Dr Adith Mohan | Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)

Adith Mohan is a consultant neuropsychiatrist at the Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI), Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He is also a Research Fellow with the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), and a Senior Lecturer with the School of Psychiatry, UNSW. His research interests include novel pharmacological interventions in neuropsychiatry, the study of human brain transcriptome changes related to ageing, as well as therapeutic neuromodulation in neuropsychiatric disorders. He currently leads a clinical trial investigating the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in mild cognitive impairment and is involved in studies of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

He is actively involved in the Section of Neuropsychiatry (SoN) of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, is the jurisdictional representative for the state of New South Wales on the SoN, and is currently involved in the development of a competency based training curriculum for Neuropsychiatry.

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Publications by Dr Adith Mohan

Book Chapters4
- Ramalingam J; Sachdev P; Mohan A, 2023, 'Neurocognitive Disorders', in IsHak WW (ed.), Atlas of Psychiatry, Springer, Cham, pp. 407 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15401-0_13
- Sachdev PS; Mohan A; Taylor L, 2017, 'Neuropsychiatric disorders', in Bloch S; Green S; Janca A; Mitchell P; Robertson M (ed.), Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry Fourth Edition, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, VIC, Australia, pp. 342 - 370
- Mohan A; Lee T; Sachdev PS, 2016, 'An Atypical Variant of a Common Neurodegenerative Disorder', in Priller J; Rickards H (ed.), Neuropsychiatry Case Studies, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 17 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42190-2_4
- Taylor L; Mohan A; Sachdev PS, 2016, 'The Validity of Vascular Depression as a Diagnostic Construct', in Baune BT; Tully PJ (ed.), Cardiovascular Diseases and Depression Treatment and Prevention in Psychocardiology, Springer, pp. 81 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32480-7_7
Journal articles33
- Weickert TW; Jacomb I; Lenroot R; Lappin J; Weinberg D; Brooks WS; Brown D; Pellen D; Kindler J; Mohan A; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR; Stanton C; O'Donnell M; Liu D; Galletly C; Shannon Weickert C, 2024, 'Adjunctive canakinumab reduces peripheral inflammation markers and improves positive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and inflammation: A randomized control trial', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 115, pp. 191 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.10.012
- Winton-Brown T; Wilson SJ; Felmingham K; Rayner G; O’Brien TJ; O’Brien P; Mohan A; Velakoulis D; Kanaan R, 2023, 'Principles for delivering improved care of people with functional seizures: Closing the treatment gap', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1511 - 1517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231180509
- Cairns EA; Benson MJ; Bedoya-Pérez MA; Macphail SL; Mohan A; Cohen R; Sachdev PS; McGregor IS, 2023, 'Medicinal cannabis for psychiatry-related conditions: an overview of current Australian prescribing', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1142680
- Cohn SL; Mohan A; Lappin JM; Curtis J; Scott JG, 2023, 'Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Testing in First-Episode Psychosis: Universal or Targeted Testing', Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 35, pp. 98 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21080214
- Mosley PE; Webb L; Suraev A; Hingston L; Turnbull T; Foster K; Ballard E; Gomes L; Mohan A; Sachdev PS; Kevin R; Gordon R; Benson M; McGregor IS, 2023, 'Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol in Tourette Syndrome.', NEJM Evid, 2, pp. EVIDoa2300012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/EVIDoa2300012
- Mosley PE; Velakoulis D; Farrand S; Marsh R; Mohan A; Castle D; Sachdev P, 2022, 'Deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: Opportunities and challenges', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56, pp. 1523 - 1524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221109008
- Pepper E; Mohan A; Butcher K; Parsons M; Curtis J, 2022, 'Functional neurological disorders: an Australian interdisciplinary perspective', Medical Journal of Australia, 216, pp. 501 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51543
- Mosley PE; Velakoulis D; Farrand S; Marsh R; Mohan A; Castle D; Sachdev PS, 2022, 'Deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder should be an accepted therapy in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56, pp. 430 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674211031482
- Finkel D; Zavala C; Franz CE; Pahlen S; Gatz M; Pedersen NL; Finch BK; Dahl Aslan A; Catts VS; Ericsson M; Krueger RF; Martin NG; Mohan A; Mosing MA; Prescott CA; Whitfield KE, 2022, 'Financial strain moderates genetic influences on self-rated health: support for diathesis–stress model of gene–environment interplay', Biodemography and Social Biology, 67, pp. 58 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2022.2037069
- Mosley PE; Windels F; Morris J; Coyne T; Marsh R; Giorni A; Mohan A; Sachdev P; O’Leary E; Boschen M; Sah P; Silburn PA, 2021, 'A randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial of deep brain stimulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder', Translational Psychiatry, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01307-9
- Weise J; Mohan A; Walsh J; Trollor JN, 2021, 'Salutary Lessons from the Delivery of Mental Health Services to People with Intellectual Disability–A Historical Perspective from Intellectual Disability Mental Health Experts in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14, pp. 70 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2020.1856243
- Singer J; Sachdev P; Mohan A, 2020, 'Understanding the tests that we order: screening for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in first episode psychosis', Australasian Psychiatry, 28, pp. 199 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856220905299
- Kondo MA; Mohan A; Mather KA, 2020, 'Going around in circles: Deciphering the role of circular RNAs in neurodegenerative disease', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 33, pp. 141 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/yco.0000000000000582
- McClintock SM; Martin DM; Lisanby SH; Alonzo A; McDonald WM; Aaronson ST; Husain MM; O'Reardon JP; Weickert CS; Mohan A; Loo CK, 2020, 'Neurocognitive effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in unipolar and bipolar depression: Findings from an international randomized controlled trial', Depression and Anxiety, 37, pp. 261 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.22988
- Mohan A; Thalamuthu A; Mather KA; Sachdev PS, 2020, 'Towards a better understanding of human brain ageing: An RNA sequencing study of neuroinflammatory, neurotransmission‐related and synaptic genes in two key brain regions over the lifespan', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.045746
- Mosley P; Windels F; Morris J; Coyne T; Marsh R; Giorni A; Mohan A; Sachdev P; O’Leary E; Boschen M; Sah P; Silburn P, 2020, 'A Randomised, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.24.20218024
- Martin DM; Mohan A; Alonzo A; Gates N; Gbadeyan O; Meinzer M; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Loo C, 2019, 'A Pilot Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Training Combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 71, pp. 503 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-190306
- Mohan A; Bayes A; Sachdev PS; Parker G; Mitchell PB, 2019, 'Junior clinical academic psychiatrists in Australia: The University of New South Wales initiative', Australasian Psychiatry, 27, pp. 241 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856218819135
- Martin DM; McClintock SM; Aaronson ST; Alonzo A; Husain MM; Lisanby SH; McDonald WM; Mohan A; Nikolin S; O'Reardon J; Weickert CS; Loo CK, 2018, 'Pre-treatment attentional processing speed and antidepressant response to transcranial direct current stimulation: Results from an international randomized controlled trial', Brain Stimulation, 11, pp. 1282 - 1290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.08.011
- Mohan A; Thalamuthu A; Mather KA; Zhang Y; Catts VS; Weickert CS; Sachdev PS, 2018, 'Differential expression of synaptic and interneuron genes in the aging human prefrontal cortex', Neurobiology of Aging, 70, pp. 194 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.06.011
- Loo CK; Husain MM; McDonald WM; Aaronson S; O'Reardon JP; Alonzo A; Weickert CS; Martin DM; McClintock SM; Mohan A; Lisanby SH; Krystal AD; Peterchev AV; Davis W; Sklar J; Colagiuri B; Galvez V; Loo C, 2018, 'International randomized-controlled trial of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in depression', Brain Stimulation, 11, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.10.011
- Koncz R; Mohan A; Dawes L; Thalamuthu A; Wright M; Ames D; Lee T; Wen W; Sachdev PS; Trollor J, 2017, 'Incidental findings on cerebral MRI in twins: the Older Australian Twins Study', Brain Imaging and Behavior: an international journal, 12, pp. 860 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-017-9747-2
- Sachdev PS; Mohan A, 2017, 'An International Curriculum for Neuropsychiatry and Behavioural Neurology', Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 46, pp. 18 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2017.05.001
- Takacs A; Koncz R; Mohan A; Sachdev PS, 2017, 'Forgetfulness, stress or mild dementia? Cognitive assessment of older patients', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 14 - 22, http://medicinetoday.com.au/2017/may/feature-article/forgetfulness-stress-or-mild-dementia-cognitive-assessment-older-patients
- Owens KS; Bayes A; Mohan A, 2016, 'First-episode psychosis with bilateral medial temporal lobe hyperintensities', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50, pp. 1203 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867416655606
- Mohan A; Mather KA; Thalamuthu A; Baune BT; Sachdev PS, 2016, 'Gene expression in the aging human brain: An overview', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 29, pp. 159 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000238
- Sachdev PS; Mohan A; Taylor L; Jeste DV, 2015, 'DSM-5 and mental disorders in older individuals: An overview', Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 23, pp. 320 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/hrp.0000000000000090
- Bowes E; Levy F; Lawson J; Mandalis A; Mohan A; Weickert CS, 2015, 'Anti-N-methyl-D-Aspartate encephalitis - a case study of symptomatic progression', Australasian Psychiatry, 23, pp. 422 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215588229
- Sachdev PS; Mohan A; Cannon E; Crawford JD; Silberstein P; Cook R; Coyne T; Silburn PA, 2014, 'Deep brain stimulation of the antero-medial globus pallidus interna for Tourette syndrome', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e104926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104926
- Mohan A; Lee T; Sachdev P, 2014, 'Surviving acute cyanide poisoning: a longitudinal neuropsychological investigation with interval MRI', BMJ case reports, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203025
- Shiner E; Taylor L; Mohan A; Watson S; Sachdev PSI, 2014, 'Severe depression masquerading as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease', BMJ case reports, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203352
- Sachdev PS; Mohan A, 2013, 'Neuropsychiatry: Where are we and where do we go from here', Mens Sana Monographs, 11, pp. 4 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.109282
- Adachi N; Kanemoto K; De toffol B; Akanuma N; Oshima T; Mohan A; Sachdev PS, 2013, 'Basic treatment principles for psychotic disorders in patients with epilepsy', Epilepsia, 54, pp. 19 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12102
Conference Presentations1
- Mohan A; Weise J; Trollor J, 2014, 'A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY MENTAL HEALTH (IDMH) SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES', https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000337594500243&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Conference Abstracts7
- Mohan A; Thalamuthu A; Mather K; Catts VS; Sachdev PS, 2019, 'Differential expression of neuroinflammatory, neurotransmission-related and synaptic genes across 10 regions of the aging human brain: a microarray study [Poster Abstract P3-141]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Elsevier BV, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Vol. 15, pp. P985 - P986, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2019, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 14 July 2019 - 16 July 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3169
- Weickert T; Jacomb I; Lenroot R; Lappin J; Weinberg D; Brooks W; Brown D; Pellen D; Kindler J; Mohan A; Wakefield D; Lloyd A; Stanton C; O'Donnell M; Liu D; Galletly C; Weickert CS, 2019, 'Reduction in Peripheral C-Reactive Protein Levels With Canakinumab Administration is Related to Reduced Positive Symptom Severity in Patients With Schizophrenia and Inflammation', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, Vol. 85, pp. S44 - S45, presented at 74th Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), IL, Chicago, 16 May 2019 - 18 May 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.03.121
- Weickert T; Jacomb I; Lenroot R; Lappin J; Weinberg D; Brooks W; Brown D; Pellen D; Kindler J; Mohan A; Wakefield D; Lloyd A; Stanton C; O'Donnell M; Liu D; Galletly C; Weickert CS, 2019, 'REDUCTION IN PERIPHERAL C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS WITH CANAKINUMAB ADMINISTRATION IS RELATED TO REDUCED POSITIVE SYMPTOM SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND INFLAMMATION', in SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, FL, Orlando, Vol. 45, pp. S318 - S318, presented at Congress of the Schizophrenia-International-Research-Society (SRIS), FL, Orlando, 10 April 2019 - 14 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbz020.578
- Martin D; Mohan A; Alonzo A; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Loo C, 2019, 'tDCS combined with cognitive training for improving memory in people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) [Abstract 302]', in Brain Stimulation, Elsevier BV, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 12, pp. 441 - 441, presented at 3rd International Brain Stimulation Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 24 February 2019 - 27 February 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.429
- Mohan A; Thalamuthu A; Mather K; Zhang Y; Catts VS; Weickert CS; Sachdev PS, 2018, 'Differential expression of synaptic and interneuron genes in the aging human prefrontal cortex [Abstract O5-04-06]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Elsevier BV, Chicago, USA, Vol. 14, pp. P1654 - P1655, presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018, Chicago, USA, 22 July 2018 - 26 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.3018
- Martin D; Mohan A; Alonzo A; Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Loo C, 2017, 'Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Combined with Computerized Cognitive Training to Enhance Memory in People with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI): Preliminary Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Diego, Vol. 81, pp. S69 - S70, presented at 72nd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), CA, San Diego, 18 May 2017 - 20 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.181
- Martin D; Mohan A; Alonzo A; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Loo C, 2017, 'Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Combined with Computerized Cognitive Training to Enhance Memory in People with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI): Preliminary Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial [Abstract 168]', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier, San Diego, CA, USA, Vol. 81, pp. S69 - S70, presented at 72nd Annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA, 18 May 2017 - 20 May 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.181
Preprints1
- Sachdev P; Mohan A; Cheah SL; Takacs A; Lo J; Koncz R; Crawford J, 2022, Development and clinimetric testing of the Unified Drug-Induced Movement Disorders Scale (UDIMS), , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.21.22272729