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DR TINA-MARIE PROFFITT



Contact Details

Organization: Behavioural Science, Psychiatry
Position: Honorary (Fellow), RESEARCH FELLOW/NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
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Work: 93422800
Fax: 93422858
Building: No Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
emerging mental illness, neurodevelopment, the cognitive neuropsychology of axis I & II disorders learning disorders, adolescent developmental psychopathology Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Switzerland University of Basel Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Psychology University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Registered Victorian Psychologist's Registration Board 01-Jun-2002
Member Victorian Psychologists Association 01-Jun-2002
Member International Early Psychosis Association 01-Jul-2002
Member Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research 01-Jul-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia Young Scientist Award 05-Feb-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in first-episode psychosis. A 1H-MRS study.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 2467-2473
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Bioactive Lipids, Niacin Sensitivity and Cognition in Schizophrenia
    Year: 2007
    Book: Fatty Acids and Oxidative Stress in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • 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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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • Morphology of the paracingulate sulcus and executive cognition in schizophrenia


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 192-197
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Lipid Abnormalities in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders.


    Year: 2005
    Book: Progress in Schizophrenia Research
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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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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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Individual differences in anterior cingulate/paracingulate morphology are related to executive functions in healthy males
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cerebral Cortex
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 424-431
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(North Carolina)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Moyamoya disease in a patient with schizophrenia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 806-810
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Normative Data from the Cantab. 1: Development of Executive Function Over the Lifespan.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 242-254
    Publisher: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers(Lisse)
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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

  • 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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