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Research InterestsDr Brian Draper | | (Position Details) | | Phone Please contact School/Unit | | Qualifications MB BS MD UNSW, FRANZCP |
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| School of Psychiatry | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Ageing
Evidence Based Medicine
Psychiatry
Medical Education
Clinical Research
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| dementia
Psychogeriatrics
Outcomes Research
depression
Suicide
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| | | | Research Interests | |
| My interests are on clinical aspects of mental health problems in old age. My main focus is dementia including behavioural and psychological symptoms, carer stress and mild cognitive impairment. I head the 'special groups' node of the Dementia CRC based at UNSW which focuses on dementia in younger persons, Indigenous persons, and persons from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds. I am also collaborating with the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare on a NHMRC funded study of the transition of persons with dementia through acute hospitals. Suicidal behaviour is another interest with collaborative work funded by ARC and NHMRC being undertaken with colleagues around Australia and internationally.
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| My postgraduate and undergraduate teaching broadly covers most of the field of old age psychiatry, but particularly dementia (especially the behavioural and psychological complications in nursing homes), depression and suicide, service planning, and clinical assessment techniques. I have been involved in the development of the new curriculum in phases 2 and 3. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Chair, Psychogeriatric Care Expert Reference Group, Department of Health & Ageing, Canberra
Immediate Past Chair, Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, RANZCP; Member of Executive Committee FPOA, RANZCP; Member, Committee for Professional Practice, RANZCP;
Chair, International Psychogeriatric Association BPSD Taskforce
Board Member, International Psychogeriatric Association;
Deputy Editor, International Psychogeriatric Association Website; Associate Editor, 'Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior';
Assistant Editor (Internet), IPA Bulletin
Member of:
Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel Alzheimer's Disease International; International Association for Suicide Prevention;
World Psychiatric Association Section on Old Age Psychiatry;
NSW Association of Mental Health;
Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine;
Alzheimer's Association, N.S.W.;
Section of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, RANZCP;
Suicide Prevention Australia;
Nursing Home Taskforce, IPA;
Drugs & Therapeutics Committee, Prince of Wales Hospital Campus;
Core management group, Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, UNSW
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| | | | Funding Sources | |
| Australian Research Council
NHMRC
Alzheimers Association
Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| | | | Other Postgraduate Research | |
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Dr Meera Agar - enrolled for PhD at Flinders University
PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PREDICTORS OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF DELIRIUM OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF DELIRIUM: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM ANTICHOLINERGIC LEVELS AND DIAGNOSIS OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF DELIRIUM IN PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER. | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| Draper B, Poulos C, Cole A, Poulos R, Ehrlich F (1992) A Comparison of Caregivers for Elderly Stroke and Dementia Victims Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 40: 896-901.
Draper B (1994) Suicidal Behaviour in the Elderly International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 9: 655-661.
Draper B, MacCuspie-Moore C, Brodaty H (1998) Suicidal ideation and the "wish to die" in dementia - The role of depression Age and Ageing 27: 503-507.
Melding P & Draper B (eds) (2001) Geriatric Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Oxford University Press: Oxford ISBN 0-19-263084-9
Draper B, Brodaty H, Low L-F, Richards V, Paton H, Lie D. (2002) Self destructive behaviours in nursing home residents Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 50: 354-358
Brodaty H, Draper B, Miller J, Low L-F, Lie D, Sharah S, Paton H. (2003) Randomised controlled trial of different models of care for nursing home residents with dementia complicated by psychosis or depression Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 64: 63-72
Brodaty H, Draper B, Low L-F. (2003) Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia – a 7 tiered Model of Service Delivery Medical Journal of Australia 178: 231-234
Draper B. (2004) Dealing with Dementia. Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN 1-86508-853-6
Draper B and Low LF (2004) What is the effectiveness of old age mental health services? World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Health Evidence Network. Copenhagen, Denmark
Draper B, Melding P, Brodaty H (eds) (2005) Psychogeriatric Service Delivery: an international perspective, Oxford University Press: Oxford ISBN 0-19-852825-6
Draper, B. (2006) Suicide in the elderly. Prevention from an Australian context. In D. De Leo, H. Herrman, S. Ueda, et al. (Eds.), An Australian-Japanese Perspective on Suicide Prevention: Culture, Community, and Care (pp. 81-87). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Aging. ISBN: 0 642 82817 2
Draper B, Pfaff J, Pirkis J, Snowdon J, Lautenschlager N, Wilson I, Almeida O. (2008) The long-term effects of childhood abuse on the quality of life and health of older people: Results from the DEPS-GP Project. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56, 262-271. | |
| | | | Further Information | |
| http://web.med.unsw.edu.au/adfoap/ | |
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