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Publications
Papers
2008
O'Connor DW, Ames D, Gardner B, King M. Psychosocial treatments of behavior symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards. International Psychogeriatrics (in press).
McSweeney K, O'Connor DW. Depression amongst newly admitted Australian nursing home residents. International Psychogeriatrics 2008, 20, 724-737.
Gardner BK, O'Connor DW. A review of the cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy in older adults. Journal of ECT 2008, 24, 68-80.
O'Connor DW. Electroconvulsive therapy. In, R Jacoby, C Oppenheimer, T Dening (eds). Psychiatry in the Elderly, 4th edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008, 201-214.
Pollitt PA, O'Connor DW. What was good about admission to an aged psychiatry ward? The subjective experiences of patients with depression. International Psychogeriatrics 2008, 20, 628-640.
2007
O'Connor D, Piterman L, Darvall L. Common mental health problems in the elderly. In, G Blashki, F Judd, L Piterman (eds). General Practice Psychiatry. Sydney, McGraw Hill, 2007, 257-276.
Pollitt PA, O'Connor DW. Are patients with severe depression traumatised by admission to an aged psychiatry ward? International Psychogeriatrics 2007, 19, 115-123.
O'Connor D, Brodaty H, Chiu E, Ames D. Psychiatry of old age. In, S Bloch, BS Singh (eds). Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry, 3nd ed. Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2007, 457-481.
Fleming J, Zhao E, O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Brayne C and the CC75C study. Cohort profile: the Cambridge City over-75s cohort (CC75C). International Journal of Epidemiology 2007, 36, 40-46.
Garland K, Beer E, Eppingstall B, O'Connor DW. A comparison of two treatments of agitated behavior in nursing home residents with behaviour: simulated family presence and preferred music. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2007, 15, 514-521.
Singh D, O'Connor DW. Depot Risperidone in elderly patients: the experience of an Australian aged psychiatry service. International Psychogeriatrics 2007, 19, 789-792.
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2006
Ritchie CW, Chiu E, Macfarlane S, Mastwyk M, Halliday G, Hustig H, Hall K, Hassett A, O’Connor DW, Opie J, Nagalingam V, Snowdon J, Ames D. A comparison of the efficacy and safety of olanzapine and risperidone in the treatment of elderly patients with schizophrenia: an open study of six months duration. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006, 21, 171-179.
O’Connor D, Melding P. A survey of publicly-funded aged psychiatry services in Australia and New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006, 40, 368-373.
Runci SJ, Redman JR, O'Connor DW. Language-relevant interventions for verbally disruptive behaviours in dementia. International Psychogeriatrics 2006, 18, 181-184.
O’Connor D. Psychosis in the elderly: assessment and management. Australian Family Physician 2006, 35, 106-108.
O’Connor DW. Do older Australians truly have low rates of anxiety and depression?: A critique of the 1997 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2006, 40, 623-631.
Davidson S, Koritsas S, O’Connor DW, Clarke D. The feasibility of a GP led screening intervention for depression among nursing home residents. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006, 21, 1026-30.
Koritsas S, Davidson S, O’Connor D, Clarke D. Diagnosing and treating depression in nursing home residents. Australian Journal of Primary Health 2006, 12, 104-108.
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2005
Greve M, O’Connor D. A survey of Australian and New Zealand old age psychiatrists’ preferred medications to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 2005, 17, 165-178.
Hall KA, Keks NA, O’Connor DW. Transdermal estrogen patches for aggressive behavior in male patients with dementia: a randomized, controlled trial. International Psychogeriatrics, 2005, 17, 195-205.
Runci S, Redman J, O'Connor D. Language use of older Italian-background persons with dementia in mainstream and ethno-specific residential care. International Psychogeriatrics 2005, 17, 699-708.
Runci S, O'Connor D, Redman J. Language needs and service provision for older persons from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in south-east Melbourne residential care facilities. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2005, 23, 157-161.
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2004
Sahhar D, O’Connor D. How well do Australian medical schools prepare general practitioners to care for patients with mental disorder? Australasian Psychiatry 2004, 12, 26-30.
O’Connor D, Horgan L, Cheung A, Fisher D, George K, Stafrace S. An audit of physical restraint and seclusion in five psychogeriatric admission wards in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 19, 797-799.
Hall KA, O’Connor DW. Correlates of aggressive behaviour in dementia. International Psychogeriatrics 2004, 16, 141-158.
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2003
O’Connor D. Commentary: Existing psychological problems predict depression in primary care better than sociodemographic factors. Evidence Based Mental Health 2003, 6, 14.
Ritchie CW, Chiu E, Harrigan S, Hall K, Hassett A, Macfarlane S, O'Connor DW, Opie J, Mastwyk MM, Ames D. The impact upon extra-pyramidal side effects, clinical symptoms and quality of life of a switch from conventional to atypical antipsychotics (risperidone or olanzapine) in elderly patients with schizophrenia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2003, 18, 432-440.
Ward S, Opie J, O’Connor DW. Family carers’ responses to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2003, 18, 1007-1012.
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2002
Opie J, Doyle C, O’Connor DW. Challenging behaviours in nursing home residents with dementia: a randomised controlled trial of multi-disciplinary interventions. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2002, 17, 6-13.
O'Connor D. Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: causes and treatments. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2002, 36, A31.
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2001
O’Connor DW, Rosewarne R, Bruce A. Depression in primary care 1: Elderly patients' disclosure of depressive symptoms to their doctors. International Psychogeriatrics 2001, 13, 359-366.
O’Connor DW, Rosewarne R, Bruce A. Depression in primary care 2: General practitioners' recognition of major depression in elderly patients. International Psychogeriatrics 2001, 13, 367-374.
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2000
O’Connor DW. Epidemiology of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. International Psychogeriatrics 2000, 12, Suppl. 1, 41-45.
Dufouil C, Clayton D, Brayne C, Chi LY, Dening TR, Paykel ES, O’Connor DW, Ahmed A, McGee MA, Huppert FA. Population norms for the MMSE in the very old: estimates based on longitudinal data. Neurology 2000, 55, 1609-1613.
Xuereb J, Brayne C, Dufouil C, Gertz H, Wischik C, Harrington C, Mukaetova-Ladinska E, McGee MA, O'Sullivan A, O'Connor D, Paykel ES, Huppert FA. Neuropathological findings in the very old: results from the 101 brains of a population-based longitudinal study of dementing disorders. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, Supplement: Vascular Factors in Alzheimer's Disease, 2000, 903, 490-496.
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1999
O’Connor DW, Clarke DM, Presnell I. How is psychiatry taught to Australian and New Zealand medical students? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999, 33, 47-52.
Brayne C, Spiegelhalter DJ, Dufouil C, Chi LY, Dening TR, Paykel ES, O’Connor DW, Ahmed A, McGee MA, Huppert FA. Estimating the true extent of cognitive decline in the old old. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1999, 47, 1380-1381.
Opie J, Rosewarne R, O’Connor DW. The efficacy of psychosocial approaches to behaviour disorders in dementia: a systematic literature review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999, 33, 789-799.
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1998
Dening TR, Chi L-Y, Brayne C, Huppert FA, Paykel ES, O’Connor DW. Changes in self-rated health disability and contact with services in a very elderly cohort: a 6-year follow-up study. Age and Ageing 1998, 27, 23-34.
Brayne C, Gill C, Huppert FA, Barkley C, Gehlaar E, Girling DM, O’Connor DW, Paykel ES. Vascular risks and dementia: results from a cohort of the very old. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 1998, 9, 175-180.
Bruce AM, Rosewarne RC. Wandering and Dementia. Department of Human Services Victoria, 1998.
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1997
Ely M, Brayne C, Huppert FA, O’Connor DW, Pollitt PA. Cognitive impairment, a challenge for community care: a comparison of the domiciliary service receipt of cognitively impaired and equally dependent physically impaired elderly women in 1986. Age and Ageing 1997, 26, 301-308.
Doyle C, Zapparoni T, O’Connor D, Runci S. Efficacy of psychosocial treatments for noisemaking in severe dementia. International Psychogeriatrics 1997, 9, 405-422.
Rosewarne RC. 1997. Dementia and Older Australians. In, Older Australians at a Glance: Paper No 9. Canberra, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1997.
Rosewarne RC, Bruce A, McKenna M. Dementia programme effectiveness in long-term care. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1997, 12, 173-182.
Rosewarne RC, Opie JR, Bruce AM, Ward S, Doyle C, Sach J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities: resident profile survey. Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, Working Paper 1. Canberra, AGPS, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
Rosewarne RC, Opie JR, Bruce AM, Ward S, Doyle C, Sach J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities: the costs of residential dementia care. Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, Working Paper 2. Canberra, AGPS, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
Rosewarne RC, Opie JR, Bruce AM, Ward S, Doyle C, Sach J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities: environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy: the costs of residential dementia care. Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, Working Paper 3. Canberra, AGPS, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
Rosewarne RC, Opie JR, Bruce AM, Ward S, Doyle C, Sach J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities: Commonwealth and State service systems. Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Reports, Working Paper 4. Canberra, AGPS, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
Rosewarne RC, Opie JR, Bruce AM, Ward S, Doyle C, Sach J. Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities: a review of the available literature on residential care. Aged and Community Care Service Development and Evaluation Report, Working Paper 5. Canberra, AGPS, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
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1996
O’Connor DW, Baarsma I, Charlton F, Doyle CJ. Aged psychiatry and mainstream day care: a new collaborative approach. Australian Journal on Ageing 1996, 2, 89-90.
O’Connor DW, Blessed G, Cooper B, Jonker C, Morris JC, Presnell IB, Ames D, Kay DWK, Bickel H, Schaufele M, Wind A, Coats M, Berg L. Cross-national interrater reliability of dementia diagnosis in the elderly and factors associated with disagreement. Neurology 1996, 47, 1194-1199.
Brayne C, Harrington CR, Wishik CM, Huppert FA, Chi LY, Xuereb JH, O’Connor DW, Paykel ES. Apolipoprotein E genotype in the prediction of cognitive decline and dementia in a prospectively studied elderly population. Dementia 1996, 7, 169-174.
Gertz HJ, Xuereb JH, Huppert FA, Brayne C, Kruger H, McGee MA, Paykel ES, Harrington CR, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB, O’Connor DW, Wischik CM. The relationship between clinical dementia and neuropathological staging in a very elderly community sample. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 1996, 246, 132-136.
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1995
Brayne C, Huppert FA, Barkley C, Gehlaar E, Girling DM, O’Connor DW, Paykel ES. Incidence of clinically diagnosed subtypes of dementia in an elderly population: Cambridge Project for Later Life. British Journal of Psychiatry 1995, 167, 255-262.
Brayne C, Gill C, Paykel ES, Huppert FA, O’Connor DW. Cognitive decline in an elderly population: a two wave study of change. Psychological Medicine 1995, 25, 673-683.
Chi LY, Brayne C, Todd CJ, O’Connor DW, Pollitt PA. Predictors of hospital contact by very elderly people: a pilot study from a cohort of people aged 75 years and over. Age and Ageing 1995, 24, 382-388.
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1994
Paykel ES, Brayne C, Huppert FA, Gill C, Barkley C, Gelhaar E, Beardsall L, Pollitt P, O’Connor DW. Incidence of dementia in a population older than 75 years in the United Kingdom. Archives of General Psychiatry 1994, 51, 325-332.
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1993
O'Connor DW, Fertig A, Grande MJ, Hyde JB, Perry JR, Roland MO, Silverman JD, Wraight SK. Dementia in general practice: the practical consequences of a more positive approach to diagnosis. British Journal of General Practice 1993, 43, 185-188.
O'Connor DW. Geriatric psychiatry: policy, services and care. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 1993, 6, 574-576.
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1992
There were no publications in this year.
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1991
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Hyde JB, Fellowes JL, Miller ND, Roth M. The progression of mild idiopathic dementia in a community population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1991, 39, 246-251.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Jones BJ, Hyde JB, Fellowes JL, Miller ND. Continued clinical validation of dementia diagnosed in the community using the Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination. Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavica 1991, 83, 41-45.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Brook CPB, Reiss BB, Roth M. Does early intervention reduce the number of elderly people with dementia admitted to institutions for long term care? British Medical Journal 1991, 302, 871-875.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Hyde JB, Miller ND, Fellowes JL. Clinical issues relating to the diagnosis of mild dementia in a British community survey. Archives of Neurology 1991, 48, 530-534.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Treasure FP. The influence of education and social class on the diagnosis of dementia in a community population. Psychological Medicine 1991, 21, 219-224.
Pollitt PA, O'Connor DW, Anderson I. For better or for worse, the experience of caring for an elderly dementing spouse. Ageing and Society 1991, 11, 443-469.
Rocca WA, Hofman A, Brayne C, Breteler MBM, Clarke M, Copeland JRM, Dartigues JF, Engedal K, Hagnell O, Heeren TJ, Jonker C, Lindesay J, Lobo A, Mann AH, Molsa P, Morgan K, O'Connor DW, da Silva Droux A, Sulkava R, Kay DWK, Armaducci L. Frequency and distribution of Alzheimer's Disease in Europe: a collaborative study of 1980-1990 prevalence findings. Annals of Neurology 1991, 30, 381-390.
Rocca WA, Hofman A, Brayne C, Breteler MBM, Clarke M, Copeland JRM, Dartigues JF, Engedal K, Hagnell O, Heeren TJ, Jonker C, Lindesay J, Lobo A, Mann AH, Molsa P, Morgan K, O'Connor DW, da Silva Droux A, Sulkava R, Kay DWK, Armaducci L. The prevalence of dementia in Europe: facts and fragments from 1980-1990 studies. Annals of Neurology 1991, 30, 817-824.
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1990
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Hyde JB, Fellowes JL, Miller ND, Roth M. A follow-up study of dementia diagnosed using the Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination. Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavica 1990, 81, 78-82.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Roth M. Coexisting depression and dementia in a community survey of the elderly. International Psychogeriatrics 1990, 2, 45-53.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Roth M, Brook CPB, Reiss BB. Problems reported by relatives in a community study of dementia. British Journal of Psychiatry 1990, 156, 835-841.
O'Connor DW, Pollitt PA, Roth M, Brook CPB, Reiss BB. Memory complaints and impairment in normal, depressed and demented elderly persons identified in a community survey. Archives of General Psychiatry 1990, 47, 224-227.
O’Connor DW. The contribution of CAMDEX to the diagnosis of mild dementia. Psychiatric Journal of the University of Ottawa 1990, 15, 216-220.
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