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160
Citations
103454
World Ranking
783
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Michael Berk is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has a significant publication record primarily focused in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology.

The main topics of Michael Berk's work include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies

Frequent publication venues for Michael Berk include:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Michael Berk has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers, including:

  • Olivia Dean
  • Mohammadreza Mohebbi
  • Wolfgang Marx
  • Ken Walder
  • Eduard Vieta

Recent papers by Michael Berk include:

  • "Bipolar disorders," 2020, published in The Lancet
  • "Ultraprocessed food and chronic noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 43 observational studies," 2020, published in Obesity Reviews
  • "Synthesizing the Evidence for Ketamine and Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression: An International Expert Opinion on the Available Evidence and Implementation," 2021, published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Diet and depression: exploring the biological mechanisms of action," 2020, published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Treatment-resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions," 2023, published in World Psychiatry

Michael Berk was awarded the Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Sagar V Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • So depression is an inflammatory disease, but where does the inflammation come from?

    Michael Berk;Lana Williams;Lana Williams;Felice N Jacka;Felice N Jacka;Adrienne O'Neil;Adrienne O'Neil

  • A review on the oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) pathways in major depression and their possible contribution to the (neuro)degenerative processes in that illness.

    Michael Maes;Piotr Galecki;Yong Seun Chang;Michael Berk;Michael Berk

  • Pathways underlying neuroprogression in bipolar disorder : focus on inflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic factors

    Michael Berk;Flavio P Kapczinski;Ana Cristina Andreazza;Ana Cristina Andreazza;Olivia Dean;Olivia Dean

  • Oxidative stress in psychiatric disorders : evidence base and therapeutic implications

    Felicity Ng;Michael Berk;Michael Berk;Olivia Dean;Ashley I. Bush

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2013.

    Lakshmi N. Yatham;Sidney H. Kennedy;Sagar V. Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • 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

  • Association of Western and Traditional Diets With Depression and Anxiety in Women

    Felice N. Jacka;Julie A. Pasco;Arnstein Mykletun;Lana J. Williams

  • The chemistry and biological activities of N-acetylcysteine

    Yuval Samuni;Sara Goldstein;Olivia M. Dean;Olivia M. Dean;Olivia M. Dean;Michael Berk

  • Guidelines for Developing and Reporting Machine Learning Predictive Models in Biomedical Research: A Multidisciplinary View.

    Wei Luo;Dinh Phung;Truyen Tran;Sunil Gupta

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Relationship Between Diet and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

    Adrienne O’Neil;Shae E. Quirk;Siobhan Housden;Sharon L. Brennan

  • Depression and sickness behavior are Janus-faced responses to shared inflammatory pathways

    Michael Maes;Michael Berk;Lisa Goehler;Cai Song

  • N-acetyl cysteine as a glutathione precursor for schizophrenia--a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Michael Berk;David Leon Copolov;David Leon Copolov;Olivia Dean;Olivia Dean;Kristy Lu

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2009.

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Ayal Schaffer;Sagar V Parikh

  • The neuroprogressive nature of major depressive disorder: pathways to disease evolution and resistance, and therapeutic implications.

    S Moylan;M Maes;N R Wray;M Berk

  • N-acetylcysteine in psychiatry: current therapeutic evidence and potential mechanisms of action

    Olivia Dean;Frank Giorlando;Michael Berk

  • N-acetyl cysteine for depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder--a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    Michael Berk;Michael Berk;David Leon Copolov;David Leon Copolov;Olivia Dean;Kristy Lu

  • The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force report on the nomenclature of course and outcome in bipolar disorders

    Mauricio Tohen;Mauricio Tohen;Ellen Frank;Charles L. Bowden;Francesc Colom

  • RelationshipBetweenDietandMentalHealthinChildren andAdolescents:ASystematicReview

    Adrienne O'Neil;Shae E. Quirk;Sharon L. Brennan;Lana J. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Seetal Dodd
Seetal Dodd Deakin University
Olivia M. Dean
Olivia M. Dean Deakin University
Julie A. Pasco
Julie A. Pasco Deakin University
Felice N. Jacka
Felice N. Jacka Deakin University
Gin S Malhi
Gin S Malhi University of Sydney
Michael Maes
Michael Maes University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Patrick D. McGorry
Patrick D. McGorry University of Melbourne
André F. Carvalho
André F. Carvalho Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Ashley I. Bush
Ashley I. Bush Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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