By Professor Valsamma Eapen

Journal articles

Hawes DJ; Dadds MR; Tully LA; Northam JC, 2023, 'Building a National Clinical Trials Network in child and youth mental health: Growing Minds Australia', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 57, pp. 164 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221082525

Cibralic S; Hawker P; Khan F; Lucien A; Mendoza Diaz A; Woolfenden S; Murphy E; Deering A; Schnelle C; Townsend S; Eapen V, 2023, 'Developmental screening tools for identification of children with developmental difficulties in high-income countries: a systematic review.', Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2, pp. 1074004, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2023.1074004

Cibralic S; Hawker P; Khan F; Mendoza Diaz A; Woolfenden S; Murphy E; Deering A; Schnelle C; Townsend S; Doyle K; Eapen V, 2022, 'Developmental Screening Tools Used with First Nations Populations: A Systematic Review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315627

Klein L; D’Urso S; Eapen V; Hwang LD; Lin PI, 2022, 'Exploring polygenic contributors to subgroups of comorbid conditions in autism spectrum disorder', Scientific Reports, 12, pp. 3416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07399-7

Eapen V; Winata T; Gilbert M; Nair R; Khan F; Lucien A; Islam R; Masi A; Lam-Cassettari C; Mendoza Diaz A; Dissanayake C; Karlov L; Descallar J; Eastwood J; Hasan I; Jalaludin B; Kohlhoff J; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Ong N; Tam CWM; Woolfenden S; Barbaro J; Liaw T, 2022, 'Parental experience of an early developmental surveillance programme for autism within Australian general practice: A qualitative study', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064375

Lane AE; Simpson K; Masi A; Grove R; Moni MA; Montgomery A; Roberts J; Silove N; Whalen O; Whitehouse AJO; Eapen V, 2022, 'Patterns of sensory modulation by age and sex in young people on the autism spectrum', Autism Research, 15, pp. 1840 - 1854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2762

Woolfenden S; Farrar MA; Eapen V; Masi A; Wakefield CE; Badawi N; Novak I; Nassar N; Lingam R; Dale RC, 2022, 'Delivering paediatric precision medicine: Genomic and environmental considerations along the causal pathway of childhood neurodevelopmental disorders', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64, pp. 1077 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15289

Käld E; Beckman L; Eapen V; Lin PI, 2022, 'Exploring Potential Modifiers of the Association between Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Risk of Bullying Exposure', JAMA Pediatrics, 176, pp. 940 - 941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1755

Hodgins M; Ostojic K; Hu N; Lawson KD; Samir N; Webster A; Rogers H; Henry A; Murphy E; Lingam R; Raman S; Mendoza Diaz A; Dadich A; Eapen V; Rimes T; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Study protocol for a real-world evaluation of an integrated child and family health hub for migrant and refugee women', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e061002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061002

Leonard H; Montgomery A; Wolff B; Strumpher E; Masi A; Woolfenden S; Williams K; Eapen V; Finlay-Jones A; Whitehouse A; Symons M; Licari M; Varcin K; Alvares G; Evans K; Downs J; Glasson E, 2022, 'A systematic review of the biological, social, and environmental determinants of intellectual disability in children and adolescents', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.926681

Cibralic S; Alam M; Mendoza Diaz A; Woolfenden S; Katz I; Tzioumi D; Murphy E; Deering A; Mcnamara L; Raman S; Eapen V, 2022, 'Utility of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in children and young people attending clinical and healthcare settings: a systematic review', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060395

Eapen V, 2022, 'Simon has head and neck jerks', RACGP

Eapen V; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Woolfenden S; Jalaludin B; Page A; Kohlhoff J; Scott JG; Lawson KD; Lam-Cassettari C; Heussler H; Descallar J; Karlov L; Ong N; Colditz PB; Littlewood R; Murphy E; Deering A; Short K; Garg P; Blight V; Rodgers K; Chalmers L; Webb KL; Atkins H; Newcomb D; Beswick R; Thomas C; Marron C; Chambers A; Scheinpflug S; Statham M; Samaranayake D; Chay P; Tam CWM; Khan F; Diaz AM; Cibralic S; Winata T; Pritchard M; Liaw T; Mendoza Diaz A, 2022, 'Watch me grow integrated (WMG-I): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a web-based surveillance approach for developmental screening in primary care settings', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e065823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065823

Pi HJ; Kallapiran K; Munivenkatappa S; Kandasamy P; Kirubakaran R; Russell P; Eapen V, 2022, 'Meta-Analysis of RCTs of Technology-Assisted Parent-Mediated Interventions for Children with ASD', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, pp. 3325 - 3343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05206-2

Lin PI; Masi A; Moni MA; Kummerfeld S; Eapen V, 2022, 'Genetic Pathways Associated With Sleep Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.904091

Masi A; Moni MA; Azim SI; Choi B; Heussler H; Lin PI; Diaz AM; Eapen V, 2022, 'Clinical and behavioral attributes leading to sleep disorders in children on the autism spectrum', Autism Research, 15, pp. 1274 - 1287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2745

Mortlock DP; Fang ZM; Chandler KJ; Hou Y; Bickford LR; de Bock CE; Eapen V; Clarke RA, 2022, 'Transcriptional Interference Regulates the Evolutionary Development of Speech', Genes, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes13071195

Burley J; Samir N; Price A; Parker A; Zhu A; Eapen V; Contreras-Suarez D; Schreurs N; Lawson K; Lingam R; Grace R; Raman S; Kemp L; Bishop R; Goldfeld S; Woolfenden S, 2022, 'Connecting Healthcare with Income Maximisation Services: A Systematic Review on the Health, Wellbeing and Financial Impacts for Families with Young Children', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116425

Kohlhoff J; Dadich A; Varghese J; McKenzie A; Ong N; Pritchard M; Tam CWM; Woolfenden S; Blight V; Eastwood J; Garg P; Jalaludin B; Liaw ST; Murphy E; Schmied V; Williams K; Eapen V, 2022, 'Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood', Australian Journal of General Practice, 51, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-06-21-6043

De Broize M; Evans K; Whitehouse AJO; Wray J; Eapen V; Urbanowicz A, 2022, 'Exploring the Experience of Seeking an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult', Autism in Adulthood, 4, pp. 130 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0028

Hall T; Goldfeld S; Loftus H; Honisett S; Liu H; De Souza D; Bailey C; Reupert A; Yap MBH; Eapen V; Haslam R; Sanci L; Fisher J; Eastwood J; Mukumbang FC; Loveday S; Jones R; Constable L; Forell S; Morris Z; Montgomery A; Pringle G; Dalziel K; Hiscock H, 2022, 'Integrated Child and Family Hub models for detecting and responding to family adversity: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation in two sites', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055431

Doyle FL; Klein L; Kemp LJ; Moul C; Richmond JL; Eapen V; Frick PJ; Kimonis ER; Hawes DJ; Le Pelley ME; Mehta D; Dadds MR, 2022, 'Learning to like triangles: A longitudinal investigation of evaluative conditioning in infancy', Developmental Psychobiology, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.22244

Kohlhoff J; Cibralic S; Hawes DJ; Eapen V, 2022, 'Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms and social, emotional and behavioral functioning in children and adolescents: A systematic narrative review', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 135, pp. 104573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104573

Rees SJ; Mohsin M; Klein L; Steel Z; Tol W; Dadds M; Eapen V; Da Costa Z; Savio E; Tam N; Silove D, 2022, 'The impact of maternal depressive symptoms and traumatic events on early childhood mental health in conflict-affected Timor-Leste', BJPsych Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.20

Eapen V; Usherwood T, 2022, 'Assessing tics in children', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 376, pp. e069346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-069346

Foord R; Drever S; Mendoza Diaz A; Hobby L; Medel N; Burman C; Eapen V; Jairam R, 2022, 'An exploratory study protocol examining if assertive integrated service delivery better meets the psychosocial and mental health needs of young people in out of home care', Developmental Child Welfare, 4, pp. 41 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25161032211064286

Eapen V; Crncec R; Pick AX; Tsao O; Lai R; Lee J; Sowman PF, 2022, 'Comprehensive behavioural intervention for tics: a neurophysiological intervention', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2103089

Masi A; Azim SI; Khan F; Karlov L; Eapen V, 2022, 'Dissemination of Early Intervention Program for Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum into Community Settings: An Evaluation', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052555

Devlin R; Jairam R; Asghari M; Eapen V, 2022, 'Does assertive mental health care make a difference to children in out-of-home care? A pilot study', Developmental Child Welfare, 4, pp. 73 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25161032211064644

Eapen V; Digard B, 2022, 'Research briefings: neurodevelopmental diagnoses.', OSF Web

Hu N; Nassar N; Shrapnel J; Perkes I; Hodgins M; O'Leary F; Trudgett C; Eapen V; Woolfenden S; Knight K; Lingam R, 2022, 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric health service use within one year after the first pandemic outbreak in New South Wales Australia – a time series analysis', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100311

Diaz AM; Brooker R; Cibralic S; Murphy E; Woolfenden S; Eapen V, 2022, 'Adapting the 'First 2000 Days maternal and child healthcare framework' in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: Ensuring equity in the new world', Australian Health Review, 47, pp. 72 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH22228

Trembath D; Stainer M; Caithness T; Dissanayake C; Eapen V; Fordyce K; Frewer V; Frost G; Hudry K; Iacono T; Mahler N; Masi A; Paynter J; Pye K; Quan S; Shellshear L; Sutherland R; Sievers S; Thirumanickam A; Westerveld MF; Tucker M, 2022, 'Correction to: Spoken Language Change in Children on the Autism Spectrum Receiving Community-Based Interventions (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (2022), 10.1007/s10803-022-05511-4)', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05633-9

Ozgen H; Spijkerman R; Noack M; Holtmann M; Schellekens ASA; Van De Glind G; Banaschewski T; Barta C; Begeman A; Casas M; Crunelle CL; Daigre Blanco C; Dalsgaard S; Demetrovics Z; Den Boer J; Dom G; Eapen V; Faraone SV; Franck J; González RA; Grau-López L; Groenman AP; Hemphala M; Icick R; Johnson B; Kaess M; Kapitány-Fovény M; Kasinathan JG; Kaye SS; Kiefer F; Konstenius M; Levin FR; Luderer M; Martinotti G; Matthys FIA; Meszaros G; Moggi F; Munasur-Naidoo AP; Post M; Rabinovitz S; Ramos-Quiroga JA; Sala R; Shafi A; Slobodin O; Staal WG; Thomasius R; Truter I; Van Kernebeek MW; Velez-Pastrana MC; Vollstadt-Klein S; Vorspan F; Young JT; Yule A; Van Den Brink W; Hendriks V, 2022, 'International Consensus Statement for the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Adolescents with Concurrent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorder', Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 50, pp. 54 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000828

Clarke RA; Eapen V, 2022, 'Lrrtm4 terminal exon duplicated in family with tourette syndrome, autism and adhd', Genes, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes13010066

Sareen S; Doyle FL; Kemp LJ; Northam JC; Morgan BG; Kimonis ER; Richmond JL; Le Pelley ME; Eapen V; Frick PJ; Hawes DJ; Moul C; Mehta D; Dadds MR, 2022, 'Still connecting the dots: An investigation into infants' attentional bias to threat using an eye-tracking task', Infancy, 27, pp. 46 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/infa.12444

Kohlhoff J; Karlov L; Dadds M; Barnett B; Silove D; Eapen V, 2022, 'The contributions of maternal oxytocin and maternal sensitivity to infant attachment security', Attachment and Human Development, 24, pp. 525 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.2018472

Eapen V; Woolfenden S; Schmied V; Jalaludin B; Lawson K; Liaw ST; Lingam R; Page A; Cibralic S; Winata T; Mendoza Diaz A; Lam-Cassettari C; Burley J; Boydell K; Lin P; Masi A; Katz I; Dadich A; Preddy J; Bruce J; Raman S; Kohlhoff J; Descallar J; Karlov L; Kaplun C; Arora A; Di Mento B; Smead M; Doyle K; Grace R; McClean T; Blight V; Wood A; Raine KH; Lin P, 2021, '“Watch Me Grow- Electronic (WMG-E)” surveillance approach to identify and address child development, parental mental health, and psychosocial needs: study protocol', BMC Health Services Research, 21, pp. 1240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07243-0

Trembath D; Waddington H; Sulek R; Varcin K; Bent C; Ashburner J; Eapen V; Goodall E; Hudry K; Silove N; Whitehouse A, 2021, 'An evidence-based framework for determining the optimal amount of intervention for autistic children', The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5, pp. 896 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00285-6

Yap CX; Alvares GA; Henders AK; Lin T; Wallace L; Farrelly A; McLaren T; Berry J; Vinkhuyzen AAE; Trzaskowski M; Zeng J; Yang Y; Cleary D; Grove R; Hafekost C; Harun A; Holdsworth H; Jellett R; Khan F; Lawson L; Leslie J; Levis Frenk M; Masi A; Mathew NE; Muniandy M; Nothard M; Visscher PM; Dawson PA; Dissanayake C; Eapen V; Heussler HS; Whitehouse AJO; Wray NR; Gratten J, 2021, 'Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank', Molecular Autism, 12, pp. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-020-00407-5

Masi A; Azim SI; Lam-Cassettari C; Dadds M; Diaz AM; Henry G; Karlov L; Lin PI; Mallitt KA; Montgomery A; Strnadová I; Whitehouse A; Eapen V; Mendoza Diaz A, 2021, 'Co-design of a neurodevelopment assessment scale: A study protocol', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 12837, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312837

Burley J; Price AMH; Parker A; Samir N; Zhu A; Eapen V; Contreras-Suarez D; Schreurs N; Lawson KD; Lingam R; Grace R; Raman S; Kemp L; Chota S; Goldfeld S; Woolfenden S, 2021, 'Connecting healthcare with income maximisation services, and their financial, health and well-being impacts for families with young children: A systematic review protocol', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056297

Yap CX; Henders AK; Alvares GA; Wood DLA; Krause L; Tyson GW; Restuadi R; Wallace L; McLaren T; Hansell NK; Cleary D; Grove R; Hafekost C; Harun A; Holdsworth H; Jellett R; Khan F; Lawson LP; Leslie J; Frenk ML; Masi A; Mathew NE; Muniandy M; Nothard M; Miller JL; Nunn L; Holtmann G; Strike LT; de Zubicaray GI; Thompson PM; McMahon KL; Wright MJ; Visscher PM; Dawson PA; Dissanayake C; Eapen V; Heussler HS; McRae AF; Whitehouse AJO; Wray NR; Gratten J, 2021, 'Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations', Cell, 184, pp. 5916 - 5931.e17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015

Burnett D; Masi A; Diaz AM; Rizzo R; Lin PI; Eapen V; Mendoza Diaz A, 2021, 'Distress levels of parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison between Italy and Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 11066, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111066

Eapen V; Dadich A; Balachandran S; Dani A; Howari R; Sequeria AZ; Singer JD, 2021, 'E-mental health in child psychiatry during COVID-19: an initial attitudinal study', Australasian Psychiatry, 29, pp. 498 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562211022748

Eapen VV; Swarup S; Hoyer MJ; Paulo JA; Harper JW, 2021, 'Quantitative proteomics reveals the selectivity of ubiquitin-binding autophagy receptors in the turnover of damaged lysosomes by lysophagy', ELIFE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72328.sa2

Bhandari PM; Levis B; Neupane D; Patten SB; Shrier I; Thombs BD; Benedetti A; Sun Y; He C; Rice DB; Krishnan A; Wu Y; Azar M; Sanchez TA; Chiovitti MJ; Saadat N; Riehm KE; Imran M; Negeri Z; Boruff JT; Cuijpers P; Gilbody S; Ioannidis JPA; Kloda LA; Ziegelstein RC; Comeau L; Mitchell ND; Tonelli M; Vigod SN; Aceti F; Alvarado R; Alvarado-Esquivel C; Bakare MO; Barnes J; Bavle AD; Beck CT; Bindt C; Boyce PM; Bunevicius A; Castro e Couto T; Chaudron LH; Correa H; de Figueiredo FP; Eapen V; Favez N; Felice E; Fernandes M; Figueiredo B; Fisher JRW; Garcia-Esteve L; Giardinelli L; Helle N; Howard LM; Khalifa DS; Kohlhoff J; Kozinszky Z; Kusminskas L; Lelli L; Leonardou AA; Maes M; Meuti V; Radoš SN; García PN; Nishi D; Luwa E-Andjafono DO; Pawlby SJ; Quispel C; Robertson-Blackmore E; Rochat TJ; Rowe HJ; Sharp DJ; Siu BWM; Skalkidou A; Stein A; Stewart RC; Su KP; Sundström-Poromaa I; Tadinac M; Tandon SD; Tendais I; Thiagayson P; Töreki A; Torres-Giménez A; Tran TD; Trevillion K; Turner K; Vega-Dienstmaier JM; Wynter K; Yonkers KA, 2021, 'Data-driven methods distort optimal cutoffs and accuracy estimates of depression screening tools: a simulation study using individual participant data', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 137, pp. 137 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.03.031

Clarke RA; Fang Z; Murrell D; Sherriff T; Eapen V, 2021, 'Gdf6 knockdown in a family with multiple synostosis syndrome and speech impairment', Genes, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12091354

Yang Z; Wu H; Lee PH; Tsetsos F; Davis LK; Yu D; Lee SH; Dalsgaard S; Haavik J; Barta C; Zayats T; Eapen V; Wray NR; Devlin B; Daly M; Neale B; Børglum AD; Crowley JJ; Scharf J; Mathews CA; Faraone SV; Franke B; Mattheisen M; Smoller JW; Paschou P, 2021, 'Investigating Shared Genetic Basis Across Tourette Syndrome and Comorbid Neurodevelopmental Disorders Along the Impulsivity-Compulsivity Spectrum', Biological Psychiatry, 90, pp. 317 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.12.028

Masi A; DIssanayake C; Alach T; Cameron K; Fordyce K; Frost G; Grove R; Heussler H; Silove N; Sulek R; Tucker M; Williams K; Eapen V, 2021, 'Clinical outcomes and associated predictors of early intervention in autism spectrum disorder: A study protocol', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047290

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