By Scientia Professor Helen Margaret Christensen

Journal articles

Parslow R; Jorm A; Christensen H; Jacomb P; Rodgers B, 2004, 'Gender differences in factors affecting use of health services: An analysis of a community study of middle-aged and older Australians', Social Science and Medicine, 59, pp. 2121 - 2129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.018

Griffiths KM; Jorm AF; Christensen H, 2004, 'Academic consumer researchers: a bridge between consumers and researchers', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, pp. 191 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01337.x

Griffiths KM; Christensen H, 2004, 'Commentary on ‘The Relationship Between Public Causal Beliefs and Social Distance Toward Mentally Ill People’', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, pp. 355 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2004.01374.x

Christensen H; Griffiths KM; Jorm AF, 2004, 'El adiestramiento en técnicas de terapia cognitivo-conductual y el aumento del conocimiento sobre la depresión proporcionados por Internet reducen los síntomas depresivos en personas que no reciben tratamiento', FMC - Formación Médica Continuada en Atención Primaria, 11, pp. 354 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1134-2072(04)76140-x

Anstey KJ; Maller J; Meslin C; Christensen H; Jorm AF; Wen W; Sachdev PS, 2004, 'Hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in relation to handedness in adults aged 60-64', Neuroreport, 15, pp. 2825 - 2829

Sachdev PS; Parslow R; Salonikas C; Lux O; Wen W; Kumar R; Naidoo D; Christensen H; Jorm AF, 2004, 'Homocysteine and the brain in midadult life: evidence for an increased risk of leukoaraiosis in men', Archives of Neurology, 61, pp. 1369 - 1376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneur.61.9.1369

Jorm AF; Butterworth P; Anstey KJ; Christensen H; Easteal S; Maller J; Mather KA; Turakulov RI; Wen W; Sachdev PS, 2004, 'Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities', Psychological Medicine, 34, pp. 1495 - 1506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291704003162

Jorm AF; Dear KBG; Rodgers B; Christensen H, 2003, 'Cohort difference in sexual orientation: Results from a large age-stratified population sample', Gerontology, 49, pp. 392 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000073768

Mackinnon A; Christensen H; Hofer SM; Korten AE; Jorm AF, 2003, 'Use It and Still Lose It? The Association Between Activity and Cognitive Performance Established Using Latent Growth Techniques in a Community Sample', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 10, pp. 215 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/anec.10.3.215.16451

Christensen H, 2003, 'Adjunctive cognitive therapy is more effective, but more costly, than standard clinical management for relapse prevention in depression: Commentary', Evidence-Based Mental Health, 6, pp. 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh.6.3.85

Jorm AF; Griffiths KM; Christensen H; Korten AE; Parslow RA; Rodgers B, 2003, 'Providing information about the effectiveness of treatment options to depressed people in the community: A randomized controlled trial of effects on mental health literacy, help-seeking and symptoms', Psychological Medicine, 33, pp. 1071 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291703008079

Christensen H; Griffiths K, 2003, 'The internet and mental health practice', Evidence-Based Mental Health, 6, pp. 66 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmh.6.3.66

Hansen DF; Hass MAS; Christensen HM; Ulstrup J; Led JJ, 2003, 'Detection of short-lived transient protein-protein interactions by intermolecular nuclear paramagnetic relaxation: Plastocyanin from Anabaena variabilis', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 125, pp. 6858 - 6859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja034013z

Mackinnon A; Khalilian A; Jorm AF; Korten AE; Christensen H; Mulligan R, 2003, 'Improving screening accuracy for dementia in a community sample by augmenting cognitive testing with informant report', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 56, pp. 358 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00009-X

Jorm AF; Dear KBG; Rodgers B; Christensen H, 2003, 'Interaction between mother's and father's affection as a risk factor for anxiety and depression symptoms - Evidence for increased risk in adults who rate their father as having been more affectionate than their mother', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 38, pp. 173 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-003-0620-9

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B; Parslow RA, 2003, 'Association of obesity with anxiety, depression and emotional well-being: A community survey', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 434 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00423.x

Jacomb P; Maxwell K; Christensen HM; Rodgers B; Jorm A, 2003, 'Computer-assisted self-interviewing (CASI) in a large community survey: Some methodological issues', Australasian Epidemiologist, 10, pp. 34 - 38

Im H; Grass JA; Christensen HM; Perkins A; Bresnick EH, 2002, 'Histone deacetylase-dependent establishment and maintenance of broad low-level histone acetylation within a tissue-specific chromatin domain', BIOCHEMISTRY, 41, pp. 15152 - 15160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi026786q

Christensen H; Griffiths KM, 2002, 'The prevention of depression using the Internet', Medical Journal of Australia, 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04871.x

Jorm AF; Griffiths KM; Christensen H; Medway J, 2002, 'Research priorities in mental health, part 1: An evaluation of the current research effort against the criteria of disease burden and health system costs', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, pp. 322 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01023.x

Griffiths KM; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Medway J; Dear KBG, 2002, 'Research priorities in mental health, part 2: An evaluation of the current research effort against stakeholder's priorities', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, pp. 327 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.01024.x

Hofer SM; Christensen H; Mackinnon AJ; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Easteal S, 2002, 'Change in cognitive functioning associated with ApoE genotype in a community sample of older adults', Psychology and Aging, 17, pp. 194 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.17.2.194

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Rodgers B; Jacomb PA; Christensen H, 2002, 'Sexual orientation and mental health: Results from a community survey of young and middle-aged adults', British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, pp. 423 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.180.5.423

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Griffiths KM; Rodgers B, 2002, 'Effectiveness of complementary and self-help treatments for depression', Medical Journal of Australia, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04508.x

Caldwell TM; Rodgers B; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Korten AE; Lynskey MT, 2002, 'Patterns of association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety in young adults', Addiction, 97, pp. 583 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00092.x

Griffiths KM; Christensen H, 2002, 'The quality and accessibility of Australian depression sites on the World Wide Web', Medical Journal of Australia, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04509.x

Jacomb PA; Jorm AF; Korten AE; Christensen H; Henderson AS, 2002, 'Predictors of refusal to participate: A longitudinal health survey of theelderly in Australia', BMC Public Health, 2, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-2-4

Zhang J; Chi Q; Kuznetsov AM; Hansen AG; Wackerbarth H; Christensen HEM; Andersen JET; Ulstrup J, 2002, 'Electronic properties of functional biomolecules at metal/aqueous solution interfaces', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 106, pp. 1131 - 1152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0129941

Voldsgaard P; Schiffman J; Mednick S; Rodgers B; Christensen H; Bredkjaer S; Schulsinger F, 2002, 'Accuracy of retrospective reports of infections during pregnancy', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, 11, pp. 184 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.136

Parslow R; Jorm A; Christensen H; Jacomb P, 2002, 'Factors associated with young adults' obtaining general practitioner services.', Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 25, pp. 109 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH020109a

Griffiths KM; Christensen H; Evans K, 2002, 'Pharmaceutical company websites as sources of information for consumers: How appropriate and informative are they?', Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 10, pp. 205 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00115677-200210040-00001

Christensen H; Griffiths KM; Korten A, 2002, 'Web-based cognitive behavior therapy: Analysis of site usage and changes in depression and anxiety scores', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 4, pp. 29 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4.1.e3

Christensen H, 2001, 'What cognitive changes can be expected with normal ageing?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 35, pp. 768 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00966.x

Fristrup P; Grubb M; Zhang J; Christensen HEM; Hansen AM; Ulstrup J, 2001, 'Voltammetry of native and recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin on polycrystalline Au- and single-crystal Au(111)-surfaces modified by decanethiol monolayers', JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 511, pp. 128 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0728(01)00536-8

Johnson KD; Christensen HM; Zhao B; Bresnick EH, 2001, 'Distinct mechanisms control RNA polymerase II recruitment to a tissue-specific locus control region and a downstream promoter', MOLECULAR CELL, 8, pp. 465 - 471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00309-4

Griffiths KM; Christensen H, 2001, 'Quality of health information about depression on internet - Reply', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 322, pp. 1367 - 1367, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169167900049&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Korten AE; Mackinnon AJ, 2001, 'The Cognitive Decline Scale of the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): Longitudinal data on its validity', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, pp. 261 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.326

Christensen H, 2001, 'E-therapy - your guide to mental health in cyberspace', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 35, pp. 253 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.0879a.x

Hansen KK; Skou EM; Christensen H; Turek T, 2001, 'Perovskites as catalysts far the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with propene: Relationship between solid state properties and catalytic activity', JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 199, pp. 132 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jcat.2000.3153

Christensen H; Hofer SM; Mackinnon AJ; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Henderson AS, 2001, 'Age is no kinder to the better educated: Absence of an association investigated using latent growth techniques in a community sample', Psychological Medicine, 31, pp. 15 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291799002834

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Henderson AS, 2001, 'Memory complaints as a precursor of memory impairment in older people: A longitudinal analysis over 7-8 years', Psychological Medicine, 31, pp. 441 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291701003245

Christensen H; Mackinnon AJ; Korten A; Jorm AF, 2001, 'The "common cause hypothesis" of cognitive aging: Evidence for not only a common factor but also specific associations of age with vision and grip strength in a cross-sectional analysis', Psychology and Aging, 16, pp. 588 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.16.4.588

Griffiths KM; Christensen HM, 2001, 'Authors' reply', BMJ, 322, pp. 1366 - 1366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1366

Christensen H; Mackinnon AJ; Korten A; Jorm AF, 2001, 'The "common cause hypothesis" of cognitive aging: Evidence for not only a common factor but also specific associations of age with vision and grip strength in a cross-sectional analysis.', Psychology and Aging, 16, pp. 588 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.16.4.588

Forsberg EC; Downs KM; Christensen HM; Im H; Nuzzi PA; Bresnick EH, 2000, 'Developmentally dynamic histone acetylation pattern of a tissue-specific chromatin domain', PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 97, pp. 14494 - 14499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.26.14494

Christensen H; Griffiths K, 2000, 'The internet and mental health literacy', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 975 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00830.x

Christensen H; Griffiths K, 2000, 'The Internet and mental health literacy', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 975 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00830.x

Griffiths KM; Christensen H, 2000, 'Quality of web based information on treatment of depression: Cross sectional survey', British Medical Journal, 321, pp. 1511 - 1515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7275.1511

Hansen KK; Christensen H; Skou EM, 2000, 'Electrochemical Reduction of NO and O-2 on Oxide Based Electrodes', IONICS, 6, pp. 340 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02374150

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Henderson AS, 2000, 'Informant ratings of cognitive decline in old age: Validation against change on cognitive tests over 7 to 8 years', Psychological Medicine, 30, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291799002299

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