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| I B HickieSummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Fatigue in selected primary care settings: sociodemographic and psychiatric correlatesI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 164:585-8. 1996..To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic and psychiatric correlates of prolonged fatigue syndromes among patients in primary care...
Choosing antidepressant drugs in general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Aust Fam Physician 30:663-7. 2001..There is a range of mental health therapies available, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological. In order to individualize treatment, practitioners need to consider the range of choices now available...
Fifty years of medical specialisation: from foundation to fragmentationJ B Hickie
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 174:45-7. 2001..By contrast, the past 20 years have seen dramatic shifts in response to the demands of a more diverse community...
A twin study of the etiology of prolonged fatigue and immune activationI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Twin Res 4:94-102. 2001..Such environmental factors could include physical agents such as infection and/or psychologic stress...
The impact of the organisation of mental health services on the quality of assessment provided to older patients with depressionI Hickie
The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 34:748-54. 2000..The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the organisation of mental health services on the quality of medical and psychiatric assessment provided to patients with depression over 50 years of age...
A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial of moclobemide in patients with chronic fatigue syndromeI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 61:643-8. 2000..To date, no medical or psychotropic therapies have provided clear symptomatic benefit...
An approach to managing depression in general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 173:106-10. 2000..More complex cognitive therapies are usually provided by mental health professionals or general practitioners with extensive training...
Neo-striatal rCBF correlates of psychomotor slowing in patients with major depressionI Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Psychiatry Res 92:75-81. 1999..Such rCBF findings may implicate the neo-striatum in the neurobiology of major depression...
Enhancing the evidence base for clinical psychiatry: are practice surveys a useful tool?I B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 171:315-8. 1999..An example is a recent survey of psychiatrists' use of antidepressant drugs. Such surveys are now part of a wider movement towards a more coordinated system of practice-based outcome assessment...
Are antidepressants all the same? Surveying the opinions of Australian psychiatristsI B Hickie
Academic Department of Psychiatry, St George Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 33:642-9. 1999..Since multiple comparative trials are not feasible, an alternative method for expanding the evidence base is to survey regularly the opinions of practising psychiatrists...
Nefazodone for patients with chronic fatigue syndromeI Hickie
St George Hospital and Community Service, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 33:278-80. 1999..An open evaluation of the clinical utility of the novel antidepressant compound, nefazodone, was completed...
Development of a simple screening tool for common mental disorders in general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S10-7. 2001..To develop and validate a self-report screening tool for common mental disorders...
Treatment of common mental disorders in Australian general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S25-30. 2001..To determine the rates and predictors of treatments for patients with common mental disorders in Australian general practice...
Comorbidity of common mental disorders and alcohol or other substance misuse in Australian general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S31-6. 2001..To determine in patients attending general practice 1) the extent of comorbidity of mental disorders and alcohol or other substance misuse, and consequent disability; and 2) GPs' diagnosis and management of patients with comorbidity...
Unmet need for recognition of common mental disorders in Australian general practiceI B Hickie
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S18-24. 2001..To determine the rate and predictors of unmet need for recognition of common mental disorders in Australian general practice...
Effects of mental health training and clinical audit on general practitioners' management of common mental disordersS L Naismith
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S42-7. 2001..A relatively brief but skills-based training program may contribute to better management of patients with common mental disorders by increasing GPs' confidence and competence...
Circadian profiles in young people during the early stages of affective disorderS L Naismith
Clinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Transl Psychiatry 2:e123. 2012..Although the interpretation of these results would be greatly enhanced by control data, this work has important implications for the early delivery of chronobiological interventions in young people with affective disorders...
Screening for prolonged fatigue syndromes: validation of the SOFA scaleD Hadzi-Pavlovic
Mood Disorders Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 35:471-9. 2000....
Variability and predictors of mental disorder rates and medical practitioner responses across Australian general practicesT A Davenport
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 175:S37-41. 2001..These could be used to guide mental health service reform in general practice and assist with targeting relevant education and practice support programs...
Managing depression across the life cycle: new strategies for clinicians and their patientsI B Hickie
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Intern Med J 39:720-7. 2009....
Distinct neurometabolic profiles are evident in the anterior cingulate of young people with major psychiatric disordersD F Hermens
Clinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Transl Psychiatry 2:e110. 2012....
Psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale amongst women at increased risk for hereditary breast cancerB Thewes
Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Psychooncology 10:459-68. 2001....
Sampling bias in an internet treatment trial for depressionL Donkin
Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Transl Psychiatry 2:e174. 2012..There was no indication that such self-selection biased the trial results or would limit the generalizability and translation into a public or clinical setting...
