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Michael S. Gordon MB BS, MPM, FRANZCP

Position:

Acting Director Southern Health CAMHS

Contact Details:

Telephone 9594 1300
Fax 9594 6333
Michael.Gordon@southernhealth.org.au

Profile:

I have submitted my MD thesis into predictors of the duration of a depressive disorder in adolescents.  I have been an honorary lecturer at Monash University for several years.  I have been working with Professor Bruce Tonge in the Department of Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology for 8 years.

Research Interests:

Adolescent depression, suicidal adolescents and children

Publications:

  1. Nayler, C.G., Gordon, M., Stephens, D.J., & Skirrock, U.J. The Protective Effect on the Ischaemic and Reperfused Myocardium Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Vol. 17 (7), pp.685-699, 1985

  2. Gordon MS, Tonge BJ. Diagnosing and Treating Depression in Childhood and Adolescence. Medicine Today, pp 39 – 45, March 2000

  3. Gordon MS, Tonge BJ. Diagnosing and treating depression in childhood and adolescence Medicine Today (Mid East Ed), Vol. 18,40-47, 2001

  4. Tonge, B., King, N., Klimkeit, E., Melvin, G., Heyne, D.  Gordon, M. (2005). The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Depression in Adolescents (SEQ-DA): Development and Psychometric Evaluation.  European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 14 (7), 357-363.

  5. Williams, N.J.,Tonge, B.J., King, N.J., Melvin, G.A., Dudley,  A.L., Gordon, M., & Klimkeit, E. (2004) A comparison of  cognitive-behavioural therapy and pharmacotherapy for adolescent depression: The time for a future project. Poster Presentation at The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) Conference in Berlin, Germany.

  6. Dudley, A.L, Tonge, B.J., Ford, S., King, N., Gordon, M., Melvin, G., &  Klimkeit, E. (2006).  Three-eight year outcome of a clinical sample of depressed adolescents. Paper presentation at the 17th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

  7. Melvin, G. A., Tonge, B. J., King, N. J., Heyne, D., Gordon, M. S., & Klimkeit, E. (2006)  A comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy, sertraline, and their combination for adolescent depression Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 1151-1161