Mental Health: 2025 Mental Health Staff publications

• Changes in loneliness, social isolation, and social support: A gender-disaggregated analysis of their associations with dementia and cognitive decline in older adults. Htun HL, Teshale AB, Sun H, Ryan J, Owen AJ, Woods RL, Shah RC, Chong TT, Freak-Poli R. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2025, 40(3):e70065
• *Evaluation of a psychosocial group program for older adults: The healthy ageing service wellbeing skills group. Perin S, Billing G, McCurry J, Cottrell T, Chong TW. Australasian Psychiatry, 2025, 33(3):463-468
• Gait speed, handgrip strength, and their combination, and risk of depression in later life: Evidence from a prospective study of community-dwelling older adults. Mengist B, Lotfaliany M, Pasco JA, .... Chong TT, Mohebbi M. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2025, 369:218-226
• Implementing innovative technology promoting self-awareness of brain health and self-determination in obtaining a timely dementia diagnosis: Protocol for a multimethods, concurrent, two-part observational study. Hutchinson AM, Macpherson H, Petrovich T, Vasa R, Chong TWH, ... Orellana L. BMJ Open, 2025, 15(6):e088182
• Referral criteria for specialist palliative care for patients with dementia. Chang YK, Philip J, van der Steen JT, Van den Block L, Hum AYM, Perez-Cruz PE, Paiva C, Mori M, Chen PJ, Agar MR, Hanson L, Evans CJ, Hui D. JAMA Network Open, 2025, 8(5):e2510298

• Capacity-building strategy for next-generation mental health research: Embedding a national network infrastructure to grow mental health researcher capabilities and mental health lived-experience research leaders. Dana J, Michelle B, ... Terence C, ... Victoria JP. BMJ Mental Health, 2025, 28(1):e301554
• *Creating futures out of the conference: 20 years of strengthening mental health capacity in the Pacific. Ryan B, McHugh J, Crookes AE. Australasian Psychiatry, 2025, 33(2):188-191

Emergency Department

• *Evaluation of the ED MHAOD hub at St Vincent’s Hospital. Akhlaghi H, Mullins K, Freeman S, Vasan S, Moon G, Bonomo Y, Karro J. Australasian Psychiatry, 2025, 33(3):546-551

Inpatient unit

• Co-designing case scenarios and survey strategies to examine the classification and reporting of restrictive care practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: Perspectives from international stakeholders. Belayneh Z, Lee DA, Haines TP, ... Petrakis M. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2025, 34(1):e13479
• An initial investigation into mental health clinicians' aims to reduce restrictive practices. Chavulak J, Sutcliffe N, Smyth T, Petrakis M. Journal of Evidence-based Social Work, 2025, 22(3):357-370
• *Methodological issues in measuring restrictive care practices (mechanical/physical restraint, chemical restraint and seclusion) in adult mental health inpatient units: A systematic review of recent literature. Belayneh Z, Chavulak J, Lee DA, Petrakis M, Haines TP. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2025, 34(5):1629-1647
• Variations in definitions used for describing restrictive care practices (seclusion and restraint) in adult mental health inpatient units: A systematic review and content analysis. Muluneh ZB, Chavulak J, Lee DA, Petrakis M, Haines TP. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2025, 60(1):1-24

• Association between pharmacologic treatment of depression and patient-reported outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty. Shadbolt C, Schilling C, Inacio MC, Thuraisingam S, Rele S, Castle DJ, Choong PFM, Dowsey MM. Journal of Arthroplasty, 2025, 40(1):53-60.e54  (abstract only)
• BMI trajectories from infancy to 18 years and mental health in emerging adulthood. Gallagher C, Lambert K, Pirkis J, ... Sundararajan V, Walters E, Dharmage SC, Erbas B. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2025, 368:857-864 (abstract only)
• Direct and indirect effect of guselkumab on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: A mediation analysis. Armstrong AW, Foley P, Liu Y, Miller M, Teneralli RE, Bewley A, Gordon KB, Papp KA, Han C. Dermatology And Therapy, 2024, 14(9):2577-2589
• Trajectory of depressive symptoms in a longitudinal stroke cohort. Sewell K, Tse T, Churilov L, ... Donnan GA, Carey LM. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2025, 34(3):108197
• Clinical outcomes of patients seen by psychiatrists in a multidisciplinary clinic for disorders of gut-brain interaction. Dendrinos E, Kim H, Hubik D, Green J, Yang L, Stanley A, Salzberg M, Kamm MA, Basnayake C. Internal Medicine Journal, 2025, 27:27

Behavioural interventions

• Advancing the quality and safety of behavioural interventions in mental health research: A how-to guide from the MAGNET clinical trial network. O'Neil A, John T, Turner A ... Rossell SL, ... Berk M. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2025, 59(4):315-321

Cognitive remediation

• Where next for cognitive remediation in Australasian mental health care? Rossell SL, Allott K, Bryce S, ... Dark F. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2025, 59(7):573-575

Early intervention

• Evidence and gap map of whole-school interventions promoting mental health and preventing risk behaviours in adolescence: Programme component mapping within the health-promoting schools framework: An evidence and gap map. Balasooriya Lekamge R, Jain R, ..., Ilic D. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2025, 21(1):e70024
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of whole-school interventions promoting mental health and preventing risk behaviours in adolescence. Lekamge RB, Jain R, Sheen J, ..., Ilic D. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2025, 54(2):271-289

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

• Music as a collaborating actor: New insights into the nature and role of music in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Dwyer J, Johnston RB, O'Callaghan C, Kallianis V, Ross ML. Frontiers in psychiatry Frontiers Research Foundation, 2025, 16:1541528
• Psilocybin-assisted supportive psychotherapy in the treatment of prolonged grief (PARTING) trial: Protocol for an open-label pilot trial for cancer-related bereavement. Beesley VL, Kennedy TJ, Maccallum F, Ross M, Harvey R, Rossell SL, ... Parker S. BMJ Open, 2025, 15(4):e095992

Psychotherapy

• Understanding side effects of psychotherapies: Implications for clinical practice and research trials. O'Neil A, Rossell SL, Berk M. World Psychiatry, 2025, 24(2):194-195
• *The case for the psychotherapy written case: A 21st century argument. Chazan L, Randles J. Australasian Psychiatry, 2025:10398562251355134

Staff training

• Cultural humility training in mental health service provision: A scoping review of the foundational and conceptual literature. Konidaris M, Petrakis M. Healthcare, 2025, 13(11):04

Bipolar disorder

• Hot and cold inhibitory control in bipolar disorder: An antisaccade study of emotion processing and attentional modulation. Dyer R, Phillipou A, ... Rossell SL, Gurvich C, Van Rheenen TE. Psychiatry Research, 2025, 345:116342
• Relationships of cognitive function with subsequent device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in healthy individuals and those with bipolar disorder: Findings from the UK biobank. Ringin E, Dunstan DW, Meyer D, ... Berk M, Rossell SL, Hallgren M, Van Rheenen TE. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2025, 03:03
• White matter microstructure in obesity and bipolar disorders: An enigma bipolar disorder working group study in 2186 individuals. Dietze LMF, McWhinney SR, Favre P, ... Rossell SL, ...  Hajek T. Molecular Psychiatry, 2025, 30(5):1770-1779

Body image disorders

• **Body image disorders: A new theoretical model supporting the reclassification. Rocha R, Hauck-Filho N, Caurin NB, Phillipou A. Eating Behaviors, 2025, 57:101988 (abstract only)
• Empirically informed symptom severity cutoffs for body dysmorphic disorder. Mataix-Cols D, Andersson P, Rautio D, ... Castle D, Krebs G, Rossell SL, ... Cervin M. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2025, 189:382-387
•  systematic review of neurocognition and social cognition in body dysmorphic disorder. Katrina HAC, Malcolm A, Toh WL, Rossell SL. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2025, 59(3):224-247

Eating disorders

• Anorexia nervosa-facts, frustrations, and the future. Phillipou A, Schmidt U, Neill E, Miles S, McGorry P, Eddy KT. JAMA Psychiatry, 2025, 04:04
• Autism spectrum disorder and anorexia nervosa: Investigating the behavioural and neurocognitive overlap. Kirkovski M, Papavasiliou G, Speranza BE, ... Phillipou A, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Enticott PG. Psychiatry Research, 2025, 344:116285
• *Disorders of gut-brain interaction, eating disorders and gastroparesis: A call for coordinated care and guidelines on nutrition support. Kellar T, Basnayake C, Burgell RE, Kamm M, Kim HW, Lane K, Murphy K, Talley NJ. Medical Journal of Australia, 2025, 222(1):10-12
• An evaluation of cognitive-behavioral therapy for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (cbt-ar) in a youth outpatient eating disorders service: A protocol paper. Miles S, Phillipou A, Neill E, Newbigin A, Kim HW, Eddy KT, Thomas JJ. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2025, 148:107756
• *Lived experience-informed eating disorders research: An illustrative example. Phillipou A, Calvert S, de Boer K, ... Neill E. Brunner-Mazel Eating Disorders Monograph Series, 2025:1-12
• Sun exposure and anorexia nervosa: A potential environmental-biological interaction? Phillipou A. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2025, 19(6):e70054

Schizophrenia

• Cognition in relation to non-auditory or multisensory hallucinations in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A scoping review. Bere M, Rossell SL, Toh WL. Psychiatry Research, 2024, 342:116268
• Glutamate concentrations and cognitive deficits in ultra-treatment-resistant schizophrenia: An exploratory and comparative 1h-mrs study. Lopes JJ, Rae CD, Meyer D, Yolland C, Neill E, Castle D, Dean B, Rossell SL. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 2025, 347:111926
• New hope for individuals with schizophrenia: A transdisciplinary research platform to discover and translate novel treatments. McLure J, Arnautovska U, Panizzutti B, ... Rossell SL, ... Berk M. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2025, 59(7):569-572