Patrick McGorry

Patrick Dennistoun McGorry[1] FRCP FASSA FRANZCP AO PhD MD (born 10 September 1952) is an Australian psychiatrist, best known for his development of the early intervention services for youth.

Professor McGorry and his colleagues developed an approach for young people presenting with symptoms of psychosis for the first time, based at the EPPIC clinic in Melbourne.[2] This EPPIC clinic has played a key part in the early psychosis preventative paradigm for psychiatry[3][4][5] and has led to significant reform of mental health services,[6] especially in the United Kingdom.[7] The EPPIC clinic is best represented by the catch phrase A stitch in time [8] and its development of a service for those at risk of developing psychosis.[9]

He is currently the Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne.[10] McGorry has written numerous peer reviewed articles, published in journals including The Lancet, the British Journal of Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry and the Medical Journal of Australia. He is also executive director of Orygen Youth Health [11] and founding editor of "Early Intervention in Psychiatry" published by the International Early Psychosis Association.

In January 2010 he was named Australian of the Year for his services to youth mental health.[12][13][14]

In June 2010 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.[15]

References

  1. ^ "University Secretar's Department Lists of Members - Professors Emeritus The University of Melbourne". www.unimelb.edu.au. http://www.unimelb.edu.au/Members/emeritus.html. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  2. ^ McGorry PD; Edwards J; Mihalopoulos C; Harrigan SM; Jackson HJ (1996). "EPPIC: an evolving system of early detection and optimal management". Schizophrenia Bulletin 22 (2): 305–326. doi:10.1093/schbul/22.2.305. PMID 8782288. http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/22/2/305. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  3. ^ Edwards, J. & McGorry, P.D. (2002) (eds). Implementing Early Intervention in Psychosis. A guide to establishing early psychosis services. London. Martin Dunitz.
  4. ^ McGorry PD, Killackey EJ (2002). "Early intervention in psychosis: a new evidence based paradigm". Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 11 (4): 237–47. PMID 12585014. 
  5. ^ McGorry PD, Killackey E, Yung A (October 2008). "Early intervention in psychosis: concepts, evidence and future directions". World Psychiatry 7 (3): 148–56. PMC 2559918. PMID 18836582. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2559918. 
  6. ^ Killackey E, Yung AR, McGorry PD (2007). "Early psychosis: where we've been, where we still have to go". Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16 (2): 102–8. PMID 17619539. 
  7. ^ Joseph R, Birchwood M (September 2005). "The national policy reforms for mental health services and the story of early intervention services in the United Kingdom". J Psychiatry Neurosci 30 (5): 362–5. PMC 1197282. PMID 16151542. http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/jpn/vol-30/issue-5/pdf/pg362.pdf. 
  8. ^ McGorry, P. D. (1998). ""A stitch in time"… the scope for preventive strategies in early psychosis". European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 248 (1): 22–31. doi:10.1007/s004060050014. PMID 9561350.  edit
  9. ^ Yung AR, McGorry PD, McFarlane CA, Jackson HJ, Patton GC, Rakkar A (1996). "Monitoring and care of young people at incipient risk of psychosis". Schizophr Bull 22 (2): 283–303. doi:10.1093/schbul/22.2.283. PMID 8782287. http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8782287. 
  10. ^ "Patrick McGorry (Australia)". International Early Psychosis Association. http://www.iepa.org.au/ContentPage.aspx?pageID=40&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  11. ^ Orygen Youth Health oyh.org.au, Retrieved 2010-01-25
  12. ^ "Mental health expert is Australian of the Year". ABC. 2009-01-25. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/25/2800963.htm. 
  13. ^ "Australian of the Year 2010". australianoftheyear.org.au. http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=patrick-mcgorry-2010. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  14. ^ Lewis, Wendy (2010). Australians of the Year. Pier 9 Press. ISBN 9781741968095. 
  15. ^ It's an Honour: Officer of the Order of Australia