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Dr

Terry Chong

Senior Research Fellow - Old Age Psychiatry
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Terry Chong

 

Terry is Senior Research Fellow - Psychiatry of Old Age at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry.
He is involved in research around cognitive health and cognitive impairment as well as physical activity, anxiety and Huntington's disease.
In 2018, he was awarded Membership of the Melbourne Medical School Academy of Clinical Teachers and teaches medical students and psychiatrists in training through the Master of Psychiatry course. He was also course coordinator of the Masters course from 2010-2013.
He advocates to increase community awareness of cognitive health, for example in the media and in community forums.
He also practices as a psychiatrist at St Vincent's Health and Epworth Healthcare.
He is a PhD candidate with the Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age.In 2017, he co-launched a new online CBT based weight management program called Medical and Mind Weight Loss.
www.medicalmindweightloss.com

Projects

Displaying the most recent project by Terry Chong.

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Physical Activity Guidelines For Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline Or Mild Cognitive Impairment

2016 - 2017
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 17 most recent scholarly works by Terry Chong.

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Behavioural activation in nursing homes to treat depression (BAN-Dep): study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Diana Velasquez Reyes, Hema Patel, Nicola Lautenschlager, Andrew H Ford, Eleanor Curran, Rachael Kelly, Rhoda Lai, Terence Chong, Leon Flicker, David Ekers, Simon Gilbody, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Dina Lo Giudice, Kathryn A Ellis, Angelita Martini, Osvaldo P Almeida

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Depression is a common disorder among older people living in residential aged care facilities. Several trials have d..

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Evaluation of an online cognitive behavioural therapy weight loss programme as an adjunct to anti-obesity medications and lifestyle interventions

Marlene Tham, Terence WH Chong

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australasian Psychiatry

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Language Translation Apps in Health Care Settings: Expert Opinion

Anita Panayiotou, Anastasia Gardner, Sue Williams, Emiliano Zucchi, Monita Mascitti-Meuter, Anita MY Goh, Emily You, Terence WH Chong, Dina Logiudice, Xiaoping Lin, Betty Haralambous, Frances Batchelor

Journal article  |  2019  |  JMIR mHealth and uHealth

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Dementia: How to reduce the risk and impact

E Curran, T Chong, N Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2018  |  Medicine Today

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Predictors of Workplace Disability in a Premanifest Huntington's Disease Cohort

Anita MY Goh, Emily You, Stephanie Perin, Fiona J Clay, Samantha Loi, Kathryn Ellis, Terence Chong, David Ames, Nicola Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

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National Physical Activity Guidelines for older Australians with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline

N Lautenschlager, K Cox, KD Hill, D Pond, K Ellis, B Dow, D Hosking, T Chong, E You, E Curran, E Cyarto, J Southam, K Anstey

Report  |  2018

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Depression in Later Life-An Essential Guide

Terence WH Chong

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

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Pain in Dementia

Stephen J Gibson, Stefan Lautenbacher

Book Chapter  |  2016

With the help of Pain in Dementia, you can learn new ways to give these patients a better quality of life! A multidisciplinary tea..

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Therapeutic advances and risk factor management: our best chance to tackle dementia?

Terence WH Chong, Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager, David Ames

Journal article  |  2016  |  Medical Journal of Australia

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Therapeutic advances and risk factor management: our best chance to tackle dementia?

Terence WH Chong, Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager, David Ames

Journal article  |  2016  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

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Physical activity program preferences and perspectives of older adults with and without cognitive impairment

Terence WH Chong, Colleen J Doyle, Elizabeth V Cyarto, Kay L Cox, Kathryn A Ellis, David Ames, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2014  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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Clinical characteristics and patterns of referral to a primary mental health team: A retrospective study

Sean Jespersen, Terence Chong, Kelly Gray, Deborah Carrin, Laura Morton, Timothy Robinson, Sandra Inglis

Journal article  |  2009  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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Reflections on facilitated discharge from a mental health service

Sean Jespersen, Terence Chong, Tony Donegan, Kelly Gray, Teresa Kudinoff, Leanne McGain, Deborah Gant

Journal article  |  2009  |  Australasian Psychiatry

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Reflections on our experience of facilitated discharge from a mental health service

Terence Chong, Sean Jespersen, Kelly Gray, Tony Donegan

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

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Integration between specialist mental health services and primary care: A 12-18 month cohort study to evaluate a primary mental health team's program and barriers to the effective management of high prevalence disorders in general practice settings

Terence Chong, Sean Jespersen, Kelly Gray

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

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Layer upon layer: thermoregulation in schizophrenia

TW Chong, DJ Castle

Journal article  |  2004  |  Schizophrenia Research

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Language Translation Apps in Health Care Settings: Expert Opinion (Preprint)

Anita Panayiotou, Anastasia Gardner, Sue Williams, Emiliano Zucchi, Monita Mascitti-Meuter, Anita MY Goh, Emily You, Terence WH Chong, Dina Logiudice, Xiaoping Lin, Betty Haralambous, Frances Batchelor

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BACKGROUND Currently, over 300 languages are spoken in Australian homes. People without proficient English..

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Clinical Sciences
Health and Support Services
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Cognitive Sciences
Psychology
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Community Service (excl. Work)
Expanding Knowledge

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Graham Burrows Travelling Scholarship
2018

Membership of the Melbourne Medical School Academy of Clinical Teachers
2017

PhD Scholarship NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Cognitive Health
2014

Dean's Merit List Deakin University Postgraduate Business and Law
1999

Melbourne Abroad Scholarship
1998

Prize In Geriatric Medicine 4th year MBBS University of Melbourne
2009

FRANZCP - Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Senior Research Fellow - Old Age Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Education

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Deakin University

MASTER OF PSYCHIATRY

University of Melbourne

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

Securities Institute of Australia

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY

University of Melbourne

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