By Adjunct Professor Justine Megan Gatt

Journal articles

Gatt J; Chilver M; Champaigne-Klassen E; Park H; Jamshidi J; Montalto A; Schofield P; Williams LM, 2021, 'Predictors of Wellbeing and Wellbeing Change Over a 12-Month Period in 1,327 Twins', Biological Psychiatry, 89, pp. S315 - S316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.787

Jamshidi J; Williams LM; Schofield PR; Park HRP; Montalto A; Chilver MR; Bryant RA; Toma C; Fullerton JM; Gatt JM, 2020, 'Diverse phenotypic measurements of wellbeing: Heritability, temporal stability and the variance explained by polygenic scores', Genes Brain and Behavior, 19, pp. e12694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12694

Chilver MR; Keller AS; Park HRP; Jamshidi J; Montalto A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Harmon-Jones E; Williams LM; Gatt JM, 2020, 'Electroencephalography profiles as a biomarker of wellbeing: A twin study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 126, pp. 114 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.04.010

Hadfield K; Ungar M; Emond A; Foster K; Gatt JM; Mason-Jones A; Reid S; Theron L; Wouldes T; Wu Q, 2020, 'Challenges of developing and conducting an international study of resilience in migrant adolescents', International Social Work, 63, pp. 232 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818796147

Gatt J; Alexander R; Emond A; Foster K; Hadfield K; Mason-Jones A; Reid S; Theron L; Ungar M; Wouldes T; Wu Q, 2020, 'Trauma, resilience and mental health in migrant and non-migrant youth: An international cross-sectional study across six countries', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, pp. 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00997

Kang D; McAuley JH; Kassem MS; Gatt JM; Gustin SM, 2019, 'What does the grey matter decrease in the medial prefrontal cortex reflect in people with chronic pain?', European Journal of Pain United Kingdom, 23, pp. 203 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1304

Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AWF, 2019, 'Cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma is associated with reduced cortical differentiation between threat and non-threat faces in posttraumatic stress disorder adults', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 48 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418761578

Gatt JM; Burton KLO; Routledge KM; Grasby KL; Korgaonkar MS; Grieve SM; Schofield PR; Harris AWF; Clark CR; Williams LM, 2018, 'A negative association between brainstem pontine grey-matter volume, well-being and resilience in healthy twins', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 43, pp. 386 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170125

Bloch-Jorgensen ZT; Cilione PJ; Yeung WWH; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Corrigendum: Centeredness theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains [Front. Psychol, 9, 610 (2018)] DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00985', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01648

Wu Q; Ge T; Emond A; Foster K; Gatt JM; Hadfield K; Mason-Jones AJ; Reid S; Theron L; Ungar M; Wouldes TA, 2018, 'Acculturation, resilience, and the mental health of migrant youth: a cross-country comparative study', Public Health, 162, pp. 63 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.05.006

Gatt JM; Burton KLO; Routledge KM; Grasby KL; Korgaonkar MS; Grieve SM; Schofield PR; Harris AWF; Clark CR; Williams LM, 2018, 'A negative association between brainstem pontine grey-matter volume, well-being and resilience in healthy twins.', J Psychiatry Neurosci, 43, pp. 170125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170125

Gatt JM; Burton KLO; Routledge KM; Grasby KL; Korgaonkar MS; Grieve SM; Schofield PR; Harris AWF; Clark CR; Williams LM, 2018, 'A negative association between brainstem pontine grey-matter volume, well-being and resilience in healthy twins.', Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN, 43, pp. 170125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170125

Routledge KM; Williams LM; Harris AWF; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Genetic correlations between wellbeing, depression and anxiety symptoms and behavioral responses to the emotional faces task in healthy twins', Psychiatry Research, 264, pp. 385 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.042

Bloch-Jorgensen ZT; Cilione PJ; Yeung WWH; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Centeredness Theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00610

Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AWF, 2017, 'Corrigendum to “Failure to differentiate between threat-related and positive emotion cues in healthy adults with childhood interpersonal or adult trauma” (J. Psychiatr. Res. (2016) 78 (31–41) (S0022395616300449) (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.03.006))', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 94, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.07.017

Routledge KM; Burton KLO; Williams LM; Harris A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM, 2017, 'The shared and unique genetic relationship between mental well-being, depression and anxiety symptoms and cognitive function in healthy twins', Cognition and Emotion, 31, pp. 1465 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1232242

McRae K; Rhee SH; Gatt JM; Godinez D; Williams LM; Gross JJ, 2017, 'Genetic and environmental influences on emotion regulation: A twin study of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression', Emotion, 17, pp. 772 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000300

Ball TM; Goldstein-Piekarski AN; Gatt JM; Williams LM, 2017, 'Quantifying person-level brain network functioning to facilitate clinical translation', Translational Psychiatry, 7, pp. e1248 - e1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/TP.2017.204

Routledge KM; Burton KLO; Williams LM; Harris A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM; Schofield P, 2016, 'Shared versus distinct genetic contributions of mental wellbeing with depression and anxiety symptoms in healthy twins', Psychiatry Research, 244, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.016

Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AWF, 2016, 'Failure to differentiate between threat-related and positive emotion cues in healthy adults with childhood interpersonal or adult trauma', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 78, pp. 31 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.03.006

Arns M; Bruder G; Hegerl U; Spooner C; Palmer DM; Etkin A; Fallahpour K; Gatt JM; Hirshberg L; Gordon E, 2016, 'EEG alpha asymmetry as a gender-specific predictor of outcome to acute treatment with different antidepressant medications in the randomized iSPOT-D study', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 509 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.032

Burton KLO; Williams LM; Richard Clark C; Harris A; Schofield PR; Gatt JM, 2015, 'Sex differences in the shared genetics of dimensions of self-reported depression and anxiety', Journal of Affective Disorders, 188, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.08.053

Day CV; Gatt JM; Etkin A; Debattista C; Schatzberg AF; Williams LM, 2015, 'Cognitive and emotional biomarkers of melancholic depression: An iSPOT-D report', Journal of Affective Disorders, 176, pp. 141 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.061

Gatt JM; Burton KLO; Williams LM; Schofield PR, 2015, 'Specific and common genes implicated across major mental disorders: A review of meta-analysis studies', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 60, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.09.014

Gatt JM; Burton KLO; Schofield PR; Bryant RA; Williams LM; Schofield P, 2014, 'The heritability of mental health and wellbeing defined using COMPAS-W, a new composite measure of wellbeing', Psychiatry Research, 219, pp. 204 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.033

Korgaonkar MS; Ram K; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Grieve SM, 2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, 35, pp. 3893 - 3902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446

Korgaonkar MS; Ram K; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Grieve SM, 2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, 35, pp. 3893 - 3902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446

Myers AJ; Williams L; Gatt JM; McAuley-Clark EZ; Dobson-Stone C; Schofield PR; Nemeroff CB, 2014, 'Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with increased risk for anxiety, stress and depression in individuals with a history of exposure to early life stress', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 59, pp. 93 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.021

Korgaonkar MS; Antees C; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Bryant RA; Cohen R; Paul R; O'Hara R; Grieve SM, 2013, 'Early Exposure to Traumatic Stressors Impairs Emotional Brain Circuitry', Plos One, 8, pp. e75524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075524

Chu DA; Williams LM; Harris A; Bryant RA; Gatt JM, 2013, 'Early life trauma predicts self-reported levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms in nonclinical community adults: Relative contributions of early life stressor types and adult trauma exposure', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.08.006

Williams LM; Cooper NJ; Wisniewski SR; Gatt JM; Koslow SH; Kulkarni J; Devarney S; Gordon E; John Rush A, 2012, 'Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive power of the "Brief Risk-resilience Index for SCreening," a brief pan-diagnostic web screen for emotional health', Brain and Behavior, 2, pp. 576 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.76

Gatt JM; Korgaonkar MS; Schofield PR; Harris A; Clark CR; Oakley KL; Ram K; Michaelson H; Yap S; Stanners M; Wise V; Williams LM, 2012, 'The TWIN-E Project in Emotional Wellbeing: Study Protocol and Preliminary Heritability Results Across Four MRI and DTI Measures', Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15, pp. 419 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.12

Wacker J; Gatt JM, 2010, 'Resting posterior versus frontal delta/theta EEG activity is associated with extraversion and the COMT VAL158MET polymorphism', Neuroscience Letters, 478, pp. 88 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.071

Williams L; Gatt JM; Grieve S; Dobson-Stone C; Paul R; Gordon E; Schofield PR, 2010, 'COMT Val108/158Met polymorphism effects on emotional brain function and negativity bias', Neuroimage, 53, pp. 918 - 925

Gatt JM; Nemeroff C; Schofield PR; Paul R; Clark CR; Gordon E; Williams L, 2010, 'Early life stress combined with serotonin 3A receptor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor valine 66 to methionine genotypes impacts emotional brain and arousal correlates of risk for depression', Biological Psychiatry, 68, pp. 818 - 824

Kemp A; Quintana D; Gray MA; Felmingham KL; Brown K; Gatt JM, 2010, 'Impact of depression and antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability: A review and meta-analysis', Biological Psychiatry, 67, pp. 1067 - 1074

Gatt JM; Williams L; Schofield PR; Dobson-Stone C; Paul R; Grieve S; Clark CR; Gordon E; Nemeroff C, 2010, 'Impact of the HTR3A gene with early life trauma on emotional brain networks and depressed mood.', Depression and Anxiety, 27, pp. 752 - 759

Williams L; Gatt JM; Schofield PR; Olivieri G; Peduto A; Gordon E, 2009, '`Negativity bias` in risk for depression and anxiety: Brain-body fear circuitry correlates, 5-HTT-LPR and early life stress', Neuroimage, 47, pp. 804 - 814

Williams L; Gatt JM; Kuan SA; Dobson-Stone C; Palmer DM; Paul R; Song L; Costa P; Schofield PR; Gordon E, 2009, 'A polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with emotional brain markers and personality traits on an antisocial index', Neuropsychopharmacology, 34, pp. 1797 - 1809

Joffe R; Gatt JM; Kemp A; Grieve S; Dobson-Stone C; Kuan SA; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Williams L, 2009, 'Brain derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, the five factor model of personality and hippocampal volume: Implications for depressive illness', Human Brain Mapping, 30, pp. 1246 - 1256

Schofield PR; Williams L; Paul R; Gatt JM; Brown K; Luty A; Cooper N; Grieve S; Dobson-Stone C; Morris C; Kuan SA; Gordon E, 2009, 'Disturbances in selective information processing associated with the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism: Evidence from cognition, the P300 and fronto-hippocampal systems', Biological Psychology, 80, pp. 176 - 188

Gatt JM; Nemeroff C; Dobson-Stone C; Paul R; Bryant RA; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Kemp A; Williams L, 2009, 'Interactions between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress predict brain and arousal pathways to syndromal depression and anxiety', Molecular Psychiatry, 14, pp. 681 - 695

Gatt JM; Kuan SA; Dobson-Stone C; Paul R; Joffe R; Kemp A; Gordon E; Schofield PR; Williams L, 2008, 'Association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and trait depression is mediated via resting EEG alpha band activity', Biological Psychology, 79, pp. 275 - 284

Williams L; Gatt JM; Hatch A; Palmer DM; Nagy M; Rennie C; Cooper N; Morris C; Grieve S; Dobson-Stone C; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gordon E; Arns M; Paul R, 2008, 'The integrate model of emotion, thinking and self regulation: an application to the `paradox of aging`', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 7, pp. 367 - 404

Gatt JM; Clark CR; Kemp A; Liddell BJ; Dobson-Stone C; Kuan SA; Schofield PR; Williams L, 2007, 'A genotype-endophenotype-phenotype path model of depressed mood: Integrating cognitive and emotional markers', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 75 - 104

Gordon E; Liddell BJ; Brown K; Bryant RA; Clark R; Das P; Dobson-Stone C; Falconer EM; Felmingham KL; Kemp A; Flynn G; Gatt JM; Harris A; Hermens D; Hopkinson P; Kuan SA; Lazzuro I; Moyle J; Paul R; Rennie C; Schofield PR; Whitford T; Williams L, 2007, 'Integrating objective gene-brain-behavior markers of psychiatric disorders', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 1 - 34

Dobson-Stone C; Gatt J; Kuan S; Grieve S; Gordon E; Williams L; Schofield PR, 2007, 'Investigation of MCPH1 G37995C and ASPM A44871G polymorphisms and brain size in a healthy cohort', Neuroimage, 37, pp. 394 - 400

Alexander D; Williams L; Gatt J; Dobson-Stone C; Kuan S; Todd E; Schofield PR; Cooper N; Gordon E, 2007, 'The contribution of apolipoprotein E alleles on cognitive performance and dynamic neural activity over six decades', Biological Psychology, 75, pp. 229 - 238

Conference Papers

Jamshidi J; Schofield PR; Gatt JM; Fullerton JM, 2021, 'Phenotypic and Genetic Study of a Wellbeing Factor Score in the UK Biobank and the Impact of Childhood Maltreatment', in BEHAVIOR GENETICS, SPRINGER, pp. 712 - 713

Conference Presentations

Gatt J; Hatfield J; Job RS, 2004, 'The effects of assertiveness training and relaxation on disease-prone personality types, coping, mood and cortisol in a community sample', presented at 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, 08 August 2004 - 13 August 2004

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