Ryan Balzan
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical 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).
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2012 - ongoing VRF School of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia PhD Flinders University, Adelaide Australia MPsych (Clinical) University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia BPsych (Hons) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 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.
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, 17 pages.
2025 Thompson, M., Wade, T. D., & Balzan, R. P. (2025). A randomized controlled feasibility trial of a single-session metacognitive training intervention for reducing eating disorder risk factors. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 18 pages.
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.
2025 Goncalves, A., Ochoa, S., Moritz, S., Gawȩda, Ł., Cavieres, A., König, C., . . . Berna, F. (2025). Metacognitive Training (MCT) for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Grade Recommendations. European Psychiatry, 1-36.
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.
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, 102618.
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.
Scopus5 Europe PMC42024 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.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12024 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.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 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.
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.
Scopus12023 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.
Scopus38 WoS7 Europe PMC152023 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.
Scopus3 Europe PMC22023 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.
Scopus9 WoS22023 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.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC32023 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.
Scopus6 WoS1 Europe PMC42023 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.
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.
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.
Scopus16 WoS2 Europe PMC62022 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.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22022 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.
Scopus4 WoS22022 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.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC42022 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.
Scopus6 WoS12022 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.
Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC12021 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.
Scopus22 WoS132021 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.
Scopus16 WoS8 Europe PMC62021 Griffiths, O., & Balzan, R. (2021). Schizotypy is associated with difficulty maintaining multiple hypotheses. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(7), 1153-1163.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12021 Georgiou, N., Delfabbro, P., & Balzan, R. (2021). Conspiracy Theory Beliefs, Scientific Reasoning, and the Analytical Thinking Paradox. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(6), 1523-1534.
Scopus32 WoS112020 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.
Scopus17 WoS9 Europe PMC112020 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.
Scopus16 WoS11 Europe PMC72020 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.
Scopus27 WoS18 Europe PMC132020 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.
Scopus13 WoS10 Europe PMC52020 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.
Scopus23 WoS5 Europe PMC172020 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.
Scopus238 WoS155 Europe PMC1282020 Balzan, R. P., & Moritz, S. (2020). Cognitive biases and psychosis: From bench to bedside. Schizophrenia Research, 223, 368-369.
Scopus4 WoS22019 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.
Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC22019 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.
Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC72019 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.
Scopus61 WoS442019 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.
Scopus205 WoS129 Europe PMC1632019 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.
Scopus27 WoS15 Europe PMC142018 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.
Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC32018 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.
Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC32018 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.
Scopus20 WoS14 Europe PMC102018 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.
Scopus3 WoS22018 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.
Scopus80 WoS60 Europe PMC622018 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).
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.
Scopus4 WoS32017 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.
Scopus10 Europe PMC52017 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.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC22017 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.
Scopus1 WoS12017 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.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC22017 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.
Scopus17 WoS14 Europe PMC162017 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.
Scopus58 WoS45 Europe PMC322017 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.
Scopus43 WoS32 Europe PMC202017 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.
Scopus195 WoS135 Europe PMC912017 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.
Scopus16 WoS11 Europe PMC112017 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.
Scopus77 WoS59 Europe PMC432017 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.
Scopus26 WoS19 Europe PMC92016 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.
Scopus77 WoS65 Europe PMC582016 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.
Scopus39 WoS34 Europe PMC262016 Balzan, R., Woodward, T., Delfabbro, P., & Moritz, S. (2016). Overconfidence across the psychosis continuum: a calibration approach. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 21(6), 510-524.
Scopus20 WoS15 Europe PMC82016 Balzan, R. P. (2016). Overconfidence in psychosis: The foundation of delusional conviction?. Cogent Psychology, 3(1), 11 pages.
Scopus36 WoS312016 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.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42016 Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., & Balzan, R. (2016). Is metacognitive training for psychosis effective?. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 16(2), 105-107.
Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC112015 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.
Scopus19 Europe PMC72015 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.
Scopus53 WoS41 Europe PMC322015 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.
Scopus115 WoS96 Europe PMC792015 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.
Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC72015 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.
Scopus14 WoS112015 Garnham, A. (2015). Aberrant beliefs and reasoning.. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006), 68(10), 2116-2117.
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.
Scopus254 WoS211 Europe PMC1522014 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.
Scopus63 WoS53 Europe PMC302014 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.
Scopus25 WoS23 Europe PMC192014 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.
Scopus54 WoS45 Europe PMC332013 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.
Scopus25 WoS22 Europe PMC172013 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.
Scopus54 WoS49 Europe PMC332013 4th European conference on schizophrenia research: together for better treatment and care (2013). European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 263(S1), 7-111.
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.
Scopus28 WoS26 Europe PMC172012 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.
Scopus66 WoS61 Europe PMC442012 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.
Scopus20 WoS202011 Poster Presentations (2011). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(1_suppl), A59-A67.
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Books
Year Citation 2014 Social Cognition and Metacognition in Schizophrenia (2014). . Elsevier.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 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.
DOI Scopus12014 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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Conference Papers
Year Citation 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.
DOI WoS12018 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.
DOI WoS12017 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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Conference Items
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.
DOI2020 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).
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
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 -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
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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