Researcher biography
Sarangan is a Psychiatry Registrar and is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Queensland's National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. He was awarded his MBBS from James Cook University, and graduated from the same institution in 2020 with a MPH. He worked as a Resident Medical Officer at RBWH prior to commencing psychiatry training. Sarangan is currently working towards a PhD at UQ and is investigating the relationship between stress and mental illness in combat-exposed veterans.
Journal Articles
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) ARTN 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, 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