J. McGrath

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

164

Co-Authors

Sulfuric acid and OH concentrations in a boreal forest site (2009)

T. Petäjä, R. L. Mauldin, III, E. Kosciuch, J. McGrath, T. Nieminen, P. Paasonen, ...

As demonstrated in a number of investigations, gaseous sulfuric acid plays a central role in atmospheric aerosol formation. Using chemical ionization mass spectrometer the gas-phase sulfuric acid and...

The prevalence and correlates of hallucinations in Australian adolescents: results from a national survey (2008)

Scott, J., Martin, G., Bor, W., Sawyer, D., Clark, J., McGrath, J.

There is an emerging interest in children and adolescents who have hallucinations and other psychotic-like experiences to enable identification of those potentially at risk for schizophrenia in...

Sulfuric acid and OH concentrations in a boreal forest site (2008)

T. Petäjä, R. L. Mauldin, III, E. Kosciuch, J. McGrath, T. Nieminen, M. Boy, ...

As demonstrated in a number of investigations, gaseous sulfuric acid plays a central role in atmospheric aerosol formation. Using chemical ionization mass spectrometer the gas-phase sulfuric acid and...

First results on double beta decay modes of Cd, Te and Zn isotopes with the COBRA experiment (2007)

Boston, A., Dawson, J., Dobos, D., Fox, S. P., Freer, M., ...

Four 1cm^3 CdZnTe semiconductor detectors were operated in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory to explore the feasibility of such devices for double beta decay searches as proposed for the COBRA...

Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters brain protein expression in the adult rat: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders (2007)

Almeras, L., Eyles, D., Benech, P., Laffite, D., Villard, C., Patatian, A., ...

An increased risk for multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia is observed at increasing latitude and in patients born in winter or spring. To explore a possible link between maternal vitamin D...

Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters the expression of genes encoding mitochondrial, cytoskeletal and synaptic proteins in the adult rat brain (2007)

Eyles, D., Almeras, L., Benech, P., Patatian, A., Mackay-Sim, Alan, McGrath, J., ...

Epidemiology has highlighted the links between season of birth, latitude and the prevalence of brain disorders such as multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. In line with these data, we have...

Psychotic-like experiences in the general community: The correlates of CIDI psychosis screen items in an Australian sample (2006)

Scott, J, Chant, D, Andrews, G, McGrath, J

Background. Apart from individuals with clinical psychosis, community surveys have shown that many otherwise well individuals endorse items designed to identify psychosis. The aim of this study was...

Incidence of schizophrenia does not vary with economic status of the country (2006)

Saha, S, Welham, J, Chant, D, McGrath, J

Background A recent systematic review found that the prevalence of schizophrenia was lower in developing nations compared to developed nations. However, there is a lack of information about the...

Risk factors for schizophrenia. Follow-up data from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study (2006)

Isohanni, M., Miettunen, J., Maki, P., Murray, G. K., Ridler, K., Lauronen, E., ...

This paper updates single risk factors identified by the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study up to the end of year 2001 or age 34. Impaired performance (e.g., delayed motor or intellectual...

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years (2005)

McGrath, J, Mowry, B, Whiteford, H.

Objective: To reflect on the establishment and evolution of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Method: Narrative historical review. Results: First established as an inpatient research...

Seasonal Fluctuations in Birth Weight and Neonatal Limb Length: Does Prenatal Vitamin D Influence Neonatal Size and Shape? (2005)

McGrath, J., Keeping, D., Saha, S., Chant, D., Lieberman, D., O'Callaghan, M.

Background Birth weight is known to fluctuate with season of birth, however, there is little information about seasonal variation in neonatal anthropometric measures. Aims The aim of this study was...

Seasonal Fluctuations in Birth Weight and Neonatal Limb Length: Does Prenatal Vitamin D Influence Neonatal Size and Shape? (2005)

McGrath, J., Keeping, D., Saha, S., Chant, D., Lieberman, D., O'Callaghan, M.

Background Birth weight is known to fluctuate with season of birth, however, there is little information about seasonal variation in neonatal anthropometric measures. Aims The aim of this study was...

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders (2005)

McGrath, J

Background: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is co-ordinating the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in psychiatry, funded under the National Mental...

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research: the first 17 years (2005)

McGrath, J, Mowry, B, Whiteford, H.

Objective: To reflect on the establishment and evolution of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Method: Narrative historical review. Results: First established as an inpatient research...

Maintaining and updating semantic context in schizophrenia: an investigation of the effects of multiple remote primes (2004)

Chenery, H. J., Copland, D. A., McGrath, J., Savage, G.

Conflicting findings regarding the ability of people with schizophrenia to maintain and update semantic contexts have been due, arguably, to vagaries within the experimental design employed (e.g....

Correlates of victimisation amongst people with psychosis (2004)

Chapple, B, Chant, D, Nolan, P, Cardy, S, Whiteford, H, McGrath, J.

Background While much attention has been given to the prediction of violent offending behaviour amongst people with psychotic disorders, less attention has been given to the fact that these same...

Maintaining and updating semantic context in schizophrenia: an investigation of the effects of multiple remote primes (2004)

Chenery, H. J., Copland, D. A., McGrath, J., Savage, G.

Conflicting findings regarding the ability of people with schizophrenia to maintain and update semantic contexts have been due, arguably, to vagaries within the experimental design employed (e.g....

Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth cohort study (2004)

McGrath, J, Saari, K, Hakko, H, Jokelainen, J, Jones, P, Jarvelin, MR, ...

Objective: Based on clues from epidemiology and animal experiments, low vitamin D during early life has been proposed as a risk factor for schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to explore the...

Lithium for schizophrenia revisited: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2004)

Leucht, S., Kissling, W., McGrath, J.

Background: Clinicians frequently use lithium to augment antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia. Therefore, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of lithium in the...

Paternal and maternal age as risk factors for psychosis: findings from Denmark, Sweden and Australia (2004)

El-Saadi, O, Pedersen, CB, McNeil, TF, Saha, S, Welham, J, OCallaghan, E, ...

Background: While the association between increased maternal age and congenital disorders has long been recognized, the offspring of older fathers are also at increased risk of congenital disorders...

Paradoxical association between smoking and olfactory identification in psychosis versus controls (2004)

McLean, D, Feron, F, Mackay-Sim, A, McCurdy, R, Hirning, M, Chant, D, ...

Objective: Deficits in olfactory identification have been demonstrated in patients with schizophrenia. This study examined the interaction between smoking and olfactory identification in patients...

Correlates of victimisation amongst people with psychosis (2004)

Chapple, B, Chant, D, Nolan, P, Cardy, S, Whiteford, H, McGrath, J.

Background While much attention has been given to the prediction of violent offending behaviour amongst people with psychotic disorders, less attention has been given to the fact that these same...

CZM applications of argus coastal imaging at the Gold Coast, Australia (2004)

Aarninkhof, S, Dronkers, T, Mcgrath, J

A video-based ARGUS coastal imaging system is being used at the northern Gold Coast, Australia to monitor and quantify the regional-scale coastal response to sand nourishment and construction of the...

Olanzapine vs risperidone in the management of schizophrenia: a randomized double-blind trial in Australia and New Zealand (2003)

Gureje, O, Miles, W, Keks, N, Grainger, D, Lambert, T, McGrath, J, ...

Improved drug therapy for schizophrenia may represent the best strategy for reducing the costs of schizophrenia and the recurrent chronic course of the disease. Olanzapine and risperidone are...

Vitamin D receptor expression in the embryonic rat brain (2003)

Burket, R, McGrath, J, Eyles, D

We are interested in determining whether low maternal vitamin D-3 affects brain development in utero. Whilst the vitamin D receptor (VDR) has been identified in embryonic rat brains, the timing and...

Searching for schizophrenia in ancient Greek and Roman literature: a systematic review (2003)

Evans, K., McGrath, J., Milns, R.

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically examine ancient Roman and Greek texts to identify descriptions of schizophrenia and related disorders. Method: Material from Greek and Roman...

Vitamin D-3 and brain development (2003)

Eyles, D., Brown, J., Mackay-Sim, A., McGrath, J., Feron, F.

Evidence for the presence of the vitamin D receptor in brain implies this vitamin may have some function in this organ. This study investigates whether vitamin D-3 acts during brain development. We...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of Northern Hemisphere season of birth studies in schizophrenia (2003)

Davies, G., Welham, J., Chant, D., Torrey, E. F., McGrath, J.

Based on the epidemiological finding that individuals with schizophrenia tend to be born in winter/spring when compared to the general population, we examined (1) the strength and timing of this...

Searching for schizophrenia in ancient Greek and Roman literature: a systematic review. (2003)

Evans, Katie, McGrath, J., Milns, R.

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically examine ancient Roman and Greek texts to identify descriptions of schizophrenia and related disorders. Method: Material from Greek and Roman...

Vitamin D3 and brain development. (2003)

EYLES, D., BROWN, J., Mackay-Sim, Alan, MCGRATH, J., Feron, Francois

Evidence for the presence of the vitamin D receptor in brain implies this vitamin may have some function in this organ. This study investigates whether vitamin D3 acts during brain development. We...

Substance misuse in patients with schizophrenia: epidemiology and management (2002)

Kavanagh, DJ, McGrath, J, Saunders, JB, Dore, G, Clark, D

Substance misuse in individuals with schizophrenia is very common, especially in young men, in communities where use is frequent and in people receiving inpatient treatment. Problematic use occurs at...

Long-term trends in sunshine duration and its association with schizophrenia birth rates and age at first registration - data from Australia and the Netherlands (2002)

McGrath, J., Selten, J. P., Chant, D.

Back ground. Based on the well-described excess of schizophrenia births in winter and spring, we hypothesised that individuals with schizophrenia (a) would be more likely to be born during periods of...

No significant association between prenatal exposure to poliovirus epidemics and psychosis (2002)

Cahill, M., Chant, D., Welham, J., McGrath, J.

Objective: To examine the association between prenatal exposure to poliovirus infection and later development of schizophrenia or affective psychosis in a Southern Hemisphere psychiatric register....

An on-line investigation of lexical ambiguity processing in schizophrenia (2002)

Copland, D, Chenery, H, Savage, G, McGrath, J

The processing of lexical ambiguity in context was investigated in eight individuals with schizophrenia and a matched control group. Participants made speeded lexical decisions on the third word in...

The 2000 Ogura Lecture: Olfactory neural cells: An untapped diagnostic and therapeutic resource (2002)

Perry, C., Mackay-Sim, A., Feron, F., McGrath, J.

Objective. This is an over-view of the cellular biology of upper nasal mucosal cells that have special characteristics that enable them to be used to diagnose and study congenital neurological...

Carbamazepine augmentation for schizophrenia: How good is the evidence? (2002)

Leucht, S., McGrath, J., White, P., Kissling, W.

Background: Augmentation strategies in schizophrenia treatment remain an important issue because despite the introduction of several new antipsychotics, many patients remain treatment resistant. The...

Seasonality of first admissions for schizophrenia in the Southern Hemisphere (2000)

Davies, G., Ahmad, F., Chant, D., Welham, J., McGrath, J.

Northern Hemisphere studies of first admissions for schizophrenia have shown an excess of summer admissions (June, July and August) compared to other times of the year. The within-year fluctuations...

Heterogeneity in schizophrenia; mixture modelling of age-at-first-admission, gender and diagnosis (2000)

Welham, J, McLachlan, G, Davies, G, McGrath, J

Objective: Identifying and explaining sources of heterogeneity in schizophrenia would help elucidate its aetiology and course. In this paper we examine heterogeneity in terms of...

Psychotic disorders in urban areas: an overview of the Study on Low Prevalence Disorders (2000)

Jablensky, A, McGrath, J, Herrman, H, Castle, D, Gureje, O, Evans, M, ...

Objective: This paper reports on a study designed within the framework of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing to: estimate the prevalence of psychoses in urban areas of Australia;...

Universal interventions for the primary prevention of schizophrenia (2000)

McGrath, J

Objective: To speculate on the role of universal (population-based) interventions designed to prevent schizophrenia. Method: A nonsystematic review of candidate risk factors for schizophrenia, with...

Predicting the revolving door phenomenon among patients with schizophrenic, affective disorders and non-organic psychoses (2000)

Gastal, FL, Andreoli, SB, Quintana, MIS, Gameiro, MA, Leite, SO, McGrath, J

Objective The aim of the study was to identify the variables that predict the revolving door phenomenon in psychiatric hospital at the moment of a second admission. Methods The sample consisted of...

Awareness and unawareness of thought disorder (2000)

McGrath, J, Allman, R

Objective: There is little systematic evidence to determine if patients with thought disorder are aware of their impaired communication. Awareness versus unawareness of deficit has important...

A survey of contact with offspring and assistance with child care among parents with psychotic disorders (1999)

Hearle, J., Plant, K., Jenner, L., Barkla, J., McGrath, J.

To help improve services for parents with psychotic disorders, patients with such disorders in three treatment agencies in Queensland, Australia, were surveyed about whether they were parents, how...

Altered adhesion, proliferation and death in neural cultures from adults with schizophrenia (1999)

Feron, F., Perry, C., Hirning, M. H., McGrath, J., Mackay-Sim, A.

The causes of schizophrenia are unknown, but there is evidence linking subtle deviations in neural development with schizophrenia. Embryonic brain development cannot be studied in an adult with...

Hypothesis: Is low prenatal vitamin D a risk-modifying factor for schizophrenia? (1999)

McGrath, J.

The central nervous system is increasingly being recognised as a target organ for vitamin D via its wide-ranging steroid hormonal effects and via the induction of various proteins such as nerve...

Altered Adhesion, Proliferation and death in neural cultures from adults with schizophrenia (1999)

Feron, Francois, Mackay-Sim, Alan, Perry, C., Hirning, M., McGrath, J.

The causes of schizophrenia are unknown, but there is evidence linking subtle deviations in neural development with schizophrenia. Embryonic brain development cannot be studied in an adult with...

Altered Adhesion, Proliferation and death in neural cultures from adults with schizophrenia (1999)

Feron, Francois, Mackay-Sim, Alan, Perry, C., Hirning, M., McGrath, J.

The causes of schizophrenia are unknown, but there is evidence linking subtle deviations in neural development with schizophrenia. Embryonic brain development cannot be studied in an adult with...

Neuroleptic management of schizophrenia: A survey and commentary on Australian psychiatric practice (1998)

Parker, G, Lambert, T, McGrath, J, McGorry, P, Tiller, J

Objective: We seek to assess Australian psychiatrists' views and practices concerning provision of neuroleptic medication to patients with schizophrenia, and to determine whether such management...

New techniques for biopsy and culture of human olfactory epithelial neurons (1998)

Feron, F, Perry, C, McGrath, J, Mackay-Sim, A

Objective: To improve the success of culturing olfactory neurons from human nasal mucosa by investigating the intranasal distribution of the olfactory epithelium and devising new techniques for...

Ocular abnormalities in chronic schizophrenia: clinical implications (1997)

Smith, D, Pantelis, C, McGrath, J, Tangas, C, Copolov, D

Objective: As part of a randomised double-blind study of a new atypical antipsychotic we sought to determine both the levels of visual acuity and the occurrence of toxic side-effects in a group of...

Performance on tests sensitive to impaired executive ability in schizophrenia, mania and well controls: acute and subacute phases (1997)

McGrath, J, Scheldt, S, Welham, J, Clair, A

Aims: To compare the performance of schizophrenia, mania and well control groups on tests sensitive to impaired executive ability, and to assess the within-group stability of these measures across...