The Department of Academic Psychiatry and CADE Clinic is dedicated to understanding the causes and mechanisms that underpin mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, and their consequences such as suicide. The primary aim of our translational studies is to prevent mood disorders and suicide through better understanding and optimal treatment. The department employs a multidisciplinary approach integrating clinical research and basic neuroscience.
The CADE Clinic and Mood-T Service is a state-wide specialist service that is based at Royal North Shore Hospital. CADE stands for Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation, named after John Cade, the Australian Psychiatrist who pioneered the use of lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder. As part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District and in collaboration with the University of Sydney and Kolling Institute, the clinic acts as a hub for clinical research and education.
The research outcomes from the Department of Academic Psychiatry and CADE Clinic have informed the Australian and New Zealand guidelines for mood disorders, The Sydney Medical School Textbook of Psychiatry and seminal articles within internationally esteemed journals such as The Lancet, The British Journal of Psychiatry and Bipolar Disorders. For further information including research outputs see: www.cadeclinic.com
Team Lead
(Hafiz) Saad Ahmad
PhD Student
Adjunct Associate Professor Karin Aubrey
Postdoctoral Scientist
Pain Management Research Institute
Team Members
A/Prof Gayle Fischer OAM
Associate Professor
Dermatology, Northern Clinical School
Head of Department
Professor Gayle Fischer is the Royal North Shore Hospital Head of Department of Dermatology, and an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Discipline of Dermatology. Her research interests are vulval disease, paediatric dermatology and medical education. She runs a vulval disease and paediatric dermatology service at Royal North Shore Hospital. She has a 20-year career in researching and publishing on the subject of paediatric and vulval disease.
Abdolhay Farivar
Visiting Researcher
Adjunct Associate Professor Karin Aubrey
Postdoctoral Scientist
Pain Management Research Institute
Adwoa Sey
Research Scientist
Amanda Purcell – PhD Student
Amber Hamilton
Research Administration Officer
Angus Fung
PhD Student
Anika Humaira
Research Placement Student
https://www.cadeclinic.com/poetstudy
- This naturalistic study is examining the clinical translation of esketamine as a treatment for depression that has not responded to conventional treatments. This naturalistic study aims to understand the clinical and illness profile of patients for whom esketamine will be most effective.
- Translation of research and clinical findings into educational resources for clinicians, students, patients and young people.
- The Early Accurate Specialist Treatment Enabling Recovery (EASTER) research study aims to investigate how common psychiatric illnesses can be detected and prevented in young people.
- An evidence synthesis project in collaboration with the University of Oxford and supported by Wellcome.
National
- Janssen Australia
- Greek Young Matrons’ Association (GYMA)
International
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Columbia University, United States
- University of Oxford
- Wellcome Foundation
- National Taiwan University
- International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
- SNEHA (A volunteer organisation for suicide prevention in India)
