By Associate Professor Alexis Estelle Whitton

Journal articles

Whitton AE; Treadway MT; Pizzagalli DA, 2015, 'Reward processing dysfunction in major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000122

Whitton AE; Proudfoot J; Clarke J; Birch MR; Parker G; Manicavasagar V; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2015, 'Breaking open the black box: Isolating the most potent features of a web and mobile phone-based intervention for depression, anxiety, and stress', Jmir Mental Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mental.3573

Peechatka AL; Whitton AE; Farmer SL; Pizzagalli DA; Janes A, 2015, 'Cigarette craving is associated with blunted reward processing in nicotine-dependent smokers', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e175 - e175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.475

Grisham JR; Becker L; Williams AD; Whitton AE; Makkar SR, 2014, 'Using Cognitive Bias Modification to Deflate Responsibility in Compulsive Checkers', Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, pp. 505 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-014-9621-0

Clarke J; Proudfoot J; Birch MR; Whitton AE; Parker G; Manicavasagar V; Harrison V; Christensen H; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2014, 'Effects of mental health self-efficacy on outcomes of a mobile phone and web intervention for mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety and stress: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial', BMC Psychiatry, 14, pp. 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0272-1

Proudfoot J; Whitton AE; Parker G; Manicavasagar V; Nicholas J; Smith M, 2014, 'Evidence of weekly cyclicity in mood and functional impairment in those with a bipolar disorder', Psychiatry Research, 218, pp. 290 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.047

Grisham JR; Becker L; Williams AD; Whitton AE; Makkar SR, 2014, 'Using Cognitive Bias Modification to Deflate Responsibility in Compulsive Checkers', Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, pp. 505 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10608-014-9621-0

Whitton AE; Henry JD; Rendell PG; Grisham JR, 2014, 'Disgust, but not anger provocation, enhances levator labii superioris activity during exposure to moral transgressions', Biological Psychology, 96, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.012

Whitton AE; Henry JD; Grisham JR, 2014, 'Moral rigidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Do abnormalities in inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and disgust play a role?', Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 45, pp. 152 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.10.001

Proudfoot J; Clarke J; Birch MR; Whitton AE; Parker G; Manicavasagar V; Harrison V; Christensen H; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2013, 'Impact of a mobile phone and web program on symptom and functional outcomes for people with mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety and stress: A randomised controlled trial', BMC Psychiatry, 13, pp. 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-312

Whitton AE; Grisham JR; Henry JD; Palada HD, 2013, 'Interpretive Bias Modification for Disgust', Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 4, pp. 341 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.5127/jep.030812

Proudfoot JG; Jayawant A; Whitton AE; Parker G; Manicavasagar V; Smith M; Nicholas J, 2012, 'Mechanisms underpinning effective peer support: A qualitative analysis of interactions between expert peers and patients newly-diagnosed with bipolar disorder', BMC Psychiatry, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-196

Proudfoot JG; Parker GB; Manicavasagar VL; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Whitton ; Nicholas J; Smith M; Burckhardt R; Burckhardt , 2012, 'Effects of adjunctive peer support on perceptions of illness control and understanding in an online psychoeducation program for bipolar disorder: A randomised controlled trial', Journal of Affective Disorders, 142, pp. 98 - 105

Whitton AE; Henry JD, 2012, 'The relationship between sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive symptoms and social cognition in chronic schizophrenia.', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52, pp. 115 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12004

Proudfoot J; Whitton A; Parker G; Doran J; Manicavasagar V; Delmas K, 2012, 'Triggers of mania and depression in young adults with bipolar disorder', Journal of Affective Disorders, 143, pp. 196 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.05.052

Conference Papers

O'Dea B; Braund TA; Batterham PJ; Larsen ME; Glozier N; Whitton AE, 2024, 'Reading Between the Lines: Identifying the Linguistic Markers of Anhedonia for the Stratification of Depression', in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642478

Parker B; Li S; Whitton A; Roxas BH; Borchard T; O'Dea B, 2022, 'While We Wait: understanding the impact of service wait times on GPs' treatment behaviour for youth patients with mental health problems', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. XLVI - XLVI

Whitton A; Hardy R; Cope K; O'Dea B; Cockayne N; Newby J, 2021, 'Effectiveness of a digital mental health screening and clinical decision aid for promoting uptake of eMental Health interventions in Australian general practices', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. LV - LV, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000681602200101&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitton A; Reinen J; Slifstein M; McGrath P; Iosifescu D; Abi-Dargham A; Pizzagalli D; Schneier F, 2017, 'A Behavioral Measure of Probabilistic Reward Learning Predicts Clinical Response to Pramipexole in Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder', in NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, CA, Palm Springs, pp. S165 - S166, presented at 56th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and Cognitive-Neuroscience-Society, CA, Palm Springs, 03 December 2017 - 07 December 2017

Whitton A; Henry JD; Grisham JR; Rendell PG, 2012, 'Hoarding, excessive responsibility and pathological guilt: Symptoms of empathy in overdrive?', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, ITALY, Pisa, pp. 321 - 321, presented at 16th World Congress of Psychophysiology of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP), ITALY, Pisa, 13 September 2012 - 17 September 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.06.086

Conference Presentations

Whitton A, 2020, 'Novel approaches for classifying and treating individuals with anhedonia', presented at Australiasian Society for Bipolar & Depressive Disorders Virtual Symposium Series, Virtual, 18 November 2020

Whitton A, 2020, 'Effectiveness of a stepped mental health service for improving the identification and treatment of depression and anxiety in primary care', presented at Australian Society for Medical Research NSW Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual, 13 November 2020 - 13 November 2020

Conference Abstracts

Tran D; McNair N; Whitton A; Whitford T; Livesey E, 2023, 'The predictive brain: Linking motor and sensory attenuation using combined TMS-EEG', in Brain Stimulation, Elsevier BV, Vol. 16, pp. 260 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.428

Reinen J; Whitton A; Pizzagalli D; Silfstein M; Abi-Dargham A; McGrath P; Iosifescu DV; Schneier F, 2018, 'Major Depressive Disorder is Associated With Blunted Learning Signals in Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Putamen When Seeking Monetary Reward', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 83, pp. S101 - S102, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2018 - 12 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.271

Whitton A; Reinen J; Slifstein M; McGrath P; Iosifescu D; Abi-Dargham A; Pizzagalli D; Schneier F, 2018, 'Utilizing a Behavioral Assay of Reward Learning to Predict Clinical Response to a Dopamine Agonist in Individuals With Depression', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 83, pp. S102 - S102, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2018 - 12 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.272

Pizzagalli D; Whitton A; Van't Veer A; Donahue R; Carlezon W, 2017, 'Aberrant Error Processing in Depressive Phenotypes: Cross-species Confluence and Initial Electrophysiological Markers', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Diego, Vol. 81, pp. S315 - S315, presented at 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), CA, San Diego, 18 May 2017 - 20 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.842

Whitton A; Pizzagalli D, 2017, 'Spectral EEG Dynamics of Large-Scale Functional Network Disturbances in Depression', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Diego, Vol. 81, pp. S58 - S58, presented at 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), CA, San Diego, 18 May 2017 - 20 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.151

Eren CY; Sancak S; Yazici D; Uysal SP; Whitton A; Rutherford A; Pizzagalli D; Eser HY, 2017, 'Effect of GLP-1 Agonists Use on Cognitive and Affective Functioning in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Preliminary Study', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 83, pp. S385 - S385, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2017 - 12 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.989

Rutherford A; Whitton AE; Ironside ML; Jensen JE; Du F; Farabaugh A; Deckersbach T; Ongur D; Pizzagalli DA, 2017, 'Rostral Anterior Cingulate Glutamate Levels are Linked to Abnormal High-Frequency Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Bipolar Disorder', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 83, pp. S271 - S271, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2017 - 12 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.700

, 2017, 'Abstracts of the WASAD Conference 2017, 14–16 September, Würzburg, Germany', in Journal of Neural Transmission, Springer Nature, Vol. 124, pp. 1277 - 1328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00702-017-1777-9

, 2017, 'ACNP 56th Annual Meeting: Poster Session III, December 6, 2017', in Neuropsychopharmacology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 42, pp. S476 - S652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2017.266

Brown DR; Cavanagh JF, 2016, '"THE SOUND AND THE FURY": AFFECTIVE SOUNDS MODULATE BUT DON'T ELICIT AN LPP', in PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 53, pp. S17 - S17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12719

Hall MH; Whitton A; Mallya S; Douglas S; Spencer K; Cohen B; Levy D; Smoller J; Oenguer D; Pizzagalli D, 2015, 'Associations among reward-based learning, mood and anxiety symptoms, and their relation to brain neurophysiology in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder', in BIPOLAR DISORDERS, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 17, pp. 101 - 101, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000355338100280&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitton AE; Henry JD; Rendell PG; Grisham JR, 2012, 'Pathological disgust and the basal ganglia: An examination of disgust responding in obsessive-compulsive disorder', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, ITALY, Pisa, Vol. 85, pp. 365 - 365, presented at 16th World Congress of Psychophysiology of the International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP), ITALY, Pisa, 13 September 2012 - 17 September 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.07.010

Whitton ; Henry JD; Grisham JR; Rendell PG, 2012, 'Hoarding, excessive responsibility and pathological guilt: Symptoms of empathy in overdrive?', in International Journal of Psychophysiology, Elsevier Science BV, Vol. 85, pp. 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.07.009

Whitton ; Henry JD; Rendell PG; Grisham JR, 2012, 'Pathological disgust and the basal ganglia: An examination of disgust responding in obsessive-compulsive disorder.', in International Journal of Psychophysiology, Elsevier Science BV, Vol. 85, pp. 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.07.009

Whitton ; Henry JD; Rendell PG; Grisham JR, 2012, 'Turning one’s nose up at the wrong and the rancid: Disentangling the effects of anger and disgust on physiological responses to moral transgressions.', in International Journal of Psychophysiology, Elsevier Science BV, Vol. 85, pp. 364 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.07.009

Media

Whitton A, 2020, Mental Health Matters, Exercise and Sports Science Australia

Preprints

Nguyen D; A AK; Braund TA; Zheng WY; Bal D; Hoon L; Newby J; Christensen H; Venkatesh S; Whitton A; Gupta S, 2026, SMOTE-VAR: An Uncertainty-Aware Oversampling Method for Predicting Depression Remission in University Students, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2608.30102

Nguyen D; Gupta S; Do K; Nguyen T; Braund T; Whitton A; Venkatesh S, 2026, Large Language Models for Imbalanced Classification: Diversity makes the difference, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.09783

O’Dea B; Subotic-Kerry M; Borchard T; Parker B; Vilus B; Iorfino F; Whitton AE; Harris-Roxas B; Wade TD; Valle MKD; Glozier N; Nicholas J; Torok M; Braund TA; Batterham PJ, 2024, The impact of service wait times on General Practitioners’ treatment of adolescent depression and anxiety, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.12.24312088

Holmes G; Tang B; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Christensen H; Whitton A, Applications of Large Language Models in the Field of Suicide Prevention: Scoping Review (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.63126

Pizzagalli D; Whitton A; Treadway M; Rutherford A; Kumar P; Ironside M; Kaiser R; Ren B; Dan R, Brain-based graph-theoretical predictive modeling to map the trajectory of transdiagnostic symptoms of anhedonia, impulsivity, and hypomania from the human functional connectome, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3168186/v1

Pizzagalli D; Whitton A; Kumar P; Treadway M; Rutherford A; Ironside M; Foti D; Fitzmaurice G; Du F, Distinct profiles of anhedonia and reward processing and their prospective associations with quality of life among individuals with mood disorders, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2247153/v1

Parker BL; Anderson M; Batterham PJ; Gayed A; Subotic-Kerry M; Achilles MR; Chakouch C; Werner-Seidler A; Whitton AE; O’Dea B, Examining the Preliminary Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Web-Based Training Program for Australian Secondary School Teachers: Pilot Study of the BEAM (Building Educators’ Skills in Adolescent Mental Health) Program (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.29989

Shvetcov A; Whitton A; Kasturi S; Zheng W-Y; Beames J; Ibrahim O; Han J; Hoon L; Mouzakis K; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Christensen H; Newby J, Machine learning identifies a COVID-19-specific phenotype in university students using a mental health app, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.07.22283234

Whitton AE; Hardy R; Cope K; Gieng C; Gow L; MacKinnon A; Gale N; O'Moore K; Anderson J; Proudfoot J; Cockayne N; O'Dea B; Christensen H; Newby JM, Mental Health Screening in General Practices as a Means for Enhancing Uptake of Digital Mental Health Interventions: Observational Cohort Study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.28369

Kikas K; O'Moore K; Miller RK; Matheson J-AT; Li S; Varghese K; Baldwin P; Cockayne N; Whitton AE; Newby JM, Needs and Expectations for the myNewWay Blended Digital and Face-to-Face Psychotherapy Model of Care for Depression and Anxiety (Part 1): Participatory Design Study including People with Lived and Living Experience (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.69499

Miller RK; O'Moore K; Kikas K; Matheson J-AT; Whitton AE; Baldwin P; Li S; Black M; Kampel L; Cockayne N; Tuttlebee F; Fraser C; Carr V; Varghese K; Newby JM, Needs and expectations for the myNewWayTM blended digital and face-to-face psychotherapy model of care for depression and anxiety (Part 2): Mental health professional co-design study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.68789

Shvetcov A; Kupper JF; Zheng W-Y; Slade A; Han J; Whitton A; Spoelma M; Hoon L; Mouzakis K; Vasa R; Gupta S; Venkatesh S; Newby J; Christensen H, Passive sensing data predicts stress in university students: A supervised machine learning method for digital phenotyping, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.29.23293375

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