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DR SUSAN COTTON



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Organization: Centre for Youth Mental Health
Position: RONALD GRIFFITH PHILLIP FELLOW
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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 Behavioral Science (Hons) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1995
Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Statistics) Swinburne University of Technology 31-Dec-1997
Master of Applied Science Swinburne University of Technology 31-Dec-2001
Master of Psychology La Trobe University 31-Dec-1998
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University 31-Dec-2006

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Rotary Rotary Youth Leadership Award 31-Dec-1989
Other (Award) La Trobe University Harvey Naghten Award for academic excellence and community service 31-Dec-1993
Other (Award) La Trobe University Pauline Toner Award for academic excellence and community service 31-Dec-1994
Scholarship La Trobe University Honours Year Scholarship for academic excellence 31-Dec-1994
Other (Award) La Trobe University Westpac Banking Award for academic excellence 31-Dec-1995
Other (Award) La Trobe University Dean?s TNT International Mail Award for academic excellence 31-Dec-1998
Other (Award) Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) Best Debut Poster Presentation at the ASPR Annual Scientific Meeting 09-Dec-2005

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
Vocational Recovery in Young People with First Episode Psychosis: A Randomised Controlled Intervention Trial Examining Vocational, Health, Economic and Social Outcomes Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Illness Research Grant 01/01/2008

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

  • A comparison of the reliability and stability of oro-lingual swallowing pressures in patients with head and neck cancer and healthy adults
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Dysphagia
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 137-144
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  • Gender differences in premorbid, entry, treatment, and outcome characteristics in a treated epidemiological sample of 661 patients with first episode psychosis
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 114
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 17-24
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  • Post-laryngectomy: it's hard to swallow
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Dysphagia
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 172-179
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  • Prevalence and predictors of suicide attempt in an incidence cohort of 661 young people with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 149-157
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  • The reliability and validity of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) in first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Addictive Behaviors
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 821-825
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Publications in 2008

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  • The Episode II trial of cognitive and family therapy for relapse prevention in early psychosis: rationale and sample characteristics


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Mental Health
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-32
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  • The topical niacin sensitivity test: an inter- and intra-rater reliability study in healthy controls


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
    Volume: 79
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 15-19
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  • A factor analytic investigation of the tripartite model of affect in a clinical sample of young Australians
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Psychiatry
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 79
    Page numbers: 1-12
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  • Anatomical abnormalities of the anterior cingulate cortex prior to psychosis onset: an MRI study of ultra-high risk individuals
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 758-765
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  • Enhancing Treatment Fidelity in Psychotherapy Research: A Novel Approach to Measure the Components of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Relapse Prevention in First-Episode Psychosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 1013-1020
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  • Enhancing treatment fidelity in psychotherapy research: novel approach to measure the components of cognitive behavioural therapy for relapse prevention in first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 1013-1020
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  • Familial psychopathology in the first episode psychosis outcome study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 617-626
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  • Impact of duration of untreated psychosis on pre-treatment, baseline, and outcome characteristics in an epidemiological first-episode psychosis cohort
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Psychiatric Research
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 982-990
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  • The EPISODE II trial of cognitive and family therapy for relapse prevention in early psychosis: Rationale and sample characteristics.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Mental Health
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 19-32
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  • The stability, reliability, and validity of videofluoroscopy measures for patients with head and neck cancer
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Dysphagia
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 348-363
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  • Variation in surgical methods used for total laryngectomy in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Laryngology and Otology
    Volume: 122
    Page numbers: 728-732
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  • Voice outcomes after radiotherapy treatment for early glottic cancer: assessment using multidimensional tools
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Head & Neck
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 600-610
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Association between psychotic experiences and depression in a clinical sample over 6 months
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 246-253
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  • Distinguishing between anxiety and depression using the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire (MASQ)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: British Journal of Clinical Psychology
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 235-239
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  • Pre-treatment, baseline, and outcome differences between early-onset and adult-onset psychosis in an epidemiological cohort of 636 first-episode patients
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Reliability and validity of the Kessler 10 and Patient Health Questionnaire among injecting drug users
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 166-168
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  • State, trait and biochemical influences on human anterior cingulate function
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Neuroimage
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 1766-1773
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  • The First-Episode Psychosis Outcome Study: premorbid and baseline characteristics of an epidemiological cohort of 661 first-episode psychosis patients
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 191-200
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  • The effect of the introduction of a case-mix-based funding model of rehabilitation for severe stroke: an Australian experience
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 817-832
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Influence of gender on mental health literacy in young Australians


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 790-796
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  • A comparison of two methods for measuring tongue pressure during swallowing in people with head and neck cancer
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Dysphagia
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 28-37
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  • Brief report: Parental descriptions of sleep problems in children with autism, Down syndrome, and Prader-Willi syndrome
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Research in Developmental Disabilities
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 151-161
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  • Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring Tongue Pressure During Swallowing in People with Head and Neck Cancer
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Dysphagia
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 28-37
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  • Efficacy of amisulpride in treating primary negative symptoms in first-episode psychosis: a pilot study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 511-517
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  • Psychotic-Like Experiences in Nonpsychotic Help-Seekers: Associations With Distress, Depression, and Disability
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Bulletin
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 325-359
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  • Routine outcome assessment and feedback for clinicians: A pilot in an early psychosis service
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Mental Health
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 279-288
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A normative and reliability study for the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices for primary school aged children from Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Personality and Individual Differences
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 647-659
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Association between intellectual functioning and age in children and young adults with Duchenne mescular dystrophy: further results from a meta-analysis.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 257-265
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Measurement error: Implications for diagnosis and discrepancy models of developmental dyslexia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Dyslexia
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 186-202
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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  • Obstetric complications and transition to psychosis in an "ultra' high risk sample
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 460-466
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Recognition of depression and psychosis by young Australians and their beliefs about treatment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 183
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 18-23
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • The association between intellectual functioning and age in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Further results from a meta-analysis.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 257-265
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A demographic survey of people who have a disability and complex communication needs in Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 259-271
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  • Risk factors for postnatal depression
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Midwifery
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 10-15
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • An evaluation of functional outcomes (speech, swallowing) in patients attending speech pathology after head and neck cancer treatment(s): results and analysis at 12 months post-intervention
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Laryngology and Otology
    Volume: 117
    Page numbers: 368-381
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Publications in 2002

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  • Adolescent violence towards parents: maintaining family connections when the going gets tough


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 90-100
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  • Elevation of the soft palate in speech and swallowing in normal female participants and females with motor neuron disease: an innovative procedure for measuring palatal elevation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 197-214
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  • Implementing psychological treatment for symptoms of psychosis in area mental health service. The response of patients, therapists, and managers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Mental Health
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 511-522
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  •  Intelligence and Duchenne muscular dystrophy: full-scale, verbal, and performance intelligence quotients


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 497-501
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