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Overview

Gerard J. Byrne is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions, with a particular focus on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health, Psychology, and Well-being
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gerard J. Byrne cover various aspects of neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions. Notable examples include:

  • "A prospective cohort study of prodromal Alzheimer's disease: Prospective Imaging Study of Ageing: Genes, Brain and Behaviour (PISA)" (2020), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • "COVID-19 and psychogeriatrics: the view from Australia" (2020), published in International Psychogeriatrics
  • "Systematic review of data-driven cognitive subtypes in Parkinson disease" (2022), published in European Journal of Neurology
  • "Identifying subtypes of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease using cluster analysis" (2020), published in Journal of Neurology
  • "The prevalence of subthreshold psychiatric symptoms and associations with alcohol and substance use disorders: from a nationally representative survey of 36,309 adults" (2022), published in BMC Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Byrne include:

  • N. Dissanayaka
  • Nancy A. Pachana
  • Jihyun Yang
  • Dana Pourzinal
  • John D. O'Sullivan

Gerard J. Byrne's publications are regularly featured in journals such as:

  • Clinical Gerontologist
  • International Psychogeriatrics
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Brain and Behavior
  • BMC Public Health

Best Publications

  • Development and validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory.

    Nancy A. Pachana;Gerard J. A. Byrne;Helen Siddle;Natasha Koloski

  • Anxiety disorders in Parkinson's disease: prevalence and risk factors

    Nadeeka N.W. Dissanayaka;Nadeeka N.W. Dissanayaka;Nadeeka N.W. Dissanayaka;Anna Sellbach;Sally Matheson;Sally Matheson;John D. O'Sullivan;John D. O'Sullivan

  • A systematic review of insomnia and complementary medicine.

    Jerome Sarris;Jerome Sarris;Gerard J. Byrne

  • Development and validation of a short form of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory – the GAI-SF

    Gerard J. Byrne;Nancy A. Pachana

  • Interventions for generalized anxiety disorder in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Daniela C. Gonçalves;Gerard J. Byrne;Gerard J. Byrne

  • Factors associated with suicidal thoughts in a large community study of older adults

    Osvaldo P Almeida;Brian Draper;John Snowdon;Nicola T Lautenschlager

  • WHOQOL-BREF as a measure of quality of life in older patients with depression

    Vicki J. Naumann;Gerard J. A. Byrne

  • Personality changes in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

    Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin;Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin;Gerard J. Byrne;Gerard J. Byrne

  • Prevalence and correlates of the proposed DSM-5 diagnosis of Chronic Depressive Disorder

    Jenifer A. Murphy;Gerard J. Byrne

  • A longitudinal study of bereavement phenomena in recently widowed elderly men

    G. J. A. Byrne;B. Raphael

  • THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF CONJUGAL BEREAVEMENT IN ELDERLY MEN OVER THE FIRST 13 MONTHS

    G. J. Byrne;Beverley Raphael

  • The Kava Anxiety Depression Spectrum Study (KADSS): a randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial using an aqueous extract of Piper methysticum.

    Jerome Sarris;David J Kavanagh;Gerard J Byrne;Kerry Bone

  • Anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety and depression: risk factors and outcome over two years

    Osvaldo P. Almeida;Brian Draper;Jane Pirkis;John Snowdon

  • Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance

    David Wilkinson;Jianzhen Zhang;Gerard J Byrne;Haida Luke

  • The clinical spectrum of anxiety in Parkinson's disease.

    Nadeeka N.N.W. Dissanayaka;Elizabeth White;John D. O'Sullivan;Rodney Marsh

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of Qigong and Tai Chi for depressive symptoms.

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Justin Clark;Dan Siskind;Gail M Williams

  • Memory and communication support in dementia: Research-based strategies for caregivers

    Erin R. Smith;Megan Broughton;Rosemary Baker;Nancy A. Pachana

  • Prospective observational study of dementia and delirium in the acute hospital setting

    Catherine Travers;Gerard Byrne;Nancy Pachana;Kerenaftali Klein

  • Evaluation of a caregiver education program to support memory and communication in dementia: A controlled pretest–posttest study with nursing home staff

    Megan Broughton;Erin R. Smith;Rosemary Baker;Anthony J. Angwin

  • The diagnostic accuracy of telegeriatrics for the diagnosis of dementia via video conferencing.

    Melinda Martin-Khan;Leon Flicker;Richard Wootton;Poh-Kooh Loh;Poh-Kooh Loh

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy A. Pachana
Nancy A. Pachana University of Queensland
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Nicola T. Lautenschlager University of Melbourne
Helen J. Chenery
Helen J. Chenery Bond University
Michael S. Humphreys
Michael S. Humphreys University of Queensland
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Cindy Gallois
Cindy Gallois University of Queensland
Con Stough
Con Stough Swinburne University of Technology
Chee H. Ng
Chee H. Ng University of Melbourne
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Frank P. Deane
Frank P. Deane University of Wollongong

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