Useful resources

Clinical Papers

For healthcare professionals

• Brodaty H et al.
  Dementia – 14 Essentials of Management
  Medicine Today 2013; 14(9): 29–41
• Banerjee S, Wittenberg R.
  Clinical and cost effectiveness of services for early diagnosis and intervention in dementia.
  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009 Jul; 24(7): 748–54.
• Basic D et al.
  Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination and General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition in a multicultural cohort of community-dwelling older persons with early dementia.
  Australian Psychologist 2009; 44(1): 40–53.
• Brodaty H et al.
  A survey of dementia carers: doctors’ communications, problem behaviours and institutional care.
  Aust NZ J Psychiatry 1990; 24(3): 362–370.
• Brodaty H et al.
  General practice and dementia: A national survey of Australian GPs.
  Med J Aust 1994; 160: 10–14.
• Brodaty H et al.
  The GPCOG: A New Screening Test for Dementia Designed for General Practice.
  J Am Geriatr Soc 2002 Mar; 50(3): 530–4.
• Brodaty H et al.
  What is the best dementia screening instrument for general practitioners to use?
  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006 May;14(5):391–400.
• Brodaty H. Six Reasons Why the Early Diagnosis of Dementia Does Not Occur and Ten Reasons Why It Is Important.
  Dementia Collaborative Research Centres.
• Carpenter BD et al.
  Reaction to a dementia diagnosis in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment.
  J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Mar; 56(3): 405–12. Epub 2008 Jan 5.
• Kemp NM et al.
  Diagnosing dementia in primary care: the accuracy of informant reports.
  Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2002 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 171–6.
• Lorentz WJ et al.
  Brief screening tests for dementia.
  Can J Psychiatry 2002 Oct; 47(8): 723–33.
• Mate KE et al.
  Diagnosis and disclosure of a memory problem is associated with quality of life in community based older Australians with dementia.
  Int Psychogeriatr 2012; Jul 4:1–10. [Epub ahead of print]
• Phillips J et al.
  Timely diagnosis of dementia: Can we do better?
  Alzheimer’s Australia, Sep 2011.