By Scientia Professor Helen Margaret Christensen

Journal articles

Jorm AF; Medway J; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Attitudes towards people with depression: Effects on the public's help-seeking and outcome when experiencing common psychiatric symptoms', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 612 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00743.x

Jorm AF; Medway J; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Public beliefs about the helpfulness of interventions for depression: Effects on actions taken when experiencing anxiety and depression symptoms', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 619 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00761.x

Jorm AF; Medway J; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Attitudes towards people with depression: effects on the public's help-seeking and outcome when experiencing common psychiatric symptoms', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 612 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00743.x

Jorm AF; Medway J; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Public beliefs about the helpfulness of interventions for depression: effects on actions taken when experiencing anxiety and depression symptoms', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 619 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00761.x

Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Korten AE; Rodgers B; Tan X; Easteal S, 2000, 'Association of smoking and personality with a polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene: Results from a community survey', American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 96, pp. 331 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<331::AID-AJMG19>3.0.CO;2-0

Rodgers B; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Henderson AS, 2000, 'Non-linear relationships in associations of depression and anxiety with alcohol use', Psychological Medicine, 30, pp. 421 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291799001865

Henderson AS; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Rodgers B; Tan X; Easteal S, 2000, 'COMT and DRD3 polymorphisms, environmental exposures, and personality traits related to common mental disorders', American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 96, pp. 102 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000207)96:1<102::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-3

Hansen KK; Christensen H; Skou EM; Skaarup SV, 2000, 'Electrochemical reduction of NO and O-2 on Cu/CuO', JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY, 30, pp. 193 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003882830262

Christensen H; Korten AE; Mackinnon AJ; Jorm AF; Hendersona AS; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Are changes in sensory disability, reaction time, and grip strength associated with changes in memory and crystallized intelligence? A longitudinal analysis in an elderly community sample', Gerontology, 46, pp. 276 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000022172

Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Korten AE; Rodgers B; Tan X; Easteal S, 2000, 'Association of a functional polymorphism of the monoamine oxidase A gene promoter with personality and psychiatric symptoms', Psychiatric Genetics, 10, pp. 87 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00041444-200010020-00006

Jacomb PA; Jorm AF; Korten AE; Christensen H; Rodgers B; Henderson AS, 2000, 'Factors associated with informant-rated personality problems in an elderly population', Aging and Mental Health, 4, pp. 36 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607860055955

Bresnick EH; Chu JL; Christensen HM; Lin B; Norton J, 2000, 'Linking notch signaling, chromatin remodeling, and T-cell leukemogenesis', JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY, pp. 46 - 53, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000168582000006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Korten AE; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Predicting anxiety and depression from personality: Is there a synergistic effect of neuroticism and extraversion?', Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, pp. 145 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.109.1.145

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Medway J; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 2000, 'Public belief systems about the helpfulness of interventions for depression: Associations with history of depression and professional help- seeking', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35, pp. 211 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001270050230

Rodgers B; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Henderson S; Jacomb PA, 2000, 'Risk factors for depression and anxiety in abstainers, moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers', Addiction, 95, pp. 1833 - 1845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.9512183312.x

Christensen H; Griffiths KM; Medway J, 2000, 'Sites for depression on the web: A comparison of consumer, professional and commercial sites', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, pp. 396 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb01601.x

Anstey KJ; Christensen HM, 2000, 'Education, activity, health, blood pressure and apolipoprotein E as predictors of cognitive change in old age: A review', Gerontology, pp. 163 - 177

Mackinnon A; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 1999, 'A short form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: Evaluation of factorial validity and invariance across demographic variables in a community sample', Personality and Individual Differences, 27, pp. 405 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00251-7

Christensen H; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb P; Rodgers B; Mackinnon AJ, 1999, 'An analysis of diversity in the cognitive performance of elderly community dwellers: Individual differences in change scores as a function of age', Psychology and Aging, 14, pp. 365 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.14.3.365

Christensen H; Jorm AF; Mackinnon AJ; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Henderson AS; Rodgers B, 1999, 'Age differences in depression and anxiety symptoms: A structural equation modelling analysis of data from a general population sample', Psychological Medicine, 29, pp. 325 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291798008150

Rinderle C; Christensen HM; Schweiger S; Lehrach H; Yaspo ML, 1999, 'AIRE encodes a nuclear protein co-localizing with cytoskeletal filaments: altered sub-cellular distribution of mutants lacking the PHD zinc fingers', HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 8, pp. 277 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/8.2.277

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Henderson S, 1999, 'Attitudes towards people with a mental disorder: A survey of the Australian public and health professionals', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 33, pp. 77 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00513.x

Jacomb PA; Jorm AF; Rodgers B; Korten AE; Henderson AS; Christensen H, 1999, 'Emotional response of participants to a mental health survey', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 34, pp. 80 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001270050115

Blechschmidt K; Schweiger M; Wertz K; Poulson R; Christensen HM; Rosenthal A; Lehrach H; Yaspo ML, 1999, 'The mouse AIRE gene: Comparative genomic sequencing, gene organization, and expression', GENOME RESEARCH, 9, pp. 158 - 166, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000078770400007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jorm AF; Rodgers B; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Henderson S; Korten AE, 1999, 'Smoking and mental health: Results from a community survey', Medical Journal of Australia, 170, pp. 74 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb126887.x

Christensen H; Mackinnon AJ; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb P, 1999, 'Dispersion in cognitive ability as a function of age: A longitudinal study of an elderly community sample', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 6, pp. 214 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/anec.6.3.214.779

Korten AE; Jorm AF; Jiao Z; Letenneur L; Jacomb PA; Henderson AS; Christensen H; Rodgers B, 1999, 'Health, cognitive, and psychosocial factors as predictors of mortality in an elderly community sample', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 53, pp. 83 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.53.2.83

Christensen H; Poyser C; Pollitt P; Cubis J, 1999, 'Pregnancy may confer a selective cognitive advantage', Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 17, pp. 7 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646839908404581

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Korten AE; Mackinnon A, 1998, 'Factors associated with successful ageing', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 17, pp. 33 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00222.x

Henderson AS; Jorm AF; Korten AE; Jacomb P; Christensen H; Rodgers B, 1998, 'Symptoms of depression and anxiety during adult life: Evidence for a decline in prevalence with age', Psychological Medicine, 28, pp. 1321 - 1328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291798007570

Griffiths KM; Christensen HM, 1998, 'Depression in young people [7]', Medical Journal of Australia, 169, pp. 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb141494.x

Henderson AS; Korten AE; Levings C; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 1998, 'Psychotic symptoms in the elderly: A prospective study in a population sample', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, pp. 484 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199807)13:7<484::AID-GPS808>3.0.CO;2-7

Henderson AS; Korten E; Levings C; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B, 1998, 'Psychotic symptoms in the elderly: A prospective study in a population sample', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, 13, pp. 484 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199807)13:7<484::AID-GPS808>3.0.CO;2-7

Christensen H; Kopelman MD; Stanhope N; Lorentz L; Owen P, 1998, 'Rates of forgetting in Alzheimer dementia', Neuropsychologia, 36, pp. 547 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00116-4

Bird M; Christensen H, 1998, 'Cognitive rehabilitation for neuropsychiatric disorders', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 32, pp. 147 - 148, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000072465000035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Körten AE; Rodgers B; Tan X; Easteal S, 1998, 'An association study of a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene with personality and psychiatric symptoms', Molecular Psychiatry, 3, pp. 449 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000424

Jorm AF; Rodgers B; Henderson AS; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Mackinnon A, 1998, 'Occupation type as a predictor of cognitive decline and dementia in old age', Age and Ageing, 27, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/27.4.477

Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Jiao Z; Christensen H; Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Rodgers B, 1998, 'Predictors of GP service use: A community survey of an elderly Australian sample', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 22, pp. 609 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01447.x

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Körten AE; Rodgers B, 1998, 'Using the BIS/BAS scales to measure behavioural inhibition and behavioural activation: Factor structure, validity and norms in a large community sample', Personality and Individual Differences, 26, pp. 49 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00143-3

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Rodgers B; Pollitt P; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Jiao Z, 1997, 'Belief systems of the general public concerning the appropriate treatments for mental disorders', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 32, pp. 468 - 473

Henderson AS; Jorm AF; Christensen H; Jacomb PA; Korten AE, 1997, 'Aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, pp. 926 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199709)12:9<926::AID-GPS665>3.0.CO;2-Y

Jorm AF; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Henderson S; Korten AE; Rodgers B, 1997, 'Pet ownership and future health - Reply', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 167, pp. 230 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138863.x

Korten AE; Henderson AS; Christensen H; Jorm AF; Rodgers B; Jacomb P; Mackinnon AJ, 1997, 'A prospective study of cognitive function in the elderly', Psychological Medicine, 27, pp. 919 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291797005217

Christensen H; Henderson AS; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Jacomb PA; Mackinnon AJ, 1997, 'ICD-10 mild cognitive disorder: Its outcome three years later', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, pp. 581 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199705)12:5<581::AID-GPS571>3.0.CO;2-B

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Rodgers B; Pollitt P, 1997, 'Public beliefs about causes and risk factors for depression and schizophrenia', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 32, pp. 143 - 148

Christensen H; Korten AE; Jorm AF; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Rodgers B; Mackinnon AJ, 1997, 'Education and decline in cognitive performance: Compensatory but not protective', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, pp. 323 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<323::AID-GPS492>3.0.CO;2-N

Jorm AF; Korten AE; Jacomb PA; Christensen H; Rodgers B; Pollitt P, 1997, ''Mental health literacy': A survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment', Medical Journal of Australia, 166, pp. 182 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140071.x

Jacomb PA; Jorm AF; Korten AE; Rodgers B; Henderson S; Christensen H, 1997, 'GP attendance by elderly Australians: Evidence for unmet need in elderly men', Medical Journal of Australia, 166, pp. 123 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140040.x

Christensen H; Griffiths K; Mackinnon A; Jacomb P, 1997, 'A quantitative review of cognitive deficits in depression and Alzheimer-type dementia', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, pp. 631 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617797006310

Jorm AF; Christensen H; Korten AE; Henderson AS; Jacomb PA; Mackinnon A, 1997, 'Do cognitive complaints either predict future cognitive decline or reflect past cognitive decline? A longitudinal study of an elderly community sample', Psychological Medicine, 27, pp. 91 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291796003923

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