Garry J Walter

Summary

Affiliation: University of Sydney
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Views about treatment among parents of adolescents who received electroconvulsive therapy
    G Walter
    Inpatient Unit, Rivendell, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
    Psychiatr Serv 50:701-2. 1999
  2. ncbi Suicide is preventable, sometimes
    Garry Walter
    University of Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:271-3. 2012
  3. ncbi The suicide of Adam Czerniakow
    Garry Walter
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney and Central Coast Health Districuts, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:513-7. 2011
  4. ncbi Side effects of second-generation antipsychotics: the experiences, views and monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists
    Garry Walter
    Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 16:253-62. 2008
  5. ncbi Publishing ethics in child and adolescent psychiatry: essentials for authors and readers
    Garry Walter
    University of Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Coral Tree Family Service, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, P O Box 142, North Ryde, New South Wales 1670, 2006, Australia
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 17:149-63, x. 2008
  6. ncbi The impact of ophthalmic surgery on the public image of psychiatry
    Garry J Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital (Rivendell, Hospital Road, Concord West, NSW 2138, Australia
    Med J Aust 183:678. 2005
  7. ncbi How fixed are child psychiatrists' views about ECT in the young?
    Garry Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital Rivendell, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J ECT 19:88-92. 2003
  8. ncbi Has the practice and outcome of ECT in adolescents changed? findings from a whole-population study
    Garry Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital Rivendell, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J ECT 19:84-7. 2003
  9. ncbi Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality
    Garry Walter
    Rivendell Unit, Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatric Services, Thomas Walker Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:280-1. 2003
  10. ncbi ECT in poetry
    Garry Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney and Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
    J ECT 18:47-53. 2002

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Views about treatment among parents of adolescents who received electroconvulsive therapy
    G Walter
    Inpatient Unit, Rivendell, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
    Psychiatr Serv 50:701-2. 1999
    ..Seventeen of 28 parents thought that ECT had been helpful. If ECT was recommended by a doctor, the vast majority of parents would support a decision for their child to have the treatment again and would advise others to consider it...
  2. ncbi Suicide is preventable, sometimes
    Garry Walter
    University of Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 20:271-3. 2012
    ..This does not mean that every effort should not be made to prevent it or vigorously treat illnesses that are often contributory. The assumption, however, may give rise to undue optimism, and unjustified blame when suicides do occur...
  3. ncbi The suicide of Adam Czerniakow
    Garry Walter
    Discipline of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney and Central Coast Health Districuts, NSW, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:513-7. 2011
    ..The aim of this article is to describe the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Adam Czerniakow during the Holocaust...
  4. ncbi Side effects of second-generation antipsychotics: the experiences, views and monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists
    Garry Walter
    Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 16:253-62. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to ascertain the experiences, views and monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists regarding the metabolic and other side effects of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs)...
  5. ncbi Publishing ethics in child and adolescent psychiatry: essentials for authors and readers
    Garry Walter
    University of Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Coral Tree Family Service, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, P O Box 142, North Ryde, New South Wales 1670, 2006, Australia
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 17:149-63, x. 2008
    ..Strategies to improve ethical standards of publishing are proposed...
  6. ncbi The impact of ophthalmic surgery on the public image of psychiatry
    Garry J Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital (Rivendell, Hospital Road, Concord West, NSW 2138, Australia
    Med J Aust 183:678. 2005
  7. ncbi How fixed are child psychiatrists' views about ECT in the young?
    Garry Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital Rivendell, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J ECT 19:88-92. 2003
    ..Nevertheless, there remain gaps in child psychiatrists' knowledge about ECT in the young that need to be addressed. The study findings should not be over interpreted because of the reduced response rate in the follow-up survey...
  8. ncbi Has the practice and outcome of ECT in adolescents changed? findings from a whole-population study
    Garry Walter
    Thomas Walker Hospital Rivendell, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service and Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J ECT 19:84-7. 2003
    ..To investigate whether there were changes in the practice and outcome of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in adolescents in a whole population over a decade...
  9. ncbi Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality
    Garry Walter
    Rivendell Unit, Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatric Services, Thomas Walker Hospital, Concord West, NSW, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:280-1. 2003
    ..Articles must be read in order to judge their quality. We have introduced a system, which may be easily replicated, to identify the best articles published in a journal...
  10. ncbi ECT in poetry
    Garry Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney and Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
    J ECT 18:47-53. 2002
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  11. ncbi Medical student knowledge and attitudes regarding ECT prior to and after viewing ECT scenes from movies
    Garry Walter
    Central Sydney Mental Health Services, Sydney, Australia
    J ECT 18:43-6. 2002
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  12. ncbi The pharmacologic treatment of the early phase of first-episode psychosis in youths
    G Walter
    Rivendell Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
    Can J Psychiatry 46:803-9. 2001
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  13. ncbi Transcranial magnetic stimulation in young persons: a review of known cases
    G Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 11:69-75. 2001
    ..Adverse events were reported in one patient. Further studies are needed first to investigate systematically the safety of TMS in children and adolescents and second to examine its potential therapeutic effects in this population...
  14. ncbi The humble case report
    G Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 35:240-5. 2001
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  15. ncbi Transcranial magnetic stimulation: experience, knowledge and attitudes of recipients
    G Walter
    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 35:58-61. 2001
    ..To examine the experience, knowledge and attitudes of recipients of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) regarding the treatment. There have been no studies of patient views about TMS...
  16. ncbi Publishing ethics in psychiatry
    G Walter
    Rivendell Unit, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 35:28-35. 2001
    ..The ethics of publishing in psychiatry has gained only limited attention. We examine, in a historical context, pertinent ethical problems and offer a series of recommendations for dealing with them...
  17. ncbi Psychiatrists' experience and views regarding St John's Wort and 'alternative' treatments
    G Walter
    Rivendell Unit, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 34:992-6. 2000
    ..This study aims to ascertain the experience and views of psychiatrists in relation to St John's Wort and alternative treatments generally...
  18. ncbi Use of St. John's Wort by adolescents with a psychiatric disorder
    G Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 9:307-11. 1999
    ..The cases raise a number of issues, including the need for clinicians to routinely ask patients about alternative medicine use, to learn more about these treatments, and to discuss these approaches objectively with patients...
  19. ncbi The relevance of herbal treatments for psychiatric practice
    G Walter
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 33:482-9; discussion 490-3. 1999
    ..The aim of this paper is to inform psychiatrists about the basic principles, terminology, schools of thought, efficacy, safety and regulatory issues regarding herbal treatments for mental illness...