Publications
SUBSTANCE USE
Anstey, K. J. , Jorm, A.F., Réglade-Meslin , C., Maller, J., Kumar, R., von Sanden, C., Windsor, T. D., Rodgers, B., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2006). Weekly alcohol consumption, brain atrophy and white matter hyper intensities in a community based sample aged 60-64. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 778-785.
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Salim, A. & O’Kearney, R. (2007) Smoking as a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. American Journal of Epidemiology. Published Online. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm116.
Anstey, K. J., Windsor, T. D., Rodgers, B., Jorm, A. F., & Christensen, H. (2005). Lower cognitive test scores observed in alcohol abstainers are associated with demographic, personality, and biological factors: the PATH Through Life Project. Addiction, 100, 1291-1301.
Christensen, H., Low, L-F, Anstey, K. J. (2006). Prevalence, risk factors, and treatment for substance abuse in older adults. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 19, 587-92.
Rodgers, B., Windsor, T. D., Anstey, K. J., Dear, K. B. G., Jorm, A. F., & Christensen, H. (2005). Non-linear relationship between cognitive function and alcohol consumption in young, middle-aged and older adults: the PATH Through Life Project. Addiction, 100, 1280-90.
Rodgers, B., Windsor, T.D., Caldwell, T.M. & Power, C. (In press). Misclassification bias and moderate drinking. Addiction Research and theory 15, 29-33 .
Sachdev, P. S. Chen, X., Wen, W. Anstey, K. J. Light to moderate alcohol use is associated with increased cortical gray matter in middle-aged men: a voxel-based morphometric study Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
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DEMENTIA
Anstey, K. J., Lipnicki, D., & Low, L-F. (2008) Serum cholesterol as a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline: A review of prospective studies. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 343-354.
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Salim, A. & O’Kearney, R. (2007) Smoking as a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. American Journal of Epidemiology. Published Online. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm116.
Brodaty, H., Low, L-F., Gibson, L., & Burns, K. (2004, November). Review of dementia screening instruments for general practitioners. Report to the New South Wales Department of Health.
Cherbuin, N., Anstey, K.J. (2008). DIY dementia screening and online assessment tools. International Psychogeriatrics, 20, 641-642.
Cherbuin, N., Anstey, K.J., Lipnicki, D. M. (2006). Dementia screening instrument: recommendations for the national dementia website. Report to the Department of Health and Ageing.
Cherbuin, N., Anstey, K.J., Lipnicki, D. M. (2008). Screening for dementia: a review of self-assessment instruments. International Psychogeriatrics, 20, 431-458.
Low, L-F., Anstey, K.J. (2007). The public’s perception of the plausibility of dementia risk factors is not influenced by scientific evidence. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 32, 202-206.
Low, L-F., & Anstey, K. J. (accepted March 21, 2008). Dementia literacy: recognition and beliefs on dementia of the Australian public. Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
Jorm, A, F., & Kumar, R. (2004). Epidemiology of vascular dementia: meta-analysis. In J. O'Brien, D. Ames, L. Gustafson, E. Chiu, & M. F. Folstein (Eds.), Cerebrovascular disease, cognitive impairment and dementia (pp. 85-93). Informa Healthcare.
Jorm, A. F., Masaki, K. H., Davis, D. G., Hardman, J., Nelson, J., Markesbury, W. R., Petrovitch, H., Ross, G. W., & White, L. R. (2004). Memory complaints in non-demented men predict future pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. Neurology, 63, 1960-1961.
Katchaturian, Z., Brodaty, H., Broe, T., Jorm, T., Masters, C., Nay, R., Haikerwal, M., Rees, G., & Low, L-F. (2004, September). Dementia Research: A vision for Australia. Alzheimer’s Australia.
Low, L-F., Brodaty, H., Edwards, R., Kochan, N., Draper, B., Trollor, J., & Sachdev, P. (2004). The prevalence of 'cognitive impairment to dementia' in community dwelling elderly: a pilot study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 725-731
Maller, J., & Rees, G. National Research Priorities Taskforce: Dementia Report. Available online: http:/www.dest.gov.au/priorities/priorities_sub/pdf157p.pdf.
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MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Anstey, K. J. (2008). Problems identifying odours predicts mild cognitive impairment in the elderly. Evid Based Ment Health. May;11(2):40.
Anstey, K. J., Mack, H. A., Christensen, H., Li, S-C., Reglade-Meslin, C., Maller, J., Kumar, R., Dear, K., Easteal, S., & Sachdev, P. (2007). Corpus callosum size, reaction time speed and variability in mild cognitive disorders and in a normative sample, Neuropsychologia, 45, 1911-1920.
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Salim, A. & O’Kearney, R. (2007) Smoking as a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. American Journal of Epidemiology. Published Online. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm116.
Christensen, H., Dear, K. B. G., Anstey, K. J., Parslow, R. A., Sachdev, P., & Jorm, A. (2005). Within occasion intraindividual variability and preclinical diagnostic status: Is intra-individual variability an indicator of mild cognitive impairment? Neuropsychology, 19, 309-317.
Kumar, R., Dear, K. B. G., Christensen, H., Ilschner, S., Jorm, A. F., Meslin, C., Rosenman, S. J., & Sachdev, P. S. (2005). Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in 60-64 year old community-dwelling individuals: The personality and total health (PATH) Through Life 60+ Study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 19, 67-74.
Kumar, R. Parslow, R.A., Jorm A. F. Rosenman, S.J., de Plater G., Maller J.J., Meslin, C., Anstey, K. J., Christensen H., & Sachdev P. S. (2006). Clinical and Neuroimaging Correlates of Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Middle-Aged Community Sample: The PATH Through Life 60+ Study, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21:44-50
Low, L-F., Brodaty, H., Edwards, R., Kochan, N., Draper, B., Trollor, J., & Sachdev, P. (2004). The prevalence of 'cognitive impairment to dementia' in community dwelling elderly: a pilot study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 725-731
Sachdev, P. S., Anstey, K. J., Parslow, R. A., Wen, W., Maller, J. J., Kumar, R. , Christensen, H., Jorm, A. F. (2006). Pulmonary function, cognitive impairment and brain atrophy in a middle aged community sample, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21, 300-308.
Wadley, V. G., Okonkwo, O., Crowe, M., & Ross-Meadows, L. A. (in press). Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: Evidence of reduced speed in performing instrumental activities of daily living. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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COGNITION
Ackerman, M. L., Edwards, J. E., Ross-Meadows, L. A., Ball, K. K., & Lunsman, M. L. (in press). Examination of cognitive and everyday performance as indicators for driving cessation risk across three years. The Gerontologist.
Anstey, K. J. (2008). Biomarkers and cognitive ageing: What do we know and where to from here? In: S. M. Hofer & D. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Ageing. Sage. (pp.327-2339
Anstey, K. J., Dear, K., Christensen, H., & Jorm, A. F. (2005). Biomarkers , health, lifestyle and demographic variables as correlates of reaction time performance in early, middle, and late adulthood. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58A, 5-21.
Anstey, K. J., & Low, L-F. (2004). Normal cognitive changes in ageing. Australian Family Physician, 33, 783-787.
Anstey, K. J., Windsor, T. D., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., & Rodgers, B. (2004). The association of pulmonary function with cognitive performance in early, middle and late adulthood. Gerontology, 50, 230-234.
Anstey, K. J., Windsor, T. D., Rodgers, B., Jorm, A. F., & Christensen, H. (2005). Lower cognitive test scores observed in alcohol abstainers are associated with demographic, personality, and biological factors: the PATH Through Life Project. Addiction, 100, 1291-1301.
Ball, K., & Ross, L. A. Normal Aging. In T. D. Marcotte & I. Grant (Eds.), Everyday Functioning: Translating Laboratory Performance to the Real World. New York: Guilford Publications. To be published in 2008.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2004). Cognition is cool: can hemispheric activation be assessed by tympanic membrane thermometry? Brain and Cognition, 54, 228-231.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2005a). Hemispheric activation and interaction: past activity affects future performance. Laterality, 10, 563-579.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2007). Sensitivity of functional tympanic membrane thermometry (fTMT) as an index of hemispheric activation in cognition. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 12, 239-269.
Christensen, H., Anstey, K. J., Leach, L., & Mackinnon, A. (2007). Intelligence, education and occupation as indices of brain reserve. In: G. Craik & T. A. Salthouse (Eds.), The Handbook of Aging and Cognition.(pp. 133-188).
Edwards, J. D., Ross, L. A., Ackerman, M. A., Small, B. J., Ball, K. K., Dodson, J. E., & Bradley, S. A. (2008). Longitudinal predictors of driving cessation among older adults from the ACTIVE clinical trial. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Jorm, A, F. (2004). The informant questionnaire of cognitive decline in the elderly (IQCODE): A review. International Psychogeriatrics, 16, 1-19.
Jorm, A. F., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., Easteal, S., Maller, J., Mather, K. A., Turakulov, R. I., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2004). Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: Associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1495-1506.
Jorm, A. F., Masaki, K. H., Davis, D. G., Hardman, J., Nelson, J., Markesbury, W. R., Petrovitch, H., Ross, G. W., & White, L. R. (2004). Memory complaints in non-demented men predict future pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. Neurology, 63, 1960-1961.
Jorm, A.F., Mather, K.A., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K.J., Christensen, H., Easteal, S. (2007). APOE genotype and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample. Neuropsychology, 21, 1-8.
Jorm, A. F., Turakulov, R. I., Mather, K. A., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., & Easteal S. (in press). Apolipoprotein e4 allele and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample. Neuropsychology.
Low, L-F., Anstey, K. J,, Jorm, A. F., Rodgers, B., & Christensen, H. (2005). Reproductive period and cognitive function in a representative sample of naturally postmenopausal women aged 60-64. Climacteric, 8, 380-389
Maller, J. J., Anstey, K. J., Meslin, C., Christensen H., & Sachdev, P. (2007). Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in a random community-based sample of 60-64 year olds and their relationship to cognition. Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging, 156(3):185-97.
Rodgers, B., Windsor, T. D., Anstey, K. J., Dear, K. B. G., Jorm, A. F., & Christensen, H. (2005). Non-linear relationship between cognitive function and alcohol consumption in young, middle-aged and older adults: the PATH Through Life Project. Addiction, 100, 1280-90.
Vance, D., Ross, L. A., & Downs, C. A. (2008). Self-reported cognitive ability and global cognitive performance in adults with HIV. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing,40(1), 6-13.
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BRAIN, GENETICS & NEUROIMAGING
Anstey, K. J., Mack, H. A., Christensen, H., Li, S-C., Reglade-Meslin, C., Maller, J., Kumar, R., Dear, K., Easteal, S., & Sachdev, P. (2007). Corpus callosum size, reaction time speed and variability in mild cognitive disorders and in a normative sample, Neuropsychologia, 45, 1911-1920.
Anstey, K. J., Maller, J., Réglade-Meslin, C., Christensen, H., Jorm, A. F., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2004). Hippocampal and amygdala volumes in relation to handedness in adults aged 60-64. Neuroreport, 15, 2825-2829.
Bunce, D., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., Dear, K. Wen, W., Sachdev, P. (2007) White matter hyper intensities and within-person variability in community-dwelling adults aged 60 to 64 years. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2009-2015.
Chen, X., Sachdev, PS., Wen, W. Anstey, K. J. (accepted March 29, 2007) Sex differences in regional gray matter in healthy individuals aged 44-48 years: A Voxel-based morphometric study. Neuroimage.
Chen, X, Wen, W., Anstey, K. J. Sachdev, P. S. (2006). Effects of cerebrovascular risk factors on gray matter volume in adults aged 60-64 years: A Voxel-based morphometric study, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 147, 105-114
Cherbuin, N., Anstey, K. J., Sachdev, P. Maller, J. J., Meslin, C., Mack, H., Wen, W., Easteal, S. (accepted August 17, 2007) Total and regional grey matter volume is not related to APOE*E4 status in a community sample of middle-aged individuals. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2004). Cognition is cool: can hemispheric activation be assessed by tympanic membrane thermometry? Brain and Cognition, 54, 228-231.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2005). Practice makes two hemispheres almost perfect. Cognitive Brain Research, 24, 413-422.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2005). Hemispheric activation and interaction: past activity affects future performance. Laterality, 10, 563-579.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2006). Do the cerebral hemispheres interact differently in left-handed individuals? Neuropsychology, 20, 700-707.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2006). Efficiency of callosal transfer and hemispheric interaction. Neuropsychology, 20, 178-184.
Cherbuin, N., & Brinkman, C. (2007). Sensitivity of functional tympanic membrane thermometry (fTMT) as an index of hemispheric activation in cognition. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 12, 239-269.
Cherbuin, N., Leach, L., Christensen, H., Anstey, K. J. (2007). Neuroimaging and APOE genotype: A systematic qualitative review, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 24, 324-368.
Christensen, H., Anstey, K. J., Parslow, R., Mackinnon, A., Sachdev, P. (2006). The Brain Reserve Hypothesis, Brain Atrophy and Aging, Gerontology, 53, 82-95.
Jorm, A. F., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., de Plater, G., Kumar, R., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2005). MRI hyperintensities and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 60-64 year old individuals. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 699-704.
Jorm, A. F., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., Easteal, S., Maller, J., Mather, K. A., Turakulov, R. I., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2004). Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: Associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1495-1506.
Jorm, A.F., Mather, K.A., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K.J., Christensen, H., Easteal, S. (2007). APOE genotype and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample. Neuropsychology, 21, 1-8.
Jorm, A. F., Turakulov, R. I., Mather, K. A., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., & Easteal S. (in press). Apolipoprotein e4 allele and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample. Neuropsychology.
Kumar, R. Parslow, R.A., Jorm A. F. Rosenman, S.J., de Plater G., Maller J.J., Meslin, C., Anstey, K. J., Christensen H., & Sachdev P. S. (2006). Clinical and Neuroimaging Correlates of Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Middle-Aged Community Sample: The PATH Through Life 60+ Study, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21:44-50
Maller, J. J., Anstey, K. J., Meslin, C., Christensen H., & Sachdev, P. (2007). Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in a random community-based sample of 60-64 year olds and their relationship to cognition. Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging, 156(3):185-97.
Maller, J.J., Réglade-Meslin, C., Anstey, K.J., & Sachdev, P. (2006). Sex and symmetry differences in hippocampal volumetrics: before and beyond the opening of the crus of the fornix. Hippocampus, 16, 80-90.
Sachdev, P. S., Anstey, K. J., Parslow, R. A., Wen, W., Maller, J. J., Kumar, R. , Christensen, H., Jorm, A. F. (2006). Pulmonary function, cognitive impairment and brain atrophy in a middle aged community sample, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21, 300-308.
Sachdev, P. S. Chen, X., Wen, W. Anstey, K. J. (in press) Light to moderate alcohol use is associated with increased cortical gray matter in middle-aged men: a voxel-based morphometric study Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
Sachdev, P.S., Parslow, R, Wen, W. Anstey, K. J. Easteal, S. (accepted 5/9/07) Sex differences in the causes and consequences of white matter hyperintensities. Neurobiology of Aging.
Sachdev, P. S., Wen, W., Christensen, H., & Jorm, A. F. (2005). White matter hyperintensities are related to physical disability and poor motor function. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 76, 362-367.
Wen, W., Chen, X., Anstey, K. J., & Sachdev, P. S. (accepted March 7, 2008). White matter hyperintensities in the forties: The prevalence and topography in an epidemiological sample aged 44-48. Human Brain Mapping.
Wen, W., Sachdev, P., Chen, X., & Anstey, K.. (2006). Gray matter reduction is correlated with white matter hyper intensity volume: A Voxel-based morphometric study in a large epidemiological sample, Neuroimage, 29, 1031-1039.
Zhou, L., Hartley, R., Lieby, P., Barnes, N., Anstey, K., Cherbuin, N., Sachdev, P. (2007). A study of hippocampal shape difference between genders by efficient hypothesis test and discriminative deformation. MICCAI.
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PHYSICAL HEALTH, CARDIOVASCULAR and PULMONARY FUNCTION
Anstey, K. J., Mack, H. A., & von Sanden, C. (2006). The relationship between cognition and mortality in patients with stroke, coronary heart disease or cancer, European Psychologist, 11, 182-195.
Anstey, K. J., Windsor, T. D., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., & Rodgers, B. (2004). The association of pulmonary function with cognitive performance in early, middle and late adulthood. Gerontology, 50, 230-234.
Chen, X, Wen, W., Anstey, K. J. Sachdev, P. S. (2006). Effects of cerebrovascular risk factors on gray matter volume in adults aged 60-64 years: A Voxel-based morphometric study, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 147, 105-114
Sachdev, P. S., Anstey, K. J., Parslow, R. A., Wen, W., Maller, J. J., Kumar, R. , Christensen, H., Jorm, A. F. (2006). Pulmonary function, cognitive impairment and brain atrophy in a middle aged community sample, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21, 300-308.
Sachdev, P. S., Wen, W., Christensen, H., & Jorm, A. F. (2005). White matter hyperintensities are related to physical disability and poor motor function. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 76, 362-367.
Sargent-Cox, Anstey, K. J. & Luszcz, M. A. (accepted 03/04/08) The Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Determinants of Self-Rated Health Items with Different Points of Reference: Implications for Health Perceptions of Older Adults. Journal of Ageing and Health
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DRIVING and DRIVING CESSATION
Ackerman, M. L., Edwards, J. E., Ross-Meadows, L. A., Ball, K. K., & Lunsman, M. L. (in press). Examination of cognitive and everyday performance as indicators for driving cessation risk across three years. The Gerontologist.
Anstey, K.J., Windsor, T.D., Luszcz, M.A., & Andrews, G.R. (2006). Predicting driving cessation over 5 years in very-old adults: Psychological wellbeing and cognitive competence are stronger predictors than physical health. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54, 121-126.
Anstey, K. J., Wood, J., Lord, S. R., & Walker, J. (2005). Cognitive, sensory and physical factors enabling driving safety in older adults. Clinical Psychology Review, 25, 45-65.
Edwards, J. D., Reynolds, S., Perkins, M., & Ross, L. A. (in press). Driving status and three-year mortality among community-dwelling older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Biological and Medical Sciences.
Windsor, T.D. & Anstey, K. (2006). Interventions to reduce the adverse psychosocial impact of driving cessation on older adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 1, 205-211.
Windsor, T.D., Walker, J.G., Caldwell, H., & Anstey, K.J. (2006). Health Knowledge Related to Driving, and Driving Associated Anxiety: Influences on the Public Health Aspects of Driving in Late Life. Report to the ACT NRMA Road Safety Trust.
Wood, J., Anstey, K. J., Kerr, G., Lord, S. R., & Lacherez, P. (accepted January 24, 2008). A multi-domain approach for predicting older driver safety under in-traffic road conditions. Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
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SOCIAL COGNITION & WELL-BEING
Parslow, R. A., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., Rodgers, B., & Jacomb, P. (2005). Pet ownership and health in older adults: Findings from a survey of 2551 community-based Australians aged 60 to 64. Gerontology, 51, 40 -47.
Windsor, T.D., Anstey, K.J., Butterworth, P., Luszcz, M.A., & Andrews, G.A. (2007). The role of perceived control in explaining depressive symptoms associated with driving cessation in a longitudinal study. The Gerontologist. 47, 215-223.
Windsor, T.D., Anstey, K.J., & Rodgers, B. (2008) Volunteering and psychological well-being among young-old adults: How much is too much? The Gerontologist, 48, 59-70.
Windsor, T. D., Anstey, K. J. Walker, J. (accepted August 23, 2007). Ability perceptions, perceived control and risk avoidance among male and female older drivers. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science.
Windsor, T.D., Rodgers, B., Butterworth, P. & Anstey. K.J. (2007). Retirement and the sense of control in young-old adults: the mediating role of engagement in goal-directed activities. Hallym International Journal of Aging, 9, 17-29.
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DYNOPTA
Anstey, K.J., Butterworth, P., Booth, H., Windsor, T.D., Burns, R., Simons, L.A., Sargent-Cox, K., Byles, J.E., Luszcz, M.A., Gibson, R., von Sanden C., Christensen, H., Shaw, J.E., Broe, G.A., Browning, C., Mitchell, P., Cumming, R.G., & Kendig, H. (2007) The Value of Comparing Health Outcomes in Cohort Studies: An Example of Self-Rated Health in Seven Studies including 79653 Participants. Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol 26 No 4, 194-200.
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PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY & SOCIAL ISSUES (PESI)
Anstey, K. J. (2004). Within person variability as a dynamic measure of late-life development: New methodologies and future directions. Gerontology, 50, 255-258.
Anstey, K. J., & Hofer, S. M. (2004). Longitudinal designs, methods and analysis in psychiatric research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 93-104.
Butterworth, P., Gill, S., Rodgers, B., Anstey, K., Villamil, E. and Melzer, D. (2006). Retirement and the mental health of older Australians: analysis of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Social Science and Medicine, 62(5), 1179-1191.
Butterworth, P. & Rodgers, B. (2006). Concordance in the mental health of spouses: analysis of a large national household panel survey. Psychological Medicine, 36 (5), 685-697.
Butterworth, P. & Rodgers, B. (2007). His retirement or hers? Retirement and wellbeing within families. Paper commissioned by Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services through Social Policy Research Services contract.
Butterworth, P., Rodgers, B., & Jorm, A.F. (2006). Examining geographic and household variation in mental health in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50 (5), 491-497.
Christensen, H., Mackinnon, A.J., Jorm, A. F., Korten, A., Jacomb, P., Hofer, S. M., & Henderson, S. (2004). The Canberra Longitudinal Study: Design, aims, methodology, outcomes and recent empirical investigations. Ageing, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 11, 169-195.
Crosier, T., Butterworth, P. & Rodgers, B. (2007). Mental health problems among single and partnered mothers: the role of financial hardship and social support. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42(1), 6-13.
Draper, B., & Low, L-F. (2004, July). What is the effectiveness of old-age mental health services? Health Evidence Network (pp. 1-29).
Jorm, A.F., Windsor, T.D., Dear, K.B.G., Anstey, K.J., Christensen, H. & Rodgers, B. (2005). Age group differences in psychological distress: The role of psychosocial risk factors that vary with age. Psychological Medicine, 35, 1253-1263
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PHYSICAL FUNCTION
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Burns, R., & Luszcz, M. A. (accepted January 16, 2008). Psychological wellbeing is an independent predictor of falling in an 8-year follow-up of older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Anstey, K.J., von Sanden, C. & Luszcz, M. A. (2006).An 8-year prospective study of the relationship between cognitive performance and falling among very old adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54, 1169-1176.
Vance, D., Ross, L. A., Ball, K., Wadley, V., & Rizzo, M. (2007). Correlates of individual physical activities in older adults. Activities, Adaptation and Aging,31(4),1-21.
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MENTAL HEALTH
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Burns, R., & Luszcz, M. A. (accepted January 16, 2008). Psychological wellbeing is an independent predictor of falling in an 8-year follow-up of older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
Anstey, K. J., von Sanden, C., Sargent-Cox, K. & Luszcz, M. A. (2007). Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression in a Longitudinal, Population-Based Study Including Individuals in the Community and Residential Care. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15:497-505.
Butterworth, P., Anstey, K., Fairweather, K. & Windsor, T.D. (2006) Hopelessness, demoralization and suicidal behaviour: the backdrop to welfare reform in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 648-656.
Draper, B., & Low L-F. (2005). What is the effectiveness of acute hospital treatment of older people with mental disorders? International Psychogeriatrics, 17, 539-555.
Fairweather, A. K. Anstey, K.J., Rodgers, B., & Butterworth, P. (2006) Factors distinguishing suicide attempters from suicide ideators in a community sample: Social issues and physical health problems. Psychological Medicine, 36, 1235-46.
Fairweather, A. K., Anstey, K. J., Rodgers, B., Jorm, A. F. & Christensen, H. (2007). Age and gender differences among suicidal ideators: prevalence and correlates. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Gill, S.C., Butterworth, P., Rodgers, B., Anstey, K.J., Villamil, E. & Melzer, D. (2006). Mental Health and the Timing of Men’s Retirement. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 515-22.
Jorm, A. F., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., de Plater, G., Kumar, R., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2005). MRI hyperintensities and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 60-64 year old individuals. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 699-704.
Jorm, A. F., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K. J., Christensen, H., Easteal, S., Maller, J., Mather, K. A., Turakulov, R. I., Wen, W., & Sachdev, P. (2004). Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: Associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1495-1506.
Peisah, C., Brodaty, H., Luscombe, G., & Anstey, K. J. (2005). Children of a cohort of depressed patients 25 years on: identifying those at risk. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39, 907-914.
Windsor, T.D., Rodgers, B., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K.J. & Jorm, A.F. (2006). Measuring Physical and Mental Health using the SF-12: Implications for community surveys of mental health. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 797-803.
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HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Low, L-F, & Anstey, K.J. (2006). Hormone replacement therapy and cognitive function in postmenopausal women- a review by cognitive domain. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews., 30, 66-84.
Low, L-F., Anstey, K. J., Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H. & Rodgers, B. (2006). Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cognition in an Australian Representative Sample Aged 60-64, Maturitas, 54, 86-94
Low, L-F., Anstey, K. J., Maller, J. J., Kumar, R., Wen, W., Lux, O., Salonikas, C., Naidoo, D & Sachdev., P. (2006). Hormone replacement therapy, brain volumes and white matter in postmenopausal women aged 60-64 years. Neuroreport, 17, 101-4.
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VISION & CATARACT SURGERY
Anstey, K. J., Butterworth, P. Andrews, S. A. & Borzycki, M. (2006). Between and Within Individual Effects of Visual Contrast Sensitivity On Perceptual Matching, Processing Speed and Associative Memory in Older Adults, Gerontology; 52, 124-30.
Anstey, K. J., Lord, S., R., Hennessy, M., Mitchell, P., von Sanden, C. (2006). Effect of Cataract Removal on Cognitive Test Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 632-639.
Drobny, J., Anstey, K. J., & Andrews, S. (2005). Visual memory testing in older adults with age-related visual decline: A measure of memory or visual functioning? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 27, 425-435.
Walker, J.G., Anstey, K.J., & Lord, S.R (2006). Psychological distress and visual functioning in relation to vision related disability in older individuals with cataract. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 303-317.
Walker, J., Anstey, K. J., Lord, S. R. & Hennessy, M. (2006). The impact of cataract surgery on visual functioning, vision-related disability and psychological distress: A randomised controlled trial. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 34, 734-742.
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