Professor of Youth Mental Health & Neurobiology, Thompson Institute. Views expressed are my own. PI of the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study:
Joined February 2018
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Would very much value your feedback on this preprint @LMWilliams_PhD - should cortical shape / geometric eigenmodes be utilised in precision psychiatry?
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Could developing uniqueness of cortical 🧠 shape predict mental health outcomes?
Our brain fingerprinting study (613 scans, 116 adolescents) found ⬇️cortical uniqueness is associated with ⬆️psychological distress &⬇️wellbeing, current & future. Preprint:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Could developing uniqueness of cortical 🧠 shape predict mental health outcomes?
Our brain fingerprinting study (613 scans, 116 adolescents) found ⬇️cortical uniqueness is associated with ⬆️psychological distress &⬇️wellbeing, current & future. Preprint:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Increased metabolic risk in young people with emerging mood disorders and circadian rhythm disruption. | Cambridge Open Engage - bit.ly/4cbTgXU Sharing emerging results through @CUP_RDirections platform. Risks to cardiovascular disease deserving of early intervention
We utilised a high dimensional, longitudinal dataset from N=166 adolescents. We found that 6 polysymptomatic mental health ‘states’ emerge early & are pluripotential, with transitory trajectories. Please read the preprint, add any feedback you may have:
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Latest work on how fMRI could be used to identify clinical biotypes of depression. Collaborative work led by @LeonardoTozzi1 @LMWilliams_PhD @Stanford_PMHW and other colleagues tagged below – at Sydney, New South Wales
In a #transdiagnostic sample of unmedicated individuals, a new study uses functional MRI (fMRI) & machine learning algorithms to recognize clinically distinct biotypes in #depression. Results lead to improved treatment precision; doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-0… @LeonardoTozzi1
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My first of many papers on the use of systems thinking methods in mental health - this one is on help-seeking for self-harm in young people. Published in Adolescent Research Review: doi.org/10.1007/s40894-024-0…
Big thanks to @usceduau for funding this project!
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#RESEARCH
CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO 40 PERCENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS found in new study from the Matilda Centre, led by Dr @LucyGrummitt.
Full paper in @JAMAPsych: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Reactive vs endogenous depression is a popular but simplistic account of the complexities of depression
See our explainer + study on interplay of genes & stressors in depression
nature.com/articles/s41380-0…
@molpsychiatry @ian_hickie
theconversation.com/we-looke… via @ConversationEDU
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Attention lifespan neuroscientists! Global signal topography differs across age groups. Thought you should know 🧠 @danilobzdok @cately00 @bttyeo @Nathan_Spreng @ImagingNeurosci
Systematic cross-sectional age-associations in global fMRI signal topography direct.mit.edu/imag/article/…
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New paper from the lab by Linn Norbom: Parental education and income are linked to offspring cortical brain structure and psychopathology at 9–11 years - JCPP Advances - Wiley Online Library acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Introducing the Action-Mode Network – AMN. Better late than never! 17 years ago, we clumsily called this the Cingulo-opercular Network (CON) based on its anatomy (we weren’t exactly sure what it does). Now we’ve finally got the evidence to give it the functional name it deserves: the Action-mode Network (AMN). Find our arguments here: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2v… with the peerless Marc Raichle and the brilliant @gordonneuro. 🧵 ↓
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Delighted to be interviewed by @7NewsSC today about our new LABS #research paper as part of their segment on back to school stress with fellow Thompson Institute YMH Postdoc Dr Michelle Kennedy @usceduau @ResearchUSC_AU @DanHermens #youth #mentalhealth
Uni-SC researchers are urging parents to address student stress before they return to the classroom next week. A new study has revealed first year high school students are more prone to psychological distress. 7NEWS.com.au @ha_teya #7NEWS
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🚨Our paper on understanding the temporal dependencies between transdiagnostic mental health and other relevant factors using Bayesian networks.
TLDR: Functioning has temporal effects on suicidality
@MathewVaridel @IanHickie @ProfSallyCripps
bit.ly/3Px75rI
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#Flux2023 Have you heard about our Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study (LABS) on the ☀️ Sunshine Coast yet? Come & chat to me at my poster (#3-B-11) tomorrow! I’m presenting some pilot data for an upcoming 🧠 geometry paper. Would love your 💭 @FluxSociety @DanHermens @usceduau
We celebrated the LABS 5th anniversary this week, with an event to thank the amazing participants.
Great piece by @_asheehan_ about our findings so far:
Brain scans could be key to early detection of mental health issues in young people, researchers say abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/t…
For more details around our ideas on the future application of this, check out this paper:
Brain fingerprinting: A promising future application for predicting me... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
And this Editorial:
How could brain fingerprinting lead to the early detection of mental illness in adolescents and what are the next steps? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Brain fingerprinting: A promising future application for predicting mental illness
@DanHermens, @JimLagopoulos and coauthors.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🎉🧠 Happy 5th b'day LABS 🧠🎉 Event ft. #VR brain tours, #3Dprinting, findings and pt experiences. My passion for neuroscience skyrockets at @usceduau Thompson Inst. 🚀
Honored to contribute with EEG & data crunching! 📊 Kudos to all brainiacs involved! 🌟
#BrainScience #YouthMH – at Sunshine Coast, Queensland
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The Addition of Fish Oil to CBCM for Youth Depression (YoDA-F): pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3735… Despite enthusiasm for dietary supplements, notably Fish Oils, it just didn't work for youth depression. RCTs that matter; @mirandarwolpert @Mental_Elf @niallpboyce @PatMcGorry @IEPAnetwork
