Samantha Loi

The Diagnostic Challenge of Young-Onset Dementia Syndromes and Primary Psychiatric Diseases: Results From a Retrospective 20-Year Cross-Sectional Study.

Paraskevi Tsoukra, Dennis Velakoulis, Pierre Wibawa, Charles B Malpas, Mark Walterfang, Andrew Evans, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci

OBJECTIVE: Distinguishing a dementia syndrome from a primary psychiatric disease in younger patients can be challenging and may le..

Mortality in dementia is predicted by older age of onset and cognitive presentation

Samantha M Loi, Paraskevi Tsoukra, Zhiben Chen, Pierre Wibawa, Tamara Mijuskovic, Dhamidhu Eratne, Maria A Di Biase, Andrew Evans, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Anita MY Goh, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: Survival information in dementia is important for future planning and service provision. There have been limited Austr..

A call to action for the improved identification, diagnosis, treatment and care of people with young onset dementia

Monica Cations, Samantha M Loi, Brian Draper, Kate Swaffer, Dennis Velakoulis, Anita MY Goh

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Odor Identification Testing Can Assist in the Clinical Distinction Between Psychiatric Disorders and Neurological/Neurodegenerative Disorders

Ioanna Pachi, Andrew H Evans, Samantha M Loi, Dhamidhu Eratne, Charles B Malpas, Mark Walterfang, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Leonidas Stefanis, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2021  |  ALZHEIMER DISEASE & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The aim was to identify whether performance on olfactory identification can distinguish neurological/neurod..

Psychiatric and cognitive characteristics of older adults admitted to a Video-EEG monitoring (VEM) unit

Anthony Hew, Michael Lloyd, Genevieve Rayner, Alice Matson, Maria Rychkova, Rashida Ali, Toby Winton-Brown, Piero Perucca, Patrick Kwan, Terence J O'Brien, Dennis Velakoulis, Charles B Malpas, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical, psychiatric, and cognitive characteristics of older with younger patients presenting to a vide..

Network Analysis of Symptom Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: Relationship to Illness Course and Brain White Matter Microstructure

Hua Ye, Andrew Zalesky, Jinglei Lv, Samantha M Loi, Suheyla Cetin-Karayumak, Yogesh Rathi, Ye Tian, Christos Pantelis, Maria Di Biase

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biological Psychiatry

Predictors of New-Onset Epilepsy in People With Younger-Onset Neurocognitive Disorders

Xinshi Wang, Samantha M Loi, Emma Foster, Zhibin Chen, Dennis Velakoulis, Patrick Kwan

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE

Objective: People with neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) have an increased risk of epilepsy. However, most studies investigating the..

Network Analysis of Symptom Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: Relationship to Illness Course and Brain White Matter Microstructure

Hua Ye, Andrew Zalesky, Jinglei Lv, Samantha M Loi, Suheyla Cetin-Karayumak, Yogesh Rathi, Ye Tian, Christos Pantelis, Maria A Di Biase

Journal article  |  2021  |  Schizophrenia Bulletin

INTRODUCTION: Recent network-based analyses suggest that schizophrenia symptoms are intricately connected and interdependent, such..

Start-Online: Acceptability And Feasibility Of An Online Intervention For Carers Of People Living With Dementia

Samantha Loi, Joanne Tropea, Ellen Gaffy, Anita Panayiotou, Hannah Capon, Jodi Chiang, Christina Bryant, Colleen Doyle, Michelle Kelly, Gill Livingston, Briony Dow

Journal article  |  2021

Background: With increasing numbers of people living with dementia relying on family to care for them at home, there is an urgent..

A description of the components of a specialist younger-onset dementia service: a potential model for a dementia-specific service for younger people

Samantha M Loi, Mark Walterfang, Wendy Kelso, JoAnne Bevilacqua, Ramon Mocellin, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: This narrative paper describes the influences behind the development of, and key components of a specialist younger-on..