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Research Projects within the WSLHD Mental Health Service

Study Title Contact Person
1 Use of an integrated mobile health device to manage severe mental illness in young adults in the community: A randomized controlled trial of unWIRED Prof Anthony Harris
2 Evaluation of the Mental Health - Community Living Supports for Refugees (MH-CLSR) program Lee Ridoutt
3 Mental Health Pathways in Practice: Evaluation of a state-wide mental health capability enhancement program for nursing and allied health staff in NSW. Shane Eagles
4 Loss of control over eating, Obesity and Metabolic syndrome status in Schizophrenia patients on Clozapine Dr Anoop Sankaranarayanan
5 Social Distancing, Not Socially Distant: Evaluating the Implementation of Electronic Conversational Model Therapy on Patient Experience Dr Shaun Halovic
6 Suicide Prevention Training for Mental Health Community Living Supports for Refugees (MH-CLSR) Amanda McAtamney
7 Developing Mental Health Literacy Responsiveness Education and Training Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
8 Right Unilateral Ultrabrief Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment Refractory Schizophrenia- Randomized Controlled Trial Dr Prashanth Mayur
9 PeerSTOC evaluation Nicola Hancock
10 Evaluating the effectiveness of a meal support and skills training intervention (Meal Plus) as an adjunct to standard outpatient therapy (Standard Care) for eating disorders. Dr Natalie Crino
11 Variations in Mental Health Emergency Presentations with Ambient Temperature Prof Anthony Harris
12 Biology of Agomelatine in Depression: An Open-Label Study of Agomelatine in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder Prof Anthony Harris
13 Exercise as key determinants of holistic health improvement program for older people living with mental illness in the Western Sydney community: A Pilot Study Dr Suman Tyagi
14 Suicide prevention within the Blacktown Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community Rachael Nadalin
15 An evaluation of aftercare services in preventing suicidal behaviour in Western Sydney Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
16 ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ within Australian Psychiatric Hospitals: Assessing Dietary Elements, Exercise Options, and Integrative Modalities Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
17 Reclaiming a life worth living – The experience of recovery after complex trauma Denise Chu
18 Metabolic Clinic in Recovery Services (Pilot) Dr Kelvin Leung
19 Towards Implementation of Pharmacogenomics-guided therapy in Patients with Mental Illness Prof Anthony Harris
20 Establishing the neural basis of auditory-verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia Prof Anthony Harris
21 Dysgammaglobulinaemia related to antiepileptics as mood stabilisers Prof Anthony Harris
22 The impact of suicide prevention training on Mental Health Social Workers’ knowledge, skills and confidence in supporting consumers Carolyn Fozzard
23 Oral histories relating to the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks in the mental health services of Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Districts A/Prof Greg De Moore
24 The Impact of COVID-19 on the Benzodiazepines Usage in Acute Mental Health Inpatient Units. Nancy Zaki
25 An evaluation of brief psychological interventions in personality disorder and complex trauma-related disorders – consumer experiences, and impacts on clinical outcomes and mental health service key performance indicators Clodagh Ross-Hamid
26 Refugee specific suicide prevention training’ Maria Cassaniti
27 Effectiveness of transdiagnostic group cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in a naturalistic clinical setting Michlle Jiang, Evelyn Kandris, Yasmeen El-Masry
28 Health and Wellbeing Survey of Forensic Patients in New South Wales, Australia Dr Daria Korobanova
29 Assessment of Health Research Capacity in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD): A Study on Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Carolyn A Fozzard
30 Recovery in Mental Health-A
Community Based Wellness
Group Model
Suman Tyagi
31 Purchasing Power and Self-Determination: Social Worker Perspectives Charlotte Bailey
32 The impact of co-location employment partnerships within the Australian mental health service and policy context: A systematic review’ - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/inm.13007 Sue Mallick
33 Aligned - An Australian Multicentre Double-Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial of Genotype-guided versus Standard Psychotropic Therapy in Moderately-to-Severely Depressed Patients Initiating Pharmacotherapy Prof Anthony Harris
34 The psychological impact of discrimination in the postpartum period Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
35 What are the characteristics of delusions and how do they change? Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
36 Pathophysiological decision-making in OCD: a internet-based investigation Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
37 Developing Novel Approaches to Assessing Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms using more objective Neurophysiological Measures Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
38 Symptom based subtypes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
39 A phase II randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled parallel group trial to examine the efficacy and safety of BI 425809 once daily with adjunctive Computerized Cognitive Training over 12 week treatment period in patients with schizophrenia Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
40 Evaluating the effectiveness of joint specialist case conferences in improving diabetes control in patients with schizophrenia on clozapine. Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
41 Evaluating the patient characteristics, clinic characteristics and outcomes of a new service for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCD). Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
42 Mental Health Pathways in Practice: Evaluation of a state-wide mental health capability enhancement program for nursing and allied health staff in NSW. Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
43 Suicide prevention within the Blacktown Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
44 Evaluation of the Mental Health - Community Living Supports for Refugees (MH-CLSR) program Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
45 Identifying primary mental health care referral trajectories to reduce acute mental health related outcomes and intentional self-harm. Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
46 Effects of a specific psychotropic combination on prolonged tranquilization and seclusion rates. Prof Vlasios Brakoulias
47 Suicide prevention within the Blacktown Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community Prof Vlasios Brakoulias