Dr Ryan Balzan

School of Psychology

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Research Fellow

My area of research is within the field of cognitive neuropsychiatry, which applies the knowledge base of cognitive psychology to the study of psychiatric symptoms, such as delusional beliefs. My research has focussed on the role that cognitive biases (i.e., problematic thinking styles) play in the development and maintenance of delusions, both in individuals with schizophrenia and in those identified as "delusion-prone" (i.e., people with mild delusional beliefs or tendencies).

Date Position Institution name
2012 - ongoing VRF School of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Adelaide Australia PhD
Flinders University, Adelaide Australia MPsych (Clinical)
University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia BPsych (Hons)

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2026 Thompson, M., Wade, T. D., & Balzan, R. P. (2026). A randomized controlled feasibility trial of a single-session metacognitive training intervention for reducing eating disorder risk factors. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 55(1), 35-52.
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2025 Moritz, S., Balzan, R. P., Menon, M., Rojahn, K. M., Schlechte, M., Veckenstedt, R., . . . Meinhart, A. (2025). Two decades of metacognitive training for psychosis: successes, setbacks, and innovations. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 25(5), 579-590.
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2025 Goncalves, A., Ochoa, S., Moritz, S., Gaweȩda, Ł., Cavieres, A., König, C., . . . Berna, F. (2025). Metacognitive training (MCT) for psychosis: A systematic review and grade recommendations. European Psychiatry, 68(1), 13 pages.
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2025 Georgiou, N., Balzan, R. P., Butler, L., van Antwerpen, N., Prike, T., & Delfabbro, P. (2025). Effectiveness of the Scientific Reasoning Intervention on Reducing Online Conspiracy Beliefs and Misinformation Engagement: A Study Using the (Mis)Information Game. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 39(4), 12 pages.
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2025 Doherty, R., Weber, N., Hillier, C., Ross, R., & Balzan, R. (2025). Jumping to conclusions and delusional ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis across the psychosis continuum. Clinical Psychology Review, 120, 14 pages.
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2025 Hillier, C., Weber, N., & Balzan, R. P. (2025). Overconfidence or resolution in psychosis: a Bayesian reanalysis. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 30(3), 186-198.
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2025 Moritz, S., Wille, L., Göritz, A. S., Gabbert, T., Doherty, R., Balzan, R., & Scheunemann, J. (2025). On the multi-causal nature of jumping to conclusions in psychosis. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 89, 102057.
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2025 Georgiou, N., Pellizzer, M. L., Balzan, R. P., & Wade, T. D. (2025). “You Say Cognitive, I Say Cognitive”: Can Misinformation-Informed Interventions Help Reduce Risk for Disordered Eating in Youth?. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 7 pages.
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2025 Doherty, R., Weber, N., Hillier, C., Ross, R., & Balzan, R. (2025). Corrigendum to Jumping to conclusions and delusional ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis across the psychosis continuum [Clinical Psychology Review 120 (2025) 102618] (Clinical Psychology Review (2025) 120, (S0272735825000856), (10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102618)). Clinical Psychology Review, 122, 102670.
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2025 Espírito Santo, A., Silva, R., Balzan, R., Pinho, L. G. D., & Sampaio, F. (2025). Metacognitive interventions for mental health disorders in adolescents: A scoping review protocol. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 23(6), 1257-1265.
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2025 Georgiou, N., Thompson, M., Bridgland, V., Wade, T., & Balzan, R. (2025). People at-risk of an eating disorder are more likely to endorse dietary misinformation claims and hold rigid beliefs. Journal of Health Psychology, 30(13), 3786-3802.
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2024 Weickert, T. W., Ji, E., Galletly, C., Boerrigter, D., Morishima, Y., Bruggemann, J., . . . Kindler, J. (2024). Toll-Like Receptor mRNA Levels in Schizophrenia: Association With Complement Factors and Cingulate Gyrus Cortical Thinning. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50(2), 403-417.
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2024 Moritz, S., Grudzień, D. P., Gawęda, Ł., Aleksandrowicz, A., Balzan, R., Shaffy, A., . . . Rolvien, L. (2024). A randomized controlled trial on COGITO, a free self-help smartphone app to enhance mental well-being. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 174, 254-257.
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2024 Gabbert, T., Scheunemann, J., Balzan, R. P., Doehring, N., Elmers, J., & Moritz, S. (2024). The contributions of risk-taking and impulsivity to jumping to conclusions in the psychosis spectrum. Schizophrenia Research, 269, 116-119.
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2024 Thompson, M., Radunz, M., Wade, T. D., & Balzan, R. P. (2024). Bridging the gap: Can single session interventions help enhance mental health treatment delivery for young people in Australia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(10), 829-830.
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2024 Georgiou, N., Balzan, R. P., Delfabbro, P., & Young, R. (2024). People with autistic traits are more likely to engage with misinformation and conspiracy theories in a simulated social media context. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 29(4-5), 1-20.
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2023 Moritz, S., Menon, M., Balzan, R., & Woodward, T. S. (2023). Metacognitive training for psychosis (MCT): past, present, and future. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273(4), 811-817.
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2023 Griffiths, O., Jack, B. N., Pearson, D., Elijah, R., Mifsud, N., Han, N., . . . Whitford, T. J. (2023). Disrupted auditory N1, theta power and coherence suppression to willed speech in people with schizophrenia. NeuroImage: Clinical, 37, 103290-1-103290-10.
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2023 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2023). The effectiveness of a scientific reasoning intervention for conspiracy theory beliefs. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(2), 369-382.
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2023 May, A., Balzan, R., Williams, A. S., Wade, T. D., & Paranjothy, S. M. (2023). Interventions for perinatal borderline personality disorder and complex trauma: a systematic review. Archives of Women S Mental Health, 26(3), 295-309.
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2023 Balzan, R. P., Gilder, M., Thompson, M., & Wade, T. D. (2023). A randomized controlled feasibility trial of metacognitive training with adolescents receiving treatment for anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(9), 1820-1825.
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2023 Cesur, E., Moritz, S., Balzan, R. P., Scheunemann, J., Gabbert, T., Aleksandrowicz, A., & Fischer, R. (2023). Hasty decision making and belief inflexibility in the more delusion prone? A modified disambiguating-scenarios paradigm assessing cognitive biases implicated in delusions. Schizophrenia Research, 260, 41-48.
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2023 Cheng, J., Lavigne, K. M., Khangura, J., Chinchani, A., Rasheed, M., Woodward, B. K. S., . . . Woodward, T. S. (2023). Dimensions of beliefs without strong supporting evidence and reasons for holding them. Heliyon, 9(9), 12 pages.
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2023 Sulik, J., Ross, R. M., Balzan, R., & McKay, R. (2023). Delusion-Like Beliefs and Data Quality: Are Classic Cognitive Biases Artifacts of Carelessness?. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(6), 749-760.
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2022 Balzan, R. P., Gilder, M., Nancarrow, T., Mavrangelos, T., & Wade, T. D. (2022). Hasty decision-making in individuals at higher risk of developing an eating disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 75, 4 pages.
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2022 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2022). Could autistic traits be a risk factor for conspiracy beliefs? An analysis of cognitive style and information seeking behavior. Minerva Psychiatry, 62(4), 231-240.
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2022 Fouladirad, S., Chen, L. V., Roes, M., Chinchani, A., Percival, C., Khangura, J., . . . Woodward, T. S. (2022). Functional brain networks underlying probabilistic reasoning and delusions in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, 323, 8 pages.
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2022 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2022). Latent profile analysis of schizotypy, autistic traits and conspiracy theory beliefs: Associations with cognitive flexibility and scientific reasoning performance. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 13(3), 204380872211250.
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2022 Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S., Franz, C., Sibilis, A., Voßberger, H., Balzan, R., & Scheunemann, J. (2022). Whodunit – A novel video-based task for the measurement of jumping to conclusions in the schizophrenia spectrum. Psychiatry Research, 317, 6 pages.
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2021 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2021). Conspiracy-Beliefs and Receptivity to Disconfirmatory Information: A Study Using the BADE Task. SAGE Open, 11(1), 1-9.
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2021 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2021). Autistic traits as a potential confounding factor in the relationship between schizotypy and conspiracy beliefs. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHIATRY, 26(4), 273-292.
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2021 Griffiths, O., & Balzan, R. (2021). Schizotypy is associated with difficulty maintaining multiple hypotheses. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(7), 1153-1163.
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2021 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2021). Conspiracy Theory Beliefs, Scientific Reasoning, and the Analytical Thinking Paradox. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(6), 1523-1534.
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2020 Wong, K. T. G., Liu, D., Balzan, R., King, D., & Galletly, C. (2020). Smartphone and Internet Access and Utilization by People With Schizophrenia in South Australia: Quantitative Survey Study.. JMIR mental health, 7(1), e11551.
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2020 McLean, B. F., Mattiske, J. K., & Balzan, R. P. (2020). Jumping to conclusions in the less-delusion-prone? Preliminary evidence from a more reliable beads task. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 68, 5 pages.
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2020 Moritz, S., Scheunemann, J., Lüdtke, T., Westermann, S., Pfuhl, G., Balzan, R. P., & Andreou, C. (2020). Prolonged rather than hasty decision-making in schizophrenia using the box task. Must we rethink the jumping to conclusions account of paranoia?. Schizophrenia Research, 222, 202-208.
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2020 McLean, B. F., Balzan, R. P., & Mattiske, J. K. (2020). Jumping to conclusions in the less-delusion-prone? Further evidence from a more reliable beads task. Consciousness and Cognition, 83, 10 pages.
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2020 Cai, H. Q., Weickert, T. W., Catts, V. S., Balzan, R., Galletly, C., Liu, D., . . . Shannon Weickert, C. (2020). Altered levels of immune cell adhesion molecules are associated with memory impairment in schizophrenia and healthy controls. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 89, 200-208.
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2020 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2020). COVID-19-related conspiracy beliefs and their relationship with perceived stress and pre-existing conspiracy beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences, 166, 1-7.
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2020 Balzan, R. P., & Moritz, S. (2020). Cognitive biases and psychosis: From bench to bedside. Schizophrenia Research, 223, 368-369.
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2019 de Vos, C., Leanza, L., Mackintosh, A., Lüdtke, T., Balzan, R., Moritz, S., & Andreou, C. (2019). Investigation of sex differences in delusion-associated cognitive biases. Psychiatry Research, 272, 515-520.
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2019 Weickert, C. S., Lee, C. H., Lenroot, R. K., Bruggemann, J., Galletly, C., Liu, D., . . . Weickert, T. W. (2019). Increased plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels in females with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 209, 212-217.
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2019 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2019). Conspiracy beliefs in the general population: The importance of psychopathology, cognitive style and educational attainment. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 7 pages.
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2019 Kindler, J., Lim, C. K., Weickert, C. S., Boerrigter, D., Galletly, C., Liu, D., . . . Weickert, T. W. (2019). Dysregulation of kynurenine metabolism is related to proinflammatory cytokines, attention, and prefrontal cortex volume in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 43(11), 13 pages.
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2019 Balzan, R. P., Mattiske, J. K., Delfabbro, P., Liu, D., & Galletly, C. (2019). Individualized Metacognitive Training (MCT+) Reduces Delusional Symptoms in Psychosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.. Schizophrenia bulletin, 45(1), 27-36.
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2018 Andreou, C., Balzan, R. P., Jelinek, L., & Moritz, S. (2018). Letter to the Editor: Metacognitive training and metacognitive therapy. A reply to Lora Capobianco and Adrian Wells. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 59, 162-163.
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2018 Balzan, R. P., Dhillon, V. S., Liu, D., Hahn, L., Fenech, M. F., & Galletly, C. (2018). Shorter telomere length in people with schizophrenia who live alone?. Schizophrenia Research, 199, 422-423.
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2018 McLean, B. F., Mattiske, J. K., & Balzan, R. P. (2018). Towards a reliable repeated-measures beads task for assessing the jumping to conclusions bias. Psychiatry Research, 265, 200-207.
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2018 Howe, J., Ross, R., McKay, R., & Balzan, R. P. (2018). How Do Delusion-Prone Individuals Respond to Disconfirmatory Evidence?: Improving Comprehension of the Beads Task May Help. Zeitschrift Fur Psychologie Journal of Psychology, 226(3), 182-190.
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2018 Jacomb, I., Stanton, C., Vasudevan, R., Powell, H., O'Donnell, M., Lenroot, R., . . . Weickert, T. (2018). C-Reactive protein: higher during acute psychotic episodes and related to cortical thickness in schizophrenia and healthy controls. Frontiers in Immunology, 9(OCT), 2230-1-2230-16.
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2018 Wong, K. T. G., Liu, D., Balzan, R., King, D., & Galletly, C. (2018). Smartphone and Internet Access and Utilization by People With Schizophrenia in South Australia: Quantitative Survey Study (Preprint).
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2017 Moritz, S., Lüdtke, T., Pfuhl, G., Balzan, R., & Andreou, C. (2017). Liberal acceptance as a cognitive mechanism in psychosis: A 2-step-therory on the pathogenesis of positive symptoms in schizophrenia. Verhaltenstherapie, 27(2), 108-118.
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2017 Menon, M., Balzan, R. P., Harper, K., Kumar, D., Andersen, D., Moritz, S., & Woodward, T. S. (2017). Psychosocial approaches in the treatment of psychosis: Cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp) and metacognitive training (MCT). Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses, 11(3), 156-163.
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2017 Johnstone, K. M., Chen, J., & Balzan, R. P. (2017). An investigation into the jumping-to-conclusions bias in social anxiety. Consciousness and Cognition, 48, 55-65.
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2017 Balzan, R. P. (2017). Re: Can Cognitive Remediation improve subsequent response to low-intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis in people with schizophrenia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51(2), 190-191.
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2017 Balzan, R. P., & Moritz, S. (2017). Introduction to the special issue on cognition and delusions: What do we know, what do we guess, and what do we perhaps falsely believe?. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 56, 1-3.
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2017 Galletly, C., Dhillon, V. S., Liu, D., Balzan, R. P., Hahn, L. A., & Fenech, M. F. (2017). Shorter telomere length in people with schizophrenia: a preliminary study from Australia. Schizophrenia Research, 190, 46-51.
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2017 Broyd, A., Balzan, R. P., Woodward, T. S., & Allen, P. (2017). Dopamine, cognitive biases and assessment of certainty: A neurocognitive model of delusions. Clinical Psychology Review, 54, 96-106.
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2017 Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S., Balzan, R. P., Gawȩda, L., Kulagin, S. C., & Andreou, C. (2017). A new paradigm to measure probabilistic reasoning and a possible answer to the question why psychosis-prone individuals jump to conclusions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(4), 406-415.
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2017 McLean, B., Mattiske, J., & Balzan, R. (2017). Association of the jumping to conclusions and evidence integration biases with delusions in psychosis: a detailed meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(2), 344-354.
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2017 Gawęda, Ł., Staszkiewicz, M., & Balzan, R. (2017). The relationship between cognitive biases and psychological dimensions of delusions: The importance of jumping to conclusions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 56, 51-56.
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2017 Moritz, S., Pfuhl, G., Lüdtke, T., Menon, M., Balzan, R., & Andreou, C. (2017). A two-stage cognitive theory of the positive symptoms of psychosis. Highlighting the role of lowered decision thresholds. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 56, 12-20.
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2017 Balzan, R., Ephraums, R., Delfabbro, P., & Andreou, C. (2017). Beads task vs. box task: The specificity of the jumping to conclusions bias. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 56, 42-50.
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2016 Weinberg, D., Lenroot, R., Jacomb, I., Allen, K., Bruggemann, J., Wells, R., . . . Weickert, T. (2016). Cognitive subtypes in schizophrenia characterized by differential brain volumetric reductions and cognitive decline. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(12), 1251-1259.
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2016 Moritz, S., Balzan, R., Bohn, F., Veckenstedt, R., Kolbeck, K., Bierbrodt, J., & Dietrichkeit, M. (2016). Subjective versus objective cognition: Evidence for poor metacognitive monitoring in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 178(1-3), 74-79.
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2016 Balzan, R., Woodward, T., Delfabbro, P., & Moritz, S. (2016). Overconfidence across the psychosis continuum: a calibration approach. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 21(6), 510-524.
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2016 Balzan, R. P. (2016). Overconfidence in psychosis: The foundation of delusional conviction?. Cogent Psychology, 3(1), 11 pages.
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2016 Moritz, S., Werner, D., Menon, M., Balzan, R. P., & Woodward, T. S. (2016). Jumping to negative conclusions - A case of study-gathering bias?. Psychological Medicine, 46(1), 59-61.
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2016 Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., & Balzan, R. (2016). Is metacognitive training for psychosis effective?. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 16(2), 105-107.
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2015 Andreou, C., Schneider, B. C., Balzan, R., Luedecke, D., Roesch-Ely, D., & Moritz, S. (2015). Neurocognitive deficits are relevant for the jumping-to-conclusions bias, but not for delusions: A longitudinal study. Schizophrenia Research Cognition, 2(1), 8-11.
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2015 Lam, K., Ho, C., Wa, J., Chan, S., Yam, K., Yeung, O., . . . Balzan, R. (2015). Metacognitive training (MCT) for schizophrenia improves cognitive insight: A randomized controlled trial in a Chinese sample with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 64, 38-42.
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2015 Weickert, T., Weinberg, D., Lenroot, R., Catts, S., Wells, R., Vercammen, A., . . . Weickert, C. (2015). Adjunctive raloxifene treatment improves attention and memory in men and women with schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 20(6), 685-694.
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2015 Balzan, R., & Galletly, C. (2015). Metacognitive therapy (MCT+) in patients with psychosis not receiving antipsychotic medication: a case study. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 967-1-967-6.
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2015 Moritz, S., Mayer-Stassfurth, H., Endlich, L., Andreou, C., Ramdani, N., Petermann, F., & Balzan, R. (2015). The Benefits of Doubt: Cognitive Bias Correction Reduces Hasty Decision-Making in Schizophrenia. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 39(5), 627-635.
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2015 Garnham, A. (2015). Aberrant beliefs and reasoning. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 68(10), 2116-2117.
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2014 Moritz, S., Andreou, C., Schneider, B., Wittekind, C., Menon, M., Balzan, R., & Woodward, T. (2014). Sowing the seeds of doubt: a narrative review on metacognitive training in schizophrenia. Clinical Psychology Review, 34(4), 358-366.
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2014 Sanford, N., Veckenstedt, R., Moritz, S., Balzan, R., & Woodward, T. (2014). Impaired integration of disambiguating evidence in delusional schizophrenia patients. Psychological Medicine, 44(13), 2729-2738.
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2014 Balzan, R. P., Neaves, A., Denson, L. A., Liu, D., & Galletly, C. (2014). Cognitive deficit awareness in schizophrenia: absent, intact, or somewhere in-between?. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 19(6), 471-484.
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2014 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., & Woodward, T. (2014). Metacognitive training for patients with schizophrenia: preliminary evidence for a targeted, single module programme. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(12), 1126-1136.
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2013 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., & Woodward, T. (2013). Illusory correlations and control across the psychosis continuum: the contribution of hypersalient evidence-hypothesis matches. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(4), 319-327.
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2013 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., & Woodward, T. (2013). Confirmation biases across the psychosis continuum: The contribution of hypersalient evidence-hypothesis matches. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52(1), 53-69.
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2013 4th European conference on schizophrenia research: together for better treatment and care. (2013). European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 263(S1), 7-111.
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2012 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., & Woodward, T. (2012). Reasoning heuristics across the psychosis continuum: the contribution of hypersalient evidence-hypothesis matches. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 17(5), 431-450.
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2012 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., & Woodward, T. (2012). Over-adjustment or miscomprehension? A re-examination of the jumping to conclusions bias. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(6), 532-540.
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2012 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., & Galletly, C. (2012). Delusion-proneness or miscomprehension? A re-examination of the jumping-to-conclusions bias. Australian Journal of Psychology, 64(2), 100-107.
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2011 Poster Presentations (2011). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(1_suppl), A59-A67.
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2014 Social Cognition and Metacognition in Schizophrenia (2014). . Elsevier.
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2018 Balzan, R. P., Moritz, S., & Schneider, B. C. (2018). METACOGNITIVE TRAINING: Targeting cognitive biases. In Cbt for Psychosis Process Orientated Therapies and the Third Wave (pp. 47-63). Routledge.
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2014 Woodward, T., Balzan, R., Menon, M., & Moritz, S. (2014). Metacognitive Training and Therapy: An Individualized and Group Intervention for Psychosis. An Individualized and Group Intervention for Psychosis.. In P. H. Lysaker, G. Dimaggio, & M. Brune (Eds.), Social Cognition and Metacognition in Schizophrenia: Psychopathology and Treatment Approaches (pp. 179-193). Elsevier.
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2018 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., Galletly, C., Mattiske, J., & McLean, B. (2018). Metacognitive Therapy (MCT plus ) for psychosis. In AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST Vol. 53 (pp. 5). WILEY.
2018 Wong, K. T. G., King, D., Balzan, R., Liu, D., & Galletly, C. (2018). TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT IN PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN Vol. 44 (pp. S208). Florence, ITALY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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2018 Weickert, T., Cai, H., O'Donnell, M., Balzan, R., Wells, R., Liu, D., . . . Weickert, C. S. (2018). ICAM-1 IS INCREASED IN BRAIN AND PERIPHERAL LEVELS OF SOLUBLE ICAM-1 IS RELATED TO COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN Vol. 44 (pp. S73-S74). Florence, ITALY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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2017 Weickert, T., Cai, H., O'Donnell, M., Balzan, R., Wells, R., Liu, D., . . . Weickert, C. S. (2017). Increased Soluble ICAM-1 is Related to Verbal Memory, Reasoning and Processing Speed Deficits in Schizophrenia. In NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Vol. 42 (pp. S249-S250). Palm Springs, CA: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP.
2015 Weickert, T., Weinberg, D., Lenroot, R., Catts, S. V., Wells, R., Vercammen, A., . . . Weickert, C. S. (2015). ADJUNCTIVE RALOXIFENE TREATMENT IMPROVES ATTENTION AND MEMORY IN MEN AND WOMEN WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN Vol. 41 (pp. S339-S340). Colorado Springs, CO: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
2014 Weickert, T., Weinberg, D., Lenroot, R., Catts, S., Wells, R., Vercammen, A., . . . Weickert, C. (2014). Adjunctive Raloxifene Treatment Improves Attention and Memory in Men and Women with Schizophrenia. In NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Vol. 39 (pp. S338). Phoenix, AZ: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP.
2011 Balzan, R. P., Delfabbro, P. H., & Galletly, C. (2011). HOW HYPOTHESIS-CONFIRMING AND HYPOTHESIS-DISCONFIRMING INFORMATION IS TREATED ACROSS THE PSYCHOSIS CONTINUUM. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN Vol. 37 (pp. 237-238). Colorado Springs, CO: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
2010 Balzan, R., Delfabbro, P., & Galletly, C. (2010). HOW HYPOTHESIS-CONFIRMING AND HYPOTHESIS-DISCONFIRMING INFORMATION IS TREATED ACROSS THE PSYCHOSIS CONTINUUM. In AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Vol. 44 (pp. A35). INFORMA HEALTHCARE.
2010 Galletly, C., Neaves, A., Burton, C., Liu, D., & Denson, L. (2010). Health literacy in schizophrenia and depression. In Proceedings of 11th Australasian schizophrenia conference 2010 Vol. 44 (pp. 0 pages). INFORMA HEALTHCARE.
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Year Citation
2020 Weickert, T., Ramanathan, S., Lenroot, R., Liu, D., Balzan, R., Galletly, C., & Weickert, C. S. (2020). Peripheral Inflammation Markers Identify a Subset of Patients With Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses who Display Intellectual Decline From Premorbid Levels. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP2020), as published in Biological Psychiatry. virtual online: Elsevier.
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2020 Weickert, T., Ramanathan, S., Lenroot, R., Liu, D., Balzan, R., Galletly, C., & Weickert, C. S. (2020). PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION MARKERS IDENTIFY SUBSET OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND RELATED PSYCHOSES WHO HAVE INTELLECTUAL DECLINE FROM PREMORBID LEVELS. Poster session presented at the meeting of SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. Florence, ITALY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
2017 Weickert, T., Kindler, J., Zavitsanou, K., Lim, C., Guillemin, G., Galletly, C., . . . Weickert, C. S. (2017). Dysregulation of Kynurenine Metabolism is Related to Proinflammatory Cytokines, Prefrontal Cortex Volume, and Attention in Schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the meeting of SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. San Diego, CA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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2013-2018

Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Maximising the effectiveness of psychological treatment for delusions in schizophrenia: Combining metacognitive and cognitive-behavioural therapy. My role: CIA; Agency: Flinders University; $250,000; 3 years (FTE).

2018

Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme: Metacognitive training for patients with eating disorders. My role: CIA; Agency: Universities Australia-DAAD; $12,600; 1 year (FTE).

CCD Postdoctoral Exchange Scheme: Belief formation across the psychosis continuum. My role: CIA; Agency: ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders; $4,750; 1 year (FTE).

2017

Faculty Research Grant (FRG17) scheme: Combining metacognitive training and cognitive remediation for psychosis: A feasibility pilot study. My role: CIA; Agency: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (Flinders University); $9,955; 1 year (FTE).

2012

Trevor Prescott Memorial Scholarship: Metacognitive therapy for psychosis. My role: CIA; Agency: Freemason Foundation; $17,000; 1 year (FTE).

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor Cognitive Flexibility and Extreme Beliefs: An Exploration of Psychological and Socio-Cultural Determinates of Cognitive Flexibility and Susceptibility to Misinformation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sebastian Alexander Deverson
2024 Co-Supervisor Cognitive Flexibility and Extreme Beliefs: An Exploration of Psychological and Socio-Cultural Determinates of Cognitive Flexibility and Susceptibility to Misinformation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sebastian Alexander Deverson

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2023 Co-Supervisor “Down the rabbit hole” Exploring the role of Psychopathological and Socio-Cognitive Factors in Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Strategies for Intervention. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Neophytos Georgiou

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