Chanaka Wijeratne

Summary

Affiliation: New South Wales
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Hippocampal and amygdala volumes in an older bipolar disorder sample
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Euroa Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Int Psychogeriatr 25:54-60. 2013
  2. ncbi Late life depression and dementia: a mental health literacy survey of Australian general practitioners
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, and School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Int Psychogeriatr 21:330-7. 2009
  3. ncbi The characteristics of fatigue in an older primary care sample
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    St George Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 62:153-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Reformulation of current recommendations for target serum lithium concentration according to clinical indication, age and physical comorbidity
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    University of New South Wales and Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:1026-32. 2011
  5. ncbi The neglect of somatoform disorders by old age psychiatry: some explanations and suggestions for future research
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    St George Hospital, NSW, Australia
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:812-9. 2003
  6. ncbi Separation anxiety in the elderly
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Department of Aged Care, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Kogarah 2217, NSW, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 17:695-702. 2003
  7. ncbi Treatment-resistant depression: critique of current approaches
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:751-62. 2008
  8. ncbi Neuropsychiatric effects of Parkinson's disease treatment
    Sallyanne Aarons
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 31:198-202. 2012
  9. ncbi Building capacity in identification and management of mood disorders: an Australia-Sri Lanka collaboration
    Ilse Blignault
    Developing Countries Project, Black Dog Institute, Randwick NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:53-6. 2012
  10. ncbi Evaluation of an electroconvulsive therapy service in a general hospital
    Scott Lamont
    Mental Health Liaison Nursing Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Ment Health Nurs 20:223-9. 2011

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Hippocampal and amygdala volumes in an older bipolar disorder sample
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Euroa Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Int Psychogeriatr 25:54-60. 2013
    ..The aim of this study was to compare hippocampal and amygdala volumes in older bipolar patients with controls...
  2. ncbi Late life depression and dementia: a mental health literacy survey of Australian general practitioners
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, and School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
    Int Psychogeriatr 21:330-7. 2009
    ..This study aims to determine GPs' recognition of mental disorders in older people, their intentions regarding investigation, specialist referral and treatment, and their beliefs about prognosis...
  3. ncbi The characteristics of fatigue in an older primary care sample
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    St George Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 62:153-8. 2007
    ..This has led to considerable debate about whether fatigue may present independently of psychological disorder. Somatic symptoms in older people have been assumed to be almost entirely physical in origin...
  4. ncbi Reformulation of current recommendations for target serum lithium concentration according to clinical indication, age and physical comorbidity
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    University of New South Wales and Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:1026-32. 2011
    ..It seems opportune to review current guidelines for target lithium concentration given the decline in lithium monotherapy and increase in the numbers of older people and those with comorbid physical disease administered lithium...
  5. ncbi The neglect of somatoform disorders by old age psychiatry: some explanations and suggestions for future research
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    St George Hospital, NSW, Australia
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:812-9. 2003
    ..The somatoform disorders have long been ignored by old age psychiatry. The main aim of this paper is to identify and examine possible reasons for this neglect...
  6. ncbi Separation anxiety in the elderly
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    Department of Aged Care, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Kogarah 2217, NSW, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 17:695-702. 2003
    ..Clinicians working with the elderly need to routinely explore this form of anxiety as it may complicate the pattern of presentation of other anxiety and affective disorders, and require specific forms of intervention...
  7. ncbi Treatment-resistant depression: critique of current approaches
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:751-62. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi Neuropsychiatric effects of Parkinson's disease treatment
    Sallyanne Aarons
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 31:198-202. 2012
    ..The challenge of treatment can be a trade off between the emergence of such side-effects and the amelioration of parkinsonism, best mastered with an informed dialogue between clinician and patient...
  9. ncbi Building capacity in identification and management of mood disorders: an Australia-Sri Lanka collaboration
    Ilse Blignault
    Developing Countries Project, Black Dog Institute, Randwick NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:53-6. 2012
    ....
  10. ncbi Evaluation of an electroconvulsive therapy service in a general hospital
    Scott Lamont
    Mental Health Liaison Nursing Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Ment Health Nurs 20:223-9. 2011
    ..The audit highlighted areas of service delivery that should be subject to review and evaluation against professional standards...
  11. ncbi Is there an independent somatic symptom dimension in older people?
    Chanaka Wijeratne
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 61:197-204. 2006
    ..The main aim of this study is to determine whether discrete somatic dimension(s) could be derived in older people...