Researcher biography
Sarangan is a Psychiatrist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at The University of Queensland. He completed his MBBS at James Cook University, where he was also awarded a Master of Public Health. He is currently working towards a PhD focussing on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder at The University of Queensland.
Journal Articles
Ketheesan, Sarangan, Wade, Vicki, Hung, Te-Yu and Roberts, Kathryn V. (2025). Autoimmune neuropsychiatric sequelae of group A streptococcal infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overlooked burden?. Australasian Psychiatry 10398562251351462. doi: 10.1177/10398562251351462
Vickers, Mark L., Chan, Hong Yin, Elliott, Stephen, Ketheesan, Sarangan, Ramineni, Vinay, Eriksson, Lars, McMahon, Kirsten, Oddy, Belinda and Scott, James G. (2024). Stimulant medications in the management of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa in patients with and without comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review. Eating Behaviors, 54 101908, 101908. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101908
McMillan, David, Ketheesan, Sarangan, Rafeek, Rukshan Ahamed Mohamed, Thapa, Riya, Munif, Mohammad Raguib, Hamlin, Adam, Tully, Phillip, Norton, Robert, White, Andrew and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2024). Neurobehavioral changes associated with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a narrative review. Heart and Mind, 8 (2), 89-99. doi: 10.4103/hm.hm-d-23-00069
Smith, Samuel , Ketheesan, Sarangan , Touma, Emeile , Lipman, Jeffrey and Brown, Anthony F. T. (2021). Lorazepam challenge test for catatonia. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (4) 1742-6723.13780, 763-764. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13780
Johnston, Karen, Guingona, Monsie, Elsanousi, Salwa, Mbokazi, Jabu, Labarda, Charlie, Cristobal, Fortunato L., Upadhyay, Shambhu, Othman, Abu-Bakr, Woolley, Torres, Acharya, Balkrishna, Hogenbirk, John C., Ketheesan, Sarangan, Craig, Jonathan C., Neusy, Andre-Jacques and Larkins, Sarah (2020). Training a fit-for-purpose rural health workforce for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): how do drivers and enablers of rural practice intention differ between learners from LMICs and high income countries?. Frontiers in Public Health, 8 582464. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.582464
Ketheesan, Sarangan, Bertram, Georgia, Adam, Robert, Stark, Anne and Scott, James G. (2020). Muddying the waters? A false positive case of autoimmune psychosis. Australasian Psychiatry, 29 (3) 1039856220965041, 1039856220965041-281. doi: 10.1177/1039856220965041
Ketheesan, S., Rinaudo, M., Berger, M., Wenitong, M., Juster, R. P., McEwen, B. S. and Sarnyai, Z. (2020). Stress, allostatic load and mental health in Indigenous Australians. Stress, 23 (5), 509-518. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2020.1732346
Ketheesan, Sarangan, Natkunam, Rajaratnam and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2019). The Jaffna Medical Journal as a forum for undergraduate research. Jaffna Medical Journal, 31 (1), 26-29. doi: 10.4038/jmj.v31i1.63
Berger, Maximus, Leicht, Anthony, Slatcher, Angela, Kraeuter, Ann Katrin, Ketheesan, Sarangan, Larkins, Sarah and Sarnyai, Zoltán (2017). Cortisol awakening response and acute stress reactivity in First Nations people. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 41760. doi: 10.1038/srep41760
Conference Papers
Ketheesan, S., Mudur, A., Vickers, M. L., Stjepanović, D., Chan, G., Lawford, B. R., Sarnyai, Z. and Connor, J. P. (2025). Allostatic load in anxiety and trauma and stressor-related disorders: a systematic review. RANZCP 2025, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 4-8 May 2025. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Ketheesan, Sarangan, Tran, Trung, De Silva, Dilki, Lau, Ching Yat Alistair, Lindsay, Daniel, Juster, Robert-Paul and Sarnyai, Zoltan (2020). Measuring stress and allostatic load in Indigenous Australians: a systematic review and analysis of biomarker studies. ISPNE 2020 Psychoneuroendocrinology in the Time of Covid-19, Virtual , 27 - 29 August 2020. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104960
Berger, M., Leicht, A., Slatcher, A., Kraeuter, A., Ketheesan, S., Larkins, S., Elston, J. and Sarnyai, Z. (2016). Flattened cortisol awakening response and altered stress reactivity as potential mediators of ethnic minority associated risk in first nations people. 29th ECNP Congress, Vienna, Austria, 17 - 20 September 2016. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/s0924-977x(16)31039-2