Alyssa Sbisa

Massed versus standard prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder in Australian military and veteran populations (RESTORE trial): Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.

Lisa Dell, Alyssa M Sbisa, Meaghan O'Donnell, Peter W Tuerk, Richard Bryant, Stephanie Hodson, David Morton, Malcolm Battersby, Andrew Forbes, David Forbes

Journal article  |  2021  |  Contemp Clin Trials

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a severe problem, affecting veterans and military personnel at higher rates than the g..

TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia

Emily J Jaehne, Elaine Mei San Chong, Alyssa Sbisa, Brendan Gillespie, Rachel Hill, Andrea Gogos, Maarten van den Buuse

Journal article  |  2021  |  BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY

Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signalling has been implicated in schizophrenia endophenotypes, including deficit..

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Men

Sonia Terhaag, David J Pedder, Alyssa M Sbisa, David Forbes

Book Chapter  |  2021

A complete and accessible textbook covering current understandings about how mental health issues affect men, and the available tr..

Gambling problems among military personnel after deployment

Sean Cowlishaw, Olivia Metcalf, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Jonathon Little, Alyssa Sbisa, Carolyn Deans, Meaghan O'Donnell, Nicole Sadler, Miranda Van Hooff, Matilda Crozier, Malcolm Battersby, David Forbes, Alexander C McFarlane

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Military and veteran populations may exhibit heightened vulnerability to gambling problems; however, there is scant relevant evide..

The effect of 17 beta-estradiol on maternal immune activation-induced changes in prepulse inhibition and dopamine receptor and transporter binding in female rats

Alyssa Sbisa, Snezana Kusljic, Damon Zethoven, Maarten van den Buuse, Andrea Gogos

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

Maternal immune activation (MIA) during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of development of schizophrenia in later li..

Exploring Theta Burst Stimulation for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Australian Veterans-A Pilot Study

Jane Nursey, Alyssa Sbisa, Holly Knight, Naomi Ralph, Sean Cowlishaw, David Forbes, Meaghan O'Donnell, Mark Hinton, John Cooper, Malcolm Hopwood, Alexander McFarlane, Sally Herring, Paul Fitzgerald

Journal article  |  2020  |  MILITARY MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe and debilitating condition affecting a significant proportion of t..

Prevalence and implications of gambling problems among firefighters

S Cowlishaw, J Little, A Sbisa, AC McFarlane, M Van Hooff, E Lawrence-Wood, M O'Donnell, M Hinton, N Sadler, A Savic, D Forbes, O Metcalf

Journal article  |  2020  |  ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

Firefighting is a high-risk occupation that accounts for vulnerability to a range of mental health problems and addictive behaviou..

Sex differences in the effect of maternal immune activation on cognitive and psychosis-like behaviour in Long Evans rats

Andrea Gogos, Alyssa Sbisa, Diede Witkamp, Maarten van den Buuse

Journal article  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal immune activation during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of development of schizophrenia in later life. There..

The effect of estrogenic compounds on psychosis-like behaviour in female rats

Alyssa Sbisa, Maarten van den Buuse, Andrea Gogos

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS ONE

17β-estradiol treatment has shown benefit against schizophrenia symptoms, however long-term use may be associated with negative si..

Spatial working memory in the touchscreen operant platform is disrupted in female rats by ovariectomy but not estrous cycle

Alyssa M Sbisa, Andrea Gogos, Maarten van den Buuse

Journal article  |  2017  |  NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Learning and memory deficits have been described in rats and mice after ovariectomy (OVX) and across the estrous cycle. Preclinica..