Preventive Treatment

Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry

Journal article | 2020 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Twenty-five years ago "at risk" for psychosis criteria were introduced to the field. Prediction studies have identified a range of..

Sex differences in cognitive functioning of patients at-risk for psychosis and healthy controls: Results from the European Gene-Environment Interactions study

Stephanie Menghini-Mueller, Erich Studerus, Sarah Ittig, Lucia R Valmaggia, Matthew J Kempton, Mark van der Gaag, Lieuwe de Haan, Barnaby Nelson, Rodrigo A Bressan, Neus Barrantes-Vidal, Celia Jantac, Merete Nordentoft, Stephan Ruhrmann, Garbiele Sachs, Bart P Rutten, Jim van Os, Anita Riecher-Roessler

Journal article | 2020 | European Psychiatry

BACKGROUND.: Sex differences in cognitive functioning have long been recognized in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls (HC..

Prevalence of subthreshold positive symptoms in young people without psychotic disorders presenting to a youth mental health service

Natalie Seiler, James Maguire, Nguyen Tony, Holly Sizer, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Brian O'Donoghue

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

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..

The neurophenomenology of early psychosis: An integrative empirical study

B Nelson, S Lavoie, L Gaweda, E Li, LA Sass, D Koren, PD McGorry, BN Jack, J Parnas, A Polari, K Allott, JA Hartman, TJ Whitford

Journal article | 2020 | Consciousness and Cognition

BACKGROUND: The integration of various domains or levels of analysis (clinical, neurobiological, genetic, etc.) has been a challen..

The prognostic significance of attenuated psychotic symptoms in help-seeking youth

H Hazan, T Spelman, GP Amminger, I Hickie, PD McGorry, LJ Phillips, R Purcell, SJ Wood, AR Yung, B Nelson

Journal article | 2020 | Schizophrenia Research

BACKGROUND: Recent findings suggest that attenuated psychotic symptoms (APS) might serve as a risk factor for general mental healt..

Perceptual biases and metacognition and their association with anomalous self experiences in first episode psychosis

Abigail Wright, Barnaby Nelson, David Fowler, Kathryn Greenwood

Journal article | 2020 | Consciousness and Cognition

Anomalous self-experiences have been described as a prerequisite for anomalous perceptual experiences. Later, these anomalous perc..

The interplay between childhood trauma, cognitive biases, psychotic-like experiences and depression and their additive impact on predicting lifetime suicidal behavior in young adults

Lukasz Gaweda, Renata Pionke, Martyna Krezolek, Dorota Frydecka, Barnaby Nelson, Andrzej Cechnicki

Journal article | 2020 | Psychological Medicine

BACKGROUND: Childhood trauma, psychosis risk, cognition, and depression have been identified as important risk markers for suicida..

Transdiagnostic early intervention, prevention, and prediction in psychiatry

Cristina Mei, Barnaby Nelson, Jessica Hartmann, Rachael Spooner, Patrick D McGorry

Book Chapter | 2020

Prevalence, dimensionality and clinical relevance of self-disturbances and psychotic-like experiences in Polish young adults: a latent class analysis approach.

Renata Pionke, Piotr Gidzgier, Barnaby Nelson, Lukasz Gaweda

Journal article | 2019 | International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Can antipsychotic dose reduction lead to better functional recovery in first-episode psychosis? A randomized controlled-trial of antipsychotic dose reduction. The reduce trial: Study protocol

Amber Weller, John Gleeson, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Kelly Allott, Sarah Bendall, Cali Bartholomeusz, Peter Koval, Susy Harrigan, Brian O'Donoghue, Alex Fornito, Christos Pantelis, G Paul Amminger, Aswin Ratheesh, Andrea Polari, Stephen J Wood, Kristi van der El, Carli Ellinghaus, Jesse Gates, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY

Antipsychotic medication has been the mainstay of treatment for psychotic illnesses for over 60 years. This has been associated wi..

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..

Aripiprazole compared with placebo for auditory verbal hallucinations in youth with borderline personality disorder: Protocol for the VERBATIM randomized controlled trial

Andrew M Chanen, Jennifer Betts, Henry Jackson, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Sue M Cotton, Cali Bartholomeusz, Martina Jovev, Aswin Ratheesh, Christopher Davey, Christos Pantelis, Louise McCutcheon, Shona Francey, Amit Bhaduri, Danielle Lowe, Victoria Rayner, Katherine Thompson

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIM: Up to half of patients with borderline personality disorder report auditory verbal hallucinations that are phenomenologically..

Staging model in psychiatry: Review of the evolution of electroencephalography abnormalities in major psychiatric disorders

Suzie Lavoie, Andrea R Polari, Sherilyn Goldstone, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

AIM: Clinical staging in psychiatry aims to classify patients according to the severity of their symptoms, from stage 0 (increased..

The reality of at risk mental state services: a response to recent criticisms.

Alison R Yung, Stephen J Wood, Ashok Malla, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry, Jai Shah

Journal article | 2019 | Psychological Medicine

BACKGROUND: In the 1990s criteria were developed to detect individuals at high and imminent risk of developing a psychotic disorde..

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..

Basic self-disturbances independently predict recovery in psychotic disorders: A seven year follow-up study

Ingrid Hartveit Svendsen, Merete G Oie, Paul Moller, Barnaby Nelson, Elisabeth Haug, Ingrid Melle

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

Migrant status and identification as ultra-high risk for psychosis and transitioning to a psychotic disorder

H Geros, H Sizer, N Mifsud, S Reynolds, DJ Kim, S Eaton, P McGorry, B Nelson, B O'Donoghue

Journal article | 2019 | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Transdiagnostic psychiatry: premature closure on a crucial pathway to clinical utility for psychiatric diagnosis

Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | World Psychiatry

Longitudinal Cognitive Performance in Individuals at Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis: A 10-year Follow-up

Kelly Allott, Stephen J Wood, Hok Pan Yuen, Alison R Yung, Barnaby Nelson, Warrick J Brewer, Daniela Spiliotacopoulos, Annie Bruxner, Magenta Simmons, Christina Broussard, Sumudu Mallawaarachchi, Christos Pantelis, Patrick D McGorry, Ashleigh Lin

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

The approved Italian version of the comprehensive assessment of at-risk mental states (CAARMS-ITA): Field test and psychometric features

Lorenzo Pelizza, Federica Paterlini, Silvia Azzali, Sara Garlassi, Ilaria Scazza, Simona Pupo, Magenta Simmons, Barnaby Nelson, Andrea Raballo

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

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

Mindfulness and compassion for youth with psychotic symptoms: A description of a group program and a consumer's experience

Tara Hickey, Emily Pen Name, Nelson Barnaby, Graham Meadows

Journal article | 2019 | Psychosis

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..

The relation of basic self-disturbance to self-harm, eating disorder symptomatology and other clinical features: Exploration in an early psychosis sample

Andreas R Rasmussen, Daniel Reich, Suzie Lavoie, Emily Li, Jessica A Hartmann, Meredith McHugh, Thomas J Whitford, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

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

The use of formal criteria to assess psychological models of hallucinations: a systematic review

Tara Hickey, Kimberly Buck, So-An Lao, Barnaby Nelso, Graham Meadows

Journal article | 2019 | Psychosis

Objectives: Our aim was to explore the application of systematic criteria proposed by Bentall, Corcoran, Howard, Black and Kinderm..

Frontal slow wave resting EEG power is higher in individuals at Ultra High Risk for psychosis than in healthy controls but is not associated with negative symptoms or functioning

Miranda Sollychin, Bradley N Jack, Andrea Polari, Ayaka Ando, G Paul Amminger, Connie Markulev, Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Thomas J Whitford, Hok Pan Yuen, Suzie Lavoie

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

The construct validity of the Inventory of Psychotic-Like Anomalous Self-Experiences (IPASE) as a measure of minimal self-disturbance: Preliminary data

Barnaby Nelson, Emily Li, David C Cicero, Lukasz Gaweda, Jessica A Hartnnann, Danny Koren, Andrea Polari, Thomas J Whitford, Suzie Lavoie

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Broad clinical high-risk mental state (CHARMS): Methodology of a cohort study validating criteria for pluripotent risk

Jessica A Hartmann, Barnaby Nelson, Rachael Spooner, G Paul Amminger, Andrew Chanen, Christopher G Davey, Meredith McHugh, Aswin Ratheesh, Devi Treen, Hok Pan Yuen, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2019 | Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Individualized Prediction of Transition to Psychosis in 1,676 Individuals at Clinical High Risk: Development and Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model Based on Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Aaltsje Malda, Nynke Boonstra, Hans Barf, Steven de Jong, Andre Aleman, Jean Addington, Marita Pruessner, Dorien Nieman, Lieuwe de Haan, Anthony Morrison, Anita Riecher-Roessler, Erich Studerus, Stephan Ruhrmann, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Suk Kyoon An, Shinsuke Koike, Kiyoto Kasai, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry, Stephen Wood, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

PERSISTENT NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN INDIVIDUALS AT ULTRA HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS

Alison Yung, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D McGorry, Stephen Wood, Ashleigh Lin

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

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

Persistent negative symptoms in individuals at Ultra High Risk for psychosis

Alison R Yung, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D McGorry, Stephen J Wood, Ashleigh Lin

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

ETHICAL ISSUES IN EARLY INTERVENTION

Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Alison Yung

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

MIGRANTS FROM AFRICA TO AUSTRALIA HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER BUT ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN ULTRA-HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS CLINICS

Brian O'Donoghue, Linglee Downey, Hellen Gyros, Holly Sizer, Scott Eaton, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

Importance of Variable Selection in Multimodal Prediction Models in Patients at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis and Recent-Onset Depression

Barnaby Nelson, Alison R Yung, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2019 | JAMA Psychiatry

A combination of self-disturbances and psychotic-like experiences. A cluster analysis study on a non-clinical sample in Poland

Lukasz Gaweda, Renata Pionke, Aleksandra Arciszewska, Katarzyna Prochwicz, Dorota Frydecka, Blazej Misiak, Andrzej Cechnicki, David C Cicero, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | Psychiatry Research

Investigation of peripheral complement factors across stages of psychosis

Liliana Laskaris, Andrew Zalesky, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Maria A Di Biase, Gursharan Chana, Bernhard T Baune, Chad Bousman, Barnaby Nelson, Patrick McGorry, Ian Everall, Christos Pantelis, Vanessa Cropley

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

Current versus recently resolved attenuated psychotic symptoms: Same level of risk for transition to psychosis?

Simon M Rice, Patrick D McGorry, G Paul Amminger, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Research

Testing a neurophenomenological model of basic self disturbance in early psychosis

Barnaby Nelson, Suzie Lavoie, Lukasz Gaweda, Emily Li, Louis A Sass, Dan Koren, Patrick D McGorry, Bradley N Jack, Josef Parnas, Andrea Polari, Kelly Allott, Jessica A Hartmann, Thomas J Whitford

Journal article | 2019 | World Psychiatry

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

At-risk studies and clinical antecedents of psychosis, bipolar disorder and depression: a scoping review in the context of clinical staging

Jessica A Hartmann, Barnaby Nelson, Aswin Ratheesh, Devi Treen, Patrick D McGorry

Journal article | 2019 | Psychological Medicine

Hallucinations Beyond Voices: A Conceptual Review of the Phenomenology of Altered Perception in Psychosis

Elizabeth Pienkos, Anne Giersch, Marie Hansen, Clara Humpston, Simon McCarthy-Jones, Aaron Mishara, Barnaby Nelson, Sohee Park, Andrea Raballo, Rajiv Sharma, Neil Thomas, Cherise Rosen

Journal article | 2019 | Schizophrenia Bulletin

Stability in basic self-disturbances and diagnosis in a first treated psychosis: A seven year follow-up study

Ingrid Hartveit Svendsen, Merete G Oie, Paul Moller, Barnaby Nelson, Ingrid Melle, Elisabeth Haug

Journal article | 2018 | Schizophrenia Research

Enhancing social functioning in young people at Ultra High Risk (UHR) for psychosis: A pilot study of a novel strengths and mindfulness-based online social therapy

M Alvarez-Jimenez, JF Gleeson, S Bendall, DL Penn, AR Yung, RM Ryan, D Eleftheriadis, S D'Alfonso, S Rice, C Miles, P Russon, R Lederman, R Chambers, C Gonzalez-Blanch, MH Lim, E Killackey, PD McGorry, B Nelson

Journal article | 2018 | Schizophrenia Research

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

Screening for the ultra-high risk state in a youth mental health service

Brian O'Donoghue, Vidyendaran Rudhran, Shakira Kumar, Meghan Bowtell, Andrea Polari, Andrew MacKinnon, Patrick McGorry, Barnaby Nelson

Journal article | 2018 | Schizophrenia Research

Relationship between allostatic load and clinical outcomes in youth at ultra-high risk for psychosis in the NEURAPRO study.

Maximus Berger, Suzie Lavoie, Patrick D McGorry, Barnaby Nelson, Connie Markulev, Hok-Pan Yuen, Miriam Schaefer, Zoltán Sarnyai, G Paul Amminger

Journal article | 2018 | Schizophrenia Research

Individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis have an elevated risk of developing psychosis and other psychiatric outcomes. R..

Recent Meta-Analyses in the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Population: Clinical Interpretation of Findings and Suggestions for Future Research

Barnaby Nelson, Gunter Paul Amminger, Patrick Denistoon McGorry

Journal article | 2018 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

Multitudinous Contributors to Impaired Functioning in UHR for Psychosis Individuals. Four Case Studies

Adam Finkelstein, Andrea Polari, John Stratford, Mel Pane, Angelina Crea, Emma Cartwright, Barnaby Nelson