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Overview

Barnaby Nelson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research contributions span broadly in the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics addressed by Nelson primarily include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Nelson has contributed to several recent papers that focus on psychosis and mental health, including:

  • "The potential impact of COVID-19 on psychosis: A rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research," published in 2020 in Schizophrenia Research
  • "Transdiagnostic clinical staging in youth mental health: a first international consensus statement," published in 2020 in World Psychiatry
  • "The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics," published in 2022 in World Psychiatry
  • "Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis," published in 2021 in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Preventive interventions for individuals at ultra high risk for psychosis: An updated and extended meta-analysis," published in 2021 in Clinical Psychology Review

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nelson include:

  • Patrick D. McGorry
  • G. Paul Amminger
  • Alison R. Yung
  • Lieuwe de Haan
  • Stephen J. Wood

Nelson's publications appear often in several key venues known for mental health and psychiatric research, including:

  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia
  • JAMA Psychiatry

In addition to journal articles, Nelson has contributed to book publications, notably a work published by Frontiers Media titled "Shared Decision Making in Mental Health: International Perspectives on Implementation" in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Comorbid Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in 509 Individuals With an At-Risk Mental State: Impact on Psychopathology and Transition to Psychosis

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Barnaby Nelson;Lucia Valmaggia;Alison R. Yung

  • Declining Transition Rate in Ultra High Risk (Prodromal) Services: Dilution or Reduction of Risk?

    Alison R Yung;Hok Pan Yuen;Gregor Berger;Shona Francey

  • Beyond the “at risk mental state” concept: transitioning to transdiagnostic psychiatry

    Patrick D. McGorry;Jessica A. Hartmann;Rachael Spooner;Barnaby Nelson

  • VALIDATION OF "PRODROMAL" CRITERIA TO DETECT INDIVIDUALS AT ULTRA HIGH RISK OF PSYCHOSIS: 2 YEAR FOLLOW UP

    Alison Yung;B Nelson;C Stanford;M Simmons

  • Long-term follow-up of a group at ultra high risk ("prodromal") for psychosis: the PACE 400 study

    Barnaby Nelson;Hok Pan Yuen;Stephen J Wood;Ashleigh Lin

  • Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk: A Meta-analytical Stratification

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Marco Cappucciati;Marco Cappucciati;Stefan Borgwardt;Scott W. Woods

  • Psychotic-Like Experiences in a Community Sample of Adolescents: Implications for the Continuum Model of Psychosis and Prediction of Schizophrenia

    Alison R. Yung;Barnaby Nelson;Kathryn Baker;Joe A. Buckby

  • Intervention in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a review and future directions.

    Patrick D. McGorry;Barnaby Nelson;G. Paul Amminger;Andreas Bechdolf

  • The potential impact of COVID-19 on psychosis: A rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research.

    Ellie Brown;Richard Gray;Samantha Lo Monaco;Brian O'Donoghue

  • Testing the Ultra High Risk (prodromal) criteria for the prediction of psychosis in a clinical sample of young people.

    Alison R. Yung;Carrie Stanford;Elizabeth Cosgrave;Eoin Killackey

  • Moving From Static to Dynamic Models of the Onset of Mental Disorder: A Review

    Barnaby Nelson;Patrick D. McGorry;Marieke Wichers;Johanna T. W. Wigman

  • BASIC SELF-DISTURBANCE PREDICTS PSYCHOSIS ONSET IN THE ULTRA HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS("PRODROMAL") POPULATION

    Barnaby Nelson;A. Thompson;A.R. Yung

  • Clinical staging: a heuristic and practical strategy for new research and better health and social outcomes for psychotic and related mood disorders.

    Patrick D McGorry;Barnaby Nelson;Sherilyn Goldstone;Alison R Yung

  • Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia: Contemporary Challenges for Integrated, Large-scale Investigations

    Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Bart P. Rutten;Inez Myin-Germeys;Philippe Delespaul

  • Psychotic-like experiences and correlation with distress and depressive symptoms in a community sample of adolescents and young adults.

    Marco Armando;Barnaby Nelson;Alison R. Yung;Margaret Ross

  • Outcomes of Nontransitioned Cases in a Sample at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis

    Ashleigh Lin;Stephen J. Wood;Barnaby Nelson;Amanda Beavan

  • Effect of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Young People at Ultrahigh Risk for Psychotic Disorders: The NEURAPRO Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Patrick D. McGorry;Barnaby Nelson;Connie Markulev;Hok Pan Yuen

  • The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics

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  • Neurocognitive predictors of functional outcome two to 13 years after identification as ultra-high risk for psychosis

    A. Lin;A. Lin;S.J. Wood;S.J. Wood;B. Nelson;W.J. Brewer

  • Transdiagnostic clinical staging in youth mental health: a first international consensus statement

    Jai L. Shah;Jai L. Shah;Jan Scott;Patrick D. McGorry;Shane P.M. Cross

  • Relating Schizotypy and Personality to the Phenomenology of Creativity

    B Nelson;D Rawlings

  • BasicSelf-DisturbancePredictsPsychosisOnsetintheUltraHighRiskforPsychosis ''Prodromal'' Population

    Barnaby Nelson;Andrew Thompson;Alison R. Yung

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick D. McGorry
Patrick D. McGorry University of Melbourne
Alison R. Yung
Alison R. Yung Deakin University
Stephen J. Wood
Stephen J. Wood University of Melbourne
Ashleigh Lin
Ashleigh Lin Telethon Kids Institute
Christos Pantelis
Christos Pantelis University of Melbourne
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Anita Riecher-Rössler
Anita Riecher-Rössler University of Basel
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford
Lisa J. Phillips
Lisa J. Phillips University of Melbourne

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