A5025616155- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Language Development and Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Fossil Insects in Amber
Nova Southeastern University
2022-2023
Florida Atlantic University
2023
California State University, Northridge
2019-2022
Google (United States)
2020-2022
Fawcett Memorial Hospital
2022
The University of Sydney
2010-2020
Royal North Shore Hospital
2013-2018
Northern Sydney Local Health District
2015-2018
North Shore Hospital
2014
Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
1984
Objective A diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) is often preceded by an initial depression, creating a delay in the accurate and treatment BD. Although previous research has focused on predictors change from depression to BD, this sparse. Therefore, present study examined time taken make BD following major depressive order further understand patient characteristics psychological factors that may explain delay. Method total 382 patients underwent clinical evaluation psychiatrist completed...
Introduction: In December 2015, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists published a comprehensive set mood disorder clinical practice guidelines for psychiatrists, psychologists mental health professionals. This guideline summary, directed broadly at primary care physicians, is an abridged version that focuses on major depression. It emphasises importance shared decision making, tailoring personalised to individual, delivering in context therapeutic relationship....
Introduction: In December 2015, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists published a comprehensive set mood disorder clinical practice guidelines for psychiatrists, psychologists mental health professionals. This guideline summary, directed broadly at primary care physicians, is an abridged version that focuses on bipolar disorder. It intended as aid to management this complex physicians working in collaboration with psychiatrists implement successful long term...
Objective: Diagnosing depression in primary care settings is challenging. Patients are more likely to present with somatic symptoms, and typically mild depression. Use of assessment scales variable. In this context, it uncertain how general practitioners (GPs) determine the severity depressive illness clinical practice. The aim current paper was identify which symptoms used by GPs when diagnosing determining severity. Method: A total 1760 participated RADAR Program, an educational program...
This article focuses on the controversial decision to exclude overlapping symptoms of distractibility, irritability, and psychomotor agitation (DIP) with introduction Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) mixed features specifier. In order understand placement states within current classification system, we first review evolution states. Then, using Kraepelin's original states, compare contrast his conceptualization modern day definitions. The DSM-5 workgroup...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to characterize grammatical production in Jamaican Creole (JC) and English using the Index Productive Syntax (IPSyn; Scarborough, 1990 ) a sample typically developing bilingual Jamaicans. Method Spontaneous language samples were collected JC from 62 preschoolers aged 4-6 years. Language analyzed for IPSyn subdomains (Total Score, Noun Phrases, Verb Questions/Negations, Sentence Structures), mean length utterance morphemes, number different words. Child...
Background: Increased oxidative stress is thought to contribute the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD), which in part due diminished levels glutathione, primary anti-oxidant brain. Oral administration N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) replenishes glutathione and has therefore been shown reduce symptoms. Proton magnetic spectroscopy ( 1 H-MRS) that allows quantification brain metabolites pertinent both MDD biology may provide some novel insights into neurobiological effects NAC,...
The present study investigated the sensitivity and specificity of English Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) ICS-Jamaican Creole (ICS-JC) translation with bilingual preschool-aged Jamaican children. Participants this were 262 English-Jamaican simultaneous children (aged 3;3 to 6;3, M = 4;11, SD 7.8). ICS ICS-JC administered parents auditory form, rather than written form. Although recent evidence has demonstrated validity reliability as an assessment tool various languages, further data...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to characterize narrative competence typically developing bilingual children using Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. Method Story comprehension fictional storytelling tasks in JC English were completed by 104 preschoolers aged 4-6 years. was analyzed inferential story questions representing Blank's Question Hierarchy. Fictional the Monitoring Indicators Scholarly Language framework for macrostructure microstructure. Results significantly correlated within...
In 2 studies, the authors examined development of relationship between inductive reasoning and visual recognition memory. both 5- to 6-year-old children adults were shown instances a basic-level category (dogs) followed by test set containing old new members that varied in their similarity study items. Participants given either instructions (memorize items discriminate items) or induction (learn about novel property shared decide whether it generalizes items). Across tasks, made greater...