Alissa Nichles

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General Medicine

Psychiatry

Public Health

Top 10 Co-Authors

Natalia Zmicerevska

Ian B Hickie

Frank Iorfino

Elizabeth M Scott

Daniel F Hermens

Jacob J Crouse

Adam J Guastella

Joanne S Carpenter

Yun Ju Christine Song

Jan Scott

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BMJ Open

PLoS One

J Affect Disord

Early Interv Psychiatry

BJPsych Open

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Recent Articles

EMPOWERED trial: protocol for a randomised control trial of digitally supported, highly personalised and measurement-based care to improve functional outcomes in young people with mood disorders

Hickie I, Iorfino F, Rohleder C, Song Y, Nichles A, Zmicerevska N, et al.

BMJ Open . 2023 Oct; 13(10):e072082. PMID: 37821139

Objectives: Many adolescents and young adults with emerging mood disorders do not achieve substantial improvements in education, employment, or social function after receiving standard youth mental health care. We have...

The Addition of Fish Oil to Cognitive Behavioral Case Management for Youth Depression: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial

Amminger G, Rice S, Davey C, Quinn A, Hermens D, Zmicerevska N, et al.

Biol Psychiatry . 2023 Jun; 95(5):426-433. PMID: 37355004

Background: Clinical trials suggest that long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) (fish oil) may reduce depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder. Therefore, n-3 PUFAs may be a...

Predictive modelling of deliberate self-harm and suicide attempts in young people accessing primary care: a machine learning analysis of a longitudinal study

McHugh C, Ho N, Iorfino F, Crouse J, Nichles A, Zmicerevska N, et al.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol . 2023 Feb; 58(6):893-905. PMID: 36854811

Purpose: Machine learning (ML) has shown promise in modelling future self-harm but is yet to be applied to key questions facing clinical services. In a cohort of young people accessing...

Double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial of metformin as an adjunct to a sleep-wake, activity and metabolically focused behavioural intervention to improve cardiometabolic outcomes and mood symptoms in youth with major mood...

Wilson C, Carpenter J, Nichles A, Zmicerevska N, Song Y, McHugh C, et al.

BMJ Open . 2023 Feb; 13(2):e064682. PMID: 36810174

Introduction: Metformin is a medication likely to improve measures of cardiometabolic disturbance in young people with mental illness. Evidence also suggests metformin may improve depressive symptoms. This 52-week double-blind randomised...

Effects of adjunctive brexpiprazole on sleep-wake and circadian parameters in youth with depressive disorders: study protocol for a clinical trial

Carpenter J, Zmicerevska N, Crouse J, Nichles A, Garland A, Song Y, et al.

BMJ Open . 2023 Jan; 12(9):e056298. PMID: 36691133

Introduction: Sleep-wake and circadian disturbance is a key feature of mood disorders with a potential causal role and particular relevance to young people. Brexpiprazole is a second-generation antipsychotic medication with...

Clinical staging and the differential risks for clinical and functional outcomes in young people presenting for youth mental health care

Capon W, Hickie I, Varidel M, Prodan A, Crouse J, Carpenter J, et al.

BMC Med . 2022 Dec; 20(1):479. PMID: 36514113

Background: Clinical staging proposes that youth-onset mental disorders develop progressively, and that active treatment of earlier stages should prevent progression to more severe disorders. This retrospective cohort study examined the...

Premature mortality in early-intervention mental health services: a data linkage study protocol to examine mortality and morbidity outcomes in a cohort of help-seeking young people

McHugh C, Song Y, Zmicerevska N, Crouse J, Nichles A, Wilson C, et al.

BMJ Open . 2022 Feb; 12(2):e054264. PMID: 35190432

Introduction: Understanding the risk of premature death from suicide, accident and injury and other physical health conditions in people seeking healthcare for mental disorders is essential for delivering targeted clinical...

Social and occupational outcomes for young people who attend early intervention mental health services: a longitudinal study

Iorfino F, Carpenter J, Cross S, Crouse J, Davenport T, Hermens D, et al.

Med J Aust . 2021 Oct; 216(2):87-93. PMID: 34664282

Objective: To identify trajectories of social and occupational functioning in young people during the two years after presenting for early intervention mental health care; to identify demographic and clinical factors...

Effect of an online healthy lifestyle psychoeducation programme to improve cardiometabolic outcomes and affective symptoms in youth receiving mental health care: study protocol for a pilot clinical trial

Wilson C, Nichles A, Zmicerevska N, Carpenter J, Song Y, McHugh C, et al.

BMJ Open . 2021 Jun; 11(6):e044977. PMID: 34187819

Introduction: Worsened cardiometabolic profiles in youth with mental ill health have been associated with a number of modifiable lifestyle risk factors. It is becoming increasingly evident that clinical interventions need...

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Neurobiology Youth Follow-up Study: protocol to establish a longitudinal and prospective research database using multimodal assessments for current and past mental health treatment-seeking young people within an early intervention service

Nichles A, Zmicerevska N, Song Y, Wilson C, McHugh C, Hamilton B, et al.

BMJ Open . 2021 Jun; 11(6):e044731. PMID: 34145010

Introduction: Approximately 75% of major mental illness occurs before the age of 25 years. Despite this, our capacity to provide effective, early and personalised interventions is limited by insufficient evidence...