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A/PROF JANE EDWARDS



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Organization: Centre for Youth Mental Health
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Institution not known 31-Dec-1983
Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) Institution not known 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Registered Psychologists registration board of victoria Barrister & Solicitor 02-Dec-1985

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPSS)

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship The University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Post-graduate Scholarship 01-Jan-1984
Other (Award) International Schizophrenia Symposium Best poster for Emotion recognition in first-episode schizophrenia: Facial expression, affective prosody and emotion names 01-Jun-1997
Other (Award) International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award 29-Mar-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
PREVENTIVE AND EARLY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN EMERGING MENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG PEOPLE Chief Investigator NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) 01/01/2005

Additional Grant and Contract Information

Grants

1. Ian Potter Foundation, 1992: Emotion recognition in recent-onset schizophrenia (with A/Prof. H. J. Jackson, Prof. R. J., Wales and A/Prof. P. Pattison), $ 10,000 [conditionally matched with $10,000 by University of Melbourne to total $20,000].

2. Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Service, 1995: General practice evaluation program seeding grant. "The role of the GP in the diagnosis and management of psychotic disorders" (with P. D. McGorry, S. Carbone), $ 8,000.

3. VicHealth, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Research Program Grants Scheme, 1996-1998: Preventative Strategies in Early Psychosis (with P.D. McGorry, H.J. Jackson, G. Paton, A. Yung) $738,806

4. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd, 1997 - 2000: Recovery-Plus study, $100,000.

5. Department of Human Services Turning the Tide Tender No. T752, 1998-2001. Cannabis and first-episode psychosis: Randomised controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioural intervention - The CAP Project (with P.D. McGorry) $277,580 + $50,000.

6. VicHealth, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Research Program and Project Grant, 1999-2001, Preventive strategies in youth mental health (with P.D. McGorry, A. Chanen, H.J. Jackson) $450,146.

7. National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (with H.J. Jackson, P.D. McGorry). 2001 competing standard project grant 145760: A comparison of an integrated psychological intervention with ‘befriending’ in first-presentation psychosis. $355,000

8. Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (J. Edwards, J. Cocks, C. Bennett, P. Burnett, D. Maude, S. Pica, R. Bell, S. Harrigan, D. Dick, N. James). 1997 Early Treatment of Persisting Positive Symptoms in First-Episode Psychosis: Recovery Plus. $45,000

9. Department of Human Services, Victoria, (with P.D. McGorry) 1997-9. Cannabis and First-Episode Psychosis: Randomised Controlled Trial of a Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention (The CAP Project). $277,580

10. Department of Human Services of Victoria, (with P.D. McGorry) 1999-2000. Guideline Based Intervention in Early Psychosis Across Mental Health Service Setting. $107,369

11. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, (with P.D. McGorry) 2002. Recovery Plus Study. $25,000

12. North West Mental Health, Melbourne Health, (with L. Wong, M. Harris, P.D. McGorry) 2002-20055. EPPIC Prolonged Recovery Program (TREAT & TRACK). $139,735

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Strategies used by psychotic individuals to cope with life stress and symptoms of illness: a systematic review
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Anxiety, Stress & Coping
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 371-410
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Reductions in cannabis and other illicit substance use between treatment entry and early recovery in patients with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 259-266
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  • Stress and psychosis: Towards the development of new models of investigation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Psychology Review
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 307-317
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Substance misuse in first-episode psychosis: 15-month prospective follow-up study


    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 189
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 229-234
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  • Course of substance misuse and daily tobacco use in first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 145-150
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  • Pattern and correlates of inpatient admission during the initial acute phase of first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 429-436
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  • Randomized controlled trial of a cannabis-focused intervention for young people with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 114
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 109-117
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • The management of early psychosis
    Year: 2005
    Book: Early detection and management of mental disorders
    Publisher: Wiley - John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Journal Articles

  • A controlled trial of cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE) with four-year follow-up readmission data
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1295-1306
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  • Comparison of olanzapine and riseridone in 367 first-episode patients with non-effecive or affective psychosis: results of an open retrospective medical record study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Pharmacopsychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Developing services for first-episode psychosis and the critical period
    Year: 2005
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 187
    Issue: Supp 48
    Page numbers: s91-s97
    Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists(London)
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  • Patterns and predictors of substance use disorders and daily tobacco use in first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 892-898
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Psychological treatment of persistent positive symptoms in young people with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2004
    Book: Psychological interventions in early psychosis
    Publisher: Wiley - John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Systematic Treatment of Persistent Psychosis (STOPP): A psychological approach to facilitating recovery in young people with first-episode psychosis


    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Martin Dunitz(London)
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Book Chapters

  • Cannabis and first-episode psychosis: the CAP project
    Year: 2003
    Book: Substance misuse in psychosis: approaches to treament and service delivery
    Publisher: Wiley - John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • Implementing early intervention in psychosis: a guide to establishing early psychosis services
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Martin Dunitz(London)
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Journal Articles

  • A service response to prolonged recovery in early psychosis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Psychiatric Services
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1067-1069
    Publisher: American Psychiatric Press(Washington DC)
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  • Duration of untreated psychosis and cognitive deterioration in first-episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 223-230
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Emotion recognition via facial expression and affective prodosy in schizophrenia: A methodological review
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Clinical Psychology Review
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 789-832
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Estimating cognitive deterioration in first-episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 181
    Page numbers: 164-165
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Major Reference Works

  • Cognitively oriented psycotherapy for first-episode psychosis (COPE) A Practitioner's manual:Cognitively oriented psycotherapy for first-episode psychosis (COPE) A Practitioner's manual
    Year: 2002
    Reference Work Title: Cognitively oriented psycotherapy for first-episode psychosis (COPE) A Practitioner's manual
    Publisher: EPPIC: the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Cannabis and psychosis: a psychological intervention
    Year: 2001
    Book: Psychological Interventions in Early Psychosis
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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  • Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis: Theory, praxis, outcomes and challenges
    Year: 2001
    Book: Social cognition and schizophrenia
    Publisher: The American Psychological Association(Washington DC)
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Journal Articles

  • Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE): A 1-year followup
    Year: 2001
    Journal: British Journal of Clinical Psychology
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 57-70
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  • Facial affect and affective prosody recognition in first-episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 235-253
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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