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MS SUSY HARRIGAN



Contact Details

Organization: Centre for Youth Mental Health
Position: STATISTICAN
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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 Arts Swinburne University of Technology 05-Dec-1983
Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Social Statistics) Swinburne University of Technology 07-Dec-1992
Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics) Swinburne University of Technology 28-Feb-2000

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize International Early Psychosis Association Predicting the course of recovery in first-episode psychosis: Do DUP and diagnosis matter? 4th International Conference on Early Psychosis, Vancouver 01-Oct-2004

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 2009

Book Chapters

  • Duration of untreated psychosis: definition, measurement and association with outcome
    Year: 2009
    Book: The recognition and management of early psychosis - a preventive approach
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Research priorities in suicide prevention in Australia. A comparison of current research efforts and stakeholder-identified priorities


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Crisis (Kirkland)
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 29
    Page numbers: 180-190
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  • Acute phase and 1-year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial of CBT versus Befriending for first-episode psychosis: The ACE project
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 725-735
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  • Acute-phase and 1-year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial of CBT versus Befriending for first-episode psychosis: the ACE project
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 725-735
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  • Pattern of Axis I comorbidity among a treated sample of first episode psychosis patients
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychopathology: international journal of descriptive and experimental psychopathology, phenomenology, and psychiatric diagnosis
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 90-95
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Antibodies to infectious agents in individuals at Ultra-High Risk for psychosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: 1215-1217
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  • Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre long-term follow-up study of first-episode psychosis: methodology and baseline characteristics
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 49-60
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  • Impact of severity of substance use disorder on symptomatic and functional outcome in young individuals with first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 767-774
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  • 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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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A comparison of the efficacy and safety of olanzapine and risperidone in the treatment of elderly patients with schizophrenia: an open study of six months duration


    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 171-179
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  • 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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  • The credibility and acceptability of Befriending as a control therapy in a randomised controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy for acute first episode psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 277-291
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  • The credibility and acceptability of befriending as a control therapy in a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy for acute first episode psychosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 277-291
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  • Treatment for the initial acute phase of first-episode psychosis in a real-world setting
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Psychiatric Bulletin
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 127-131
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Reports

  • Identifying priority areas of research to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention - Interim Report 1:  review of published literature
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Identifying research priorities to be addressed in the area of suicide prevention - Final Report
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Report No:: 4
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

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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  • 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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  • 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 relationship between duration of untreated psychosis and outcome: An eight-year prospective study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 79
    Page numbers: 85-93
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Early intervention in first-episode psychosis: The impact of a community development campaign
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 711-719
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  • Schneiderian first rank symptoms predict poor outcome within first episode manic psychosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 81
    Page numbers: 259-268
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Does treatment delay in first-episode psychosis really matter?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 97-110
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Recovery style and outcome in first-episode psychosis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 31-36
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • The combination of cognitive testing and an informant questionnaire in screening for dementia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Age and Ageing
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 541-547
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  • The impact upon extra-pyramidal side effects, clinical symptoms and quality of life of a switch from conventional to atypical antipsychotics (risperidone or olanzapine) in elderly patients with schizophrenia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 432-440
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and outcome in schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 563-564
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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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  • Hyponatraemia in elderly psychiatry patients treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and venlafaxine: a retrospective controlled study in an inpatient unit
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 231-237
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Publications in 2001

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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  • Reduced awareness in first episode psychosis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Comprehensive Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 498-503
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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