By Dr Oliver Jacob Watkeys

Journal articles

McKenzie EF; Watkeys O; Cheung MMY; Dean K; Zulumovski K; Butler M; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S, 2026, 'Intergenerational patterns of child protection contact and offspring mental disorders from birth to age 18 years: A population-based study of Australian young people', Child Abuse and Neglect, 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108303

Khandakar R; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Watkeys OJ, 2026, 'Prenatal and childhood infections as risk factors for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106861

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2026, 'Middle childhood profiles of social-emotional competencies and difficulties differentiate risk of health service presentations with adolescent mental disorders', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 653 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261426776

Tesfaye M; Stavrum AK; Höffler KD; O'Connell KS; David FS; Garrett ME; Hesam-Shariati S; Overs BJ; Pisanu C; Spano L; Watkeys OJ; Weihs A; Ardau R; Ashley-Koch AE; Athanasiu L; Beckham JC; Bourassa KJ; Chillotti C; Djurovic S; Drange OK; Frank J; Khayachi A; Kimbrel NA; Martorell L; Meinert S; Melle I; Morken G; Paribello P; Pinna M; Roberts G; Rouleau G; Schofield PR; Sepúlveda E; Severino G; Steen VM; Stein F; Streit F; Lagerberg TV; Alda M; Dannlowski U; Forstner AJ; Fullerton JM; Grabe HJ; Green MJ; Kircher T; Labad J; Manchia M; Mitchell PB; Soares JC; Squassina A; Teumer A; Tondo L; Vilella E; Andreassen OA; Chaumette B; Fries GR; Le Hellard S; Beckham J; Calhoun P; Dedert E; Elbogen E; Robin H; Kilts J; Kimbrel N; Kirby A; Magnante A; Martindale S; Marx C; McDonald S; Moore S; O'Connor V; Morey R; Naylor J; Rowland J; Shura R; Swinkels C; Wagner R; Hesam Shariati S, 2026, 'DNA methylation signatures associated with bipolar disorder in peripheral blood improve prediction models', Ebiomedicine, 128, pp. 106284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106284

Green MJ; McKenzie E; Watkeys O; Cheung MMY; Dean K; O'Hare K; Zulumovski K; Butler M; Carr VJ; Tzoumakis S, 2026, 'Intergenerational patterns of child protection system involvement in an Australian population cohort', Child Abuse & Neglect, 172, pp. 107844 - 107844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107844

Watkeys OJ; O'Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Subsequent Adolescent Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm', Journal of Adolescent Health, 78, pp. 267 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.09.014

Cheung MMY; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Mental health service use during childhood and adolescence: An Australian longitudinal population cohort study.', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 292 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251413871

Cheung MMY; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Dean K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Which mental health services are Australian young people using first?', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 91 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251388545

Watkeys O; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage', Medical Journal of Australia, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70130

Piltz LM; Whitten T; Dean K; Green MJ; Graham LJ; Carpendale EJ; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2026, 'Exclusionary School Discipline and Time to First Contact with Police as a Person of Interest for Criminal Incidents Among Boys and Girls', Journal of School Violence, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2026.2706587

Cheung MMY; Tzoumakis S; McKenzie EF; Dean K; Watkeys OJ; Zulumovski K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Mental Health Service Use Among Young People From Families With Different Intergenerational Patterns of Child Protection Contact', Child Maltreatment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595261466984

Cheung MMY; Hai T; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Sex Differences in the Age at First Health Service Use for ADHD Among Australian Children', Journal of Attention Disorders, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10870547261474901

Carpendale EJ; Tzoumakis S; Green MJ; Dean K; Whitten T; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2026, 'Universal School-Based Social-Emotional Learning and Early Adolescent Police Contact', Youth and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X261478948

Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; McKenzie E; Dean K; O’Hare K; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Criminal justice system contacts of young people who were placed in out-of-home care in childhood: A population-based descriptive study of over 79,000 young people in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Criminology, 58, pp. 629 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076251379336

Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Cheung MMY; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Geographic mapping of adverse childhood experiences and adolescent suicidal ideation/self-harm in New South Wales, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 1084 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251369628

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; White SLJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Middle childhood social-emotional competencies mediate the effects of school-entry literacy and numeracy skills on secondary school reading and numeracy attainment', Learning and Individual Differences, 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102778

Piltz LM; Graham LJ; Green MJ; Dean K; Carpendale EJ; Harris F; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Students’ accumulation of disciplinary school exclusion experiences over time: Prevalence, patterns, and correlates in an Australian population cohort', Children and Youth Services Review, 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108608

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Psychiatric diagnoses prior to the first onset of non-affective and affective psychoses', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 859 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361768

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; White SLJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Promoting effective transitions: Primary school social–emotional competencies predict secondary school reading and numeracy achievement', British Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, pp. 496 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12735

Watkeys OJ; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; O’Hare K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Latent trajectories of mental health service use in an Australian state population cohort of children', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 457 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251324805

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2025, 'Cumulative incidence of adolescent mental disorders following childhood maltreatment: An Australian longitudinal population cohort study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 197 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241307150

Harris F; Dean K; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 56, pp. 201 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-023-01549-2

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Research Letter: Cumulative incidence of psychotropic drug prescriptions among children and adolescents in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 180 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241307152

Waller L; Bröcker A-L; Elbersgerd N; Jaeck F; Lipka R; Mograby L; Neidhart M; Puzicha R; Rahimova F; Reinhardt P; Reppmann Z; Schäfer N; Serin E; Vaidya N; Vogel B; Wellan S; Winterer J; Göller D; Henze G-I; Pizzagalli F; D'Agostino C; Liao Z; Paus T; Nyberg L; Andersson M; Hermesdorf M; Berger K; Dannlowski U; Kircher T; Grotegerd D; Forstner A; David F; Mitchell P; Roberts G; Linden DJ; Singh K; Lancaster TM; Caseras X; Knodt A; Hariri A; García-León M; Fuentes-Claramonte P; Pomarol-Clotet E; Holmes A; Chopra S; Rana TT; Fornito A; Tiego J; Bellgrove M; Gruber O; Treutlein J; Einenkel KE; Peretzke R; Fischer M; Harrison BJ; Jamieson AJ; Davey CG; Quidé Y; Watkeys OJ; Green MJ; Aggensteiner PM; Monninger M; Holz N; Banaschewski T; Sämann P; Han LM; Penninx BH; Milaneschi Y; Strike LT; Bertolino A; Pergola G; Fazio L; Stolfa G; Passiatore R; Lella A; Sambuco N; Sportelli L; Kikidis G; Rampino A; Tatham R; Romaniuk L; Whalley HC; Park HP; Gatt JM; Schofield PR; Williams LM; Hoffstaedter F; Zhu AH; Jahanshad N; Nichols TE; Thompson PM; Medland SE; Veer IM; Erk S; Walter H, 2025, 'A genome-wide association study of brain function across multiple cognitive domains', Pharmacopsychiatry, 58, pp. 147 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1807310

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris MAClinEpi F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K; Harris F, 2024, 'Patterns of health service use for children with mental disorders in an Australian state population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 857 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241258599

Rootes-Murdy K; Panta S; Kelly R; Romero J; Quidé Y; Cairns MJ; Loughland C; Carr VJ; Catts SV; Jablensky A; Green MJ; Henskens F; Kiltschewskij D; Michie PT; Mowry B; Pantelis C; Rasser PE; Reay WR; Schall U; Scott RJ; Watkeys OJ; Roberts G; Mitchell PB; Fullerton JM; Overs BJ; Kikuchi M; Hashimoto R; Matsumoto J; Fukunaga M; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Wen W; Jiang J; Fani N; Ely TD; Lorio A; Stevens JS; Ressler K; Jovanovic T; van Rooij SJH; Federmann LM; Jockwitz C; Teumer A; Forstner AJ; Caspers S; Cichon S; Plis SM; Sarwate AD; Calhoun VD; Quide Y, 2024, 'Cortical similarities in psychiatric and mood disorders identified in federated VBM analysis via COINSTAC', Patterns, 5, pp. 100987 - 100987, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2024.100987

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2024, 'Cumulative comorbidity between neurodevelopmental, internalising, and externalising disorders in childhood: a network approach', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, pp. 2231 - 2241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02312-7

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Carpendale EJ; Dean K; Carr VJ, 2024, 'Cohort Profile Update: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) - Wave 3 (child age ∼18 years)', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, pp. dyae069 - dyae069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae069

Kiltschewskij DJ; Reay WR; Geaghan MP; Atkins JR; Xavier A; Zhang X; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Scott RJ; Green MJ; Cairns MJ, 2024, 'Alteration of DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Scores Associated With Features of Schizophrenia and Common Variant Genetic Risk', Biological Psychiatry, 95, pp. 647 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.07.010

Watkeys OJ; Dean K; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Harris F, 2024, 'Medicare-subsidised mental health service use during the first 15 years of life in New South Wales: a population cohort study', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 554 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52498

O’Hare K; Laurens KR; Watkeys O; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Linscott RJ; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2023, 'Parental mental disorders and offspring schizotypy in middle childhood: an intergenerational record linkage study', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58, pp. 1637 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02455-7

Quidé Y; Watkeys OJ; Tonini E; Grotegerd D; Dannlowski U; Nenadić I; Kircher T; Krug A; Hahn T; Meinert S; Goltermann J; Gruber M; Stein F; Brosch K; Wroblewski A; Thomas-Odenthal F; Usemann P; Straube B; Alexander N; Leehr EJ; Bauer J; Winter NR; Fisch L; Dohm K; Rössler W; Smigielski L; DeRosse P; Moyett A; Houenou J; Leboyer M; Gilleen J; Thomopoulos SI; Thompson PM; Aleman A; Modinos G; Green MJ, 2023, 'Childhood trauma moderates schizotypy-related brain morphology: analyses of 1182 healthy individuals from the ENIGMA schizotypy working group.', Psychol Med, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003045

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Childhood Schizotypy and Adolescent Mental Disorder.', Schizophrenia Bulletin, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbad132

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Harris F; Dean K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Self-harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents in contact with child protection services', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 526 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51898

O'Hare K; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys O; Katz I; Laurens KR; Butler M; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Out-of-home care characteristics associated with childhood educational underachievement, mental disorder, and police contacts in an Australian population sample', Child Abuse and Neglect, 139, pp. 106120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106120

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Cumulative Environmental Risk in Early Life: Associations With Schizotypy in Childhood', Schizophrenia bulletin, 49, pp. 244 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac160

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Badcock JC; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Pathways from developmental vulnerabilities in early childhood to schizotypy in middle childhood', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, pp. 228 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12405

O’Hare K; Watkeys O; Dean K; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Harris F; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Self-harm and suicidal ideation among young people is more often recorded by child protection than health services in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231179652

Tonini E; Watkeys O; Quidé Y; Whitford TJ; Cairns MJ; Green MJ; Quide Y, 2022, 'Polygenic risk for schizophrenia as a moderator of associations between childhood trauma and schizotypy', Progress in Neuro Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 119, pp. 110612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2022.110612

Hesam-Shariati S; Overs BJ; Roberts G; Toma C; Watkeys OJ; Green MJ; Pierce KD; Edenberg HJ; Wilcox HC; Stapp EK; McInnis MG; Hulvershorn LA; Nurnberger JI; Schofield PR; Mitchell PB; Fullerton JM; Hesam Shariati S, 2022, 'Epigenetic signatures relating to disease-associated genotypic burden in familial risk of bipolar disorder', Translational Psychiatry, 12, pp. 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02079-6

Quidé Y; Watkeys OJ; Girshkin L; Kaur M; Carr VJ; Cairns MJ; Green MJ; Quide Y, 2022, 'Interactive effects of polygenic risk and cognitive subtype on brain morphology in schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders', European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 272, pp. 1205 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01450-4

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Parental and community risk factors for childhood self-harm thoughts and behaviours', Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, pp. 279 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Cumulative environmental risk in early life is associated with mental disorders in childhood.', Psychological Medicine, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291722001702

Watkeys OJ; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Familial clustering of birth risk for adverse childhood outcomes', Journal of Perinatology, 42, pp. 603 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01264-7

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Kariuki M; Hindmarsh G; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2022, 'Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 36, pp. 230 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12828

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Early childhood developmental vulnerability associated with parental mental disorder comorbidity', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221116806

Quidé Y; Tonini E; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Schizotypy, childhood trauma and brain morphometry', Schizophrenia Research, 238, pp. 73 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2021.09.021

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Whitten T; Thomas C; Kariuki M; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2021, 'Increased incidence of childhood mental disorders following exposure to early life infection', Brain Behavior and Immunity, 97, pp. 376 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.009

Quidé Y; Bortolasci CC; Spolding B; Kidnapillai S; Watkeys OJ; Cohen-Woods S; Carr VJ; Berk M; Walder K; Green MJ; Quide Y, 2021, 'Systemic inflammation and grey matter volume in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Moderation by childhood trauma severity', Progress in Neuro Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 105, pp. 110013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110013

Green MJ; Girshkin L; Kremerskothen K; Watkeys O; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2020, 'A Systematic Review of Studies Reporting Data-Driven Cognitive Subtypes across the Psychosis Spectrum', Neuropsychology Review, 30, pp. 446 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11065-019-09422-7

Back to profile page