By Mr Suraj Samtani

Book Chapters

Moulds ML; Chung K; Martin AM; Samtani S, 2016, 'Cognitive Processes: The Role of Rumination in Depression and Transdiagnostically', in Innovations and Future Directions in the Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.

Journal articles

Reppermund S; Matison AP; Röhr S; Samtani S; Brodaty H; Soloveva MV; Li W; Molina MA; Schroers RD; Sachdev PS; Cerin E, 2026, 'Neighbourhood environments and depressive symptoms in later life', Journal of Affective Disorders, 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122259

McEwen K; Samtani S; Chen R; Crawford JD; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Numbers K, 2026, 'Incident dementia risk by frailty status and living arrangements in older adults', Journal of Frailty and Aging, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2026.100185

Giameos OE; Mellow ML; Karamacoska D; Davis A; Gardiner PA; Roccati E; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Adsett JM; Wilson NA; Radford K; Lavrencic L; Sachdev PS; Reppermund S; Samtani S; Matison AP; Page ZA; Batterham PJ; Andrews SC; Bahar-Fuchs A; Lupton MK; Pipingas A; Withall A; Brown BM; Macpherson H; Keage HAD; Burton B; Vickers JC; Dunstan DW; Smith AE, 2026, 'Diversity and inclusivity in Australian dementia prevention research: A mixed methods review', Alzheimer S and Dementia Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 12, pp. e70296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/trc2.70296

Samtani S; Stafford J; Szcześniak D; Brodaty H; Davis D; Ikram MA; Jeon YH; Melis RJF; Patalay P; Perry M; Rymaszewska J; Vernooij-Dassen M; Welmer AK; Wolf-Ostermann K; Maddock J; Marseglia A, 2026, 'How does social health impact cognitive function and brain reserve? Findings from the SHARED Consortium', Ageing Research Reviews, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2026.103118

Occhipinti JA; Prodan A; Buchanan J; Martin M; Khalatbari-Soltani S; Swieboda P; Eyre H; Crosland P; Hosseini SH; van Zwieten A; Samtani S; Sawan M; Cobos Muñoz D; Okamoto S; Robinson J; Norris D; Jeste DV; Destrebecq F; Heffernan M; Tanner M; Miranda JJ, 2026, 'Governing the social production of care: the hidden foundation of health systems', Nature Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04535-y

Samtani S; Casey AN; Thalamuthu A; Lam BCP; Catts VS; Trollor J; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2026, 'The heritability of social connections among older adults and their associations with mental and cognitive health: Older Australian Twins Study', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10505

Siette J; Chong V; Samtani S; Harris CB; Steiner-Lim GZ; MacMillan F, 2025, 'A meta-analysis of behaviour change techniques in social interventions targeting improved cognitive function in older adults', BMC Public Health, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22229-x

Numbers KT; Ee N; Lim M; Samtani S; Peters R; Sparks A; Anstey KJ, 2025, 'Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors', Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 21, pp. e105346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz70858_105346

, 2025, 'Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors', Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 21, pp. e106202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz70858_106202

Numbers KT; Lam BCP; Samtani S; Chander RJ; Vella AS; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2025, 'Increased Worry Associated with Self-Reported, but Not Informant-Reported, Subjective Cognitive Decline Predicts Increased Risk of Incident Dementia', Diagnostics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15233073

Samtani S; Mahalingam G; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Numbers K; Lima-Costa MF; Blay SL; Costa EC; Xiao S; Reidel-Heller S; Röhr S; Pabst A; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Kosmidis M; Krishna M; Kumaran K; Shahar S; Ng TP; Ho R; Kim KW; Skoog I; Najar J; Sterner TR; Ganguli M; Chang CCH; Hughes TF; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2025, 'Emotional and instrumental social support and older adults' depressive symptoms: collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis of 11 population-based studies of aging', American Journal of Epidemiology, 194, pp. 3041 - 3049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf137

Matison AP; Samtani S; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Reppermund S, 2025, 'How well do social frailty indices predict incident dementia in older adults?', Journals of Gerontology Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf148

Numbers K; Samtani S; Hanewald K; Cheung J; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2025, 'Intrinsic Capacity Predictors of Dementia and Mortality in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.70156

Röhr S; Reppermund S; Matison A; Samtani S; Sachdev PS, 2025, 'Making time for brain health: recognising temporal inequity in dementia risk reduction', Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100768

Perera A; Samtani S; Karamacoska D; Siette J, 2025, 'Dementia literacy and awareness of risk reduction: A systematic review of South Asian and Southeast Asian regions', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70071

van Zwieten A; Samtani S; Sawan M; Occhipinti JA; Miranda JJ; Khalatbari-Soltani S, 2025, 'Life-course approaches are needed to foster equitable healthy aging', Nature Aging, 5, pp. 952 - 955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00875-5

Rodriguez FS; Hofbauer LM; Reppermund S; Samtani S; Röhr S, 2025, 'Updating risk and protective factors for dementia in older adults', Nature Reviews Psychology, 4, pp. 322 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-025-00438-w

Sawan M; Khalatbari-Soltani S; van Zwieten A; Samtani S; Occhipinti JA; Miranda JJ, 2025, 'Valuing caregiving is a prerequisite for the wellbeing economy and mental wealth', Nature Aging, 5, pp. 723 - 725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00868-4

Gebran E; Antoniou M; Samtani S; Brookman R; Siette J, 2025, 'Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Non-Pharmacological Dementia Therapies in Residential Aged Care: A Systematic Review', Dementia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14713012251412051

Hosoki S; Thalamuthu A; Jiang J; Samtani S; Wen W; Sachdev P, 2025, 'Cerebral blood flow by ASL and Its Links to WM lesions, brain volume, cognition', Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 9, pp. 100426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2025.100426

Hosoki S; Thalamuthu A; Jiang J; Samtani S; Wen W; Sachdev P, 2025, 'Cerebral blood flow measured by arterial spin labeling and its association with white matter lesions, brain volume, and cognition in the UK biobank cohort', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 480, pp. 123931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2025.123931

Chen S; Chen S; Hanewald K; Si Y; Bateman H; Li B; Xu X; Samtani S; Wu C; Brodaty H, 2024, 'Social Environment, Lifestyle, and Genetic Predisposition With Dementia Risk: A Long-Term Longitudinal Study Among Older Adults', Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 79, pp. glae128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae128

Stafford J; Dekhtyar S; Welmer AK; Vetrano DL; Grande G; Laukka EJ; Marseglia A; Moulton V; Mansfield R; Liu Y; Ning K; Wolf-Ostermann K; Brodaty H; Samtani S; Ikram MA; Melis R; Rymaszewska J; Szcześniak D; Di Gessa G; Richards M; Davis D; Patalay P; Maddock J, 2024, 'Social health and subsequent cognitive functioning in people aged 50 years and older: examining the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers in two European longitudinal studies', Lancet Healthy Longevity, 5, pp. e356 - e369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(24)00046-1

Kristanti MS; Vernooij-Dassen M; Jeon YH; Verspoor E; Samtani S; Ottoboni G; Chattat R; Brodaty H; Lenart-Bugla M; Kowalski K; Rymaszewska J; Szczesniak DM; Gerhardus A; Seifert I; A’la MZ; Effendy C; Perry M, 2024, 'Social health markers in the context of cognitive decline and dementia: an international qualitative study', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1384636

Samtani S; Mahalingam G; Wen W; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'Associations of positive and negative social connections with brain health in UK Biobank data', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20, pp. e091057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.091057

Samtani S; Casey A; Thalamuthu A; Lam BCP; Catts VS; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'Social connection profiles of older adults as both heritable and modifiable influences on brain health: data from the Older Australian Twins Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20, pp. e091133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.091133

Chander RJ; Numbers KT; Chen R; Samtani S; Kochan NA; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'Social, environmental, and cognitive correlates of community‐dwelling older adults coping poorly with reduced social contact: A quasi‐experiment set in Australia’s COVID‐19 lockdown in 2020', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20, pp. e092104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.092104

Mahalingam G; Samtani S; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Lima-Costa MF; Blay SL; Castro-Costa E; Shifu X; Guerchet M; Preux PM; Gbessemehlan A; Skoog I; Najar J; Sterner TR; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Dardiotis T; Kim KW; Riedel-Heller S; Röhr S; Pabst A; Shahar S; Numbers K; Ganguli M; Hughes TF; Chang CCH; Crowe M; Ng TP; Gwee X; Chua DQL; Rymaszewska J; Wolf-Ostermann K; Welmer AK; Stafford J; Mélis R; Vernooij-Dassen M; Jeon YH; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Roehr S, 2023, 'Social connections and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and mortality in 13 longitudinal cohort studies of ageing', Alzheimer S and Dementia, 19, pp. 5114 - 5128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13072

Maddock J; Gallo F; Wolters FJ; Stafford J; Marseglia A; Dekhtyar S; Lenart-Bugla M; Verspoor E; Perry M; Samtani S; Vernooij-Dassen M; Wolf-Ostermann K; Melis R; Brodaty H; Ikram MA; Welmer AK; Davis D; Ploubidis GB; Richards M; Patalay P, 2023, 'Social Health and Change in Cognitive Capability among Older Adults: Findings from Four European Longitudinal Studies', Gerontology, 69, pp. 1330 - 1346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000531969

Samtani S; Meka A; Siette J, 2023, 'Beyond memory: exploring the value of social cognition for older adults with neurocognitive disorders', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1209745

Samtani S; Mahalingam G; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Costa E; Lima‐Costa MF; Xiao S; Scarmeas N; Kim KW; Numbers KT; Ganguli M; Krishna M; Ng TP; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Skoog I; Riedel‐Heller SG; Shahar S; consortium CCAS, 2023, 'Types of social support and depressive symptoms in older adults: An IPD meta‐analysis of longitudinal ageing studies', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.074525

Vernooij-Dassen M; Verspoor E; Samtani S; Sachdev PS; Ikram MA; Vernooij MW; Hubers C; Chattat R; Lenart-Bugla M; Rymaszewska J; Szczesniak D; Brodaty H; Welmer AK; Maddock J; van der Velpen IF; Wiegelmann H; Marseglia A; Richards M; Melis R; de Vugt M; Moniz-Cook E; Jeon YH; Perry M; Wolf-Ostermann K, 2022, 'Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, pp. 1052009, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1052009

Samtani S; Mahalingam G; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Lima-Costa MF; Blay SL; Castro-Costa E; Shifu X; Guerchet M; Preux PM; Gbessemehlan A; Skoog I; Najar J; Rydberg Sterner T; Scarmeas N; Kim KW; Riedel-Heller S; Röhr S; Pabst A; Shahar S; Numbers K; Ganguli M; Jacobsen E; Hughes TF; Crowe M; Ng TP; Maddock J; Marseglia A; Mélis R; Szcześniak D; Wiegelmann H; Vernooij-Dassen M; Jeon YH; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Roehr S, 2022, 'Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis', Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3, pp. e740 - e753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00199-4

Lenart-Bugla M; Łuc M; Pawłowski M; Szcześniak D; Seifert I; Wiegelmann H; Gerhardus A; Wolf-Ostermann K; Rouwette EAJA; Ikram MA; Brodaty H; Jeon YH; Maddock J; Marseglia A; Melis RJF; Samtani S; Wang HX; Welmer AK; Vernooij-Dassen M; Rymaszewska J, 2022, 'What Do We Know about Social and Non-Social Factors Influencing the Pathway from Cognitive Health to Dementia? A Systematic Review of Reviews', Brain Sciences, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091214

Seifert I; Wiegelmann H; Lenart-Bugla M; Łuc M; Pawłowski M; Rouwette E; Rymaszewska J; Szcześniak D; Vernooij-Dassen M; Perry M; Melis R; Wolf-Ostermann K; Gerhardus A, 2022, 'Mapping the complexity of dementia: factors influencing cognitive function at the onset of dementia', BMC Geriatrics, 22, pp. 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02955-2

Samtani S; Mahalingam S; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Costa E; Xiao S; Guerchet M; Preux P; Skoog I; Scarmeas N; Kim KW; Riedel‐Heller SG; Hamid TA; Numbers KT; Ganguli M; Crowe MG; Ng TP; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; consortium CSOMIAICASHARITDPJ, 2022, 'The impact of social health on global cognition and cognitive domains: An individual participant level data meta‐analysis of longitudinal cohort studies of cognitive ageing', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.061062

Samtani S; Moulds M; Johnson SL; Ehring T; Hyett MP; Anderson R; McEvoy PM, 2021, 'Higher order repetitive negative thinking is more robustly related to depression, anxiey, and mania than measures of rumination or worry.', Cognitive Therapy and Research

Stevens A; Numbers K; Samtani S, 2021, 'Are lonely older adults more vulnerable to mental health issues during pandemics?', International Psychogeriatrics, 33, pp. 449 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S104161022100034X

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Ehring T; Johnson SL; Samtani S; Anderson R; Moulds ML, 2021, 'Corrigendum to Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms.’ Journal of Affective Disorders, 232, 375-384. Doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.072. (Journal of Affective Disorders (2018) 232 (375–384), (S0165032717316221), (10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.072))', Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, pp. 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.025

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Ehring T; Johnson SL; Samtani S; Anderson R; Moulds M, 2021, 'Corrigendum to Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms', Journal of Affective Disorders

Samtani S; Stevens A; Brodaty H, 2021, 'Preserving and enhancing social health in neurocognitive disorders', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 34, pp. 157 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000683

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Ehring T; Johnson SL; Samtani S; Anderson R; Moulds ML, 2018, 'Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms', Journal of Affective Disorders, 232, pp. 375 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.072

Samtani S; McEvoy PM; Mahoney AEJ; Werner-Seidler A; Li SSY; McGill BC; Tockar J; Moulds ML, 2018, 'Examining a transdiagnostic measure of repetitive thinking in depressed, formerly depressed and never-depressed individuals', Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, pp. 515 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.081

Samtani S; Moulds ML, 2017, 'Assessing maladaptive repetitive thought in clinical disorders: A critical review of existing measures', Clinical Psychology Review, 53, pp. 14 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.007

Conference Papers

Samtani S; Stevens A; Lipnicki DM; Costa EC; Guerchet M; Preux P-M; Skoog I; Scarmeas N; Kim K-W; Ganguli M; Crowe M; Ng TP; Numbers K; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2021, 'Social Health And Reserve in the Dementia patient journey (SHARED): Females, older adults, and people living with dementia are vulnerable to social isolation', in INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 20 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28304

Pawlowski M; Luc M; Lenart M; Szczesniak D; Seifert I; Wiegelman H; Wolf-Ostermann K; Gerhardus A; Rouwette E; Vernooij-Dassen M; Ikram MA; Melis RJF; Welmer A-K; Brodaty H; Thyrian JR; Davis D; Chattat R; Jeon Y-H; Perry M; Samtani S; Wang HX; Rymaszewska J, 2020, 'Comorbidities in dementia: state of knowledge.', in EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. S346 - S347, presented at 28th European Congress of Psychiatry, ELECTR NETWORK, 04 July 2020 - 07 July 2020

Conference Abstracts

Samtani S; Mahalingam G; Wen W; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'FC56: Positive and negative social connections and brain health in the UK Biobank data', in International Psychogeriatrics, Elsevier, Vol. 36, pp. 75 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610224001789

Vernooij-Dassen M; Verspoor E; Samtani S; Sachdev PS; Ikram MA; Vernooij MW; Hubers C; Chattat R; Lenart-Bugla M; Rymaszewska J; Szczesnia D; Brodaty H; Welmer A-K; Maddock J; van der Velpen IF; Wiegelman H; Marseglia A; Richards M; Melis R; de Vugt M; Moniz-Cook E; Jeon Y-H; Perry M; Wolf-Ostermann K; health ITS, 2023, 'Conceptual framework for social health: identification of modifiable and protective and risk factors', in International Psychogeriatrics, Elsevier, Vol. 35, pp. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610223001710

Mahalingam G; Samtani S; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Lima-Costa MF; Blay SL; Castro-Costa E; Shifu X; Guerchet M; Preux P-M; Gbessemehlan A; Skoog I; Najar J; Sterner TR; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Dardiotis T; Kim K-W; Riedel-Heller S; Röhr S; Pabst A; Shahar S; Numbers K; Ganguli M; Hughes TF; Chang C-CH; Crowe M; Ng TP; Gwee X; Chua DQL; packages RFSW; Rymaszewska J; Wolf-Ostermann K; Welmer A-K; Stafford J; Vernooij-Dassen M; Jeon Y-H; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2023, 'Social connections and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and mortality in 13 longitudinal cohort studies of ageing', in International Psychogeriatrics, Elsevier, Vol. 35, pp. 16 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610223001734

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