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Research InterestsScientia Professor Philip Mitchell | | (Position Details) | | Phone 02 9382 3711 | | Email | | Qualifications MB BS Syd, MD UNSW, FRCPsych, FRANZCP |
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| School of Psychiatry | | http://psych.med.unsw.edu.au/
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| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Genetics - Genome Analysis
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| Clinical Pharmacology
Genome search
Psychiatry
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
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| | | | Research Interests | |
| "High risk" longitudinal study of young people at genetic risk for bipolar disorder. Molecular genetics of bipolar disorder. Treatment of bipolar disorder - psychological and pharmacological. Phenomenology of bipolar depression. Transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct current stimulation as treatments for depression and other psychiatric disorders.
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Bipolar Disorder
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| Bipolar disorder
Depression | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)
Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research
CINP
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
Mental Health Association (NSW)
Society of Biological Psychiatry (US)
International Society for Psychiatric Genetics
Chair, NSW Mental Health Priority Taskforce
Editorial Board, "Psychiatric Genetics", "CNS Drugs", "Medicine Today" | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| NHMRC
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund | |
| | | | Other Postgraduate Research | |
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| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| 1. * Adams, L.J., Mitchell, P.B., Fielder, S.L., Rosso, A., Donald, J.A., Schofield,P.R. (1998) A susceptibility locus for bipolar affective disorder on chromosome 4q35. American Journal of Human Genetics 62: 1084-1091.
2. * Austin, M-P., Mitchell, P., Goodwin, G. (2001) Cognitive deficits in
depression: Possible implications for functional neuropathology. British Journal of Psychiatry. 178: 200-206.
3. Hall, W., Mant, A., Mitchell, P.B., Rendle, V., Hickie, I., McManus, P. (2003). Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia between 1991 and 2000: trend analysis. British Medical Journal 326:1008-1011.
4. * Loo, C., Mitchell, P., Sachdev, P., McDarmont, B., Parker, G., Gandevia, S. (1999) Double-blind controlled investigation of transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of resistant major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry 156(6):946-948.
5. * Mitchell, P.B., Malhi, G.S. (2002) The expanding pharmacopoeia for bipolar disorder. Annual Review of Medicine 53: 173-188.
6. * Mitchell, P., Manji, H., Chen, G., Jolkovsky, E., Smith-Jackson E., Denicoff, K., Schmidt, M., Potter, W. (1997) High levels of Gαs in the platelets of euthymic bipolar affective disorder patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154:218-223.
7. * Mitchell, P.B., Slade, T., Andrews, G. (2004) Twelve-month prevalence and disability of DSM-IV bipolar disorder in an Australian general population survey. Psychological Medicine 34:777-785.
8. * Mitchell, P., Smythe, G. (1990) Hormonal responses to fenfluramine in
depressed and control subjects. Journal of Affective Disorders 19: 43-51.
9. * Mitchell, P.B., Wilhelm, K., Parker, G., Austin, M-P., Rutgers, P., Malhi, G. (2001) The clinical features of bipolar depression: a comparison with matched major depressive disorder patients. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 62:212-216.
10. * Wilhelm, K., Mitchell, P.B., Niven, H., Finch, A., Wedgwood, L., Scimone, A., Blair, I.P., Parker, G., Schofield, P.R. (2006) Life events, first depression onset, and the serotonin transporter gene. British Journal of Psychiatry 188: 210-215.
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