Samantha Loi

A thematic analysis of psychotic symptoms in young-onset dementia.

Liam F Borelli-Millott, Samantha M Loi, Dennis Velakoulis, Anita MY Goh

Journal article  |  2023  |  Int Psychogeriatr

OBJECTIVES: Exploration of the themes and content of psychotic symptoms in young-onset dementia (YOD) is limited to case analysis...

Recent research advances in young-onset dementia.

Samantha M Loi, Yolande Pijnenberg, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2023  |  Curr Opin Psychiatry

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Young-onset dementia (YOD) refers to a dementia for which symptom onset occurs below the age of 65. This review..

Young-onset dementia diagnosis, management and care: a narrative review

Samantha M Loi, Monica Cations, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2023  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Young-onset dementia comprises a heterogeneous range of dementias, with onset at less than 65 years of age. These include primary ..

Carer burden and behavioral disturbance is similar between younger-onset Alzheimer's disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Matthew JY Kang, Sarah Farrand, Andrew Evans, Wei-Hsuan Chiu, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2023  |  INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: Carer burden is common in younger-onset dementia (YOD), often due to the difficulty of navigating services often desig..

Quality of life and loneliness post-bereavement: Results from a nationwide survey of bereaved older adults

Lidia Engel, Bianca Brijnath, Terence WH Chong, Danny Hills, Larissa Hjorth, Samantha Loi, Ishani Majmudar, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Katrin Gerber

Journal article  |  2022  |  DEATH STUDIES

Older people experience bereavements more often than any other age group. National survey data collected across Australia from 633..

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain differentiates behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia progressors from ‘phenocopy’ non‐progressors

Michael H Keem, Dhamidhu Eratne, Courtney Lewis, Matthew Kang, Mark Walterfang, Samantha M Loi, Wendy Kelso, Claire Cadwallader, Samuel F Berkovic, Qiao‐Xin Li, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins, Alexander Santillo, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  Alzheimer's & Dementia

Huntington's disease: Mortality and risk factors in an Australian cohort.

Emily Sun, Matthew Kang, Pierre Wibawa, Vivian Tsoukra, Zhibin Chen, Sarah Farrand, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Neurol Sci

INTRODUCTION: There has not been any examination of the risk factors associated with mortality in Huntington's Disease (HD) in an ..

Australian older persons mental health inpatient and ambulatory services in 2015-2020-A descriptive analysis and commentary

Matthew Brazel, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Stephen Kisely, Samantha M Loi, Jeffrey CL Looi

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: To provide a commentary on Australian state/territory older persons mental health service (OPMHS) expenditure, inpatien..

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light and cerebral atrophy in younger-onset dementia and primary psychiatric disorders

Nirbaanjot Walia, Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi, Sarah Farrand, Qiao-Xin Li, Charles B Malpas, Shiji Varghese, Mark Walterfang, Andrew H Evans, Shaun Parker, Steven J Collins, Colin L Masters, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Neurodegeneration underpins the pathological processes of younger-onset dementia (YOD) and has been implicate..

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain differentiates behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia progressors from non-progressors

Dhamidhu Eratne, Michael Keem, Courtney Lewis, Matthew Kang, Mark Walterfang, Sarah Farrand, Samantha Loi, Wendy Kelso, Claire Cadwallader, Samuel F Berkovic, Qiao-Xin Li, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins, Alexander Santillo, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) from non-neurodegenerative 'non-progressor' mimics ..