Tim Slade

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Affiliation: University of New South Wales
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Empirical impact of DSM-IV diagnostic criterion for clinical significance
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 190:334-7. 2002
  2. ncbi The descriptive epidemiology of internalizing and externalizing psychiatric dimensions
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW, 2010 Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:554-60. 2007
  3. ncbi Separation anxiety in adulthood: dimensional or categorical?
    Derrick Silove
    Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, 2031, Australia
    Compr Psychiatry 48:546-53. 2007
  4. ncbi The association between delusional-like experiences, and tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use: a nationwide population-based survey
    Sukanta Saha
    Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia
    BMC Psychiatry 11:202. 2011
  5. ncbi The structure of common DSM-IV and ICD-10 mental disorders in the Australian general population
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Psychol Med 36:1593-600. 2006
  6. ncbi A taxometric investigation of agoraphobia in a clinical and a community sample
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 23:799-805. 2009
  7. ncbi A taxometric study of alcohol abuse and dependence in a general population sample: evidence of dimensional latent structure and implications for DSM-V
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Addiction 104:742-51. 2009
  8. ncbi 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: methods and key findings
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43:594-605. 2009
  9. ncbi Taxometric investigation of depression: evidence of consistent latent structure across clinical and community samples
    Tim Slade
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:403-10. 2007
  10. ncbi Quantifying point prevalence of major depressive episode using lifetime structured diagnostic interviews
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Affect Disord 121:39-44. 2010

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Publications52

  1. ncbi Empirical impact of DSM-IV diagnostic criterion for clinical significance
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 190:334-7. 2002
  2. ncbi The descriptive epidemiology of internalizing and externalizing psychiatric dimensions
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW, 2010 Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:554-60. 2007
    ..The aims of the current study were to examine the descriptive epidemiology of these psychiatric dimensions...
  3. ncbi Separation anxiety in adulthood: dimensional or categorical?
    Derrick Silove
    Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, 2031, Australia
    Compr Psychiatry 48:546-53. 2007
    ..Although some results of the analysis were ambiguous, the overall findings suggested a dimensional pattern. The relevance of the finding to the status of adult separation anxiety is discussed...
  4. ncbi The association between delusional-like experiences, and tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use: a nationwide population-based survey
    Sukanta Saha
    Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia
    BMC Psychiatry 11:202. 2011
    ..The aim of the study was to explore the association between DLE and three commonly used substances--tobacco, alcohol and cannabis...
  5. ncbi The structure of common DSM-IV and ICD-10 mental disorders in the Australian general population
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Psychol Med 36:1593-600. 2006
    ..The aim of the current study was to determine which of four models best fits the pattern of co-occurrence between 10 common DSM-IV and 11 common ICD-10 mental disorders...
  6. ncbi A taxometric investigation of agoraphobia in a clinical and a community sample
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 23:799-805. 2009
    ..Results show consistent evidence of dimensional latent structure in both samples. It is concluded that scores on measures of agoraphobia best represent an agoraphobic severity dimension...
  7. ncbi A taxometric study of alcohol abuse and dependence in a general population sample: evidence of dimensional latent structure and implications for DSM-V
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Addiction 104:742-51. 2009
    ..To explore, with the aid of taxometric analysis, whether alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are each conceptualized most effectively as single latent dimensions or distinct latent categories...
  8. ncbi 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: methods and key findings
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43:594-605. 2009
    ..To provide a description of the methods and key findings of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing...
  9. ncbi Taxometric investigation of depression: evidence of consistent latent structure across clinical and community samples
    Tim Slade
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, 299 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:403-10. 2007
    ..The aim of the present study was to examine the latent structure of depression across clinical and community samples using exactly the same taxometric procedures involving exactly the same indicators of depression...
  10. ncbi Quantifying point prevalence of major depressive episode using lifetime structured diagnostic interviews
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Affect Disord 121:39-44. 2010
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  11. ncbi Kessler Psychological Distress Scale: normative data from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Tim Slade
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:308-16. 2011
    ..To present Australian normative data on the ten-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)...
  12. ncbi Latent structure of depression in a community sample: a taxometric analysis
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Psychol Med 35:489-97. 2005
    ..The latent structure of depression was examined using taxometric analysis, a family of statistical procedures designed specifically to test whether a given construct is best conceptualized as a distinct category or a continuous dimension...
  13. ncbi Agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder may be part of the panic disorder syndrome
    Gavin Andrews
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital
    J Nerv Ment Dis 190:624-30. 2002
    ..Agoraphobia has been devalued as a cause of human suffering. This idea is wrong. Agoraphobia is as common, comorbid, and disabling as PD, but less disabling than the double disorder of PDA...
  14. ncbi Generalized Anxiety Disorder and major depressive disorder comorbidity in the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
    Caroline Hunt
    School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Depress Anxiety 20:23-31. 2004
    ..In addition, GAD was confirmed as significantly disabling, even as a single disorder. We conclude that the results are consistent with the view that GAD has a significant and independent impact on the burden of mental disorders...
  15. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence in Australia: findings of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Maree Teesson
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Addiction 105:2085-94. 2010
    ..To report nationally representative data on the prevalence and correlates (including psychiatric comorbidity and treatment) of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence in Australian adults...
  16. ncbi Estimating the prevalence of DSM-IV mental illness in the Australian general population using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
    Matthew Sunderland
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:880-9. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was to present scoring rules for predicting DSM-IV mental illness in the previous 12 months using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in the Australian population...
  17. ncbi Impact of substance-induced and general medical condition exclusion criteria on the prevalence of common mental disorders as defined by the CIDI
    Matthew Sunderland
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:898-904. 2008
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  18. ncbi Comorbidity in Australia: findings of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Maree Teesson
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43:606-14. 2009
    ..In this paper the comorbidity between common mental disorders (affective, substance use and anxiety) and between physical and mental disorders is examined...
  19. ncbi The changing prevalence and severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder criteria from DSM-III to DSM-IV
    Rocco Crino
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St. Vincent's Hospital, 299 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, N.S.W, 2010, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 162:876-82. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Changes in the reported prevalence and severity of OCD between DSM-III and DSM-IV cases are most likely a function of the differences in diagnostic criteria between DSM-III and DSM-IV...
  20. ncbi Lifetime prevalence of gender-based violence in women and the relationship with mental disorders and psychosocial function
    Susan Rees
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Center for Population Mental Health Research, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2170
    JAMA 306:513-21. 2011
    ..An association between these forms of abuse and lifetime mental disorder and psychosocial disability among women needs to be examined...
  21. ncbi The epidemiology of DSM-IV alcohol use disorders amongst young adults in the Australian population
    Louise Mewton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 46:185-91. 2011
    ..The aim of the study was to examine the descriptive epidemiology of 12-month alcohol use disorders (AUDs) amongst young adults in the Australian general population...
  22. ncbi Affective and anxiety disorders and their relationship with chronic physical conditions in Australia: findings of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Maree Teesson
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:939-46. 2011
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  23. ncbi An item response analysis of the DSM-IV criteria for major depression: findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Natacha Carragher
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
    J Affect Disord 130:92-8. 2011
    ..This study examines the psychometric properties and presence of gender bias in the major depression criteria using data from the Australian general population...
  24. ncbi Psychometric performance of DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in young adulthood: evidence from an Australian general population sample
    Louise Mewton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:811-22. 2011
    ..The current study investigates the performance of alcohol use disorders in young adults using item response theory and differential item functioning (DIF)...
  25. ncbi DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode in the elderly: the relationship between the number and the type of depressive symptoms and impairment
    Tracy M Anderson
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Black Dog Institute Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW, Australia
    J Affect Disord 117:55-62. 2009
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  26. ncbi Opioid dependence latent structure: two classes with differing severity?
    Fiona L Shand
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Addiction 106:590-8. 2011
    ..To examine the structure of illicit opioid abuse and dependence within an opioid dependent sample and its relationship to other clinical variables...
  27. ncbi An evaluation of the proposed DSM-5 alcohol use disorder criteria using Australian national data
    Louise Mewton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Addiction 106:941-50. 2011
    ..To evaluate the proposed revisions to the DSM-IV alcohol use disorder criteria using epidemiological data...
  28. ncbi The classification of anxiety disorders in ICD-10 and DSM-IV: a concordance analysis
    Gavin Andrews
    World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Evidence for Mental Health Policy, School of Psychiatry, UNSW at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Psychopathology 35:100-6. 2002
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  29. ncbi Exclusion criteria in the diagnostic classifications of DSM-IV and ICD-10: revisiting the co-occurrence of psychiatric syndromes
    Tim Slade
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Psychol Med 32:1203-11. 2002
    ..While this does not guarantee that the exclusion criteria are valid it is argued that identifying significant associations should be the first step in establishing meaningful exclusion criteria...
  30. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV major depression in an Australian national survey
    Kay Wilhelm
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Affect Disord 75:155-62. 2003
    ..The best focus for this approach may be primary care settings...
  31. ncbi The impact of alcohol and illicit drugs on people with psychosis: the second Australian National Survey of Psychosis
    Elizabeth Moore
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 46:864-78. 2012
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  32. ncbi Prevalence, correlates and comorbidity of DSM-IV Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders in Australia
    Maree Teesson
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 46:1182-92. 2012
    ..To report nationally representative findings on the prevalence, correlates, psychiatric comorbidity and treatment of DSM-IV Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders in Australia...
  33. ncbi Factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the Australian general population
    Natacha Carragher
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 24:520-7. 2010
    ..The present findings renew calls in the structural literature suggesting that the structure of PTSD should be revised in DSM-V...
  34. ncbi Deconstructing current comorbidity: data from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
    Gavin Andrews
    World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Evidence for Mental Health Policy, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Br J Psychiatry 181:306-14. 2002
    ..Comorbidity in epidemiological surveys of mental disorders is common and of uncertain importance...
  35. ncbi Gender differences in the prevalence of DSM-IV and ICD-10 PTSD
    Lorna Peters
    Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
    Psychol Med 36:81-9. 2006
    ..Gender differences in the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder were examined by analysing discrepancies between the DSM-IV and ICD-10 diagnostic systems...
  36. ncbi Cannabis use and earlier onset of psychosis: a systematic meta-analysis
    Matthew Large
    Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:555-61. 2011
    ..A number of studies have found that the use of cannabis and other psychoactive substances is associated with an earlier onset of psychotic illness...
  37. ncbi Generic effectiveness measures: sensitivity to symptom change in anxiety disorders
    Sarah J Perini
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    J Affect Disord 90:123-30. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to compare a newly developed screening measure of disability, the WHODAS II, to three established generic effectiveness measures in terms of its sensitivity to symptom change in people with anxiety disorders...
  38. ncbi Assessing the prevalence of trauma exposure in epidemiological surveys
    Katherine L Mills
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052 Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:407-15. 2011
    ..There is limited empirical evidence on the impact of changes in measurement practices on these estimates. The present study examined the effect of increasing the number of events assessed on the prevalence of exposure longitudinally...
  39. ncbi Towards DSM-V: exploring diagnostic thresholds for alcohol dependence and abuse
    Rachel Grove
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 45:45-52. 2010
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  40. ncbi "Youthful epidemic" or diagnostic bias? Differential item functioning of DSM-IV cannabis use criteria in an Australian general population survey
    Louise Mewton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Addict Behav 35:408-13. 2010
    ..The current study aims to investigate whether there is any age-related differential item functioning in the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for cannabis use disorders using an item response theory approach...
  41. ncbi Measuring the level of diagnostic concordance and discordance between modules of the CIDI-Short Form and the CIDI-Auto 2.1
    Matthew Sunderland
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Level 4, O Brien Centre, Cnr Victoria Street and Burton Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:775-85. 2011
    ..This investigation aims to provide estimates of concordance and discordance between the CIDI-SF disorder modules and the full CIDI, as well as providing evidence regarding the potential screening utility of the CIDI-SF...
  42. ncbi Empirical investigation of two assumptions in the diagnosis of DSM-IV major depressive episode
    Chika Sakashita
    Roads and Traffic Authority, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:17-23. 2007
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  43. ncbi The CAP study, evaluation of integrated universal and selective prevention strategies for youth alcohol misuse: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Nicola C Newton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22 32 King Street, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
    BMC Psychiatry 12:118. 2012
    ..This article describes the development and protocol of the CAP study which aims to prevent alcohol misuse and related harms in Australian adolescents...
  44. ncbi Alcohol use in hazardous situations: implications for DSM-IV and DSM-5 alcohol use disorders
    Louise Mewton
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 37:E228-36. 2013
    ..The current study aims to evaluate the hazard criterion in the context of both DSM-IV alcohol abuse and DSM-5 AUD...
  45. ncbi Do community characteristics predict alcohol-related crime?
    Courtney Breen
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Public Health and Community, Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 46:464-70. 2011
    ..This study aims to determine whether there are differences in alcohol-related crime at the community level and examines whether certain community characteristics are associated with increased alcohol-related crime...
  46. ncbi Measurement and reporting of the duration of untreated psychosis
    Matthew Large
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
    Early Interv Psychiatry 2:201-11. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic, illness and methodological factors associated with mean and median duration of untreated psychosis (DUP)...
  47. ncbi Developing a short-form structured diagnostic interview for common mental disorders using signal detection theory
    Matthew Sunderland
    Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales at St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 21:247-57. 2012
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  48. ncbi Sex differences amongst dependent heroin users: histories, clinical characteristics and predictors of other substance dependence
    Fiona L Shand
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Addict Behav 36:27-36. 2011
    ..To examine differences in the characteristics and histories of male and female dependent heroin users, and in the clinical characteristics associated with multiple substance dependence diagnoses...
  49. ncbi A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of modafinil (200 mg/day) for methamphetamine dependence
    James Shearer
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Addiction 104:224-33. 2009
    ..To examine the safety and efficacy of modafinil (200 mg/day) compared to placebo in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence and to examine predictors of post-treatment outcome...
  50. ncbi The perceived health risks of cannabis use in an Australian household survey
    Bianca Calabria
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 31:809-12. 2012
    ..Perceived risks of cannabis use have rarely been researched in Australia. This paper reports on the beliefs about the adverse effects of cannabis use on health, social well-being, driving, mental health and changes in cannabis over time...
  51. ncbi Assessing personality disorders in a national mental health survey
    Terry J Lewin
    Hunter Mental Health and the Centre for Mental Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:87-98. 2005
    ..This paper documents the measurement of PD in a large Australian survey, with a particular focus on the characteristics of the screening instrument and the consequences of its mode of administration and scoring...
  52. ncbi Issues for DSM-V: simplifying DSM-IV to enhance utility: the case of major depressive disorder
    Gavin Andrews
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1784-5. 2007