Professor James Scott
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James Scott

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Background

James leads the Child and Youth Research Group at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research and the Youth Mental Health Research Group at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. He also practices clinically as a Child and Youth Psychiatrist with the Metro North Mental Health Service, where he is the Director of the Early Psychosis Service. James is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship (2016-2020), awarded for his research into prevention and intervention strategies to improve the mental health of adolescents.

James has established a programme of research developing preventative strategies and cost-effective real-world interventions for mental illness in children and youth. His research incorporates studies in epidemiology, clinical trials, bullying and psychiatric neuro-immunology. He is the elected chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Section for Youth Mental Health and an editor of the Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. In 2018, he was awarded the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ Senior Research Award, conferred on the “Fellow who has made the most significant contribution to psychiatric research in Australia and New Zealand over the preceding five years”.

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432 works between 1997 and 2025
All (432) Journal Article (356) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (62) Other Outputs (5)

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2024

Journal Article

The protective role of supportive relationships in mitigating bullying victimization and psychological distress in adolescents

Healy, Karyn L., Scott, James G. and Thomas, Hannah J. (2024). The protective role of supportive relationships in mitigating bullying victimization and psychological distress in adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33 (10), 3211-3228. doi: 10.1007/s10826-024-02891-2

The protective role of supportive relationships in mitigating bullying victimization and psychological distress in adolescents

2024

Journal Article

Coping with climate anxiety: impacts on functioning in Australian adolescents

Crandon, Tara J., Scott, James G., Charlson, Fiona J. and Thomas, Hannah J. (2024). Coping with climate anxiety: impacts on functioning in Australian adolescents. Australian Psychologist, 59 (6), 541-552. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2024.2404987

Coping with climate anxiety: impacts on functioning in Australian adolescents

2024

Journal Article

Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies

Hielscher, E., Hay, K., Chang, I., McGrath, M., Poulton, K., Giebels, E., Blake, J., Batterham, P. J., Scott, J. G. and Lawrence, D. (2024). Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33 e34, 1-14. doi: 10.1017/S2045796024000301

Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies

2024

Journal Article

Family poverty over the early life course and adult experiences of intimate partner violence: a cohort study

Najman, J. N., Williams, G. M., Clavarino, A. M., McGee, T. R., King, L., Scott, J. G. and Bor, W. (2024). Family poverty over the early life course and adult experiences of intimate partner violence: a cohort study. Public Health, 234, 143-151. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.020

Family poverty over the early life course and adult experiences of intimate partner violence: a cohort study

2024

Journal Article

Does mental illness in adolescence/young adulthood predict intimate partner violence?

Najman, Jake, Williams, Gail M., Clavarino, Alexandra M., Scott, James G. and McGee, Tara (2024). Does mental illness in adolescence/young adulthood predict intimate partner violence?. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 177, 352-360. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.07.032

Does mental illness in adolescence/young adulthood predict intimate partner violence?

2024

Journal Article

The prevalence of corporal punishment in Australia: Findings from a nationally representative survey

Haslam, Divna M., Malacova, Eva, Higgins, Daryl, Meinck, Franziska, Mathews, Ben, Thomas, Hannah, Finkelhor, David, Havighurst, Sophie, Pacella, Rosana, Erskine, Holly, Scott, James G. and Lawrence, David (2024). The prevalence of corporal punishment in Australia: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (3), 580-604. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.301

The prevalence of corporal punishment in Australia: Findings from a nationally representative survey

2024

Journal Article

A theoretical model of climate anxiety and coping

Crandon, Tara J., Scott, James G., Charlson, Fiona J. and Thomas, Hannah J. (2024). A theoretical model of climate anxiety and coping. Discover Psychology, 4 (1) 94. doi: 10.1007/s44202-024-00212-8

A theoretical model of climate anxiety and coping

2024

Journal Article

A two-generation study of attachment in mothers and their young adult offspring: latent classes of attachment and associations with anxiety and depression

Blake, Julie A., Thomas, Hannah J., Hurst, Cameron, Pelecanos, Anita, McGee, Tara Renae, Najman, Jake and Scott, James G. (2024). A two-generation study of attachment in mothers and their young adult offspring: latent classes of attachment and associations with anxiety and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 358, 361-368. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.046

A two-generation study of attachment in mothers and their young adult offspring: latent classes of attachment and associations with anxiety and depression

2024

Journal Article

Stimulant medications in the management of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa in patients with and without comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

Vickers, Mark L., Chan, Hong Yin, Elliott, Stephen, Ketheesan, Sarangan, Ramineni, Vinay, Eriksson, Lars, McMahon, Kirsten, Oddy, Belinda and Scott, James G. (2024). Stimulant medications in the management of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa in patients with and without comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review. Eating Behaviors, 54 101908. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101908

Stimulant medications in the management of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa in patients with and without comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

2024

Journal Article

The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia

Hunt, Gabrielle R., Mathews, Ben, Higgins, Daryl J., Finkelhor, David, Willis, Megan L., Haslam, Divna M., Lawrence, David, Meinck, Franziska, Thomas, Hannah J., Malacova, Eva, Pacella, Rosana E. and Scott, James G. (2024). The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia. Child Abuse and Neglect, 155 106946, 106946. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106946

The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia

2024

Journal Article

Correction to: Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study (Applied Research in Quality of Life, (2024), 10.1007/s11482-024-10297-x)

Blake, Julie A., Thomas, Hannah J., Pelecanos, Anita M., Najman, Jake M. and Scott, James G. (2024). Correction to: Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study (Applied Research in Quality of Life, (2024), 10.1007/s11482-024-10297-x). Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19 (4), 1569-1570. doi: 10.1007/s11482-024-10341-w

Correction to: Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study (Applied Research in Quality of Life, (2024), 10.1007/s11482-024-10297-x)

2024

Journal Article

Iron supplementation in management of neurodevelopmental disorders: systematic review, meta-analysis, and qualitative synthesis

Elliott, Stephen D., Vickers, Mark L., McKeon, Gemma, Eriksson, Lars, Malacova, Eva and Scott, James G. (2024). Iron supplementation in management of neurodevelopmental disorders: systematic review, meta-analysis, and qualitative synthesis. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 36 (3), 178-186. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230081

Iron supplementation in management of neurodevelopmental disorders: systematic review, meta-analysis, and qualitative synthesis

2024

Journal Article

Electroconvulsive therapy in a tertiary Australian mental health facility between 2009 and 2020

Martin, Emily, Purushothaman, Subramanian, Ballard, Emma, Blake, Julie A., Burke, Kylie and Scott, James G. (2024). Electroconvulsive therapy in a tertiary Australian mental health facility between 2009 and 2020. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (8), 713-720. doi: 10.1177/00048674241256839

Electroconvulsive therapy in a tertiary Australian mental health facility between 2009 and 2020

2024

Journal Article

The unique role of adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, and maternal-adolescent communication in their association with attachment in early adulthood

Blake, Julie A., Thomas, Hannah J., Pelecanos, Anita M., Najman, Jake M. and Scott, James G. (2024). The unique role of adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, and maternal-adolescent communication in their association with attachment in early adulthood. Acta Psychologica, 246 104273, 104273. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104273

The unique role of adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, and maternal-adolescent communication in their association with attachment in early adulthood

2024

Journal Article

Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study

Blake, Julie A., Thomas, Hannah J., Pelecanos, Anita M., Najman, Jake M. and Scott, James G. (2024). Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s11482-024-10297-x

Attachment in Young Adults and Life Satisfaction at Age 30: A Birth Cohort Study

2024

Journal Article

The effectiveness and tolerability of pharmacotherapy for psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A systematic review

Tanham, Maya, Chen, Renee, Warren, Nicola, Heussler, Helen and Scott, James G. (2024). The effectiveness and tolerability of pharmacotherapy for psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (5), 393-403. doi: 10.1177/00048674241233118

The effectiveness and tolerability of pharmacotherapy for psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A systematic review

2024

Journal Article

Replacing universal anti-neuronal antibody screening with clinical assessment and testing of high probability cases in psychotic disorders

Warren, Nicola, McKeon, Gemma and Scott, James G. (2024). Replacing universal anti-neuronal antibody screening with clinical assessment and testing of high probability cases in psychotic disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (6), 453-456. doi: 10.1177/00048674241249575

Replacing universal anti-neuronal antibody screening with clinical assessment and testing of high probability cases in psychotic disorders

2024

Journal Article

Prevalence of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Viet Nam measured by the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS): a multi-national cross-sectional study

Erskine, Holly E., Maravilla, Joemer C., Wado, Yohannes Dibaba, Wahdi, Amirah Ellyza, Loi, Vu Manh, Fine, Shoshanna L., Li, Mengmeng, Ramaiya, Astha, Wekesah, Frederick Murunga, Odunga, Sally Atieno, Njeri, Anne, Setyawan, Althaf, Astrini, Yufan Putri, Rachmawati, Rizka, Hoa, Dao Thi Khanh, Wallis, Krystina, McGrath, Cartiah, Shadid, Jamileh, Enright, Meaghan E., Blondell, Sarah J., Lawrence, David, Fisher, Prudence W., Whiteford, Harvey A., Vinh, Nguyen Duc, Wilopo, Siswanto Agus, Kabiru, Caroline W., Blum, Robert Wm and Scott, James G. (2024). Prevalence of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Viet Nam measured by the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS): a multi-national cross-sectional study. The Lancet, 403 (10437), 1671-1680. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02641-7

Prevalence of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Viet Nam measured by the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS): a multi-national cross-sectional study

2024

Journal Article

Have you been paying attention?: Adult-onset attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Suetani, Shuichi, Kallapiran, Kannan and Scott, James G (2024). Have you been paying attention?: Adult-onset attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (5), 385-386. doi: 10.1177/00048674241240591

Have you been paying attention?: Adult-onset attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

2024

Journal Article

A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia)

Wittenhagen, Lisa, Hielscher, Emily, Meurk, Carla S., Scott, James G., Steele, Megan L., Bosley, Emma, Watson, Shelby and Heffernan, Ed (2024). A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia). Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 520-526. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14392

A cohort profile of children and adolescents who had a suicide‐related contact with police or paramedics in Queensland (Australia)

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Services for a National Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing Study
    Curtin University
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2025
    Watch Me Grow: Changing practice to improve Universal Child Health and Developmental Surveillance in the primary care setting (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Australian Child Maltreatment Study (National Office for Child Safety grant led by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Identifying and treating patients with psychosis who are positive to anti-neuronal antibodies
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    The first national study of child maltreatment in Australia: prevalence, health outcomes, and burden of disease (NHMRC Project Grant led by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Nationally-representative population surveys of adolescent mental disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam
    The University of Queensland in America, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Mental Health and Neuroscience Theme
    Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners - Metro South
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Anti-neuronal antibodies in patients with treatment refractory psychotic disorders
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Determining the best outcome measures for assessing cost-effectiveness of interventions for childhood mental disorders (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Deakin University)
    Deakin University
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Prevention and Management of Youth Mental Illness
    NHMRC Practitioner Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Can we predict who will develop major mental disorders? A long-term study of adolescent twins (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Research
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    The outcomes of adolescents and young adults who experience hallucinations: A birth cohort study
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    The Bryan Youth Mental Health PhD Scholarship
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Youth Mental Health Schizophrenia Initiative
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    A longitudinal study of autism, development and parenting in preterm infants (< 29 weeks) from 2 to 4 years
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant

Availability

Professor James Scott is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Resilience in children exposed to trauma and adversity.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Vanessa Cobham

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mental Health Services for young people with severe mental illness

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Holly Erskine, Dr Sandra Diminic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Outcomes and Predictors of Adult Attachment

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hannah Thomas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mental Health Services for young people with severe mental illness

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Holly Erskine, Dr Sandra Diminic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Attachment in young adults: exploring predictors, correlates and outcomes in a multigenerational birth cohort study

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hannah Thomas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Autoimmune Psychosis.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing a new tool for assessing concern level in threat assessment

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Weathering the Storm: How Young People Respond to and Cope With Climate Change

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fiona Charlson, Dr Hannah Thomas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The impact of Cannabidiol on symptom management for children and adolescents with autism Spectrum Disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Honey Heussler

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The impact of Cannabidiol on symptom management for children and adolescents with autism Spectrum Disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Honey Heussler

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evaluating the impact of cannabis use frequency on schizophrenia liability

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The impact of Cannabidiol on symptom management for children and adolescents with autism Spectrum Disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Honey Heussler

Completed supervision

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