By Associate Professor Aswin Ratheesh

Journal articles

Sunder P; Chia MF; Filia K; Macneil C; Hasty M; Davey C; McGorry P; Berk M; Cotton S; Ratheesh A, 2021, 'Does guideline-concordant care predict naturalistic outcomes in youth with early stage bipolar I disorder?', Journal of Affective Disorders, 278, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.037

Alvarez-Jimenez M; Rice S; D'Alfonso S; Leicester S; Bendall S; Pryor I; Russon P; McEnery C; Santesteban-Echarri O; Da Costa G; Gilbertson T; Valentine L; Solves L; Ratheesh A; McGorry PD; Gleeson J, 2020, 'A novel multimodal digital service (moderated online social therapy+) for help-seeking young people experiencing mental ill-health: Pilot evaluation within a national youth e-mental health service', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/17155

Stevens M; Ratheesh A; Watson A; Filia K; Donoghue BO; Cotton SM, 2020, 'Rates, types and associations of sexual risk behaviours and sexually transmitted infections in those with severe mental illness: a scoping review', Psychiatry Research, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112946

Berk M; Mohebbi M; Dean OM; Cotton SM; Chanen AM; Dodd S; Ratheesh A; Amminger GP; Phelan M; Weller A; MacKinnon A; Giorlando F; Baird S; Incerti L; Brodie RE; Ferguson NO; Rice S; Schäfer MR; Mullen E; Hetrick S; Kerr M; Harrigan SM; Quinn AL; Mazza C; McGorry P; Davey CG, 2020, 'Youth Depression Alleviation with Anti-inflammatory Agents (YoDA-A): A randomised clinical trial of rosuvastatin and aspirin', BMC Medicine, 18, pp. 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1475-6

Francey SM; O'donoghue B; Nelson B; Graham J; Baldwin L; Yuen HP; Kerr MJ; Ratheesh A; Allott K; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Fornito A; Harrigan S; Thompson AD; Wood S; Berk M; Mcgorry PD, 2020, 'Psychosocial Intervention With or Without Antipsychotic Medication for First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial', Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaa015

Faedda GL; Baldessarini RJ; Marangoni C; Bechdolf A; Berk M; Birmaher B; Conus P; DelBello MP; Duffy AC; Hillegers MHJ; Pfennig A; Post RM; Preisig M; Ratheesh A; Salvatore P; Tohen M; Vázquez GH; Vieta E; Yatham LN; Youngstrom EA; Van Meter A; Correll CU, 2019, 'An International Society of Bipolar Disorders task force report: Precursors and prodromes of bipolar disorder', Bipolar Disorders, 21, pp. 720 - 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12831

Chanen AM; Betts J; Jackson H; McGorry P; Nelson B; Cotton SM; Bartholomeusz C; Jovev M; Ratheesh A; Davey C; Pantelis C; McCutcheon L; Francey S; Bhaduri A; Lowe D; Rayner V; Thompson K, 2019, 'Aripiprazole compared with placebo for auditory verbal hallucinations in youth with borderline personality disorder: Protocol for the VERBATIM randomized controlled trial', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 1373 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12774

Weller A; Gleeson J; Alvarez-Jimenez M; McGorry P; Nelson B; Allott K; Bendall S; Bartholomeusz C; Koval P; Harrigan S; O'Donoghue B; Fornito A; Pantelis C; Paul Amminger G; Ratheesh A; Polari A; Wood SJ; van der El K; Ellinghaus C; Gates J; O'Connell J; Mueller M; Wunderink L; Killackey E, 2019, 'Can antipsychotic dose reduction lead to better functional recovery in first-episode psychosis? A randomized controlled-trial of antipsychotic dose reduction. The reduce trial: Study protocol', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 1345 - 1356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12769

Cotton SM; Berk M; Jackson H; Murray G; Filia K; Hasty M; Chanen A; Davey C; Nelson B; Ratheesh A; MacNeil C, 2019, 'Improving functional outcomes in early-stage bipolar disorder: The protocol for the REsearch into COgnitive and behavioural VERsatility trial', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 1470 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12797

Cotton SM; Berk M; Watson A; Wood S; Allott K; Bartholomeusz CF; Bortolasci CC; Walder K; O'Donoghue B; Dean OM; Chanen A; Amminger GP; McGorry PD; Burnside A; Uren J; Ratheesh A; Dodd S, 2019, 'ENACT: A protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial investigating the efficacy and mechanisms of action of adjunctive N-acetylcysteine for first-episode psychosis', Trials, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3786-5

Chia MF; Cotton S; Filia K; Phelan M; Conus P; Jauhar S; Marwaha S; McGorry PD; Davey C; Berk M; Ratheesh A, 2019, 'Early intervention for bipolar disorder – Do current treatment guidelines provide recommendations for the early stages of the disorder?', Journal of Affective Disorders, 257, pp. 669 - 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.07.062

Jauhar S; Ratheesh A; Davey C; Yatham LN; McGorry PD; McGuire P; Berk M; Young AH, 2019, 'First episode mania: we should have intervened earlier', Lancet Psychiatry, 6, pp. 807 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30340-2

Jauhar S; Ratheesh A; Davey C; Yatham LN; McGorry PD; McGuire P; Berk M; Young AH, 2019, 'The case for improved care and provision of treatment for people with first-episode mania', Lancet Psychiatry, 6, pp. 869 - 876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30082-3

Davey CG; Chanen AM; Hetrick SE; Cotton SM; Ratheesh A; Amminger GP; Koutsogiannis J; Phelan M; Mullen E; Harrison BJ; Rice S; Parker AG; Dean OM; Weller A; Kerr M; Quinn AL; Catania L; Kazantzis N; McGorry PD; Berk M, 2019, 'The addition of fluoxetine to cognitive behavioural therapy for youth depression (YoDA-C): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial', Lancet Psychiatry, 6, pp. 735 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30215-9

O'Donoghue B; Francey SM; Nelson B; Ratheesh A; Allott K; Graham J; Baldwin L; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Thompson A; Fornito A; Polari A; Berk M; Macneil C; Crisp K; Pantelis C; Yuen HP; Harrigan S; McGorry P, 2019, 'Staged treatment and acceptability guidelines in early psychosis study (STAGES): A randomized placebo controlled trial of intensive psychosocial treatment plus or minus antipsychotic medication for first-episode psychosis with low-risk of self-harm or aggression. Study protocol and baseline characteristics of participants', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 953 - 960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12716

Eaton S; Harrap B; Downey L; Thien K; Bowtell M; Bardell-Williams M; Ratheesh A; McGorry P; O'Donoghue B, 2019, 'Incidence of treated first episode psychosis from an Australian early intervention service and its association with neighbourhood characteristics', Schizophrenia Research, 209, pp. 206 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.04.017

Hartmann JA; Nelson B; Spooner R; Paul Amminger G; Chanen A; Davey CG; McHugh M; Ratheesh A; Treen D; Yuen HP; McGorry PD, 2019, 'Broad clinical high-risk mental state (CHARMS): Methodology of a cohort study validating criteria for pluripotent risk', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 379 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12483

Cotton S; Mackinnon A; Gleeson JF; Hides L; Berk M; Herrman H; Filia K; Ratheesh A; Watson A; Stevens M; Conus P; Lambert M; Schimmelmann BG; McGorry PD, 2019, 'O5.7. THE FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS OUTCOME STUDY: PRELIMINARY 15 YEAR PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES OF FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS PATIENTS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE EARLY PSYCHOSIS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION CENTRE BETWEEN 1998–2000', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45, pp. S175 - S175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbz021.215

Hartmann JA; Nelson B; Ratheesh A; Treen D; McGorry PD, 2019, 'At-risk studies and clinical antecedents of psychosis, bipolar disorder and depression: A scoping review in the context of clinical staging', Psychological Medicine, 49, pp. 177 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718001435

Bardell-Williams M; Eaton S; Downey L; Bowtell M; Thien K; Ratheesh A; Killackey E; McGorry P; O'Donoghue B, 2019, 'Rates, determinants and outcomes associated with the use of community treatment orders in young people experiencing first episode psychosis', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 62, pp. 85 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.11.007

Thien K; Bowtell M; Eaton S; Bardell-Williams M; Downey L; Ratheesh A; McGorry P; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'Clozapine use in early psychosis', Schizophrenia Research, 199, pp. 374 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2018.02.054

Bowtell M; Ratheesh A; McGorry P; Killackey E; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'Clinical and demographic predictors of continuing remission or relapse following discontinuation of antipsychotic medication after a first episode of psychosis. A systematic review', Schizophrenia Research, 197, pp. 9 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.11.010

Bowtell M; Ratheesh A; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'Response to Lex Wunderink's query as to whether the development of supersensitivity could explain the greater risk of relapse in individuals with a longer duration of treatment with antipsychotic medication', Schizophrenia Research, 197, pp. 599 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2018.02.006

McGorry PD; Ratheesh A; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'Early intervention—an implementation challenge for 21st century mental health care', JAMA Psychiatry, 75, pp. 545 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0621

McGorry PD; Ratheesh A; Berk M; Conus P, 2018, '‘Is “early intervention” in bipolar disorder what it claims to be?’ Malhi et al', Bipolar Disorders, 20, pp. 181 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12641

Bowtell M; Eaton S; Thien K; Bardell-Williams M; Downey L; Ratheesh A; Killackey E; McGorry P; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'Rates and predictors of relapse following discontinuation of antipsychotic medication after a first episode of psychosis', Schizophrenia Research, 195, pp. 231 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.10.030

Hartmann JA; Nelson B; Rachael S; Amminger GP; Chanen A; Ratheesh A; Davey CG; McGorry PD, 2018, 'O10.8. A PLURIPOTENTIAL AT RISK MENTAL STATE: INITIAL RESULTS', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, pp. s105 - s106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby015.260

Eaton S; Downey L; Thien K; Bowtell M; Bardell-Williams M; Ratheesh A; McGorry P; O’Donoghue B, 2018, 'S130. INCIDENCE OF FIRST EPISODE OF PSYCHOSIS IN AN AUSTRALIAN COHORT AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTERISTICS', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, pp. s376 - s376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby018.917

Bowtell M; Eaton S; Thien K; Bardell-Williams M; Downey L; Ratheesh A; Killackey E; McGorry PD; O’Donoghue B, 2018, 'T121. RATES AND PREDICTORS OF RELAPSE FOLLOWING DISCONTINUATION OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION AFTER A FIRST EPISODE OF PSYCHOSIS', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, pp. s162 - s162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby016.397

Rice S; Gleeson J; Leicester S; Bendall S; D'Alfonso S; Gilbertson T; Killackey E; Parker A; Lederman R; Wadley G; Santesteban-Echarri O; Pryor I; Mawren D; Ratheesh A; Alvarez-Jimenez M, 2018, 'Implementation of the enhanced moderated online social therapy (MOST+) model within a national youth e-mental health service (eheadspace): Protocol for a single group pilot study for help-seeking young people', Jmir Research Protocols, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/resprot.8813

Ratheesh A; Cotton SM; Davey CG; Lin A; Wood S; Yuen HP; Bechdolf A; McGorry PD; Yung A; Berk M; Nelson B, 2018, 'Pre-onset risk characteristics for mania among young people at clinical high risk for psychosis', Schizophrenia Research, 192, pp. 345 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.04.036

Quinn AL; Dean OM; Davey CG; Kerr M; Harrigan SM; Cotton SM; Chanen AM; Dodd S; Ratheesh A; Amminger GP; Phelan M; Williams A; Mackinnon A; Giorlando F; Baird S; Rice S; O'Shea M; Schäfer MR; Mullen E; Hetrick S; McGorry P; Berk M, 2018, 'Youth Depression Alleviation-Augmentation with an anti-inflammatory agent (YoDA-A): protocol and rationale for a placebo-controlled randomized trial of rosuvastatin and aspirin', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 12, pp. 45 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12280

Downey L; Eaton S; Thien K; Bardell-Williams M; Bowtell M; Ratheesh A; McGorry PD; O'Donoghue B, 2018, 'INCREASED RISK OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA', SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, 44, pp. S270 - S270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby017.661

Berk M; Post R; Ratheesh A; Gliddon E; Singh A; Vieta E; Carvalho AF; Ashton MM; Berk L; Cotton SM; McGorry PD; Fernandes BS; Yatham LN; Dodd S, 2017, 'Staging in bipolar disorder: from theoretical framework to clinical utility', World Psychiatry, 16, pp. 236 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.20441

Ratheesh A; Davey CG; Daglas R; Macneil C; Hasty M; Filia K; McGorry PD; Berk M; Conus P; Cotton S, 2017, 'Social and academic premorbid adjustment domains predict different functional outcomes among youth with first episode mania', Journal of Affective Disorders, 219, pp. 133 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.05.030

Scott J; Marwaha S; Ratheesh A; Macmillan I; Yung AR; Morriss R; Hickie IB; Bechdolf A, 2017, 'Bipolar At-Risk Criteria: An Examination of Which Clinical Features Have Optimal Utility for Identifying Youth at Risk of Early Transition from Depression to Bipolar Disorders', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43, pp. 737 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbw154

Berk M; Daglas R; Dandash O; Yücel M; Henry L; Hallam K; Macneil C; Hasty M; Pantelis C; Murphy BP; Kader L; Damodaran S; Wong MTH; Conus P; Ratheesh A; McGorry PD; Cotton SM, 2017, 'Quetiapine v. lithium in the maintenance phase following a first episode of mania: Randomised controlled trial', British Journal of Psychiatry, 210, pp. 413 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.186833

Cotton SM; Lambert M; Schimmelmann BG; Filia K; Rayner V; Hides L; Foley DL; Ratheesh A; Watson A; Rodger P; McGorry PD; Conus P, 2017, 'Predictors of functional status at service entry and discharge among young people with first episode psychosis', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52, pp. 575 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1358-0

Ratheesh A; Davey C; Hetrick S; Alvarez-Jimenez M; Voutier C; Bechdolf A; McGorry PD; Scott J; Berk M; Cotton SM, 2017, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective transition from major depression to bipolar disorder', Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 135, pp. 273 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acps.12686

Ratheesh A; Cotton SM; Davey CG; Adams S; Bechdolf A; Macneil C; Berk M; McGorry PD, 2017, 'Ethical considerations in preventive interventions for bipolar disorder', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 11, pp. 104 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12340

Cotton S; Mackinnon A; Gleeson J; Hides L; Herrman H; Filia K; Ratheesh A; Watson A; Herniman S; Conus P; Lambert M; Schimmelmann B; McGorry P, 2017, 'SA58. The First-Episode Psychosis Outcome Study: Preliminary Data on the Long-Term Follow-Up of First-Episode Psychosis Patients Who Were Treated at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre Between 1998 and 2000', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43, pp. s134 - s134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx023.057

Daglas R; Cotton SM; Allott K; Yücel M; Macneil CA; Hasty MK; Murphy B; Pantelis C; Hallam KT; Henry LP; Conus P; Ratheesh A; Kader L; Wong MTH; McGorry PD; Berk M, 2016, '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', European Psychiatry, 31, pp. 20 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.09.460

Cotton SM; Filia KM; Ratheesh A; Pennell K; Goldstone S; McGorry PD, 2016, 'Early psychosis research at Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1140-0

, 2016, 'Speaker 3: Michael Berk, Australia', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 19, pp. 26 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyw042.068

Ratheesh A; Cotton SM; Betts JK; Chanen A; Nelson B; Davey CG; McGorry PD; Berk M; Bechdolf A, 2015, 'Prospective progression from high-prevalence disorders to bipolar disorder: Exploring characteristics of pre-illness stages', Journal of Affective Disorders, 183, pp. 45 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.025

Maroky AS; Ratheesh A; Viswanath B; Math SB; Chandrashekar CR; Seshadri SP, 2015, ''Ego-dystonicity' in homosexuality: An Indian perspective', International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61, pp. 311 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764014543709

Ratheesh A; Berk M; Davey CG; McGorry PD; Cotton SM, 2015, 'Instruments that prospectively predict bipolar disorder - A systematic review', Journal of Affective Disorders, 179, pp. 65 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.03.025

Davey CG; Chanen AM; Cotton SM; Hetrick SE; Kerr MJ; Berk M; Dean OM; Yuen K; Phelan M; Ratheesh A; Schäfer MR; Amminger GP; Parker AG; Piskulic D; Harrigan S; Mackinnon AJ; Harrison BJ; McGorry PD, 2014, 'The addition of fluoxetine to cognitive behavioural therapy for youth depression (YoDA-C): Study protocol for a randomised control trial', Trials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-425

Bechdolf A; Ratheesh A; Cotton SM; Nelson B; Chanen AM; Betts J; Bingmann T; Yung AR; Berk M; Mcgorry PD, 2014, 'The predictive validity of bipolar at-risk (prodromal) criteria in help-seeking adolescents and young adults: A prospective study', Bipolar Disorders, 16, pp. 493 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12205

Ratheesh A; Lin A; Nelson B; Wood SJ; Brewer W; Betts J; Berk M; McGorry P; Yung AR; Bechdolf A, 2013, 'Neurocognitive functioning in the prodrome of mania - An exploratory study', Journal of Affective Disorders, 147, pp. 441 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.09.017

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