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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
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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.
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