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susy@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters Degree (Coursework & Research)
Swinburne University of Technology
Graduate Diploma
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelors Degree
Swinburne University of Technology

Ms Susy Harrigan

Honorary Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

148 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Functional Coupling and Longitudinal Outcome Prediction in First-Episode Psychosis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100589
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Brainwide Anatomical Connectivity and Prediction of Longitudinal Outcomes in Antipsychotic-Naïve First-Episode Psychosis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.07.016
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The liminal space of first-episode psychosis and its treatment: A qualitative study exploring the experience of young people participating in an antipsychotic dose reduction randomized controlled trial
    DOI: 10.1037/prj0000606
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Network-Based Spreading of Gray Matter Changes Across Different Stages of Psychosis
    DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3293
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Gradients of striatal function in antipsychotic-free first-episode psychosis and schizotypy
    DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02417-2
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Isolating the impact of antipsychotic medication on metabolic health: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of antipsychotic medication versus placebo in antipsychotic medication naïve first-episode psychosis (the STAGES study)
    DOI: 10.1111/eip.13353
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Frontostriatothalamic effective connectivity and dopaminergic function in the psychosis continuum
    DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac018
Susy Harrigan

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2004
Predicting the course of recovery in first-episode psychosis: Do DUP and diagnosis matter? 4th International Conference on Early Psychosis, Vancouver International Early Psychosis Association

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    P529. Longitudinal Illness- and Medication-Related Brain Volume Changes in Psychosis are Shaped by Connectome Architecture
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.766
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Functional Connectivity in Antipsychotic-Treated and Antipsychotic-Naive Patients with First-Episode Psychosis and Low Risk of Self-harm or Aggression: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
    DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1422
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Differentiating the effect of antipsychotic medication and illness on brain volume reductions in first-episode psychosis: A Longitudinal, Randomised, Triple-blind, Placebo-controlled MRI Study
    DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-00980-0

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Does Antipsychotic Dose Reduction Lead to Better Functional Recovery in First Episode Psychosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Antipsychotic Medication in First-Episode Psychosis: An RCT to Assess the Risk-Benefit Ratio
  • 2012

    Research Grant

    Proof of Principle of the Inflammatory and Oxidative Theory of Depression: A Treatment Study

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