Training for the intellectual difficulties linked to poor community functioning in early psychosis

Feasibility and acceptability of cognitive adaptation training for first-episode psychosis

Kelly A Allott, Eoin Killackey, Pamela Sun, Warrick J Brewer, Dawn I Velligan

2016-12-01

AIM: Cognitive and functioning impairments are present early in the course of psychotic disorder and remain one of the greatest tr..

Subjective ratings of neurocognitive functioning in depressed young people undergoing treatment: utility of a brief screening tool

Caroline A Fisher, Joanne Goodall, Magenta B Simmons, Kelly Allott, Sarah E Hetrick

2016-06-01

AIMS: To determine how young people with depression rate their neurocognitive functioning during treatment, and whether these rati..

A single-blind, randomised controlled trial on the effects of lithium and quetiapine monotherapy on the trajectory of cognitive functioning in first episode mania: A 12-month follow-up study

R Daglas, SM Cotton, K Allott, M Yuecel, CA Macneil, MK Hasty, B Murphy, C Pantelis, KT Hallam, LP Henry, P Conus, A Ratheesh, L Kader, M Th Wong, PD McGorry, M Berk

2016-01-01

BACKGROUND: Cognitive deficits have been reported during the early stages of bipolar disorder; however, the role of medication on ..

Neurocognitive and social cognitive predictors of cannabis use in first-episode psychosis

Chelsea Arnold, Kelly Allott, John Farhall, Eoin Killackey, Sue Cotton

2015-10-01

BACKGROUND: Findings are unclear as to whether cannabis use is associated with better cognitive functioning in individuals with ps..

Cognitive intervention in early psychosis - preserving abilities versus remediating deficits

Christos Pantelis, Cassandra Wannan, Cali F Bartholomeusz, Kelly Allott, Patrick D McGorry

2015-08-01

Remediation strategies have focused on a deficits model to plan restorative interventions, with inconsistent results. Here, we pro..

The impact of neuropsychological functioning and coping style on perceived stress in individuals with first-episode psychosis and healthy controls

Kelly A Allott, Marta Rapado-Castro, Tina-Marie Proffitt, Sarah Bendall, Belinda Garner, Felicity Butselaar, Connie Markulev, Christina Phassouliotis, Patrick D McGorry, Stephen J Wood, Susan M Cotton, Lisa J Phillips

2015-03-01

Stress is implicated in the development and course of psychotic illness, but the factors that influence stress levels are not well..

The relationship between stress, HPA axis functioning and brain structure in first episode psychosis over the first 12 weeks of treatment

Renate LEP Reniers, Belinda Garner, Christina Phassouliotis, Lisa J Phillips, Connie Markulev, Christos Pantelis, Sarah Bendall, Patrick D McGorry, Stephen J Wood

2015-02-28

Stress and abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning have been implicated in the early phase of psychosis and may p..

Emotion recognition in unaffected first-degree relatives of individuals with first-episode schizophrenia

Kelly A Allott, Simon Rice, Cali F Bartholomeusz, Claudia Klier, Monika Schloegelhofer, Miriam R Schaefer, G Paul Amminger

2015-02-01

OBJECTIVE: Impairments in recognising negative emotions are found in individuals with first-episode and chronic schizophrenia and ..

Relationship between amygdala volume and emotion recognition in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis

Cali F Bartholomeusz, Sarah L Whittle, Eleanor Pilioussis, Kelly Allott, Simon Rice, Miriam R Schaefer, Christos Pantelis, G Paul Amminger

2014-12-30

Amygdala volume has been proposed as a neural risk biomarker for psychotic illness, but findings in the ultra-high risk for psycho..

Emotion recognition as a predictor of transition to a psychotic disorder in ultra-high risk participants

Kelly A Allott, Miriam R Schaefer, Andrew Thompson, Barnaby Nelson, Sarah Bendall, Cali F Bartholomeusz, Hok Pan Yuen, Patrick D McGorry, Monika Schloegelhofer, Andreas Bechdolf, G Paul Amminger

2014-03-01

AIMS: Recent research has shown emotion recognition to be impaired in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for developing a psycho..

Social cognition training as an intervention for improving functional outcome in first-episode psychosis: a feasibility study

Cali F Bartholomeusz, Kelly Allott, Eoin Killackey, Ping Liu, Stephen J Wood, Andrew Thompson

2013-11-01

BACKGROUND: Social cognitive deficits have a detrimental effect on social and role functioning at both early and late stages of ps..

Testing a Model of the Relationship Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychosis in a First-Episode Psychosis Group The Role of Hallucinations and Delusions, Posttraumatic Intrusions, and Selective Attention

Sarah Bendall, Carol Anne Hulbert, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Kelly Allott, Patrick D McGorry, Henry James Jackson

2013-11-01

Several theories suggest that posttraumatic intrusive symptoms are central to the relationship between childhood trauma (CT) and h..

Community Rehabilitation and Psychosocial Interventions for Psychotic Disorders in Youth

Eoin Killackey, Mario Alyarez-Jimenez, Kelly Allott, Sarah Bendall, Patrick McGorry

2013-10-01

During recovery, young people with psychosis need attention paid not only to their psychotic symptoms but also to the areas of fun..

The relative contribution of neurocognition and social cognition to 6-month vocational outcomes following Individual Placement and Support in first-episode psychosis

Kelly A Allott, Susan M Cotton, Gina L Chinnery, Gennady N Baksheev, Jessica Massey, Pamela Sun, Zoe Collins, Emma Barlow, Christina Broussard, Wahid Tasha, Tina-Marie Proffitt, Henry J Jackson, Eoin Killackey

2013-10-01

AIMS: To examine whether baseline neurocognition and social cognition predict vocational outcomes over 6 months in patients with f..

Managing disclosure following recent-onset psychosis: utilizing the Individual Placement and Support model

Kelly A Allott, Luana R Turner, Gina L Chinnery, Eoin J Killackey, Keith H Nuechterlein

2013-08-01

AIMS: Individual Placement and Support is the most defined and evidence-based approach to supported employment for severe mental i..

Relationship between vocational status and perceived stress and daily hassles in first-episode psychosis: an exploratory study

Kelly A Allott, Hok Pan Yuen, Belinda Garner, Sarah Bendall, Eoin J Killackey, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Christina Phassouliotis, Connie Markulev, Yang Yun, Patrick D McGorry, Lisa J Phillips

2013-07-01

PURPOSE: Vocational recovery is a primary treatment goal of young people with first-episode psychosis (FEP), yet treatment in this..

Clinical Neuropsychology Within Adolescent and Young-Adult Psychiatry: Conceptualizing Theory and Practice

Kelly Allott, Tina-Marie Proffitt, Patrick D McGorry, Christos Pantelis, Stephen J Wood, Marnie Cumner, Warrick J Brewer

2013-01-01

Historically, clinical neuropsychology has made significant contributions to the understanding of brain-behavior relationships, pa..

Improving functional outcome using compensatory strategies in comorbid intellectual disability and psychosis: A case study

KA Allott, SM Francey, DI Velligan

2013-01-01

Relative to the general population, people with intellectual disability (ID) are at greater risk of psychosis, with an estimated p..

Predictors of Vocational Recovery Among Young People With First-Episode Psychosis: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Gennady N Baksheev, Kelly Allott, Henry J Jackson, Patrick D McGorry, Eoin Killackey

2012-12-01

OBJECTIVE: The current study sought to examine demographic and clinical predictors of vocational recovery among young people with ..

Managing disclosure in recent-onset psychosis: utilizing the individual placement and support model

Luana R Turner, Gina L Chinnery, Kelly A Allott, Keith H Nuechterlein, Eoin J Killackey

2012-10-01

Neurocognitive and social cognitive approaches for improving functional outcome in early psychosis: theoretical considerations and current state of evidence.

Cali F Bartholomeusz, Kelly Allott

2012-01-01

Improving functional outcome, in addition to alleviating psychotic symptoms, is now a major treatment objective in schizophrenia r..

Patient predictors of symptom and functional outcome following cognitive behaviour therapy or befriending in first-episode psychosis

Kelly Allott, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Eoin J Killackey, Sarah Bendall, Patrick D McGorry, Henry J Jackson

2011-11-01

BACKGROUND: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for many, but not all, individuals with psychosis. An impo..