[HTML][HTML] A familial risk enriched cohort as a platform for testing early interventions to prevent severe mental illness

R Uher, J Cumby, LE MacKenzie, J Morash-Conway… - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Background Severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe
depression, is responsible for a substantial proportion of disability in the population. This …

Cognitive performance in first-degree relatives of individuals with vs without major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis

LE MacKenzie, R Uher, B Pavlova - JAMA psychiatry, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Findings of cognitive impairment in major depressive disorder (MDD), including
remitted MDD, raise the question whether impaired cognition is part of preexisting …

Fostering entrepreneurship as a rural economic development strategy

LR MacKenzie - Economic Development Review, 1992 - search.proquest.com
Major shifts taking place in the world economy are having an effect on rural communities.
There are indications that local and regional areas will become increasingly important in the …

Neurodevelopmental and genetic determinants of exposure to adversity among youth at risk for mental illness

A Zwicker, LE MacKenzie, V Drobinin… - Journal of Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and lower cognitive ability have
been linked with increased likelihood of exposure to adversity. We hypothesized that these …

Hot and cold executive functions in youth with psychotic symptoms

LE MacKenzie, VC Patterson, A Zwicker… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPsychotic symptoms are common in children and adolescents and may be early
manifestations of liability to severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia. SMI and …

Stimulant medication and psychotic symptoms in offspring of parents with mental illness

LE MacKenzie, S Abidi, HL Fisher, L Propper… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Stimulants, such as methylphenidate, are among the most commonly used
medications in children and adolescents. Psychotic symptoms have been reported as rare …

Effects of capsaicin applied locally to adult peripheral nerve. II. Anatomy and enzyme and peptide chemistry of peripheral nerve and spinal cord

A Ainsworth, P Hall, PD Wall, G Allt, LM MacKenzie… - Pain, 1981 - journals.lww.com
Capsaicin solution was applied for 15 min around a 1 cm length of sciatic nerve in the mid
upper leg of adult rats.

An integrated substance use treatment model for young adults with first‐episode psychosis: A naturalistic pilot evaluation

…, N Norouzian, LE MacKenzie - Early Intervention in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Approximately 50% of individuals with first‐episode psychosis meet criteria for a
substance use disorder and these concurrent disorders are associated with worse long‐term …

Affective lability in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

A Zwicker, V Drobinin, LE MacKenzie… - European Child & …, 2020 - Springer
Affective lability, defined as the propensity to experience excessive and unpredictable changes
in mood, has been proposed as a potential transdiagnostic predictor of major mood and …

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in offspring of parents with depression and bipolar disorder

…, V Drobinin, JM Glover, LE MacKenzie… - The British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background It has been suggested that offspring of parents with bipolar disorder are at
increased risk for disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), but the specificity of this …