Publications

72. Pilkington V, Walton CC, Gwyther K, Butterworth M, Rice S, Purcell R (2025). Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. In Press

71. Walton CC, Kirby JN, McKenzie S, Gao CX, Purcell R, Rice SM, & Osborne MS. (2025). A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts. Frontiers in Psychology, 16:1512114

70. Vella S, Liddelow C, Rice S, Keegan R, Hall K, Jones M, Lubans D, McLeod S, Okely A, Olive L, Purcell R, Reece L, Rosenbaum S, Schweickle M, Singh K, Stewart D, Stimpson L, Sutcliffe J, Teychenne M, Walton CC, Swann, C. (2025). The development of Australian mental health guidelines for community sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine, In Press.

69. Broadaty H, Chau T, Heffernan M, Ginige J, Anders G, Millard M, Sachdev P, Anstey K, Lautenschlager, McNeil J, Jorm L, Kochan N, Maeder A, Welberry H, Caro San Jose J, Briggs N, Popovic G, Mavros Y, Rangel CA, Noble Y, Radd-Vagenas S, Flood V, Oleary F, Lampit A, Walton CC, Barr P, Singh MF, Valenzuela M (2025). An online multidomain lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine. In Press

68. Marck CH, Ayton D, Steward T, Koay HF, Wiley JF, Taiaroa G, Walton CC, Weld-Blundell I, Greaves MD, Singh, A. (2024). The workplace culture, mental health and wellbeing of early-and mid-career health academics: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1122.

67. Pilkington V, Rice S, Olive L, Walton CC, Purcell R (2024). Athlete Mental Health and Wellbeing During the Transition into Elite Sport: Strategies to Prepare the System. Sports Medicine-Open 10, 24.

66. Frost J, Walton CC, Purcell R, Fisher K, Gwyther K, Kocherginsky M, Rice SM (2024). The mental health of elite-level coaches: A systematic scoping review. Sports Medicine-Open 10, 16.

65. Walton CC, Purcell R, Henderson JL, Kim J, Kerr G, Frost J, Gwyther K, Pilkington V, Rice SM, Tamminen KA (2024). Mental health among elite youth athletes: A narrative overview to advance research and practice. Sports Health 6(2):166-176.

64. Marrows M, Grover H, Buckley G, Jeacocke NA, Walton CC (2023). Disordered eating in elite youth athletes: A scoping review of studies published since 2000. JSAMS Plus. 2, 14000

63. Walton CC, Purcell R, Pilkington V, Hall K, Kenttä G, Vella S, Rice SM (2023). Psychological safety for mental health in elite sport: A theoretically informed model. Sports Medicine. 54 (3), 557–564.

62. Frost J, Walton CC, Purcell R, Rice S (2023). Supporting the mental health of elite-level coaches through early intervention. Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. 5(4), 100734.

61. Purcell E, Henderson J, Tamminen KA, Frost J, Gwyther G, Kerr G, Kim J, Pilkington V, Rice SM, Walton CC (2023). Starting young to protect elite athlete mental health. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(8), 439-440.

60. Walton CC, Gwyther K, Gao CX, Purcell R, Rice SM (2022). Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-19

59. Lewis KJ, Walton CC, Slemp G, Osborne M (2022). Mindfulness and nonattachment-to-self in athletes” Can letting go build wellbeing and self-actualization? Mindfulness, 13, 2738–2750.

58. Olive LS, Rice SM, Gao CX, Pilkington V, Walton CC, Butterworth M, Abbott L, Cross G, Clements M, Purcell R (2022). Risk and protective factors for mental ill-health in elite para- and non-para athletes. Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 939087

57. Pilkington V, Rice S, Walton CC, Gwyther K, Olive L, Butterworth M, Clements M,  Cross G, Purcell R (2022). Prevalence and correlates of mental health symptoms and well-being amongst elite sport coaches and high-performance support staff. Sports Medicine Open, 8(1), 89.

56. Walton CC, Lewis KJ, Kirby J, Purcell R, Rice S, & Osborne M (2022). Self-compassionate motivation and athlete well-being: The critical role of distress tolerance. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 18(1), 131-149

55. Walton CC, Rice S, Purcell R (2022). More to be done in supporting athlete mental health and sleep. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 54(7), 1225.

54. Bell I, Pot-Kolder RM, Woo, SJ, Nelson B, Acevedo N, Stainton A, Nicol K, Kean J Bryce   S, Batholomeusz CF, Watson A, Schwartz O, Daglas-Georgiou R, Walton CC, … & Allott K. (2022). Digital technology for addressing cognitive impairment in recent-onset psychosis: A perspective. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 28, 100247.

53. Rice S, Walton CC, Pilkington V, Gwyther K, Olive LS, Lloyd M, ... & Purcell R (2022) Psychological safety in elite sport settings: a psychometric study of the Sport Psychological Safety Inventory. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 8(2), e001251.

52. Seidler ZE, Wilson MJ, Walton CC, Fisher K, Oliffe JL, Kealy D, ... & Rice SM. (2022). Australian men's initial pathways into mental health services. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 460-469.

51. Rice SM, Trail K, Walton CC, Kealy D, Seidler ZE, Wilson MJ, ... & Ogrodniczuk JS. (2022). An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a sample of help-seeking men. Archives of  Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 24(1), 22-31.

50. Purcell R, Pilkington V, Carberry S, Reid D, Gwyther K, Hall K, Deacon A, Menon R,  Walton CC, Rice S (2022). An evidence-informed framework to promote mental wellbeing in sport. Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 780359.

49. Walton CC, Osborne M, Gilbert P, Kirby K (2022). Nurturing self-compassionate performers. Australian Psychologist, 57(2), 77-85.

48. Hill, NTM, Bailey E, Benson R, Cully G, Kirtley OJ, Purcell R, Rice S, Robinson J, Walton CC (2022). Researching the researchers: psychological distress and psychosocial stressors according to career stage in mental health researchers. BMC Psychology, 10, 19.

47. Walton CC & Liknaitzky P (2022). Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for elite athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 34 (3) 605-623

46. Gwyther K, Rice S, Purcell R, Pilkington V, Santesteban-Echarri O, Bailey A, Walton CC (2022). Sleep interventions for performance, mood and sleep outcomes in athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 58, 102094.

45. Walton CC, Carberry S, Milson M, Purcell R, Olive L, Vella S, Rice S (2022). Supporting mental health in youth sport: Introducing a toolkit for coaches, clubs and organisations. International Sport Coaching Journal. 9(2), 263-270

44. Trail K, Oliffe JL, Patel D, Robinson J, King K, Armstrong G, Seidler Z, Walton CC, Wilson M, & Rice, S. M. (2021). Promoting healthier masculinities as a suicide prevention intervention in a regional Australian community: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives. Frontiers in Sociology, 6: 728170.

43. Rice S, Kealy D, Seidler ZE, Walton CC, Oliffe JL, Ogrodniczuk (2021). Male-type depression symptoms in young men with a history of childhood sexual abuse and current hazardous alcohol use. Psychiatry Research, 304, 114110.

42. Reardon CL, Gorczynski P, Hainline B, Hitchcock M, Purcell R, Rice S, Walton CC (2021). Anxiety disorders in youth athletes: A clinical reviewAdvances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 1(1), 149-160.

41. Walton CC, Rice S, Hutter RI, Currie A, Reardon CL, Purcell R (2021). Mental health in youth athletes: A clinical reviewAdvances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 1(1), 119-133.

40. Bennie A, Walton CC, O’Connor D, Fitzsimons L, Hammond T (2021). Exploring the experiences and well-being of Australian Rio Olympians during the post-Olympic phase: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 1964.

39. O’Bree B, Walton CC, Bendall S, Wilson M, Valentine L, McEnery C, D’Alfonso S, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Rice S (2021). Perceived helpfulness of a moderated online social therapy network for young people experiencing social anxiety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 6: 2796.

38. Walton CC, Rice S, Gao CX, Butterworth M, Clements M, Purcell R (2021). Gender differences in mental health symptoms and risk factors in Australian elite athletes. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 7(1), e000984.

37. Walton CC, Baranoff J, Gilbert P, Kirby J (2020). Self-compassion, social rank, and psychological distress in athletes of varying competitive levels. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 50, 101733.

36. Bielczyk NZ, Ando A, Badhwar A, Caldinelli C, Gao M, Haugg A, Hernandez LM, Ito K, Kessler D, Lurie D, Makary MM, Nikolaidis A, Veldsman M, Allen C, Bankston A, Costa Boffino C, Bottenhorn KL, Braukmann R, Cheplygina V, Ercan E, Finc K, Foo H, Khatibi A, La C, Mehler DMA, Narayanan S, Poldrack RA, Raamana PR, Salo T, Goddard-Sebillotte C, Uddin LQ, Valeriani D, Valk SL, Walton CC, Ward PGD, Yanes JA, Zhou X. Effective self-management for early career researchers in the natural and life sciences. Neuron. 106 (2).

35. Szeto JYY, Walton CC, Rizos A, Martinez-Martin P, Halliday GM, Naismith SL, Chaudhuri KR, Lewis SJG (2020) Dementia in long-term Parkinson’s disease patients: A multicentre retrospective study. npj Parkinson’s disease. 6.

34. Walton CC, Purcell R, Rice S (2019). Addressing mental health in elite athletes as a vehicle for early detection and intervention in the general community. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 13 (6).

33. Walton CC, Lampit A, Boulamatsis C, Hallock H, Barr P, Ginige JA, Brodaty H, Chau T, Heffernan M, Sachdev PS, Singh MAF, Valenzuela M (2019). Design and development of the brain training system for the digital ‘Maintain Your Brain’ dementia prevention trial. JMIR Aging. 2 (1): e13135.

32. Heffernan M, Andrews G, Fiatarone Singh M, Valenzuela M, Anstey K, Maeder A, McNeil J, Jorm L, Lautenschlagar N, Sachdev P, Ginige A, Hobbs M, Boulamatsis C, Chau T, Cobiac L, Cox K, Daniel K, Flood VM, Guerrero Y, Gunn J, Jain N, Kochan NA, Lampit A, Mavros Y, Meiklejohn J, Noble Y, O’Leary F, Radd-Vagenas S, Walton CC, Brodaty H (2019). Maintain Your Brain: Protocol of a 3-year randomised controlled trial of a personalised multi-modal digital health intervention to prevent cognitive decline and incident dementia amongst community dwelling 55-77 year olds. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 70 (S1).

31. Walton CC, Keegan, RJ, Martin M, Hallock H (2018). The potential role for cognitive training in sport: More research needed. Frontiers in Psychology. 9:1121.

30. Hall JM, Shine JM, Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Gilat M, Broadhouse K, Walton CC, Szeto JYY, Moustafa A, Lewis SJGL (2018). Alterations in white matter network topology contribute to freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 265 (6).

29. Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Shine JM, Walton CC, Georgiades MJ, Gilat M, Hall JM, Muller AJ, Szeto JYY, Lewis SJG (2018). Evidence for subtypes of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders. 33 (7).

28. Walton CC, Mowszowski L, Gilat M, Hall JM, O’Callaghan C, Muller AJ, Georgiades MJ, Szeto JYY, Ehgoetz Martens KA, Shine JM, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2018). Cognitive training for freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 4.

27. Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Hall JM, Georgiades MJ, Gilat M, Walton CC, Matar E, Lewis SJG Shine JM (2018). The functional network signature of heterogeneity in freezing of gait. Brain. 141 (4).

26. Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Lukasik L, Georgiades MJ, Gilat M, Hall JM, Walton CC, Lewis SJG (2018). Predicting the onset of freezing of gait: A longitudinal study. Movement Disorders. 33 (1).

25. Gilat M, Bell PT, Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Georgiades MJ, Hall JM, Walton CC, Lewis SJG Shine JM (2017). Dopamine depletion impairs gait automaticity by altering cortico-striatal and cerebellar processing in Parkinson’s disease. Neuroimage. 142.

24. Muller AJ, O’Callaghan C, Walton CC, Shine JM, Lewis SJG (2017). Retrospective neuropsychological profile of Parkinson’s disease patients prior to developing visual hallucinations. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 30 (2).

23. Walton CC, Naismith SL, Lampit A, Mowszowski L, Lewis SJG (2017). Cognitive training in Parkinson’s disease: A theoretical perspective. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 31 (3).

22. Gilat M, Hall JM, Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Shine JM, Walton CC, MacDougall HG, Moore ST, Lewis SJG (2017). Staircase climbing is not solely a visual compensation strategy to alleviate freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 264 (1).

21. Hall JM, Ehgoetz-Martens KA, Walton CC, O’Callaghan C, Keller PE, Lewis SJG, Moustafa AA (2016). Diffusion alterations associated with Parkinson’s disease symptomatology: A review of the literature. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 33.

20. Ehgoetz-Martens, Szeto JYY, Muller AJ, Hall JM, Gilat M, Walton CC, Lewis SJG (2016). Cognitive function in Parkinson’s disease patients with and without anxiety. Neurology Research International.

19. Mowszowski, Lampit A, Walton CC, Naismith SL (2016). Strategy-based cognitive training for improving executive functions in older adults: A systematic review. Neuropsychology Review. 26 (3).

18. Georgiades MJ, Gilat M, Ehgoetz-Martens K, Walton CC, Bissett PG, Shine JM, Lewis SJG (2016). Investigating motor initiation and inhibition deficits in patients with Parkinson’s disease and freezing of gait using a virtual reality paradigm. Neuroscience. 337.

17. Ehgoetz-Martens, Hall JM, Gilat M, Georgiades MJ, Walton CC, Lewis SJG (2016). Anxiety is associated with freezing of gait and attentional set-shifting in Parkinson’s disease: A new perspective for early intervention. Gait & Posture. 49.

16. Szeto JYY, Mowszowski L, Gilat M, Walton CC, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2016). Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: Impact on Caregiver Outcomes. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. 6 (3).

15. Hall JM, O’Callaghan C, Shine JM, Muller AJ, Phillips JR, Walton CC, Lewis SJG, Moustafa AA (2016). Dysfunction in attentional processing in patients with Parkinson’s disease and visual hallucinations. Journal of Neural Transmission. 123 (5).

14. Gilat M, Shine JM, Walton CC, O’Callaghan C, Hall JM, Lewis SJG (2015). Brain activation underlying turning in Parkinson’s disease patients with and without Freezing of Gait. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 1.

13. Walton CC, O’Callaghan, C Hall JM, Gilat M, Mowszowski L, Naismith SL, Burrell J, Shine JM, Lewis SJG (2015). Antisaccade errors implicate dysfunctional cognitive control in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait. Journal of Neurology. 262 (12).

12. Hall JM, Shine JM, O’Callaghan C, Walton CC, Gilat M, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2015). Freezing of gait and its associations in the early and advanced clinical motor stages of Parkinson’s disease: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. 5 (4).

11. Szeto JYY, O’Callaghan C, Shine JM, Walton CC, Mowszowski L, Naismith SL, Halliday GH, Lewis SJG (2015). The relationships between mild cognitive impairment and phenotype in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 1.

10. Leung IHK*, Walton CC*, Hallock H, Lewis SJG, Valenzuela M, Lampit A (2015). Cognitive training in Parkinson’s disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Neurology. 85 (21). *Equal-first authorship

9. Zis P, Erro R, Walton CC, Sauerbier A, Chaudhuri KR (2015). The range and nature of non-motor symptoms in drug naïve Parkinson’s disease patients: A state of the art review. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 1.

8. Walton CC, Szeto JYY, Shine JM, Lewis SJG (2015). The ‘Cognitions’ Index of the Parkinson’s Disease Questionaire-39 relates to Sleep Disturbance and Hallucinations. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 21 (3).

7. Szeto JYY, Mowszowski L, Gilat M, Walton CC, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2015). Assessing the utility of the movement disorder society task force level 1 criteria for mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 21 (1).

6. Walton CC, Kavanagh A, Downey LA, Lomas J, Camfield DA, Stough C (2015). Online cognitive training in healthy older adults: a preliminary study on the effects of single versus multi-domain training. Translational Neuroscience. 6.

5. Walton CC, Shine JM, Hall JM, O’Callaghan C, Mowszowski L, Gilat M, Szeto JYY, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2015). The major impact of freezing of gait on quality of life in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology. 262 (1).

4. Walton CC, Shine JM, Mowszowski L, Gilat M, Hall JM, O’Callaghan C, Naismith SL, Lewis  SJG (2014). Impaired cognitive control in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait in response to cognitive load. Journal of Neural      Transmission. 122 (5).

3. Walton CC, Shine JM, Mowszowski L, Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2014). Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease: Current treatments and the potential role for cognitive training. Restorative Neurology & Neuroscience. 32 (3).

2. Walton CC, Mowszowski L, Lewis SJG, Naismith SL (2014). Stuck in the mud: Time for change in the implementation of cognitive training research in ageing? Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 6 (43).

1. Hall JM, Shine JM, Walton CC, Gilat M, Kamsma YPT., Naismith SL, Lewis SJG (2014). Early phenotypic differences between Parkinson’s disease patients with and without freezing of gait. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 20 (6).

Book Chapters

7. Zhang S, Walton CC, Mosewich A (2025). Compassion: A Missing Link in Talent Development. In A Borrie & E Ryall (Eds.) Reimagining Talent Development in Sport: Seeing a Different World.

6. Purcell R, Walton CC, Currie A, Rice S (2023). Young Athletes’ Mental Health and Wellbeing. In I Nixdorf, J Beckmann, T MacIntyre & R Nixdorf (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport. Routledge

5. Walton CC, Reardon CL, Olive L, Purcell R, Rice S (2023). Anxiety Disorders. In I Nixdorf, J Beckmann, T MacIntyre and R Nixdorf (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport. Routledge

4. Walton CC, Rice S, Purcell R (2022). Mental Health in Youth Elite Athletes. In C Reardon (Ed.) Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes. Springer Nature

3. Rice S, Walton CC, Olive L, Reardon CL, Purcell R, (2022). Scope of the Problem of Mental Health Symptoms and Disorders in Elite Athletes. In C Reardon (Ed.) Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes. Springer Nature

2. Purcell R, Walton CC, Reardon CL, Rice S, (2022). Anxiety and Related Disorders. In C Reardon (Ed.) Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes. Springer Nature

1. Rice S, Walton CC, Gwyther K, Purcell R (2021). Mental Health. In R Arnold and D Fletcher (Eds.) Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport. Routledge

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Peer Reviewed Publications