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The Environmental Cleanliness and Clutter Scale (ECCS)Graeme Halliday
Sydney South West Area Health Service, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 21:1041-50. 2009..Development of a scale to rate the degree and various aspects of uncleanliness will facilitate description and research in cases of severe domestic squalor...- Australia's use of the Cornell scale to screen for depression in nursing homesJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australas J Ageing 30:33-6. 2011..To examine the utility of the Cornell scale for depression in dementia (CSDD), following its introduction as a routine measure in nursing homes... 
A follow-up survey of psychotropic drug use in Sydney nursing homesJ Snowdon
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 170:299-301. 1999..To review the pattern of use of psychotropic drugs in Sydney nursing homes...- Audits of medication use in Sydney nursing homesJohn Snowdon
Rozelle Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2039, Australia
Age Ageing 35:403-8. 2006..most nursing home residents take several different medications. Reports have shown considerable variation in the frequency and types of prescriptions between nursing homes and between countries... - Pseudodementia, a term for its time: the impact of Leslie Kiloh's 1961 paperJohn Snowdon
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australas Psychiatry 19:391-7. 2011..Nevertheless, it is argued that the term has remained useful in fostering discussion of potentially treatable psychiatric symptoms, even in cases of progressive dementia... - Severe domestic squalor: a reviewJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, and Rozelle Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 19:37-51. 2007..Method: Using Medline, Psychinfo, Embase, CINAHL and reference lists from relevant publications, literature referring to over 1100 cases was identified and then reviewed... - Recognising depression in residential facilities: an Australian challengeJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:295-300. 2008..Observer-rated and self-rated depression rating scales can help identify cases of depression, and could be used to estimate the prevalence of depression in ACFs... - Psychogeriatric services in the community and in long-term care facilities: needs and developmentsJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:533-8. 2007..This review discusses recent findings and observations about psychogeriatric services in the community and in long-term care facilities, and aims to suggest how to improve or develop such services... - How and when to intervene in cases of severe domestic squalorJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 21:996-1002. 2009..Little has been published concerning how best to intervene in cases of severe domestic squalor... - Mental health service delivery in long-term care homesJohn Snowdon
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 22:1063-71. 2010..The prevalence of mental disorders in long-term care (LTC) homes is high, but quality and availability of mental health services to assess and help in management of cases have been criticized... - A study of severe domestic squalor: 173 cases referred to an old age psychiatry serviceJohn Snowdon
Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 23:308-14. 2011..Although community psychiatric services commonly encounter cases where intervention is needed due to persons' unclean or cluttered living conditions, evidence concerning the referral rate and prevalence of severe domestic squalor is sparse... - Depression in nursing homesJohn Snowdon
Sydney Medical School and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 22:1143-8. 2010..Use of screening tests to enhance detection of depressive symptoms has been recommended... - A study of the use of clozapine in old age psychiatryJohn Snowdon
Sydney South West Area Health Service and Sydney Medical School, Australia
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 26:232-5. 2011..This case review adds to evidence of the risk of neutropenia when older people are prescribed clozapine... - Age variation in the prevalence of DSM-IV disorders in cases of suicide of middle-aged and older persons in SydneyJohn Snowdon
Universityof Sydney, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 41:465-70. 2011..Logistic regression showed no significant difference between age-groups in the proportion diagnosed with major depression, which contrasts with the results of an earlier U.S. study... - Why and how antipsychotic drugs are used in 40 Sydney nursing homesJohn Snowdon
Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1146-52. 2005..This study was designed to examine the pattern of, and reasons for, antipsychotic use in a range of Sydney nursing homes... - The prevalence and outcome of depression and dementia in Botany's elderly populationJ Snowdon
Central Sydney Psychogeriatric Service and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:293-9. 2001..There was, therefore, reason to check data from a study that reported high rates, and to review evidence in relation to diagnosis and outcome... - Current use of psychotropic medication in nursing homesJohn Snowdon
University of Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 18:241-50. 2006..To examine the current pattern of use of psychotropic medication in Sydney nursing homes and compare this with the pattern noted 5 and 10 years earlier... - Is depression more prevalent in old age?J Snowdon
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Rozelle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 35:782-7. 2001..To examine the prevalence of depression in old age and to review cross-age studies that reported age-related differences in prevalence... - A study of suicides of older people in SydneyJohn Snowdon
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:261-9. 2002..The aim of this study was to try to understand more clearly the precipitant causes of suicide in an older population... - Age, period and cohort effects on suicide rates in Australia, 1919-1999J Snowdon
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:265-70. 2002..To examine age, period and cohort effects on Australian suicide rates... - Risperidone for psychosis of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trialHenry Brodaty
Academic Department of Psychogeriatrics, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1153-7. 2005.... - A pilot study of the suicide victim's last contact with a health professionalBrian Draper
School of Psychiatry and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Crisis 29:96-101. 2008..Critical information that might have altered the management is not often accessed from family members... - Mental health service delivery to older people in New South Wales: perceptions of aged care, adult mental health and mental health services for older peopleBrian Draper
School of Psychiatry, Universityof New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:735-40. 2003..To compare the perceptions of aged care services, adult mental health services and mental health services for older people regarding aspects of mental health service delivery for older people in New South Wales, Australia... - Early dementia diagnosis and the risk of suicide and euthanasiaBrian Draper
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Alzheimers Dement 6:75-82. 2010..Reports of suicidal behavior and requests for euthanasia in persons with dementia may be increasing... - Long-term effects of childhood abuse on the quality of life and health of older people: results from the Depression and Early Prevention of Suicide in General Practice ProjectBrian Draper
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:262-71. 2008..To determine whether childhood physical and sexual abuse are associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes in older age... 
Multifaceted shared care intervention for late life depression in residential care: randomised controlled trialR H Llewellyn-Jones
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
BMJ 319:676-82. 1999..To evaluate the effectiveness of a population based, multifaceted shared care intervention for late life depression in residential care...- How to help depressed older people living in residential care: a multifaceted shared-care intervention for late-life depressionR H Llewellyn-Jones
Aged Care Psychiatry Service, Hornsby Ku ring gai Hospital, NSW, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 13:477-92. 2001.... - A randomized placebo-controlled trial of risperidone for the treatment of aggression, agitation, and psychosis of dementiaHenry Brodaty
Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Clin Psychiatry 64:134-43. 2003..This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examined the efficacy and safety of risperidone in the treatment of aggression, agitation, and psychosis in elderly nursing-home patients with dementia... - Modelling late-life depressionGordon Parker
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Mood Disorders Unit, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW 2031, Sydney, Australia
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:1102-9. 2003..To determine if we could find support for a three-class depression sub-typing model (and identify differentiating constituent clinical features) in a sample of elderly depressed patients... - Depression in nursing homes: ensuring adequate treatmentRobert H Llewellyn Jones
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
CNS Drugs 21:627-40. 2007..Outcome research is needed to assess antidepressant efficacy and to better plan multifaceted treatment strategies for depressions of varying types and aetiologies among nursing home residents... - Case-controlled study of nursing home residents referred for treatment of vocally disruptive behaviorB Draper
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Int Psychogeriatr 12:333-44. 2000..Reasons for referral may relate more to the stress experienced by nursing home staff in managing VDB than to specific attributes of the VDB itself... - Antipsychotic use in the elderly: what doctors say they do, and what they doJohn Tiller
Albert Road Clinic, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australas J Ageing 27:134-42. 2008..To review psychiatrists' attitudes and actual practice on the use of typical and atypical antipsychotics in the elderly... - Clinicopathological findings of suicide in the elderly: three casesCarmelle Peisah
Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:648-58. 2007..The burden and distribution of neurodegenerative diseases apart from AD, including SVD and LBD, should be assessed as possible pathophysiological factors contributing to late life suicide... - The meaning of wordsJohn Snowdon
Int Psychogeriatr 15:219-22. 2003 - Psychosis of Alzheimer diseaseJohn Snowdon
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:293-4. 2006 - Re: Diogenes syndrome in a pair of siblingsGraeme Halliday
Can J Psychiatry 50:567. 2005 - Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life: a large primary care appraisalNgaire Kerse
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
PLoS ONE 3:e2423. 2008..Depression and falls are common and co-exist for older people. Safe management of each of these conditions is important to quality of life... - Reporting changes in scores on the Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory subscalesJohn Snowdon
J Clin Psychiatry 64:732; author reply 732. 2003 - Duration of risperidone treatment for BPSDJohn Snowdon
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 21:699-701. 2006