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A/PROF WARRICK BREWER



Contact Details

Organization: Centre for Youth Mental Health
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
youth mental health Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) James Cook University of North Queensland 31-Dec-1992
Master of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1995
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1999

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) International Congress for Schizophrenia Research Winner of the Young International Investigator Award 01-Jan-2003
Other (Award) Australasian Society for Psychiatric Winner of the Organon Annual Research Award 01-Jan-1997
Other (Award) Royal Melborne Hospital Research Week Winner of the Allied Health Award 01-Jan-2006
Other (Award) Australian Psychological Society Winner of the Early Career Award 01-Jan-2005
Prize National Psycholgy Postgraduate Conference, University of Sydney Winner of the Best Conference Presentation 01-Jan-1996
Other (Award) Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Winner of the Kevin Walsh Encouragement Award for Best Platform Presentation 01-Jan-1994
Other (Award) Australian Schizophrenia Research Conference Winner of the Young Investigator's Award 01-Jan-1994
Prize James Cook University Winner of the James McCallum prize for the best overall contribution in an area concerned with Applied Psychology 01-Jan-1992

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
CLINICAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD - (OLFACTORY AND LIMBIC-PREFRONTAL ABNORMALITY: UTILISING PRINCIPLES OF SMELL PROCESSING TO MAP ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT PYSCHOPATHOLOGY) Chief Investigator NHMRC Career Development Awards 01/01/2007

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

  • Efficacy of using cognitive status in predicting psychosis: a 7 year follow-up
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1023-1030
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Olfactory identification dysfunction, aggression and impulsivity in war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 523-531
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  • Olfactory impairments in child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 1-5
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  • Dissociation of age and ability on a visual analogue of the University of Pennsylvania smell identification test in children with autism
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 612-620
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  • White matter volume changes in people who develop psychosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 193
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 210-5
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Publications in 2007

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  • Anterior cingulate activation in antipsychotic-naive first episode schizophrenia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 155-158
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  • Author Reply: Hippocampal and amygdala volumes acocrding to psychosis stage and diagnosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 252-253
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  • Cognitive decline following psychosis onset: data from the PACE clinic
    Year: 2007
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 191
    Issue: s1
    Page numbers: s52-s57
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  • Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in first-episode psychosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 1867-1875
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  • Fractionation of verbal memory impairment in schizophrenia and schizophreniform psychosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 732-739
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  • Increased prefrontal cerebral blood flow in first-episode schizophrenia following treatment: longitudinal positron emission tomography study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 129-135
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  • Olfactory sensitivity through the course of psychosis: Relationships to olfactory identification, symptomatology and the schizophrenia odour
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Volume: 149
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 97-104
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  • Tips and techniques for engaging and managing the reluctant, resistant or hostile young person
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 187
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: s64-s67
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  • Understanding drug addiction: a neuropsychological perspective
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 957-968
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Olfaction and the Brain
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Book Chapters

  • Olfaction and memory


    Year: 2006
    Book: Olfaction and the Brain
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Olfactory impairment in neuropsychiatric disorders
    Year: 2006
    Book: Olfaction and the Brain
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  • Olfactory processing and brain maturation
    Year: 2006
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  • Probes of behaviour regulation: olfactory models in addiction
    Year: 2006
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Journal Articles

  • Dysfunction of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in antipsychotic-naïve schizophreniform psychosis


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-31
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  • Hippocampal and amygdala volumes according to psychosis stage and diagnosis: A magnetic resonance imaging study of chronic schizophrenia, first-episode psychosis and ultra-high risk individuals


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 139-149
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  • Structural brain correlates of alcohol and cannabis use in recreational users


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 226-229
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  • Evaluating brain activity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Preliminary insights from a multivariate analysis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 227-231
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  • Generalized and Specific Cognitive Performance in Clinical High-Risk Cohorts: A Review Highlighting Potential Vulnerability Markers for Psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Bulletin
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 538-555
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Early processing deficits in object working memory in first-episode schizophreniform psychosis and established schizophrenia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1053-1062
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  • Functional connectivity during Stroop task performance
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Neuroimage
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 181-191
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  • Hippocampal and anterior cingulate morphology in subjects at ultra-high risk for psychosis: the role of family history of psychotic illness
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 295-301
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Memory impairments identified in people at ultra-high risk for psychosis who later develop first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 162
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-78
    Publisher: American Psychiatric Press(Washington DC)
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  • Pituitary volume predicts future transition to psychosis in individuals at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 58
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 417-423
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Evaluating Treatment Integrity in First Episode Psychosis Programs: Comparing What is Promised With What is Delivered.
    Year: 2004
    Book: Best Care in Early Psychosis Intervention - Global Perspectives
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(Abingdon)
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  • The benefits of incorporating research into clinical programs
    Year: 2004
    Book: Best Care in Early Psychosis
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Pituitary volume in psychosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 185
    Page numbers: 5-10
    Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists(London)
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  • Relationship of behavioural and symptomatic syndromes in schizophrenia to spatial working memory and attentional set-shifting ability
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 693-703
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Impairment of olfactory identification ability in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis who later develop schizophrenia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 160
    Page numbers: 1790-1794
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  • Neuroanatomical abnormalities before and after onset of psychosis: a cross-sectional and logitudinal MRI comparison
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 361
    Page numbers: 281-288
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  • Spatial working memory ability is a marker of risk-for psychosis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1239-1247
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • Incidental radiological findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 106
    Page numbers: 331-336
    Publisher: Munksgaard International Publishers(Copenhagen)
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  • Increased duration of illness is associated with reduced volume in right medial temporal/anterior cingulate grey matter in patients with chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 43-49
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Non-reduction in hippocampal volume is associated with higher risk of psychosis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 145-158
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  • Visuospatial memory and learning in first-episode schizophreniform psychosis and esablished schizophrenia: a functional correlate of hippocampal pathology?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 429-438
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A longitudinal study of hippocampal volume in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 37-46
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  • Selective bilateral hippocampal volume loss in chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 531-539
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  • Stability of olfactory identification deficits in neuroleptic-naive patients with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 158
    Page numbers: 107-115
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