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Overview

Ashok Malla is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a significant research presence in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work predominantly focuses on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Social Psychology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach to mental health research.

Their main research topics include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Malla has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with publications appearing in leading venues such as:

  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health (2024), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Global research priorities for youth mental health (2020), published in Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Comparison of clinical outcomes following 2 years of treatment of first-episode psychosis in urban early intervention services in Canada and India (2020), published in The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-based studies (2022), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Context and contact: a comparison of patient and family engagement with early intervention services for psychosis in India and Canada (2020), published in Psychological Medicine

Malla frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Ridha Joober, Srividya N. Iyer, Jai Shah, Martín Lepage, and Norbert Schmitz. This collaborative network supports the multidisciplinary focus of their research.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of the risk for psychotic disorders among first- and second-generation immigrants.

    F. Bourque;E. van der Ven;A. Malla

  • Duration of untreated psychosis: a critical examination of the concept and its importance.

    Ross M. G. Norman;Ashok K. Malla

  • Glutamate and glutamine measured with 4.0 T proton MRS in never-treated patients with schizophrenia and healthy volunteers.

    Jean Théberge;Robert Bartha;Dick J. Drost;Ravi S. Menon

  • Stressful life events and schizophrenia: I. A review of the research.

    Ross M. G. Norman;Ashok K. Malla

  • International clinical practice guidelines for early psychosis

    J. Addington;G. P. Amminger;A. Barbato;S. Catts

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders

    P. McGorry;E. Killackey;T. Lambert;M. Lambert

  • First-Episode Psychosis: Psychopathology, Quality of Life, and Functional Outcome

    Ashok Malla;Jennifer Payne

  • Measurement of glutamate and glutamine in the medial prefrontal cortex of never-treated schizophrenic patients and healthy controls by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    R. Bartha;P. C. Williamson;D. J. Drost;A. Malla

  • Integrated (one-stop shop) youth health care: best available evidence and future directions.

    Sarah E Hetrick;Alan P Bailey;Kirsten E Smith;Ashok Malla

  • One year outcome in first episode psychosis: influence of DUP and other predictors.

    Ashok K Malla;Ross M.G Norman;Rahul Manchanda;M.Rashid Ahmed

  • Understanding delay in treatment for first-episode psychosis.

    R. M. G. Norman;A. K. Malla;M. B. Verdi;L. D. Hassall

  • Predictors of rate and time to remission in first-episode psychosis: a two-year outcome study.

    Ashok Malla;Ross Norman;Norbert Schmitz;Rahul Manchanda

  • Social support and three-year symptom and admission outcomes for first episode psychosis

    Ross M.G. Norman;Ashok K. Malla;Rahul Manchanda;Raj Harricharan

  • An in vivo study of the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients at different stages of illness via phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    J A Stanley;P C Williamson;D J Drost;T J Carr

  • The relationship of symptoms and level of functioning in schizophrenia to general wellbeing and the Quality of Life Scale

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  • Neuropsychological change in patients with schizophrenia after treatment with quetiapine or haloperidol.

    Scot E. Purdon;Ashok Malla;Alain Labelle;Wilson Lit

  • Longitudinal grey-matter and glutamatergic losses in first-episode schizophrenia

    Jean Théberge;Kate E. Williamson;Naoko Aoyama;Dick J. Drost

  • Stress and protective factors in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis, first episode psychosis and healthy controls.

    Marita Pruessner;Srividya N. Iyer;Kia Faridi;Ridha Joober

  • Youth Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority for Health Care in Canada.

    Ashok Malla;Jai Shah;Jai Shah;Srividya Iyer;Srividya Iyer;Patricia Boksa;Patricia Boksa

  • CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Treatment of Schizophrenia

    Joel Paris;Roger Bland;David Goldbloom;Paul Grof

  • Symptoms and cognition as predictors of community functioning: a prospective analysis.

    Ross M.G. Norman;Ashok K. Malla;Leonardo Cortese;Stephen Cheng

  • Symptoms, cognition, treatment adherence and functional outcome in first-episode psychosis

    A. K. Malla;R. M. G. Norman;R. Manchanda;L. Townsend

Frequent Co-Authors

Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Martin Lepage
Martin Lepage Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Norbert Schmitz
Norbert Schmitz McGill University
Patricia Boksa
Patricia Boksa Douglas Mental Health University Institute
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
JianLi Wang
JianLi Wang University of Calgary
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Suzanne King
Suzanne King McGill University
Richard W. J. Neufeld
Richard W. J. Neufeld University of Western Ontario
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University

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