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Overview

David J. Castle is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, focusing on research in medicine and psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, neurology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research interests cover several main topics:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies

David J. Castle has contributed to a variety of notable publications across prestigious venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Eating Disorders, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Australasian Psychiatry, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored, notable examples are:

  • "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia," 2022, Nature
  • "Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature," 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review," 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies," 2023, BMJ
  • "Default Mode Network Modulation by Psychedelics: A Systematic Review," 2022, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Susan L. Rossell, Zoë Jenkins, Andrea Phillipou, Sarah Maguire, and Lisa D. Hawke.

Best Publications

  • Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels

    Antoine Louveau;Igor Smirnov;Timothy J. Keyes;Jacob D. Eccles

  • Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

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  • Psychiatric Comorbidities and Schizophrenia

    Peter F. Buckley;Brian J. Miller;Douglas S. Lehrer;David J. Castle

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial)

    Felice N Jacka;Adrienne O'Neil;Adrienne O'Neil;Rachelle Opie;Rachelle Opie;Catherine Itsiopoulos

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

    Cherrie Galletly;David Castle;Frances Dark;Verity Humberstone

  • Sorting and storage during secretory granule biogenesis: looking backward and looking forward.

    Peter Arvan;David Castle

  • Personality disorder and the mental representation of early social experience

    Matthew Patrick;R. Peter Hobson;David Castle;Robert Howard

  • A Review of Psychosocial Outcomes for Patients Seeking Cosmetic Surgery

    Roberta J. Honigman;Katharine A. Phillips;David J. Castle

  • A Neurodevelopmental Approach to the Classification of Schizophrenia

    Robin M. Murray;Eadbhard O'Callaghan;David J. Castle;Shon W. Lewis

  • People living with psychotic illness in 2010: the second Australian national survey of psychosis.

    Vera A Morgan;Anna Waterreus;Assen Jablensky;Andrew Mackinnon

  • Psychotic disorders in urban areas: an overview of the Study on Low Prevalence Disorders

    Assen Jablensky;John McGrath;Helen Herrman;David Castle

  • The neurodevelopmental basis of sex differences in schizophrenia.

    David J. Castle;Robin M. Murray

  • The diagnostic interview for psychoses (DIP): development, reliability and applications.

    David Castle;Assen Jablensky;J.J. Mcgrath;V. Carr

  • How do obese individuals perceive and respond to the different types of obesity stigma that they encounter in their daily lives? A qualitative study

    Sophie Lewis;Samantha Thomas;R Warwick Blood;David Jonathan Castle

  • Dysmorphic concern: prevalence and associations with clinical variables

    Piet Oosthuizen;Tim Lambert;David J. Castle

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature

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  • The incidence of operationally defined schizophrenia in Camberwell, 1965-84.

    David J. Castle;Simon Wessely;Geoffrey Der;Robin M. Murray

  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

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  • Relocation of the t-SNARE SNAP-23 from Lamellipodia-like Cell Surface Projections Regulates Compound Exocytosis in Mast Cells

    Zhenheng Guo;Christopher Turner;David Castle

  • The criminal careers of incident cases of schizophrenia

    S. C. Wessely;D. Castle;A. J. Douglas;P. J. Taylor

  • The Epidemiology of Late-onset Schizophrenia

    David J. Castle;Robin M. Murray

  • Crime and Schizophrenia

    S Wessely;D Castle;P Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan L. Rossell
Susan L. Rossell Swinburne University of Technology
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University
Assen Jablensky
Assen Jablensky University of Western Australia
Robin M. Murray
Robin M. Murray King's College London
David R. Thompson
David R. Thompson Queen's University Belfast
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales
Gerald F. Watts
Gerald F. Watts University of Western Australia
Peter F. Buckley
Peter F. Buckley University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Neil Thomas
Neil Thomas Swinburne University of Technology

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