Research Interests

Dr Tracy Anderson

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School/Unit
School of Psychiatry
 
Broad Research Areas
Epidemiology
Psychiatry
Ageing
 
Specific Research Keywords
Health Services Research
Dementia
Patient Education
 
Research Interests
Dr Anderson works as a Research Fellow for the NHMRC funded Brain and Ageing Program Grant. As part of the program grant team she works closely with Professors in the School of Psychiatry who specialize in geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, epidemiology, psychiatric classification and health policy. Her fellowship is aimed at exploring epidemiological datasets, considering classification issues, and generating metrics important to health policy within the context of ageing and age-related diseases.
 
Funding Sources
2008: NHMRC Dementia Research Grants Program Strategic Award
2007: UNSW- Early Career Research Award
2006: UNSW- Early Career Research Award
 
Key works/Publications
Anderson, T.M. & Knight, R.G. (2009). The long-term effects of traumatic brain injury on the coordinative function of the central executive. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology –Manuscript ID NCEN-2009-OA-0108. ‏

Grisham, J.R., Anderson, T.M., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T.E., Andrews, G. (2009). Childhood neuropsychological deficits associated with adult obsessive-compulsive disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry. 195: 138-141.

Sachdev, P., Andrews, G., Hobbs, M.J., Sunderland, M., & Anderson, T.M.(2009). Neurocognitive Disorders: Cluster 1 of the Proposed Meta-Structure for DSM-V and ICD-11. Psychological Medicine. (Volume 39, Issue 12, in press).

Pine, D.S., Andrews, G., Hobbs, M.J., Sunderland, M. & Anderson, T.M. (2009). Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Cluster 2 of the Proposed Meta-Structure for DSM-V and ICD-11. Psychological Medicine. (Volume 39, Issue 12, in press).

Anderson, T. M., Slade, T., Andrews, G., Sachdev, P.S., (2009). DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode in the elderly: the relationship between the number and the type of depressive symptoms and impairment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 117(1-2):55-62.


Sunderland, M., Slade T., Anderson, T.M., Peters, L. (2008). The impact of “substance induced and general medical condition” exclusion criteria on the prevalence of common mental disorders as defined by the CIDI. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 42 (10), pp. 898-904

Andrews, J.G., Anderson, T.M., Slade, T., & Sunderland, M. (2008). The classification of anxiety and depressive disorders: four problems and some possible solutions. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 274-281.

Grisham, J.R., Anderson, T.M., & Sachdev, P. (2008). Genetic and environmental influences on obsessive disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 258, 107-116.

Andrews, J.G., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., & Anderson, T.M. (2007). Simplifying DSM-IV to enhance utility: the case of Major Depressive Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164 (12), 1784-1785.

Anderson, T.M, Sachdev, P, Trollor J. Brodaty H., & Andrews, J.G. (2007).Effects of socio-demographic and health variables on Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores in older Australians. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, (15), 467-476.

Trollor, J.T., Anderson, T.M., Sachdev, P., Brodaty, H., & Andrews, J.G. (2007). Prevalence of mental disorders in the elderly: the Australian National Mental Health and Well-being Survey. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, (15) 455-466.

Trollor, J.T., Anderson, T.M., Sachdev, P., Brodaty, H., & Andrews, J.G. (2007). Age shall not weary them: Mental health in the middle-aged and elderly. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 581-589.

Brodaty, H., Sachdev, P., & Anderson, T.M. (2005). Dementia: New projections and time for an updated response. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39 (11-12) pp 955-958.

Book chapters:

Anderson, T.M., Brodaty, H., Yeoh, R., Gresham, M., Broe, A., & Andrews, J.G. (in press). Dementia in Australia: Modelling optimal cost-effective treatment. In Andrews, J.G. & the Tolkien II Team Ed. Tolkien II. A needs based, costed stepped-care model for Mental Health Services. Sydney (2nd edition): World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Classifications in Mental Health.

Andrews, J.G., & Anderson, T.M. (2006). Tolkien-II: Methodology associated with developing a cost effective mental health service plan. In Andrews, J.G. & the Tolkien II Team. Tolkien II. A needs based, costed stepped-care model for Mental Health Services. Sydney: World health Organization Collaborating Centre for Classifications in Mental Health, 2006.

Anderson, T.M., Usherwood, T., Crino, R., Castle, D., & Andrews, J.G. (2006). Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in the Australian population: Modelling optimal cost-effective treatment. In Andrews J.G. & the Tolkien II Team. Tolkien II. A needs based, costed stepped-care model for Mental Health Services. Sydney: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Classifications in Mental Health, 2006.

Anderson, T. M., & Andrews, J.G. (2006). Personality Disorders in the Australian population: an introduction to issues of modelling optimal cost-effective treatment with this population. In Andrews, J.G. & Tolkien II Team. Tolkien II. A needs based, costed stepped-care model for Mental Health Services. Sydney: World health Organization collaborating Centre for Classifications in Mental Health, 2006.

Anderson, T.M., Pring, W., Boyce, P., McCutcheon, L., Young, S., & Andrews, J.G. (2006). Borderline Personality Disorder in the Australian population: Modelling optimal cost-effective treatment. In Andrews, J.G. & the Tolkien II Team. Tolkien II. A needs based, costed stepped-care model for Mental Health Services. Sydney: World health Organization collaborating Centre for Classifications in Mental Health, 2006.
 


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