By Associate Professor Aswin Ratheesh

Book Chapters

Mei C; Power P; Bedi G; Maguire S; McCutcheon L; Ratheesh A; Witt K; McGorry PD, 2025, 'Early intervention for mental health and substance use disorders', in Thornicroft G; Drake RE; Gureje O; Mueser KT; Szmukler G (ed.), Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 97 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198898818.003.0010

Ratheesh A; Loi SM; Coghill D; Chanen A; McGorry PD, 2024, 'Special Considerations in the Psychiatric Evaluation Across the Lifespan: Children, Adolescents, and the Elderly', in Tasmans Psychiatry Fifth Edition, pp. 1365 - 1401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51366-5_117

Ratheesh A; Loi SM; Coghill D; Chanen A; McGorry PD, 2023, 'Special Considerations in the Psychiatric Evaluation Across the Lifespan (Special Emphasis on Children, Adolescents, and Elderly)', in Tasman’s Psychiatry, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_117-1

Ratheesh A; Hartmann JA; Nelson B, 2020, 'Clinical risk factors for psychosis', in Risk Factors for Psychosis Paradigms Mechanisms and Prevention, pp. 249 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813201-2.00013-2

Ratheesh A; Hartmann JA; Nelson B, 2020, 'Chapter 13 Clinical risk factors for psychosis', in Risk Factors for Psychosis, Elsevier, pp. 249 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-813201-2.00013-2

Ratheesh A; McGorry PD, 2014, 'Benefits of early intervention in young people with bipolar disorder', in Clinical Insights Mental Health in Adolescents Bipolar Disorder, pp. 21 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/EBO.13.678

Ratheesh A; Berk M; McGorry PD, 2014, 'Ethical Consideration for Treating At-Risk Populations', in Bipolar Disorder in Youth, Oxford University Press, pp. 133 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199985357.003.0007

Journal articles

Roberts G; Ratheesh A; Fullerton JM; Cignarella C; Francis E; Kamali M; Stapp EK; Ghaziuddin N; Hulvershorn L; McInnis MG; Wilcox HC; Edenberg HJ; Nurnberger JI; Mitchell PB, 2026, 'Parental but not child reports of affective lability in offspring predict conversion to bipolar disorder in youth at increased genetic risk', Journal of Affective Disorders, 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122077

Crouse JJ; Loblay V; Jorm A; Wong TR; de Haan Z; Gorban C; Shin M; Tonini E; Aiken C; Alloy LB; Altinbaş K; Beaulieu S; Carpenter JS; Etain B; Esaki Y; Fiedorowicz JG; Garbazza C; Geoffroy PA; Haarman BCM; Henriksen TEG; Hidalgo MP; Inder ML; Lam RW; Madsen H; McClung CA; Morken G; Palagini L; Phelps J; Porter RJ; Ratheesh A; Riemersma-Van der Lek RF; Rybakowski JK; Saunders EFH; Schulte PFJ; Smith DJ; Swartz HA; Tolliver BK; Wirz-Justice A; Hickie IB; Gottlieb JF, 2026, 'Essential Information About Chronobiology and Chronotherapy for the Optimal Care of People With Bipolar Disorders: An Expert Consensus', Bipolar Disorders, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.70141

Ratheesh A; Whitton A; Newby J; Berk M, 2026, 'Author reply to the Letter to the Editor regarding ‘Precision medicine approaches to mental health’', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 297 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261418473

Cotton SM; Jain V; Ratheesh A; Shelton C; Macneil C; Filia KM; Crouse J; Burnside A; Clarke E; Prasad A; Arnold R; Badcock P; Hasty M, 2026, 'Understanding the Current State of Play of Early Intervention for Bipolar Disorder: Qualitative Analysis of Consultations With International Stakeholders', Bipolar Disorders, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.70091

Tagliaferri SD; Han LKM; Khetan M; Nguyen J; Markulev C; Rice S; Cotton SM; Berk M; Byrne EM; Rickwood D; Davey CG; Koval P; Ratheesh A; McGorry PD; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Schmaal L, 2026, 'Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Predictors of Relapsing, Recurrent, and Chronic Depression in Young People', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 65, pp. 206 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.03.019

Catalán A; Swidzinski S; Mccutcheon RA; Aymerich C; Pedruzo B; Knox S; Swidzinska P; Tsaligopoulou A; Short R; Carter B; Ratheesh A; Quattrone D; Fearon P; Fusar-Poli P; Young AH; Murray RM; Jauhar S, 2026, 'The proportion of people with primary affective disorders presenting to early intervention services: systematic review and meta-analysis', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2026.10602

Cotton SM; Hasty M; Mitchell P; Murray G; Hickie IB; McGorry PD; Walder K; Dean OM; Mihalopoulos C; Yung AR; Van Rheenen TE; Nierenberg AA; Scott J; Williams LJ; Berk L; Davey CG; Crouse JJ; Scott E; Iorfino F; Filia K; Chatterton ML; Macneil C; Perich T; Morton E; Ratheesh A; Berk M, 2025, 'Addressing the unmet needs of bipolar disorder in Australia and beyond', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 957 - 965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361727

Ratheesh A; Chen Y; Hammond D; Aitken Z; Shah J; Iorfino F; Scott J; Hickie I; Davey C; Chanen A; Berk M; McGorry P; Marwaha S; Thompson A; Nelson B, 2025, 'Progression of Transdiagnostic Stages From Childhood to Young Adulthood', JAMA Psychiatry, 82, pp. 1113 - 1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.2648

Ratheesh A; Whitton A; Newby J; Berk M, 2025, 'Precision medicine approaches to mental health: Bridging population evidence and personalised care', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 763 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251362045

Ratheesh A; Gates J; Hammond D; Shelton C; Macneil C; Hasty M M; Dhar A; D'Alfonso S; Schmaal L; Kessing LV; Gleeson JF; Davey C; Chanen A; Murray G; Cotton SM; McGorry PD; Berk M; Alvarez-Jimenez M, 2025, 'Bipolar Early Intervention Using New Digital Technologies (BLEND): A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Novel Blended-Digital Early Intervention Model of Care for Youth With Bipolar Disorder I or II', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.70060

Cotton SM; Jain V; Ratheesh A; Shelton C; Macneil C; Filia KM; Crouse J; Burnside A; Clarke E; Prasad A; Arnold R; Badcock P; Hasty M, 2025, 'Views of international experts on challenges to early intervention for bipolar disorder', World Psychiatry, 24, pp. 275 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.21324

Chen Y; Aitken Z; Hammond D; Thompson A; Marwaha S; Davey C; Berk M; McGorry P; Chanen A; Nelson B; Ratheesh A, 2025, 'Adverse childhood experiences and their differential relationships with transdiagnostic mental health outcomes in young adults', Psychological Medicine, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291725000893

Tagliaferri SD; Nguyen J; Han LKM; Cotton SM; Menssink JM; Ratheesh A; Noel M; Schmaal L, 2025, 'Exploring the associations between the presence, characteristics, and biopsychosocial covariates of pain and lifetime depression in adolescents: A cross-sectional ABCD study analysis', Journal of Affective Disorders, 372, pp. 106 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.025

Hammond D; Cotton S; Rice S; Hetrick SE; Amminger P; Dean O; Dodd S; McGorry P; Chanen AM; Davey CG; Berk M; Ratheesh A, 2025, 'Psychometric properties of the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale in depressed youth', Journal of Affective Disorders, 372, pp. 347 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.018

Bryce S; Cheng N; Stainton A; Zbukvic I; Dalton A; Ojinnaka A; Ratheesh A; O'Halloran C; Uren J; Gates J; Daglas-Georgiou R; Wood S; Allott K, 2025, 'Participation Preferences in Cognitive Treatments Among Youth With Mental Illness: Findings From the Your Mind, Your Choice Survey', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13615

Tse NY; Ratheesh A; Cash R; Zalesky A, 2025, '151. A Mega-Analysis of Functional Connectivity and Network Abnormalities in Youth Depression', Biological Psychiatry, 97, pp. S157 - S157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.388

Hickie IB; Scott EM; Ratheesh A; Cotton S; Scott J; Iorfino F; Medland SE; Hasty M; Macneil C; de Haan Z; Herson D; Crouse JJ, 2025, 'Are indicated prevention and effective early intervention achievable goals for youth with bipolar mood disorders?', Research Directions: Depression, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dep.2024.9

Berk M; Ratheesh A; Scott J, 2024, 'Towards development of reliable criteria for at-risk states for bipolar disorders', Bipolar Disorders, 26, pp. 759 - 760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13497

Tse NY; Ratheesh A; Tian YE; Connolly CG; Davey CG; Ganesan S; Gotlib IH; Harrison BJ; Han LKM; Ho TC; Jamieson AJ; Kirshenbaum JS; Liu Y; Ma X; Ojha A; Qiu J; Sacchet MD; Schmaal L; Simmons AN; Suckling J; Wei D; Yang X; Yang TT; Cash RFH; Zalesky A, 2024, 'A mega-analysis of functional connectivity and network abnormalities in youth depression', Nature Mental Health, 2, pp. 1169 - 1182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00309-y

Ratheesh A; Speed M; Salagre E; Berk M; Rohde C; Østergaard SD, 2024, 'Prior psychiatric morbidity and differential psychopharmacological treatment patterns: Exploring the heterogeneity of bipolar disorder in a nationwide study of 9594 patients', Bipolar Disorders, 26, pp. 570 - 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13432

Scott J; Iorfino F; Capon W; Crouse J; Nelson B; Chanen AM; Dwyer D; Conus P; Bechdolf A; Ratheesh A; Raballo A; Yung A; Berk M; McKenna S; Hockey S; Hutcheon A; Scott E; McGorry P; Shah J; Hickie IB, 2024, 'Staging 2.0: refining transdiagnostic clinical staging frameworks to enhance reliability and utility for youth mental health', Lancet Psychiatry, 11, pp. 461 - 471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00060-9

Ratheesh A; Bechdolf A, 2024, 'Clinical risk prediction for bipolar disorder: If, when and how?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 193 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241233861

Gates J; Bendall S; Tremain H; Shelton C; Hammond D; Macneil C; McGorry P; Berk M; Cotton S; Murray G; Ratheesh A, 2024, 'Research Letter: What do Australian consumers with lived experience of bipolar disorder want from early intervention services?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 280 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231215021

Amminger GP; Rice S; Davey CG; Quinn AL; Hermens DF; Zmicerevska N; Nichles A; Hickie I; Incerti L; Weller A; Joseph S; Hilton Z; Pugh C; Rayner M; Reid N; Ratheesh A; Yung AR; Yuen HP; Mackinnon A; Hetrick S; Parker A; Street R; Berger M; Berk M; McGorry PD; Lin A, 2024, 'The Addition of Fish Oil to Cognitive Behavioral Case Management for Youth Depression: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial', Biological Psychiatry, 95, pp. 426 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.06.015

Destrée L; McGorry P; Chanen A; Ratheesh A; Davey C; Polari A; Amminger P; Yuen HP; Hartmann J; Dwyer D; Spooner R; Nelson B, 2024, 'Transdiagnostic risk identification: A validation study of the Clinical High At Risk Mental State (CHARMS) criteria', Psychiatry Research, 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115745

Bryce S; Cheng N; Dalton A; Ojinnaka A; Stainton A; Zbukvic I; Ratheesh A; O'Halloran C; Uren J; Gates J; Daglas-Georgiou R; Wood SJ; Allott K, 2024, 'Cognitive health treatment priorities and preferences among young people with mental illness: The your mind, your choice survey', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 18, pp. 94 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13436

Ratheesh A; Hett D; Ramain J; Wong E; Berk L; Conus P; Fristad MA; Goldstein T; Hillegers M; Jauhar S; Kessing LV; Miklowitz DJ; Murray G; Scott J; Tohen M; Yatham LN; Young AH; Berk M; Marwaha S, 2023, 'A systematic review of interventions in the early course of bipolar disorder I or II: a report of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Taskforce on early intervention', International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-022-00275-3

Stainton A; Cheng N; Bryce S; Dalton A; Ojinnaka A; Zbukvic I; Ratheesh A; O'Halloran C; Uren J; Gates J; Daglas-Georgiou R; Wood SJ; Allott K, 2023, 'Cognition is a treatment priority for young people with psychosis: Findings from the Your Mind, Your Choice survey', Schizophrenia Research, 262, pp. 30 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.10.019

Allott K; Yuen HP; Baldwin L; O’Donoghue B; Fornito A; Chopra S; Nelson B; Graham J; Kerr MJ; Proffitt TM; Ratheesh A; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Harrigan S; Brown E; Thompson AD; Pantelis C; Berk M; McGorry PD; Francey SM; Wood SJ, 2023, 'Effects of risperidone/paliperidone versus placebo on cognitive functioning over the first 6 months of treatment for psychotic disorder: secondary analysis of a triple-blind randomised clinical trial', Translational Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02501-7

Ratheesh A; Hammond D; Gao C; Marwaha S; Thompson A; Hartmann J; Davey C; Zammit S; Berk M; McGorry P; Nelson B, 2023, 'Empirically driven transdiagnostic stages in the development of mood, anxiety and psychotic symptoms in a cohort of youth followed from birth', Translational Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02396-4

Tse NY; Ratheesh A; Ganesan S; Zalesky A; Cash RFH, 2023, 'Functional dysconnectivity in youth depression: Systematic review, meta‐analysis, and network-based integration', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105394

Ratheesh A; Hammond D; Watson M; Betts J; Siegel E; McGorry P; Berk M; Cotton S; Chanen A; Nelson B; Bechdolf A, 2023, 'Bipolar At-Risk Criteria and Risk of Bipolar Disorder over 10 or More Years', JAMA Network Open, 6, pp. E2334078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34078

O'Gorman KM; Schmaal L; Ratheesh A; Habib G; Tokatlidis O; Jackson-Simpson J; Cotton SM; Rice SM, 2023, 'Characteristics and clinical needs of young tertiary students attending a specialist mood disorders clinic', Australasian Psychiatry, 31, pp. 277 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562231162224

Thompson A; Fitzsimons J; Killackey E; Ahern S; Amminger P; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Berk M; Cotton S; McNeil J; McGorry P; Nelson B; O'Donoghue B; Ratheesh A; Rickwood D; Yung A; Wood S, 2023, 'The Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium (AEPCC): Improving Clinical Care in Early Psychosis', Australasian Psychiatry, 31, pp. 306 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562231174691

Destrée L; Albertella L; Jobson L; McGorry P; Chanen A; Ratheesh A; Davey C; Polari A; Amminger P; Yuen HP; Hartmann J; Spooner R; Fontenelle LF; Nelson B, 2023, 'The association between stressful experiences and OCD symptoms in young adults at transdiagnostic risk', Journal of Affective Disorders, 328, pp. 128 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.059

Ratheesh A; Berk M; Schmaal L, 2023, 'Can we overcome the heterogeneity of mood disorders in clinical trials?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 309 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231158266

Ratheesh A; McGorry P, 2023, 'Trends in antipsychotic prescribing in children and adolescents: more is not necessarily better', Lancet Psychiatry, 10, pp. 75 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00003-2

Watson M; Filia K; Stevens A; Cotton S; Nelson B; Ratheesh A, 2023, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of global and social functioning among people at risk of bipolar disorder', Journal of Affective Disorders, 321, pp. 290 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.10.019

Davey C; Ratheesh A; Tocco M; Mao Y; George D; Pikalov A; Singh MK, 2023, 'Efficacy and Safety of Lurasidone in a Younger Population With Bipolar Depression: Pooled Post-hoc Analysis of Two Placebo-controlled Studies', CNS SPECTRUMS, 28, pp. 249 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1092852923001864

Berger M; Li E; Rice S; Davey CG; Ratheesh A; Adams S; Jackson H; Hetrick S; Parker A; Spelman T; Kevin R; McGregor IS; McGorry P; Amminger GP, 2022, 'Cannabidiol for Treatment-Resistant Anxiety Disorders in Young People: An Open-Label Trial', Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.21m14130

Cotton S; Filia K; Watson A; Mackinnon AJ; Hides L; Gleeson JFM; Berk M; Conus P; Lambert M; Schimmelmann B; Herrman H; Rayner V; Ratheesh A; McGorry PD, 2022, 'A protocol for the first episode psychosis outcome study (FEPOS): ≥15 year follow-up after treatment at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre, Melbourne, Australia', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16, pp. 715 - 723, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13204

Tham M; Bendall S; Carlyon-Stewart T; Polari A; Hartmann J; Kerr M; Amminger P; McGorry P; Nelson B; Ratheesh A, 2022, 'My child's future mental health: Carer's engagement with risk identification in an intervention study for youth with at-risk mental states', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16, pp. 626 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13206

Cotton SM; Filia KM; Lambert M; Berk M; Ratheesh A; Schimmelmann BG; Macneil C; Hasty M; McGorry PD; Conus P, 2022, 'Not in education, employment and training status in the early stages of bipolar I disorder with psychotic features', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16, pp. 609 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13203

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