Structural Brain Development and Depression Onset During Adolescence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Sarah Whittle; Renee Lichter; Meg Dennison; Nandita Vijayakumar; Orli Schwartz; Michelle L Byrne; Julian G Simmons; Murat Yuecel; Christos Pantelis; Patrick McGorry; Nicholas B Allen

Journal article

Structural Brain Development and Depression Onset During Adolescence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Sarah Whittle, Renee Lichter, Meg Dennison, Nandita Vijayakumar, Orli Schwartz, Michelle L Byrne, Julian G Simmons, Murat Yuecel, Christos Pantelis, Patrick McGorry, Nicholas B Allen

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY | AMER PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING, INC | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13070920

University of Melbourne Researchers

Sarah Whittle Author Psychiatry

Christos Pantelis Author Psychiatry

Nick Allen Author Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Patrick McGorry Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

Orli Schwartz Author Centre for Youth Mental Health

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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - PROF CHRISTOS PANTELIS

I have established and head the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre within the University of Melbourne. My university position is a research ch..

Sensitivity to the environment: Risk and resilience for adolescent depression

Depression is among the leading causes of disability and disease burden throughout the world. Little is known about how biological and envir..

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Awarded by NHMRC

Funding Acknowledgements

Prof. McGorry has received research grant funding from Janssen-Cilag and AstraZeneca and honoraria from Janssen, Lundbeck, Roche, and Servier. The other authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.Supported by grants from the Colonial Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; program grant 350241), and the Australian Research Council (discovery grant DP0878136). Dr. Whittle is supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (ID: 1007716). Dr. Dennison was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award, Dr. Lichter was supported by a Fay Marles Scholarship. Prof. Yucel is supported by an NHMRC Fellowship (ID: 1021973). Prof. Pantelis is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (ID: 628386). Ms. Vijayakumar is supported by a Melbourne International Research Scholarship.