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Biography
Emeritus Professor Tonge has a distinguished record of teaching and research in child psychiatry. He established and directed the internationally recognised Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology. He has research and teaching interests in the area of developmental psychiatry with a particular focus in the areas of Autism Spectrum Disorders and behavioural and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents with intellectual disability and treatment outcome studies in childhood anxiety and depressive disorders.
Relevant publications over the past 10 years include: 29 books/book chapters; 147 papers; 5 videos; 6 manuals, and many invited addresses. Professor Tonge received the Australian Society for Study of Intellectual Disability, Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine award for career research excellence (2001) and has been awarded competitive grants (1990 - current) totalling $11,597,015.
Professor Tonge is the co-author of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist, an instrument which assesses behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents with intellectual disability. This instrument is widely used in clinical and research settings in both Australia and internationally.
Some of Professor Tonge's many and varied career highlights include the 'draw a dream' technique, now used by child psychiatrists and psychologists around the world.
Research interests
Developmental psychiatry
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Autism
- childhood anxiety and depression
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Growing Minds Australia: A National Trials Strategy to Transform Child and Youth Mental Health Services
Dadds, M. R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Anderson, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bellgrove, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brown, N. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burchfield, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cann, W. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carr, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clark, D. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Curtis, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dean, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dear, B. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Degenhardt, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Doyle, F. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Eapen, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Efron, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Elliott, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fonagy, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goldfeld, S. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Green, M. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hart, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hawes, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hearps, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hunt, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jorm, A. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kenardy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kimonis, E. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kohn, M. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kowalenko, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laurens, K. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morgan, A. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Newman, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Northam, J. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Oberklaid, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Olivier, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rapee, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sanders, M. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sawyer, M. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schroeder, E.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sciberras, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shanley, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Silk, T. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tonge, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tully, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tzoumakis, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ward, P. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Waters, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Williams, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Yap, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reupert, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Mihalopoulos, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/05/21 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Dept Human Serv - Tonge (TFAF Metro)
Tonge, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Services Australia (DHS) (Australia)
15/08/01 → …
Project: Research
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Dept Human Serv - Tonge (TFAF Rural)
Tonge, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Services Australia (DHS) (Australia)
15/08/01 → …
Project: Research
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NHMRC 1991-2003 Acquittals Pmt-Tonge
Tonge, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
NHMRC - National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Project: Research
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Australian childhood and adolescent development
Tonge, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
NHMRC - National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Project: Research
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Paediatric Emergency Department Mental Health and Behavioural Presentations in Australia Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study
Newberry-Dupe, J., Melvin, G., King, K., White, M. J., Anderson, V., Babl, F. E., Borland, M. L., Dalziel, S. R., Hiscock, H., Tonge, B. J., Buntine, P., Charters, B., Hamilton, M., Kochar, A., Meyer, A., Tran, V., Aldridge, E., Barrington, G., Hackett, L. & Lowry, N. & 4 others, , Jun 2025, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 61, 6, p. 910–918 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype
Symeonides, C., Vacy, K., Thomson, S., Tanner, S., Chua, H. K., Dixit, S., Mansell, T., O'Hely, M., Novakovic, B., Herbstman, J. B., Wang, S., Guo, J., Chia, J., Tran, N. T., Hwang, S. E., Britt, K., Chen, F., Kim, T. H., Reid, C. A. & El-Bitar, A. & 17 others, , 7 Aug 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 22 p., 6367.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for improving the physical health of children and adolescents taking antipsychotic medications: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hawker, P., Bellamy, J., McHugh, C., Wong, T. Y., Williams, K., Wood, A., Anderson, V., Tonge, B. J., Ward, P., Sciberras, E., Bellgrove, M. A., Silk, T., Lin, P.-I. & Eapen, V., 27 Oct 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 10, 7 p., e073893.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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A review of Australian Government funding of parenting intervention research
Havighurst, S. S., Chainey, C., Doyle, F. L., Higgins, D. J., Mathews, B., Mazzucchelli, T. G., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., Andriessen, K., Cobham, V. E., Cross, D., Dadds, M. R., Dawe, S., Gray, K. M., Guastella, A. J., Harnett, P., Haslam, D. M., Middeldorp, C. M., Morawska, A., Ohan, J. L. & Sanders, M. R. & 7 others, , Jun 2022, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 46, 3, p. 262-268 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Structural and functional brain abnormalities in children with schizotypal disorder: a pilot study
Wang, Y., Harding, I. H., Testa, R., Tonge, B., Jones, H., Seal, M., Ross, N., Chan, R. C. K., van Beurden, F., Abu-Akel, A., Skafidas, E. & Pantelis, C., 18 Mar 2020, In: npj Schizophrenia. 6, 1, 4 p., 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)
Press/Media
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What about the mental health of children with intellectual disability?
Gray, K., Melvin, G., Tonge, B., Totsika, V. & Hastings, R.
12/11/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment