WORKSHOPS and SYMPOSIA (alphabetical order) WORKSHOP: Dementia Assessment 101 Broome, A.S., Princ... more WORKSHOPS and SYMPOSIA (alphabetical order) WORKSHOP: Dementia Assessment 101 Broome, A.S., Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane TIME: Stream B, 1:30 Thursday afternoon Psychologists working with older adults and those working in regional and rural areas are increasingly asked to perform assessments of clients suspected of suffering from dementia, irrespective of the clinician‟s training or specialty. This workshop aims to provide introductory skills in the area of dementia assessment for non-Neuropsychologists, or for Neuropsychologists who have not yet worked in the area of dementia. The core clinical and pathological features of different common types of dementia will be described, and the salient aspects of clinical history taking will be outlined in each case. Useful standardized questionnaires for history gathering and evaluation will be considered, and selection and application of suitable cognitive tests will be illustrated via case scenarios. Aspects of report writing part...
Studies have shown that the rate at which children take up smoking is still very high, particular... more Studies have shown that the rate at which children take up smoking is still very high, particularly for female adolescents. While some progress has been made in determining the factors related to the initiation of smoking, an issue that still requires investigation is the relationship between early smoking patterns and later smoking behaviour. This paper reports the results of a longitudinal study which examined the continuity between smoking at an early age and later smoking behaviour. The smoking behaviour of a cohort of New Zealand children was followed from age 9 to age 15 years. Results showed that children's smoking pattern at age 9 years was not highly related to their smoking behaviour at age 15. The children most likely to become daily smokers by age 15 were those who had smoked within the last year at ages 11 and 13. It was concluded that the formative period for children's daily smoking at age 15 was from 10 to 13 years of age.
PHARMACOL BIOCHEM BEHAV 19(6) 985-986, 1983.-The schedule induced self-injection procedure was us... more PHARMACOL BIOCHEM BEHAV 19(6) 985-986, 1983.-The schedule induced self-injection procedure was used to establish ethanol self-injection in 16 rats. Pretreatment with an injection of 0.3 mg/kg buprenorphine significantly reduced ethanol self-injection in a group of 8 rats. This effect was not found in a second group of 8 rats which received saline pretreatment. The findings provide support for an involvement of buprenorphine, in ethanol self-injection, which cannot be explained in terms of opiate induced shifts in taste preference. From the present data it cannot be determined whether the agonist or antagonist opiate properties of buprenorphine cause the blocking effect.
The roles of culture in understanding gambling and gambling disorder (GD) as well as the preventi... more The roles of culture in understanding gambling and gambling disorder (GD) as well as the prevention and treatment of problem gambling (PG) are systematically presented. Relevant academic databases as well as other academically grounded published articles, government reports and conference papers accessed via online searches from 1975 to 2016 were used. Our review showed that although there were mixed findings in relation to the rate of gambling, there were strong evidences for higher rates of GD among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) samples compared to Caucasians or the general population. Cultural factors—such as ethnic, familial and national cultures—implicated in the maintenance of problem gambling are important considerations for future theoretical and practical developments in our increasingly globalised populations. Building cultural competencies and openness among various stakeholders (governmental, treatment providers, communities and academia) is a promising pathway in effective remediation and engagement with recovering or help-seeking gamblers and family members. Designing and implementing effective and culturally sensitive prevention and treatment programmes with the assistance of key community and/or religious leaders as well as family members will help minimise gambling among at-risk members, attract CALD problem gamblers (PGs) to treatment as well as treat and retain CALD PGs in treatment. Finally, although it is important to consider the impact of culture on PG, clinicians need to acknowledge CALD clients’ individual differences when devising prevention and treatment plans, and researchers need to acknowledge the fluidity of the concept of culture in their investigations.
This study investigated the relationship between the level of combat exposure and army status (re... more This study investigated the relationship between the level of combat exposure and army status (regular army soldiers vs national servicemen) and the subsequent development of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sixty-four Australian infantrymen who were exposed to combat stress in Vietnam were used in this study. They were divided into four groups based on combat exposure and status as a regular or conscripted soldier. Subjects were assessed 23 years after their tour of duty in Vietnam for PTSD and psychiatric symptomatology using a PTSD inventory based on DSM-III-R criteria, the Self-report Checklist 90 (SCL-90), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Mississippi Scale for Combat-related PTSD (Mississippi Scale), the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and a demographic questionnaire. Results showed that 29.85% of the veterans have a positive diagnosis of PTSD according to self-report of symptoms based on the DSM-III-R cri...
WORKSHOPS and SYMPOSIA (alphabetical order) WORKSHOP: Dementia Assessment 101 Broome, A.S., Princ... more WORKSHOPS and SYMPOSIA (alphabetical order) WORKSHOP: Dementia Assessment 101 Broome, A.S., Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane TIME: Stream B, 1:30 Thursday afternoon Psychologists working with older adults and those working in regional and rural areas are increasingly asked to perform assessments of clients suspected of suffering from dementia, irrespective of the clinician‟s training or specialty. This workshop aims to provide introductory skills in the area of dementia assessment for non-Neuropsychologists, or for Neuropsychologists who have not yet worked in the area of dementia. The core clinical and pathological features of different common types of dementia will be described, and the salient aspects of clinical history taking will be outlined in each case. Useful standardized questionnaires for history gathering and evaluation will be considered, and selection and application of suitable cognitive tests will be illustrated via case scenarios. Aspects of report writing part...
Studies have shown that the rate at which children take up smoking is still very high, particular... more Studies have shown that the rate at which children take up smoking is still very high, particularly for female adolescents. While some progress has been made in determining the factors related to the initiation of smoking, an issue that still requires investigation is the relationship between early smoking patterns and later smoking behaviour. This paper reports the results of a longitudinal study which examined the continuity between smoking at an early age and later smoking behaviour. The smoking behaviour of a cohort of New Zealand children was followed from age 9 to age 15 years. Results showed that children's smoking pattern at age 9 years was not highly related to their smoking behaviour at age 15. The children most likely to become daily smokers by age 15 were those who had smoked within the last year at ages 11 and 13. It was concluded that the formative period for children's daily smoking at age 15 was from 10 to 13 years of age.
PHARMACOL BIOCHEM BEHAV 19(6) 985-986, 1983.-The schedule induced self-injection procedure was us... more PHARMACOL BIOCHEM BEHAV 19(6) 985-986, 1983.-The schedule induced self-injection procedure was used to establish ethanol self-injection in 16 rats. Pretreatment with an injection of 0.3 mg/kg buprenorphine significantly reduced ethanol self-injection in a group of 8 rats. This effect was not found in a second group of 8 rats which received saline pretreatment. The findings provide support for an involvement of buprenorphine, in ethanol self-injection, which cannot be explained in terms of opiate induced shifts in taste preference. From the present data it cannot be determined whether the agonist or antagonist opiate properties of buprenorphine cause the blocking effect.
The roles of culture in understanding gambling and gambling disorder (GD) as well as the preventi... more The roles of culture in understanding gambling and gambling disorder (GD) as well as the prevention and treatment of problem gambling (PG) are systematically presented. Relevant academic databases as well as other academically grounded published articles, government reports and conference papers accessed via online searches from 1975 to 2016 were used. Our review showed that although there were mixed findings in relation to the rate of gambling, there were strong evidences for higher rates of GD among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) samples compared to Caucasians or the general population. Cultural factors—such as ethnic, familial and national cultures—implicated in the maintenance of problem gambling are important considerations for future theoretical and practical developments in our increasingly globalised populations. Building cultural competencies and openness among various stakeholders (governmental, treatment providers, communities and academia) is a promising pathway in effective remediation and engagement with recovering or help-seeking gamblers and family members. Designing and implementing effective and culturally sensitive prevention and treatment programmes with the assistance of key community and/or religious leaders as well as family members will help minimise gambling among at-risk members, attract CALD problem gamblers (PGs) to treatment as well as treat and retain CALD PGs in treatment. Finally, although it is important to consider the impact of culture on PG, clinicians need to acknowledge CALD clients’ individual differences when devising prevention and treatment plans, and researchers need to acknowledge the fluidity of the concept of culture in their investigations.
This study investigated the relationship between the level of combat exposure and army status (re... more This study investigated the relationship between the level of combat exposure and army status (regular army soldiers vs national servicemen) and the subsequent development of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sixty-four Australian infantrymen who were exposed to combat stress in Vietnam were used in this study. They were divided into four groups based on combat exposure and status as a regular or conscripted soldier. Subjects were assessed 23 years after their tour of duty in Vietnam for PTSD and psychiatric symptomatology using a PTSD inventory based on DSM-III-R criteria, the Self-report Checklist 90 (SCL-90), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Mississippi Scale for Combat-related PTSD (Mississippi Scale), the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and a demographic questionnaire. Results showed that 29.85% of the veterans have a positive diagnosis of PTSD according to self-report of symptoms based on the DSM-III-R cri...
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