A MacKinnon

Summary

Affiliation: Mental Health Research Institute
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi A spreadsheet for the calculation of comprehensive statistics for the assessment of diagnostic tests and inter-rater agreement
    A MacKinnon
    The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Australia
    Comput Biol Med 30:127-34. 2000
  2. ncbi Improving screening accuracy for dementia in a community sample by augmenting cognitive testing with informant report
    Andrew MacKinnon
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, and Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:358-66. 2003
  3. ncbi A National Depression Index for Australia
    Andrew MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
    Med J Aust 181:S52-6. 2004
  4. ncbi Combining cognitive testing and informant report to increase accuracy in screening for dementia
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 155:1529-35. 1998
  5. ncbi Decreased hippocampal NMDA, but not kainate or AMPA receptors in bipolar disorder
    E Scarr
    Rebecca L Cooper Research Laboratories, Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Bipolar Disord 5:257-64. 2003
  6. ncbi The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): psychometric properties in French and German speaking populations
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:892-9. 2001
  7. ncbi The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in older community samples in Indonesia, North Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53:P343-52. 1998
  8. ncbi Why are we weighting? The role of importance ratings in quality of life measurement
    T Trauer
    Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Qual Life Res 10:579-85. 2001
  9. ncbi Assessment of change with the Developmental Behaviour Checklist
    A R Clarke
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Intellect Disabil Res 47:210-2. 2003
  10. ncbi [The estimation of premorbid intelligence levels in French speakers]
    A MacKinnon
    Centre for Mental Health Research, Building 63, Australian National University, Canberray, ACT 0200, Australia
    Encephale 31:31-43. 2005

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi A spreadsheet for the calculation of comprehensive statistics for the assessment of diagnostic tests and inter-rater agreement
    A MacKinnon
    The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Australia
    Comput Biol Med 30:127-34. 2000
    ..As well as a wide range of indices of test or rater performance, confidence intervals for these quantities are also calculated by the spreadsheet...
  2. ncbi Improving screening accuracy for dementia in a community sample by augmenting cognitive testing with informant report
    Andrew MacKinnon
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, and Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:358-66. 2003
    ..The findings also suggest that the appropriate combination of existing tests may be a fruitful method of improving screening accuracy in a variety of situations...
  3. ncbi A National Depression Index for Australia
    Andrew MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
    Med J Aust 181:S52-6. 2004
    ..To develop a National Depression Index for measuring the depression status of the Australian population...
  4. ncbi Combining cognitive testing and informant report to increase accuracy in screening for dementia
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 155:1529-35. 1998
    ..Methods of combining test scores that can be readily applied in clinical settings were developed and assessed...
  5. ncbi Decreased hippocampal NMDA, but not kainate or AMPA receptors in bipolar disorder
    E Scarr
    Rebecca L Cooper Research Laboratories, Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Bipolar Disord 5:257-64. 2003
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are changes in the density of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the hippocampus of subjects with bipolar disorder...
  6. ncbi The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): psychometric properties in French and German speaking populations
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:892-9. 2001
    ..Demographic variables, the mini-mental state examination and measures of premorbid intelligence robust to current intellectual impairment were also gathered in the course of the survey...
  7. ncbi The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in older community samples in Indonesia, North Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
    A MacKinnon
    Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53:P343-52. 1998
    ..There appears to be a general factor measuring depressed mood across older populations. The results support the validity of comparing responses on the CES-D across cultures...
  8. ncbi Why are we weighting? The role of importance ratings in quality of life measurement
    T Trauer
    Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Qual Life Res 10:579-85. 2001
    ..Apart from the face validity and the intuitive appeal of multiplying satisfaction ratings by importance ratings, there appear to be no sound reasons for doing so, and several good reasons not to do so...
  9. ncbi Assessment of change with the Developmental Behaviour Checklist
    A R Clarke
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Intellect Disabil Res 47:210-2. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The DBC is able to measure changes in behaviour and emotions which are recognized by an experienced clinician who is following the progress of a child with ID...
  10. ncbi [The estimation of premorbid intelligence levels in French speakers]
    A MacKinnon
    Centre for Mental Health Research, Building 63, Australian National University, Canberray, ACT 0200, Australia
    Encephale 31:31-43. 2005
    ..Nevertheless, this study has demonstrated that the fNART is a reliable and valid method of assessing premorbid intellectual ability in French speakers...
  11. ncbi Psychiatric disorders and depression in multiple sclerosis outpatients: impact of disability and interferon beta therapy
    G M Galeazzi
    Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service, Department of Neuroscience TCR, Section of Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, I 41100 Modena, Italy
    Neurol Sci 26:255-62. 2005
    ..Disability level, but not therapy with beta-interferons, is a risk factor for depression in MS outpatients. Regular screening for depression in this population is appropriate...
  12. ncbi Frequent attenders in primary care: impact of medical, psychiatric and psychosomatic diagnoses
    S Ferrari
    Department of Neuroscience TCR, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    Psychother Psychosom 77:306-14. 2008
    ..The present case-control study explored how psychiatric and psychosomatic diagnoses and perceived quality of life are associated with the phenomenon of frequent attendance...