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Peer-reviewed empirical papers
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Van Rheenen TE, Cotton SM., Dandash O, Cooper RE, Ringin E, Daglas R, Allot K, Fornito A, Macneil C, Hasty M, Hallam K, Suo C, McGorry P, Yücel M, Pantelis C and Berk M. (2023) Increased cortical surface area but not altered cortical thickness or gyrification in bipolar disorder following stabilisation from a first episode of mania. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 122: 110687. Download here

​Hasse-Sousa, M., Martins, D. S., Petry-Perin, C., de Britto, M. J. S., Remus, I. B., de Oliveira Lapa, C., Reckziegel, R. d. F. X., de Sales, S. C., de Jesus, L. S., & Philippsen, M. Massuda R, Van Rheenen TE, Severino-Gama C, Sanguuinetti Czepielewski L. (2023). The role of semantic clustering in the relationship between verbal memory and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Possible distinct cognitive pathway compared to healthy controls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 320, 330-339.

Gogos A, Son J, Rossell SL, Karantonis J, Furlong L, Felmingham K, Van Rheenen TE.(2023) Characterisation of sex differences in verbal and visual learning/memory in bipolar disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: 29: 12-23

Van Rheenen TE, Ringin E, Karantonis  JA, Furlong L, Bozaoglu K, Rossell SL, Berk M, Balanzá-Martínez V. (2022) A preliminary investigation of the clinical and cognitive correlates of circulating vitamin D in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research. Download here

​Dean B, Thomas EHX, Bozaoglu K, Tan EJ, Van Rheenen TE, Neill E, Sumner PJ, Carruthers SP, Scarr E, Rossell SL, Gurvich C (2022). Evidence that a working memory cognitive phenotype within schizophrenia has a unique underlying biology. Psychiatry Research. 

Ringin E., Dunstan DW., McIntyre, R, Berk M., Owen N, Rossell SL., Van Rheenen TE (2022) Interactive relationships of Type 2 diabetes and bipolar disorder with cognition: evidence of putative premature cognitive ageing in the UK Biobank Cohort. Neuropsychopharmacology

Ringin E., Meyer D., Neill E., Phillipou A., Tan EJ., Toh WL, Sumner PJ., Owen N., Hallgren M., Dunstand D., Rossell SL., Van Rheenen TE (2022)  Psychological-health correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour during the COVID pandemic. Mental Health and Physical Activity

Meyer D, Van Rheenen TE, Neill E, Phillipou A., Tan E, Toh WL, Rossell SL.(2022) Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic: an examination of adaptive coping strategies. Heliyon, e09508

Gurvich C, Thomas N, Hudaib A-R, Van Rheenen TE, Thomas E, Tan EJ, Neill E, Carruthers SP, Sumner PJ, Romano-Silva M, Bozaoglu K, Kulkarni J, Rossell SL. The relationship between cognitive clusters and telomere length in bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychological Medicine. 3:1-8

Patel Y, Shin J, ENIGMA working groups, Pausova Z, Thompson P & Paus T. (2022) Virtual ontogeny of cortical growth preceding mental illness, Biological Psychiatry. 92: 299-313.

Van Rheenen TE, Miskowiak K., Karantonis J, Furlong L., Murray G., Rossell S.L. (2022). Understanding familial liability for emotion regulation difficulties in bipolar disorder.  Psychological Medicine. 52: 2614-2621. Download here 

Furlong L S., Rossell, SL, Karantonis JA, Cropley VL,  Hughes M and Van Rheenen TE (2022). Characterization of facial emotion recognition in bipolar disorder: Focus on emotion mislabelling and neutral expressions. Journal of Neuropsychology. 16: 353-372. Download here

Carruthers SP, Rossell SL, Murray G, Karantonis JA, Furlong LS, and Van Rheenen TE (2022). Mindfulness, mood symptom tendencies and quality of life in bipolar disorder: An examination of the mediating influence of emotion regulation difficulties. Journal of Affective Disorders 298: 166-172. Download here

Toh, W. L., Sumner, P. J., Meyer, D., Neill, E., Phillipou, A., Tan, E. J., Van Rheenen T.E. Rossell, S. L. (2022). Investigating predictors contributing to the expression of schizotypy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 150, 231-236. Download here

Lemvigh, C. K., Karantonis, J. A., Furlong, L. S., Carruthers, S. P., Pantelis, C., Rossell, S. L., & Van Rheenen, T. E. (2022). Characterization and interrelationships of theory of mind, socially competitive emotions and affective empathy in bipolar disorder. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 61(1):76-92 Download here

Gaillard A, Tan EJ, Carruthers SP, Gurvich C, Hughes ME, Neill E, Sumner PJ. Van Rheenen TE, Rossell SL. (2022) The influence of sex on the relationship between schizotypy factors and executive control across the schizophrenia spectrum. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 148, 325-331

Wang Y, Braam E, Wannan C, Van Rheenen TE, Chan RCK, Nelson B, McGorry PD, Yung AR, Lin A, Brewer WJ, Koutsogiannis J, Wood SJ, Velakoulis D, Pantelis C, Cropley VL. (2021). Investigation of Structural Brain Correlates of Neurological Soft Signs in Individuals at Ultra-High-Risk for Psychosis. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience: 271(8): 1475-1485.

Carruthers SP, Lee SJ, Sankaranarayanan A, Sumner P, Toh WL, Tan E, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Gurvich, C. Rossell SL.(2021) Psychosis and Hopelessness Mediate the Relationship Between Reduced Sleep and Suicidal Ideation in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Archives of Suicide Research: 1-18. Download here

Phillipou A., Tan E, Toh WL, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Meyer D, Rossell SL. (2021) Pet ownership and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown. Australian Veterinary Journal. 99(10): 423-426 Download here

Toh, W. L., Meyer, D., Phillipou, A., Tan, E. J., Van Rheenen, T. E., Neill, E., & Rossell, S. L. (2021). Mental health status of healthcare versus other essential workers in Australia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial results from the COLLATE project. Psychiatry Research 298, 113822. Download here

Ringin E., Cropley V., Zalesky A, Bruggemann J., Sundram S, Shannon Weickert C, Weickert TW, Bousman C, Pantelis C., Van Rheenen TE. (2021). The impact of smoking status on cognition and brain morphology in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychological Medicine. 1-19 Download here

Karantonis, J. A., Rossell, S. L., Berk, M., Van Rheenen, T. E. (2021). The mental health and lifestyle impacts of COVID-19 on bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 282, 442-447 Download here

Karantonis J, Rossell S.L, Carruthers S, Sumner P, Hughes M, Green MJ, Pantelis C, Burdick K.E, Cropley V, Van Rheenen TE. (2021). Brain morphology does not clearly map to cognition on the bipolar-schizophrenia-spectrum? A cross-diagnostic study of cognitive subgroups. Journal of Affective Disorders. 281, 776-785 ​Download here

Yolland CO, Carruthers SP, Toh WL, Neill E, Sumner PJ, Thomas EH, Tan EJ, Gurvich C, Phillipou A, Van Rheenen TE, Rossell SL. (2021). The Relationship between Negative Symptoms and Both Emotion Management and Non-social Cognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.​ 27(9): 916-928 Download here

Ribera C, Vidal-Rubio SLL, Romeu-Climent JE, Vila-Francés J, Van Rheenen TE, Balanzá-Martínez V. Cognitive impairment and consumption of health resources in outpatients with bipolar disorder (2021). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 138: 535-540
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Rossell, S. L., Neill, E., Phillipou, A., Tan, E. J., Toh, W. L., Van Rheenen, T. E., & Meyer, D. (2021). An overview of current mental health in the general population of Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COLLATE project. Psychiatry Research, 296, 113660. ​​Download here
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Neill E, Meyer D, Toh WL, Van Rheenen TE, Phillipou A, Tan E, Rossell SL. (2020) Alcohol Use in Australia during the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Initial results from the COLLATE project. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 74, 542-549. Download here

Phillipou A., Meyer D., Neill E., Tan EJ., Toh WL, Van Rheenen TE., Rossell SL. Eating and exercise behaviors in eating disorders and the general population during the COVID ‐19 pandemic in Australia: Initial results from the COLLATE project (2020). International Journal of Eating Disorders., 53, 1158-1165. Download here

Van Rheenen TE, Mcintyre RS, Balanzá-Martínez V, Berk M & Rossell SL. (2020) Cumulative Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Triglycerides Differentially Relate to Subdomains of Executive Function in Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 278:556-562. Download here

Van Rheenen TE, Meyer D, Neill E, Phillipou A., Tan E, Toh WL, Rossell SL.(2020). Mental health status of individuals with a mood-disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia: Initial Results from the COLLATE Project. Journal of Affective Disorders, 275, 69-77. Download here

Van Rheenen TE, Cropley V, Fagerlund B, Wannan C, Bruggemann J, Lenroot RK, et al. (2020) Cognitive reserve attenuates age-related cognitive decline in the context of putatively accelerated brain ageing in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Psychological Medicine. 50, 1475-1489. Download here
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Toh WL, Tan EJ, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Gurvich C, Sumner PJ, Carruthers SP, Thomas EHX & Rossell S.L. (2020). Identifying the cognitive underpinnings of voice-hearing by comparing never, past and current voice-hearers. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 141, 553-562. Download here

Karantonis J, Rossell S.L, Carruthers S, Sumner P, Hughes M, Green MJ, Pantelis C, Burdick K.E, Cropley V, 
Van Rheenen TE. (2020) Cognitive validation of cross-diagnostic cognitive subgroups on the schizophrenia-bipolar spectrum. Journal of Affective Disorders, 266, 710-721. Download here
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​Toh WL, Gurvich C, Thomas N, Tan EJ, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Sumner PJ, Carruthers SP, Thomas EHX, Hughes ME, Michie PT, Rossell SL (2020). The influence of gender on emotional aspects of auditory verbal hallucinations. Psychiatry Research, 284:12642
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Wannan MJ., Cropley VL., Chakravarty M. Mallar., Van Rheenen T.E., Mancuso, S. Bousman, C., Everall, I., McGorry P., Pantelis C., Bartholomeusz CF. (2019). Hippocampal subfields and visuospatial associative memory across stages of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder., 49, 2452-2462,  Psychological Medicine. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718003458. Download here

Carruthers, S. P.... Van Rheenen, T.E. and Rossell, S.L. (2019). Exploring Heterogeneity on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Cluster Analytical Investigation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25, 750-760. Download here

Bauer, IE. Suchting, R; Van Rheenen, TE, Wu M-J, Mwangi B, Spiker D, Zunta-Soares G, Soares J. (2019) The use of component-wise gradient boosting to assess the possible role of cognitive measures as markers of vulnerability to pediatric bipolar disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 24 93-107. Download here.

Carruthers, S. P., Cropley, V., Bousman, C., Everall, I. P., Neill, E., Pantelis, C., Sumner PJ, Tan EJ, Bozaoglu K, Thomas EHX, Van Rheenen TE, Gurvich CT, Rossell SL (2019). The effects of a muscarinic receptor 1 gene variant on executive and non-executive cognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research, 273, 178-180. Download here

Thomas EH, Rossell SL, Tan EJ, Neill E, Van Rheenen TE, Carruthers SP, et al. (2019) Do schizotypy dimensions reflect the symptoms of schizophrenia? Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 53: 236-2470(0):0004867418769746. Download here

Hoffmann C, Van Rheenen TE[1], Mancuso SG, et al. (2018). Exploring the moderating effects of dopaminergic polymorphisms and childhood adversity on brain morphology in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 281:61-68. Download here

Van Rheenen, T.E. (2018). Commentary on ‘Methodological Recommendations for Cognition Trials in Bipolar Disorder by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force’. Bipolar Disorders. 20(1):72-73.

Van Rheenen, TE., Cropley, V., Zalesky, A., Bousman, C., Wells,R., Bruggemann, J., Sundram, S., Weinberg, D., Lenroot, RK., Pereira, A., Shannon Weickert, C., Weickert, TW., Pantelis, P. (2018). Widespread Volumetric Reductions in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Patients Displaying Compromised Cognitive Abilities, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(3):560-574. Download here

​Dean OM, Gliddon E, Van Rheenen TE, Giorlando F, Davidson SK, Kaur M, et al. (2018)An update on adjunctive treatment options for bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 20(2):87-96. Download here

Calafiore, D., Rossell, S.L., Van Rheenen, T.E. (2018) Cognitive abilities in first-degree relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder. J. Affect. Disord. 225, 147-152. Download here

Wannan MJ., Bartholomeusz CF., Cropley VL., Van Rheenen T.E., Panayiotou A., Brewer WJ., Proffitt TM., Henry L., Harris MG., Velakoulis D., McGorry P., Pantelis C., Wood SJ.  (2018). Deterioration of Visuospatial Associative Memory Following a First Psychotic Episode: A Long-term Follow-up Study. Psychological Medicine. 48, 132-41. Download here

Russo M. Van Rheenen T.E, Shanahan M, Mahon K., Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, M, Cuesta-Diaz, A; Malhotra AK & Burdick, KE. (2017). Neurocognitive subtypes in patients with bipolar disorder and their unaffected siblings. Psychological Medicine. 47, 
2892-2905

Van Rheenen T.E., Lewandowski KE., Tan, E., Ospina, L., Ongur D, Malhotra A., Neill, E, Gurvich, E., Pantelis, C., Rossell SL., Burdick KE. (2017). Characterizing cognitive heterogeneity on the schizophrenia – bipolar spectrum.  Psychological Medicine. 1-17. Download here

Van Rheenen, T.E[1], Joshua, N., Rossell, S.L. & Castle, D. (2017) Configural and featural face processing influences on emotion recognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Journal of the international neuropsychological society. 23, 287-291 . Download here

Joshua, N., Van Rheenen, T.E[1], Rossell, S.L. & Castle, D. (2016). Taking it at ‘face value’: the use of face processing strategies in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22. Download here

Van Rheenen, T.E., Bryce, S., Tan, E., Neill, E., Gurvich, C., Louise, S., & Rossell, SL (2016). Does cognitive performance map to categorical diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder? A discriminant functions analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 192:109-115. Download here

Van Rheenen, T. E. Murray, G., & Rossell, S. L. (2015). Emotion regulation in bipolar disorder: profile and utility in predicting trait mania and depression propensity. Psychiatry Research 225, 425-432​

Louise, S., Gurvich, C., Neill, E., Tan, E., Van Rheenen, T.E., & Rossell, SL (2015) Schizotypal traits are associated with poorer executive functioning in healthy adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6;79

Kulkarni J., Gavrilidis E., Wang, W., Worsley, R., Fitzgerald, P.B., Gurvich, C., Van Rheenen, T.E., Berk, M. and Burger, H. (2015). Estradiol for treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a large scale randomized controlled trial in women of child bearing age. Molecular Psychiatry, 20, 695-702   

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). An investigation of the component processes involved in verbal declarative memory function in bipolar disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20, 727-735

Van Rheenen, T. E. Meyer, D., & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Pathways between neurocognition, social cognition and emotion regulation in bipolar disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 130,397-405

Van Rheenen, T.E. and. Rossell, S.L., (2014). An Empirical Evaluation of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery in Bipolar Disorder.  Bipolar Disorders, 16, 318-325

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Let’s face it: facial emotion processing is impaired in bipolar disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20, 200-208
   
Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Multimodal emotion integration in bipolar disorder: an investigation of involuntary cross-modal influences between facial and prosodic channels. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20, 1–9

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Objective and subjective psychosocial functioning in bipolar disorder: an investigation of the relative importance of neurocognition, social cognition and emotion regulation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 162, 134–141

Kulkarni, J., Berk, M., Wang, W., Mu, L., Scarr, E.,  Van Rheenen, T.E., Worsley, R., Gurvich, C., Gavrilidis, G., De Castella, A., Fitzgerald, P., Davis, S.R. (2014). A Four Week Randomized Control Trial of Medroxyprogesterone, and Tamoxifen in Women with Mania. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 43, 52-61

Rossell, S.L., Van Rheenen, T.E., Joshua, N.R., O’Regan, A., and Gogos, A. (2014). Investigating facial affect processing in psychosis: A study using the Comprehensive Affective Testing System. Schizophrenia Research, 157(1-3):55-9

Reynolds, M.T., Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Theory of Mind in First Degree Relatives of Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 219, 400-402

Kulkarni, J., Worsley, R., Gilbert, H., Gavrilidis, E., Van Rheenen, T.E., Wang, W., McCauley, K., Fitzgerald, P. (2014). A prospective cohort study of antipsychotic medications in pregnancy: the first 147 pregnancies and 100 one year old babies. PLoS ONE, 9, 1-6

Kulkarni, J., Gavrilidis, E., Lee S., Van Rheenen, T.E., Grigg, J., Hayes, E., Lee A., Ong, R., Seeary, A., Andersen, S., Worsley, R., Keppich-Arnold, S., Stafrace, S., (2014).  Establishing female only areas in psychiatry wards to improve safety and quality of care for women. Australasian Psychiatry, 22, 551-556

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2013). Picture Sequencing Task Performance Indicates Theory of Mind Deficit in Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, 1132-1134

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2013). Auditory-prosodic processing in bipolar disorder; from sensory perception to emotion. Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, 1102-1107

Rossell, S.L., and Van Rheenen, T.E. (2013). Theory of mind performance using a story comprehension task in bipolar mania compared to schizophrenia and healthy controls. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 18, 409-421

Rossell, S.L., Van Rheenen, T.E., Groot, C., Gogos, A., & Joshua, N.R. (2013).  Investigating affective prosody in psychosis: A study using the Comprehensive Affective Testing System. Psychiatry Research, 210, 896-900
 
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Peer-reviewed reviews
Miskowiak KW, Yalin N, Seeberg I, Burdick KE, Balanza Martinez-V, del Mar Bonnin C, Bowie CR, Carvalho AF, Dolls A, Douglas K, Gallagher P, Hasler G, Kessing LV, Lafer B, Lewandowski KE, López‐Jaramillo C, Martinez‐Aran A, McIntyre RS, Porter RJ, Purdon S, Schaffer A, Sumiyoshi T, Torres IJ, Van Rheenen TE, Yatham LN, Young AH, Vieta E., Stokes P. (2022) Can magnetic resonance imaging enhance the assessment of potential new treatments for cognitive impairment in mood disorders? A systematic review and position paper by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force. Bipolar Disorders. 24: 615-636

Miskowiak KW, Seeberg I, Jensen MB, del Mar Bonnin C, Bowie CR, Carvalho AF, Dolls A, Douglas K, Gallagher P, Hasler G, Lafer B, Lewandowski KE, López‐Jaramillo C, Martinez‐Aran A, McIntyre RS, Porter RJ, Purdon S, Schaffer A, Stokes P, Sumiyoshi T, Torres IJ, Van Rheenen TE, Yatham LN, Young AH, Kessing LV, Burdick KE, Vieta E. (2022) Randomised controlled cognition trials in remitted patients with mood disorders published between 2015-2021: A systematic review by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force. Bipolar Disorders. 24: 354-374

Karantonis, J. A., S. P. Carruthers, K. E. Burdick, C. Pantelis, M. Green, S. L. Rossell, M. E. Hughes, V. Cropley and T. E. Van Rheenen (2022). Brain Morphological Characteristics of Cognitive Subgroups of Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders and Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis. Neuropsychology Review. doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09533-0. Download here

Carruthers S P,  Van Rheenen TE, Karantonis JA and Rossell SL (2021). Characterising Demographic, Clinical and Functional Features of Cognitive Subgroups in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychology Review: 1-21. Download here

Karantonis J, Carruthers SP, Rossell SL, Hughes M, Wannan C, Pantelis C, Cropley V and Van Rheenen TE. (2021) Systematic review of cognition – brain morphology relationships on the schizophrenia – bipolar disorder spectrum. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47, 1557-1600. ​Download here

Ravanfar, P., Loi, S. M., Syeda, W. T., Van Rheenen, T. E., Bush, A. I., Desmond, P., Cropley, V. L., Lane, D. J. R., Opazo, C. M., Moffat, B. A., Velakoulis, D. & Pantelis, C. (2021). Systematic Review: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) of Brain Iron Profile in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15(41). Download here

Furlong L, Rossell SL, Caruana G, Cropley V, Hughes M, Van Rheenen TE. (2021). The activity and connectivity of the facial emotion processing neural circuitry in bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279: 518-548. Download here

Gill H, Lipsitz O., El-Halabi S., Rosenblat JD., Rodrigues NB., Mansur RB., Chen-Li D., Majeed A., Van Rheenen TE., Lui LMW. Nasri F, McIntyre RS. (2020). Antidepressant Medications and weight change: A Narrative Review. Obesity, 28: 2064-2072. Download here
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Williams J, Huggins C, Zupan B, Willis M, Van Rheenen TE, Sato W, Palermo R, Ortner C, Krippl M, Kret M, Dickson J, Li C-S, Lowe L. (2020) A sensorimotor control framework for understanding affective language related to action. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 112, 503-518. Download here​

​Van Rheenen TE, Lewandowski KE, Bauer IE, Kapczinski F, Miskowiak K, Burdick KE, et al. (2020) Current understandings of the trajectory and emerging correlates of cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder: an overview of evidence. Bipolar disorders, 22:13–27. Download here

Carruthers SP, Van Rheenen TE, 
Gurvich C, Sumner PJ, Rossell SL. (2020) Characterising the structure of cognitive heterogeneity in schizophrenia spectrum disorders—A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 107, 252-2. Download here

Miskowiak K, Seeberg I, Kjærstad H, Burdick K, Martinez-Arán, A, Bonnin C, Bowie C, Carvalho A, Gallagher P, Hasler G, Lafer B, López-Jaramillo C, Sumiyoshi T, McIntyre R, Schaffer A, Porter R, Purdon S, Torres I, Yatham L, Young AH, Kessing L, 
Van Rheenen TE, Vieta E. (2019). Affective cognition in bipolar disorder: A systematic review by the ISBD targeting cognition task force. Bipolar Disorders. 21, 686-719
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Gogos, A., Ney, L. J., Seymour, N., Van Rheenen, T. E., & Felmingham, K. L. (2019). Sex differences in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and PTSD: Are gonadal hormones the link? British Journal of Pharmacology, 176, 4119-4135, DOI: 10.1111/bph.14584 Download here
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Van Rheenen TE, Lewandowski, K.E, Lipschitz J.M, Burdick K.E. (2019) Conducting Clinical Studies Targeting Cognition in Psychiatry: Guiding Principles and Design. CNS Spectrums, 24:16-21. Download here

Dean, O.M, Gliddon, E., Van Rheenen T.E., Giorlando, F., Davidson, S. K, Kaur, M., Ngo, T., & Williams, L.J. (2018). An update on adjunctive treatment options for bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 20:87-96

Douglas, K., & Van Rheenen, T.E. (2016). Current treatment options for cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder; a review. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 1-26. Download here

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2014). Phenomenological predictors of psychosocial function in bipolar disorder: is there evidence that social cognitive and emotion regulation abnormalities contribute? Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 48, 26-35

Van Rheenen, T. E., & Rossell, S. L. (2013). Genetic and neurocognitive foundations of emotion abnormalities in bipolar disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 18:168-207

Van Rheenen, T. E. & Rossell, S. L. (2013). Is the nonverbal behavioural emotion processing profile of bipolar disorder impaired? A critical review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,128, 163-178 

Kulkarni, J., Gavrilidis, E., Worsley, R., Van Rheenen, T.E., and Hayes, E.H (2013). The Role of Estrogen in the Treatment of Men with Schizophrenia. International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 11, 129-136


Book chapters
Van Rheenen TE, Ganella EP, Bauer IE, Bartholomeusz CF. Characterization of social cognitive deficits on the schizophrenia-bipolar disorder spectrum: An overview of current evidence. In: Lewandowski KE, Moustafa AA, editors. Social Cognition in Psychosis. 1 ed: Elsevier; 2019. 
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Louise, S., Gurvich, C., Neill, E., Tan, E., Van Rheenen, T.E., & Rossell, SL (2015). Schizotypal traits are associated with poorer executive functioning in healthy adults. In: Gurvich C, Rossell SL, eds. Cognition across the Psychiatric Disorder Spectrum: From mental health to clinical diagnosis: Frontiers Media SA; 2015. p. 46-53.

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Peer reviewed commentaries, editorials, viewpoints and letters

Huber RS, Douglas KM, Sperry SH, Gomes FA, Van Rheenen TE, Xu Ni, Hosang GM (2022) The Early Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Aspirations and Goals. Bipolar Disorders; 24:781-783

Van Rheenen TE and O’Neill A. What can lifestyle factors tell us about cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology
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Van Rheenen T. E., Miskowiak K., & Burdick K. E. (2021). Recognising the relevance of cognitive dysfunction in the clinical management of bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders. Download here

Toh WL, Neill E, Phillipou A., Tan E, Van Rheenen TE, Meyer D, Rossell SL. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related symptoms amidst the COVID-19 outbreak: Results from the COLLATE project. (in press). Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Download here

Tan E, Meyer D, Neill E, Phillipou A, Toh WL, Van Rheenen TE, Rossell SL. (2020). Considerations for assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 54 (11), 1067-1070. Download here

Allott K., and Van Rheenen, TE. (2020) The complexities of understanding cognitive trajectory in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders. 22, 534-535

Panayiotou A, Wood S, Stainton, A, Van Rheenen TE, Allot K, Pantelis C (2020). Failing to gain – another explanation of cognitive change in schizophrenia and other psychoses in the decade following the first episode. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 354

Burdick, K. E., Lewandowski, K. E., & Van Rheenen, T. E. (2020) Entering the debate: Cognitive enhancement therapy for mood disorders: A new paradigm? Bipolar Disorders,  22:305–306
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Burdick, K; Millett, C; Bonnin, C; Bowie, C; Carvalho, A; Eyler, L; Gallagher, P; Harvey, P; Kessing, L; Lafer, B; Langenecker, S; Lewandowski, K; López-Jaramillo, C; Marshall, D; Martinez-Aran, A; McInnis, M; McIntyre, R; Miskowiak, K; Porter, R; Purdon, S; Ryan, K; Sumiyoshi, T; Torres, I; Van Rheenen, TE; Vieta, E; Woodward, N; Yatham, L; Young, A. (2019). The International Consortium Investigating Neurocognition in Bipolar Disorder (ICONIC-BD). Bipolar Disorders, 21, 6-10,  doi: 10.1111/bdi.12748 . Download here

Van Rheenen, T.E. (2018). Commentary on ‘Methodological Recommendations for Cognition Trials in Bipolar Disorder by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force’. Bipolar Disorders, 20: 72-73 

Van Rheenen, T.E. and Rossell, S.L. (2016) Facial emotion recognition impairments in bipolar disorder. A cognitive problem? Letter to the Editor. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22; 583-585. Download here

Gurvich, C., Neill E., Van Rheenen, T.E., Louise S., Bozaoglu K., Rossell, S.L., (2016). The dopamine D1 receptor gene is associated with and schizotypy in a non-clinical sample. Psychiatry Research, 235, 213-214

Van Rheenen, T. E., Davidson, S. K, Giorlando, F., Gliddon, E., and Dean, O.M., (2015). Fostering Early-Mid Career Research in Affective Disorders: The Australasian Society of Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Early-Mid Career Researcher Sub-Committee. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49:387-8


[1] Indicates joint first author

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Associate Professor | Dame Kate Campbell Fellow
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre
Level 3, 161 Barry St
Carlton, Vic, Australia, 3053
E: tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au

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