Sandra Northcott MD, FRCPC

Associate Professor

Med School: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Residency University of Western Ontario
Clinical area of expertise: Schizophrenia, suicide prevention
Email: sandra.northcott@sjhc.london.on.ca
Phone: 519.455.5110 x47032
Twitter: @SandraNorthcott

Profile

Dr. Sandra Northcott is a practicing psychiatrist with the Adult Ambulatory Program at Parkwood Institute Mental Health Care. After graduating from Memorial University in Newfoundland in 1994, Dr. Northcott came to Western to complete her residency in Psychiatry. Dr. Northcott spent 13 years as a consultant psychiatrist with the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP). In 2015, she moved to St. Joseph's Health Care London. In addition to her interest in treatment resistant schizophrenia, she is also interested in suicide prevention. Since her residency, Dr. Northcott has been actively involved in undergraduate education and is currently the Associate Dean, Learner Experience at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.

 

Publications

  1. Northcott S, Norman RMG, Anderson KK, MacDougall A, Manchanda R, Harricharan R, Subramanian P, Richard J. Stability of outcomes after 5 years of Treatment in an Early Intervention Program. Wiley, 2017 Mar 18; 2017;0:1-6 (2017;0:1-6): 720-725, Collaborator

  2. Rahul Manchanda, Ross Norman, Ashok Malla, Rajendra Harricharan, Sandra Northcott, Julie Richard. EEG Abnormalities and 5-Year Outcome in First Episode Psychosis. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 May; 59 (5): 285-288, Collaborator

  3. Ross M.G. Norman, Rahul Manchanda, Deborah Windell, Raj Harricharan, Sandra Northcott and Lori Hassall. The Role of Treatment Delay in Predicting Five-Year Outcomes in An Early Intervention Program. 2012 Feb, Collaborator

  4. Norman, RMG, Manchanda R, Harricharan R, Northcott S, Windell D. Social support and five year functional outcomes in an Early Intervention Program. 2012, Collaborator

  5. Naoko Aoyama, Jean Theberge, Rahul Manchanda, Sandra Northcott, Richard W.J. Neufeld, Ravi S. Menon, Nagalingam Rajakumar, William F. Pavlosky, Maria Densmore, Betsy Schaefer and Peter C. Williamson. Grey matter and social functioning correlates of longitudinal glutamatergic metabolite changes in schizophrenia: A 4.0T Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. 2012, Collaborator

  6. Ross M.G. Norman, Rahul Manchanda, Ashok K. Malla, Deborah Windell, Raj Harricharan & Sandra Northcott. Symptom and Functional Outcomes for a 5 Year Early Intervention Program for Psychoses. 2011 Apr, Collaborator

  7. Manchanda R, Norman R, Malla A, Harricharan R, Northcott S. EEG Abnormalities and Three Year Outcome in First Episode Psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 117(4):277-282. (2008), Collaborator

  8. Norman RMG, Malla AK, Manchanda R, Windell D, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. Does treatment delay predict occupational functioning in first-episode psychosis? Schizophrenia Research, 91(1-3):259-262. (2007), Collaborator

  9. Theberge J, Williamson K, Aoyama N, Drost D, Manchanda R, Malla A, Northcott S, Menon R, Neufeld R, Rajakumar N, Pavlosky W, Densmore M, Schaefer B, Williamson P. Longitudinal gray matter and glutamatergic losses in first-episode schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191:325-334. (2007), Collaborator

  10. Norman R, Manchanda R, Malla AK, Harricharan R, Northcott S. The Significance of Family History in First Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195(10):846-852. (2007), Collaborator

  11. Norman RMG, Malla AK, Manchanda R, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. Social support and three-year symptom and admission outcomes for first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 80:227-234. (2006). Collaborator

  12. Manchanda R, Norman R, Malla A, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. EEG abnormalities and two-year outcome in first episode psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 111(3):208-13. (2005). Collaborator

  13. Manchanda R, Norman RMG, Malla AK, Harricharan R, Northcott S. Persistent psychosis in first episode patients. Schizophrenia Research, 80(1):113-116. (2005). Collaborator

  14. Haines RI, Northcott SJ. Kinetics and mechanisms of oxidation of nickel (II) tetraazamcrocycles by the peroxydisulphate anion in aqueous and binary mixtures. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 70:2785-2791. (1992), Coauthor

  15. Ross M.G. Norman, R. Manchanda, Ashok K. Malla, Deborah Windell, Raj Harricharan and Sandra Northcott. Symptom and functional outcomes for a five year early intervention program for psychoses, Collaborator