Michael Berk

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of personality disorder in randomised controlled trials of pharmacological interventions for adults with mood disorders.

Bianca E Kavanagh, Melanie M Ashton, Stephanie P Cowdery, Olivia M Dean, Alyna Turner, Michael Berk, Stella M Gwini, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Andrew M Chanen, Lana J Williams

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

BACKGROUND: Personality disorder (PD) may affect the efficacy of pharmacological interventions for mood disorders, but the extent ..

Increasing Nrf2 Activity as a Treatment Approach in Neuropsychiatry.

G Morris, AJ Walker, K Walder, M Berk, W Marx, AF Carvalho, M Maes, BK Puri

Journal article  |  2021  |  Molecular Neurobiology

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor encoded by NFE2L2. Under oxidative stress, Nrf2 does ..

Psychosocial interventions for self-harm in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review and theory of change.

Shilpa Aggarwal, George Patton, Michael Berk, Vikram Patel

Journal article  |  2021  |  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

PURPOSE: To synthesise the evidence on effectiveness, acceptability and the delivery mechanisms of psychosocial interventions for ..

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..

Cumulative Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Triglycerides Differentially Relate to Subdomains of Executive Function in Bipolar Disorder; preliminary findings.

Tamsyn E Van Rheenen, Roger S McIntyre, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Michael Berk, Susan L Rossell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular disease is disproportionally prevalent in bipolar disorder (BD) and has been linked to cognition in pre..

The mental health and lifestyle impacts of COVID-19 on bipolar disorder.

James A Karantonis, Susan L Rossell, Michael Berk, Tamsyn E Van Rheenen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

BACKGROUND: It is unclear how those with bipolar disorder (BD) have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This stu..

Adjunctive Garcinia mangostana Linn. (Mangosteen) Pericarp for Schizophrenia: A 24-Week Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Efficacy Trial: Péricarpe d'appoint Garcinia mangostana Linn (mangoustan) pour la schizophrénie : un essai d'efficacité de 24 semaines, à double insu, randomisé et contrôlé par placebo.

Alyna Turner, Andrea Baker, Olivia M Dean, Adam J Walker, Seetal Dodd, Susan M Cotton, James G Scott, Bianca E Kavanagh, Melanie M Ashton, Ellie Brown, John J McGrath, Michael Berk

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVES: Garcinia mangostana Linn. ("mangosteen") pericarp contains bioactive compounds that may target biological pathways imp..

Measuring fatigue: a meta-review

Myrela O Machado, Na-Young Cindy Kang, Felicia Tai, Raman DS Sambhi, Michael Berk, Andre F Carvalho, Lourdes P Chada, Joseph F Merola, Vincent Piguet, Afsaneh Alavi

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Dermatology

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  |  The 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..

Personality Disorder and Physical Health Comorbidities: A Link With Bone Health?

Lana J Williams, Shae E Quirk, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Risto Honkanen, Julie A Pasco, Amanda L Stuart, Bianca E Kavanagh, Jeremi Heikkinen, Michael Berk

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Psychiatry

We examined whether personality disorders (PDs) (any, cluster A/B/C) were associated with bone mineral density (BMD) in a populati..