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Dr Sean Carruthers

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Biography

Dr Sean Carruthers is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology.

Dr Carruthers recieved his PhD in 2019 from the Swinburne University of Technology. In his postgraduate dissertation, Dr Carruthers investigated cognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorder. 

His current research focus in on predicting suicide risk in severe mental illness and investigating the role sleep disturbances play.

Research interests

Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Mood Disorders; Neuroscience; Psychological Measurement

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Co-Supervisor.

Honours

Available to supervise honours students.

Fields of Research

  • Neurosciences - 320900
  • Applied And Developmental Psychology - 520100
  • Biological Psychology - 520200
  • Clinical And Health Psychology - 520300
  • Cognitive And Computational Psychology - 520400
  • Social And Personality Psychology - 520500

Teaching areas

Clinical Psychology;Cognitive Psychology;Neuroscience;Psychological Measurement

Publications

Also published as: Carruthers, Sean; Carruthers, S.; Carruthers, S. P.; Carruthers, Sean P.
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Recent research grants awarded

  • 2023: DMT-assisted psychological therapy for treatment-resistent major depression, alcohol use disorder and dual diagnosis *; MRFF Clinical Trials Activity
  • 2023: Efficacy and safety of two versus three high dose psilocybin-assisted therapy sessions in comparison to an inactive control for treatment resistant major depressive disorder (TR-MDD): A double blind, 3-arm randomised controlled trial *; Woke Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd Fund Scheme
  • 2023: Investigating speech analysis as a digital suicide risk assessment *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
  • 2023: Investigating the role of sleep disturbance in predicting suicide ideation in chronic schizophrenia: A novel experience sampling study *; Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant
  • 2022: Establishing the dynamic interaction between sleep and schizophrenia *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
  • 2021: Developing a blood test to aid in the diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
  • 2020: A mixed-methods investigation of the retrospective reporting of sleep quality in schizophrenia spectrum disorder. *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
  • 2016: Can we explain accelerated cognitive ageing using the muscarinic system? *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant

* Chief Investigator


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