Vlasios Brakoulias

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Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Hospital admissions for obsessive-compulsive disorder in NSW, 1997 to 2010
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, The University of Sydney, and Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:502-6. 2011
  2. ncbi Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: a comorbidity and family history perspective
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:151-5. 2011
  3. ncbi The characterization of beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia
    Psychiatr Q 82:151-61. 2011
  4. ncbi Characteristics of admissions to a recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 18:326-9. 2010
  5. ncbi A cross-sectional survey of the frequency and characteristics of delusions in acute psychiatric wards
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 16:87-91. 2008
  6. ncbi Delusions and reasoning: a study involving cognitive behavioural therapy
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Nepean Clinical School, University of Sydney and Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Cogn Neuropsychiatry 13:148-65. 2008
  7. ncbi Patients with deliberate self-harm seen by a consultation-liaison service
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Department of Psychiatry, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 14:192-7. 2006
  8. ncbi Disgust propensity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: cross-sectional and prospective relationships
    David Berle
    Nepean Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Network, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 43:656-63. 2012
  9. ncbi The nature and correlates of avoidance in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Vladan Starcevic
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:871-9. 2011
  10. ncbi The factor structure of the Kessler-10 questionnaire in a treatment-seeking sample
    David Berle
    Nepean Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Sydney West Area Health Service, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 198:660-4. 2010

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Hospital admissions for obsessive-compulsive disorder in NSW, 1997 to 2010
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, The University of Sydney, and Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:502-6. 2011
    ..To assess the characteristics of admissions to NSW hospitals with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)...
  2. ncbi Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: a comorbidity and family history perspective
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:151-5. 2011
    ..The aim of this paper was to assess whether rates of comorbidity and family history of OCSDs in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) supported this concept...
  3. ncbi The characterization of beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia
    Psychiatr Q 82:151-61. 2011
    ..This is likely to have implications for diagnostic conceptualization and subtyping of OCD...
  4. ncbi Characteristics of admissions to a recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 18:326-9. 2010
    ..The goal of this paper was to report on the characteristics of admissions to a recently established PECC...
  5. ncbi A cross-sectional survey of the frequency and characteristics of delusions in acute psychiatric wards
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 16:87-91. 2008
    ..The aim of this paper was to ascertain the frequency and characteristics of delusions across several acute psychiatric wards...
  6. ncbi Delusions and reasoning: a study involving cognitive behavioural therapy
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Nepean Clinical School, University of Sydney and Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Cogn Neuropsychiatry 13:148-65. 2008
    ..Delusions are also effectively modified by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). We sought to examine whether CBT reduces delusional conviction by changing such general reasoning anomalies...
  7. ncbi Patients with deliberate self-harm seen by a consultation-liaison service
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Department of Psychiatry, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 14:192-7. 2006
    ..To examine Australian trends in deliberate self-harm in order to explore aetiological factors and improve clinical practice...
  8. ncbi Disgust propensity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: cross-sectional and prospective relationships
    David Berle
    Nepean Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Network, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 43:656-63. 2012
    ..We investigated the relationship between disgust propensity and OCD symptoms in a clinical sample and examined whether changes in disgust propensity are associated with changes in OCD symptoms...
  9. ncbi The nature and correlates of avoidance in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Vladan Starcevic
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:871-9. 2011
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  10. ncbi The factor structure of the Kessler-10 questionnaire in a treatment-seeking sample
    David Berle
    Nepean Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Sydney West Area Health Service, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 198:660-4. 2010
    ..These findings call into question the construct validity of the K10 in treatment seeking samples, and the suitability of the scale for clinical settings may need to be reconsidered...
  11. ncbi Functions of compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Vladan Starcevic
    University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Psychiatry, Nepean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:449-57. 2011
    ..The main aim of this study was to systematically ascertain what motivates individuals with OCD to perform compulsions...
  12. ncbi Interpersonal reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder and its relationship with checking compulsions
    Vladan Starcevic
    University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School Nepean, Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 200:560-7. 2012
    ..Although a close relationship exists between IRS and checking compulsions, these results suggest important differences, with implications for understanding the factors that contribute to IRS and checking compulsions...
  13. ncbi Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder co-occurring with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Conceptual and clinical implications
    Vladan Starcevic
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 47:65-73. 2013
    ..This study aimed to test the proposition that OCPD may be a marker of severity of OCD by comparing groups of OCD individuals with and without OCPD on a number of variables...
  14. ncbi Diagnostic processes in mental health: GPs and psychiatrists reading from the same book but on a different page
    Lisa Lampe
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:374-8. 2012
    ..To explore the clinical reasoning processes underpinning diagnostic and management decision-making in treating patients presenting with psychological distress in general practice...
  15. ncbi An evaluation of monitoring practices in patients on second generation antipsychotics
    Dang Nguyen
    Discipline of Psychological Medicine and Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 17:295-9. 2009
    ..The aim was to audit what proportion of patients were having their weight, height, girth, body mass index, lipids and blood sugar levels monitored and recorded...
  16. ncbi Patterns of hypnotic medication use for sleep disturbance amongst hospital inpatients
    Katherine Rankin
    Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:301-4. 2012
    ..The objective of this article is to examine patterns of temazepam prescribing amongst inpatients at a Sydney teaching hospital...
  17. ncbi Symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: are they relevant for treatment?
    Vladan Starcevic
    University of Sydney, Discipline of Psychological Medicine, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:651-61. 2008
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  18. ncbi Amisulpride and cardiomyopathy
    Vlasios Brakoulias
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 39:738. 2005