Professor Henry Jackson

B.A., M.A., M.A. (Clin.Psych.), PhD, FAPS

Professor Henry Jackson is a clinical psychologist who worked as a fulltime public practice clinician for 13 years before entering academia in 1991.

Henry and Professor Patrick McGorry from ORYGEN Research Centre developed the early intervention research paradigm which has led to a world-wide change in the way we think about intervening in young people with psychotic disorders and in youth mental health service delivery systems. He studies the psychopathology of psychosis, mechanisms underlying positive psychotic symptoms, the development and the assessment of new psychological treatments for psychotic disorders, and factors affecting functional recovery and quality of life in psychotic patients.

His second major research interest includes the structure of personality disorders, their relationship to social cognition, treatments for personality disorders - especially borderline personality disorder, and the influence of personality factors in physical health outcomes and quality of life.

He collaborates with a number of colleagues within this School, with OYRGEN Research Centre, the Royal Women’s Hospital and the University of Padua.

He has authored or co-authored over 140 papers in refereed journals, 16 book chapters and co-edited two books. He has been a Chief Investigator on many grants including the large NH&MRC Program and Clinical Centre of Excellence Grants on early psychosis both of which were awarded to ORYGEN in 2004. He has supervised to completion 13 PhDs, 25 other higher degrees, and 28 Honours students. He serves on the boards of a number of journals.  

Henry was made a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) in 1995, is the 2004 winner of the Distinguished Career Award presented by the Australian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy and is the 2005 winner of the APS Ian Matthew Campbell Prize in clinical psychology. He was Chair of the NH&MRC Project Grants Committee for Psychology and Psychiatry in 2003 and 2004 and previously served as a member of that panel in 2001 and 2002. He is an ex-National President of the Board (now College) of Clinical Psychologists of the APS. He is past-Chair of the Heads of Departments and Schools of Psychology (HODSPA) (2006-7).

In December 2006, he was elected President of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research for a period of 3 years. In September 2007 he took up a position on the Research Committee of the Mental Health Council of Australia. In January 2007, the APS appointed Henry a member of their Science, Academia and Research Advisory Group (SARAG).

Research Interests:
Aspects of early psychosis
Personality disorders and the influence of personality on health outcomes and quality of life


Professional Associations, Memberships & Awards:

• Registered Psychologist, Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria, 1980–current
• Memberships
• Member of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association, now the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, 1978–current
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), 1980–current
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society's Board (now College) of Clinical Psychologists 1982–current
• Foreign Affiliate of the American Psychological Association, 1985–current
• Member of the APS Division of Scientific Affairs, 1985–current
• Member of the Australian Society for Psychiatric Research 1986–current
• Member of the International Society for the Study of Personality 1990–1993; 2003- current
• Member of the International Early Psychosis Association, 1998–current
• Member of the Executive of the Steering Committee of the International Society for the Study of Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia, 1998–2004
• Chair, Heads of Departments and Schools of Psychology (HODSPA) May 2006 - May 2007
• Elected President - Elect, Australian Society for Psychotic Research Decemeber 2005 - current
• Editorial Consultation
• Associate Editor, Australian Psychologist, January, 1996–current.
• Appointed as an Editorial Board member of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 1999 - current.
• Appointed member of the International Advisory Panel Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005 - current.
• Panel Memberships
• NH&MRC Projects Grants Panel - 5a Mental Health Panel. Appointed 2001, 2002.
• NH&MRC Health Research Partnership Committee, Nov 2001–April 2002.
• Beyond Blue representative on the Committee for Incentives in Mental Health Access to Allied Health Task Group. Commonwealth of Australia, 2001
• NH&MRC Projects Grants Panel - 5a Mental Health Panel. Appointed Chairperson 2003 and again for 2004 (panel now known as Psychiatry/Psychology in 2004).
• Appointed to National Committee on Psychology, Australian Academy of Science 2003–current.
• APS-appointed member of National Science Committee, 2003–2005.
• Member, Expert Advisory Panel for the Clinical Guidelines for the Treatment of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Australia, June 2004–2005.

• Awards

• Elected as Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society 1995.
• Awarded Distinguished Career Award for 2004 by Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
• Awarded the Ian M. Campbell Prize in Clinical Psychology for 2005 by the Australian Psychological Society.

Recent Funded Research:

Edited Books :

Cotton, P. and Jackson, H.J. (Eds). Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health. Melbourne: The Australian Psychological Society Ltd (An APS Imprint Book), 1996.

McGorry, P. D. and Jackson, H. J. (Eds ). The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis: A Preventive Approach. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Jackson, H.J., Mcgorry, P.D And Edwards, J. - Cognitively oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis: Theory, praxis, outcomes, and challenges (pp. 249-284). In Social Cognition and Schizophrenia. (Eds.) P. Corrigan and D.A. Penn. American Psychological Association: Washington, D.C., 2001.

Francey, S., M., And Jackson, H.J.- Assessment and developing a formulation. In Working with People at High Risk of Developing Psychosis: A Treatment Handbook. (Eds.) J. Addington,  S. M. Francey, and A. Morrison. Wiley: Chichester: United Kingdom, 2006 (pp 25-39).

Jovev, M., And Jackson, H, J.– Personality disorders: Constructs and conceptualizations. In Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders: Exploring the Frontiers. (Eds.)  R.A. Sansone and J.L. Levitt,  Routledge (Taylor & Francis). New York (pp.     in press).  (2005).

Book Chapters:

Jackson, H.J. "The Assessment of Personality Disorder: Some Issues and Directions", in Cognitive Psychotherapy of Psychotic and Personality Disorders: Handbook of Theory and Practice (Eds.) C. Perris and P.D. McGorry, Wiley: Chichester, U.K, 293-314. (1998).

Yung, A., and Jackson, H.J. "The Onset of Psychotic Disorder: Clinical and Research Aspects", in The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis: A Preventive Approach. (Eds.) P.D.McGorry and H.J. Jackson, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, U.K, 27-50. (1999).

Jackson, H.J., Edwards, J., Hulbert,C., and McGorry, P.D. "Recovery from Psychosis: Psychological Interventions", in The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis: A Preventive Approach. (Eds.) P.D. McGorry and H.J. Jackson, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, U.K, 265-307. (1999).

Refereed Journal Articles:

Jackson, H.J., McGorry,P.D., Edwards, J., Hulbert, C., Henry, L., Francey, S., Maude, D., Cocks, J., Power, P., Harrigan, S., and Dudgeon, P."Cognitively-oriented Psychotherapy for Early Psychosis (COPE): Preliminary Results", British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, (Supplement) , 93-100. (1998).

McGorry, P.D., Yung, A.R., Phillips, L.J., Yuen, H.P., Francey, S., Cosgrave, E.M., Germano, D., BRAVIN, J., McDonald, T., Blair, A., Adlard, S., and Jackson, H. "Randomized Controlled Trial of Interventions Designed to Reduce the Risk of Progression to First-episode Psychosis in a Clinical Sample with Subthreshold Symptoms",Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 921-928 (2002)

Jackson, H.J., and Burgess, P. "Personality Disorders in the Community: Results from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Part III. Relationships between Specific Type of Personality Disorders, Axis I Mental Disorders and Physical Conditions with Disability and Health Consultations", Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 39, 765-776 (2004).

JACKSON, H.J., MCGORRY, P., EDWARDS, J., HULBERT, C., HENRY, L., HARRIGAN, S., DUDGEON, P., FRANCEY, S., MAUDE, D., COCKS, J., KILLACKEY, E., and POWER, P. – A controlled trial of cognitively-oriented psychotherapy for early psychosis (COPE) with four-year follow-up readmission data. Psychological Medicine, 35, 1295-1306 (2005)

FRANCEY, S.H., JACKSON, H.J., PHILLIPS, L.J., WOOD, S.J., YUNG, A.R., and McGORRY, P.D.  - Sustained attention in young people at high risk of psychosis does not predict transition to psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 79, 127-136 (2005)

JOVEV, M., and JACKSON, H.J. – The relationship of borderline personality disorder, life events and functioning in an Australian psychiatric sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20, 205-217 (2006)

JUDD, F., JACKSON, H., FRASER, C., MURRAY, G., ROBINS, G., and KOMITI, A. Understanding suicide in Australian farmers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 1-10 (2006)

Students under Supervision:

Masters of Psychology in Progress

• Sarah Marrinan

Doctor of Psychology Theses in Progress

• Tarni Jennings (thesis jointly being supervised with Dr Carol Hulbert)
• Mirabel McConchie (thesis being jointly supervised with Dr Eoin Killackey)
• Jess Murphy (thesis being jointly supervised with Associate Professor John Gleeson)
• Juliette Hooper

PhD Theses in Progress

• Jari Everstz
• Simone Pica (thesis being jointly supervised with Associate Professor Richard Bell)
• Kathryn Elkins
• Andrew Chanen (thesis being jointly supervised with Professor Patrick McGorry)
• Susan Bendall (Thesis being jointly supervised with Dr Carol Hulbert)
• Jan Borrell
• Susan Harrigan (thesis being jointly supervised with Dr Paul Dudgeon)
• Michelle Lim (Thesis being jointly supervised with Associate Professor John Gleeson)
• Lesley Leibowitz (Thesis being jointly supervised with Dr Prasuna Reddy and Professor Michael Berk for the combined MPsych/PhD degree)