Bipolar Risk in Youth: Short, Medium and Longer-Term Implications for Prevention

Grant number: 1160108 | Funding period: 2019 - 2022

Completed

Abstract

Young people with bipolar disorders (BD) have poor outcomes in the absence of early and preventive interventions. I propose to study the impact of bipolar risk in three follow-up studies of young people attending clinical settings or from the community. The findings from these studies will help develop a new risk identification tool, and inform clinicians, young people and their families regarding short and longer-term risk and resilience factors for bipolar disorders.

Related publications (7)

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Progression of Transdiagnostic Stages From Childhood to Young Adulthood

A Ratheesh, Y Chen, D Hammond, Z Aitken, J Shah, F Iorfino, J Scott, I Hickie, C Davey, A Chanen, M Berk, P McGorry, S Marwaha, A Thompson, B Nelson

2025-11-01

Importance: Transdiagnostic clinical staging models for mental disorders are receiving increased attention. However, their underly..

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Research Letter: What do Australian consumers with lived experience of bipolar disorder want from early intervention services?

J Gates, S Bendall, H Tremain, C Shelton, D Hammond, C Macneil, P McGorry, M Berk, S Cotton, G Murray, A Ratheesh

2024-03-01

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of global and social functioning among people at risk of bipolar disorder

M Watson, K Filia, A Stevens, S Cotton, B Nelson, A Ratheesh

2023-01-15

Background: Functional status could predict development of bipolar disorder (BD) or have clinical significance. The relationship b..

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The future of digital mental health in the post-pandemic world: Evidence-based, blended, responsive and implementable

A Ratheesh, M Alvarez-Jimenez

2022-02-01

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

P Sunder, MF Chia, K Filia, C Macneil, M Hasty, C Davey, P McGorry, M Berk, S Cotton, A Ratheesh

2021-01-01

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

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Rates, types and associations of sexual risk behaviours and sexually transmitted infections in those with severe mental illness: a scoping review

M Stevens, A Ratheesh, A Watson, K Filia, BO Donoghue, SM Cotton

2020-08-01

The aim of this scoping review was to: (i) determine rates and types of sexual risk behaviours and sexually-transmitted infections..

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Improving functional outcomes in early-stage bipolar disorder: The protocol for the REsearch into COgnitive and behavioural VERsatility trial

SM Cotton, M Berk, H Jackson, G Murray, K Filia, M Hasty, A Chanen, C Davey, B Nelson, A Ratheesh, C MacNeil

2019-12-01

Aim: Young people with bipolar disorder (BD) commonly experience reduced quality of life, persistent symptoms and impaired functio..

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