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| G Paul AmmingerSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of Vienna Country: Austria Publications
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Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation in children with autism: a double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled pilot studyG Paul Amminger
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Biol Psychiatry 61:551-3. 2007..There is increasing evidence that fatty acid deficiencies or imbalances may contribute to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders...
The EPPIC follow-up study of first-episode psychosis: longer-term clinical and functional outcome 7 years after index admissionLisa P Henry
ORYGEN Research Centre, Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 71:716-28. 2010..To describe the longer-term clinical and functional outcome of a large, epidemiologic representative cohort of individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis...- Facial and vocal affect perception in people at ultra-high risk of psychosis, first-episode schizophrenia and healthy controlsG Paul Amminger
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Early Interv Psychiatry 6:450-4. 2012..The study aims to investigate affect recognition in young people at different stages of psychotic illness... 
Emotion recognition in individuals at clinical high-risk for schizophreniaG Paul Amminger
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Wahringer Gurtel, Austria
Schizophr Bull 38:1030-9. 2012..The results suggest a trait deficit and an involvement of the amygdala in the pathology of ultra high-risk states...- Antibodies to infectious agents in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosisG Paul Amminger
ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 61:1215-7. 2007..While there is evidence that some cases of schizophrenia may be associated with microbial infections, the role of microbial agents has not been investigated in people with emerging psychosis... - Early-onset of symptoms predicts conversion to non-affective psychosis in ultra-high risk individualsG P Amminger
ORYGEN Research Centre incorporating the PACE Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Schizophr Res 84:67-76. 2006..We examined if age of onset of psychiatric symptoms and/or sex predict conversion to non-affective or affective psychosis in individuals considered to be at ultra-high risk for schizophrenia... - Treated incidence of first-episode psychosis in the catchment area of EPPIC between 1997 and 2000G P Amminger
ORYGEN Research Centre Encompassing the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre EPPIC, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Acta Psychiatr Scand 114:337-45. 2006..To identify the treated incidence of psychosis in catchment of the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC), Melbourne, Australia... - Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids for indicated prevention of psychotic disorders: a randomized, placebo-controlled trialG Paul Amminger
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:146-54. 2010..Given that omega-3 PUFAs are generally beneficial to health and without clinically relevant adverse effects, their preventive use in psychosis merits investigation... - Social cognition in clinical "at risk" for psychosis and first episode psychosis populationsAndrew Thompson
Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Schizophr Res 141:204-9. 2012..The study aimed to compare the degree of impairment in social cognition in three groups: FEP, those at "ultra high risk" (UHR) for psychosis and healthy controls... - A preliminary evaluation of the validity of at-risk criteria for bipolar disorders in help-seeking adolescents and young adultsAndreas Bechdolf
ORYGEN Youth Health, Department of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
J Affect Disord 127:316-20. 2010..In the current study, the predictive validity of these criteria were tested in help-seeking adolescents and young adults... - Randomized controlled trial of interventions for young people at ultra high risk for psychosis: 6-month analysisAlison R Yung
ORYGEN Research Centre and University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, 35 Poplar Rd, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 72:430-40. 2011..However, it is unclear which of these treatments are most effective, how long treatment should be given, and whether effects will be sustained over a prolonged period... - The Community Assessment of Psychic Experience (CAPE) questionnaire as a screening-instrument in the detection of individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosisNilufar Mossaheb
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Schizophr Res 141:210-4. 2012..It may represent a useful screening tool for calling clinicians' attention to subjects with psychotic-like experiences... - Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre long-term follow-up study of first-episode psychosis: methodology and baseline characteristicsLisa P Henry
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Early Interv Psychiatry 1:49-60. 2007..This paper reports the rationale, methodology and baseline characteristics of a large long-term follow-up study of first-episode psychosis from a geographically defined catchment area... - Does disturbance of self underlie social cognition deficits in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?Barnaby Nelson
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Early Interv Psychiatry 3:83-93. 2009..This paper attempts to integrate a strand of cognitive research in psychotic disorders (specifically, social cognition research) with phenomenological accounts of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders... - Intervention in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a review and future directionsPatrick D McGorry
Centre for Youth Mental Health, Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 70:1206-12. 2009..This article reviews intervention research in the ultra-high-risk phase of psychotic disorders... - PACE: a specialised service for young people at risk of psychotic disordersAlison R Yung
PACE Clinic, ORYGEN Youth Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 187:S43-6. 2007.... - Structural abnormalities in the cuneus associated with Herpes Simplex Virus (type 1) infection in people at ultra high risk of developing psychosisThomas J Whitford
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia
Schizophr Res 135:175-80. 2012.... - Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in first-episode psychosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled trialGregor E Berger
ORYGEN Research Centre incorporating the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre EPPIC, University of Melbourne, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1867-75. 2007..To investigate if ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid (E-EPA) augmentation improves antipsychotic efficacy and tolerability in first-episode psychosis (FEP)... - Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in first-episode psychosis. A 1H-MRS studyGregor E Berger
Department of Psychiatry, ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2467-73. 2008..Larger confirmatory studies of these postulated metabolic brain effects of E-EPA are warranted... - From neuroprogression to neuroprotection: implications for clinical careMichael Berk
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 193:S36-40. 2010..These developments need to be combined with service initiatives to maximise the opportunities for early diagnosis and intervention... - Polyunsaturated fatty acids in emerging psychosisNilufar Mossaheb
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Curr Pharm Des 18:576-91. 2012..The neuroprotective potential of n-3 LC-PUFAs for indicated prevention, i.e. delaying transition to psychosis in high-risk populations needs to be further explored... - [Early detection of psychotic disorders]Miriam R Schäfer
Universitätsklihik für Neuropsychi8trie des Kindes undJugendalters, Medizinische Universität Wien, Osterreich
Neuropsychiatr 21:37-44. 2007..In contrast to antipsychotics, Omega-3 fatty acids have a high acceptance among youth and parents. At this stage the role of Omega-3 fatty acids remains unclear because the trial is not finished yet... - [Early recognition and intervention for schizophrenia]N Mossaheb
Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien
Nervenarzt 77:23-4, 27-30, 32-4. 2006..In this review, prodromal signs and possibilities for early detection and intervention in schizophrenia are presented... - Bioactive lipids in schizophreniaGregor E Berger
ORYGEN Youth Health and ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Int Rev Psychiatry 18:85-98. 2006..This review investigates the role of bioactive lipids in schizophrenia and its treatment, as well as its potential use in prevention... - Age of onset and timing of treatment for mental and substance use disorders: implications for preventive intervention strategies and models of carePatrick D McGorry
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Curr Opin Psychiatry 24:301-6. 2011..To provide an update of the recent studies on the age of onset of the major mental illnesses, with a special focus on the prospects for prevention and early intervention... - Experience of trauma and conversion to psychosis in an ultra-high-risk (prodromal) groupA Bechdolf
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Acta Psychiatr Scand 121:377-84. 2010..We aimed to replicate a recent finding of high prevalence of trauma history in patients at 'ultra-high risk' (UHR) of psychotic disorder and to investigate whether trauma predicts conversion to psychosis in this population... - Duration of untreated psychosis and cognitive deterioration in first-episode schizophreniaG P Amminger
Department of Psychiatry, Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre, MH SKY, University of Melbourne, Locked Bag 10, Parkville 3052, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Schizophr Res 54:223-30. 2002..Studies investigating the association between DUP and outcome should control for potentially confounding variables. Early treatment of psychosis could help to reduce the prominent cognitive deficit in first-episode schizophrenia... - Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literatureRonald C Kessler
Department of Healthcare Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:359-64. 2007..The aim of this article is to review recent epidemiological research on age-of-onset of mental disorders, focusing on the WHO World Mental Health surveys...