Current Research
Melbourne Health Network Research
Office for Psychiatric Evaluation & Educational Newmedia (OPEN)
- Clinical and comparative psychopharmacology of the atypical neuroleptics
- Switching (methods, outcomes, training)
- Clinical outcomes and evaluation (broadly ranging from side effects, physical comorbidity, population level outcomes, etc)
- Determinants of use (see audit)
- Comparative RCT and CCTs
- Mechanisms of clozapine toxicity
- Comparative psychopharmacology of the depot, long-acting Neuroleptics
- Neuroleptic-induced Movement Disorders and general neuroleptic-induced side effects
- Physical comorbidity and outcomes in Psychosis including weight gain, diabetes metabolic syndrome, etc
- Psychotropic prescribing patterns and their determinants (National and International collaboration: Australia, NZ, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, USA.)
- Clinical Guidelines for (i) Schizophrenia (ii) Diabetes and antipsychotics
- Transcultural/Multicultural psychopharmacology
Office for Gender and Health
- Genetic Polymorphism, Endogenous Estrogen Exposure and Memory Decline
- Effect of Hormone Therapy on Brain Function in Mid-Life Women: Effects of Timing of Treatment in Relation to the Menopause
- IL-6 polymorphisms in relation to bone density and the development of dementia
- Early post-menopausal health
- Sexuality, mood, hormones and menopause
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre
ORYGEN Youth Health / ORYGEN Research Centre
Psychosocial Research Centre
St Vincent's Health Network Research
St Vincent's Adult Mental Health
- Exploring longitudinal models of care to facilitate mental health maintenance/relapse prevention in severe mental illness
- Evaluating the Strengths recovery model of care
- Managing inpatient acute arousal and the introduction of a seclusion reduction plan
- Optimising physical health in people with severe mental illness
- Understanding, assessing and treating substance abuse comorbidity in psychosis
- Psychopharmacological studies investigating a variety of atypical antipsychotic medications
- Neuro-cognitive factors in mental illness, including schizophrenia and body dysmorphic disorder
- Understanding, assessing and treating disorders of body image, particularly body dysmorphic disorder
- Health promotion in schools to encourage an early awareness of healthy body image
- Studies on depression, anxiety, coping & stress biology in epilepsy, Parkinson's disease surgery and inflammatory bowel disease
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age
- Mental disorders in the elderly, dementia, depression, delirium etc - diagnosis and management
- Prospective dementia research projects
- Australian Biomarkers, Imaging and Lifestyle (AIBL) Flagship Study of Ageing
- Clinical psychopharmacology of new products for dementia, depression and psychosis in the elderly
- Huntington's disease
- Teaching and training, community education
Austin Health Network Research
Neuroimaging
- Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Dopamine Receptors in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - G Burrows, J Olver.
- Emotional Processing and Cortical Localization in Panic Disorder - G. Burrows, R Stanley.
- Cortical Functions in PTSD: A Steady State Probe Topography Study of Working Memory and Decision Making - S. Armstrong, M. Hopwood, R. Silberstein, I Juric.
- Brain Imaging in Hypnosis and Pathological Dissocation - J Olver.
Psychopharmacology
- Pregabalin study for treatment of chronic central neuropathic pain after spinal injury - J Olver.
- The Heratibility of the Melatonin Response to Dim White Light - T Norman, K Hallam.
- Effects of a stress paradigm on neuropsychological function in healthy volunteers. - T Norman, D Begg.
- Serotonergic function and personality. - T Norman, Alan Dunne.
- Quetiapine Augmentation in the Treatment of Depression - G Burrows, J Olver.
- Ro 67-5930 in Major Depressive Disorder - G Burrows
- Escitalopram in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - G Burrows
Medical Psychology
- Breaking the bad news - decision making in the medical practice - J Milgrom, P Mitchell, T Madsen.
- Developing a risk screening tool for vulnerable families - J Milgrom, E Care, C De Paola.
- Depression and Cardiovascular Disease - J Milgrom, M Braitwaite.
- The addition of cognitive behavioural treatment to sumatriptan in the termination of migraine recurrence - N McMurray, P Martin, J Milgrom, B Morley.
- Coping with surgery - J Milgrom, R Cairns.
- Breaking the Bad News: Information Preferences and Adjustment to Illness in Cancer Patients. - J. Milgrom, P. Schofield, H Milcare.
- How should an increased familial rish of cancer be communicated? - V White, J. Milgrom, B Chuah.
Infant and Maternal Health
- Effectiveness of antenatal education classes for promoting postnatal adjustment and reducing the occurrence and severity of postnatal depression. - J Milgrom, A Buist, S McLean.
- Coping skills of partners of women with postnatal depression - J Milgrom, R Stanley, K Burrows.
- An epidemiological study of infant colic. - J Milgrom, F Oberklaid, V McKay.
- Preventing early parent-infant disturbances. - J. Milgrom, B. Leigh.
- A comparison of emotional distress in mother's of preterm and fullterm infants - J. Milgrom, P. Schofield, L Bates.
- Postnatal Depression and Mother-Infant Interaction: A comparison of Treatment Efficacy - Dr Zita Marks, D Lisa Eisen, J. Ericksen, C O'Bree.
- Antenatal Prevention of PND - A Buist, J Milgrom, S McLean.
- Mediators of Mother-Infant Interaction - A. Buist, J Quek.
- Sertraline vs. Cognitive Therapy in Postnatal Depression - J Milgrom
Eating Disorders
- Serotonin and Dopamine Disregulation in Anorexia Nervosa. - G. Burrows, A Buist, P Bosanac.
- Outcome in Anorexia Nervosa - G. Burrows, A. Buist, P Bosanac.
- Neuropsychological studyof underweight and weight recovered patients with Anorexia nervosa compared with bulimia nervosa and normal controls. - P Bosanac
- Open label study of Quetiapine in Anorexia Nervosa - P Bosanac
Schizophrenia
- Busiprone Augmentation of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Schozophrenia. - T Norman, J Olver, D Piskulic.
- Carers needs in Schizophrenia - A Buist, B Whitehouse.
Alzheimer's
- Differentiation of Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's disease - M Hopwood, M Saling, J Bradshaw.
Veteran's Mental Health
- Lived experience of children of Vietnam veterens with PTSD - A Welch, M Hopwood, N Milton.
- Substance abuse in Australian Peacekeepers; its influence on symptom profile and other comorbidities. - M Hopwood, J Wordell.
Hypnosis
- Does hypnosis enhance memory: A critical review - R Stanley, D Maher.
- Clinical Hypnosis and Bulimia Nervosa - C McGrath.
- The Role of Clinical Hypnosis in Anorexia Nervosa - P Bosanac.
Other Related Organisation's Research
Albert Road Clinic Professorial Psychiatry Unit for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH)
Centre for Women's Mental Health - Royal Women's Hospital
- Factors contributing to variation in suicide rates
- Pathways to care and help-seeking for mental health problems
- Pregnancy, motherhood and mental illness
- Anxiety, depression and cancer
- Sexuality, body image and cancer
The Melbourne Clinic: Professorial Unit (Healthscope)
Mental Health Research Institute (MHRI)
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)