Samantha Loi

A ten year retrospective cohort study of inpatients with younger-onset dementia.

Samantha M Loi, Dhamidhu Eratne, Anita My Goh, Pierre Wibawa, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Rosie Watson, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2020  |  International journal of geriatric psychiatry

OBJECTIVES: Younger-onset dementia (YOD) refers to a dementia where symptom onset occurs when the patient is less than 65 years of..

Time to diagnosis in younger-onset dementia and the impact of a specialist diagnostic service.

Samantha M Loi, Anita MY Goh, Ramon Mocellin, Charles B Malpas, Shaun Parker, Dhamidhu Eratne, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Psychogeriatrics

OBJECTIVES: While early diagnosis of younger-onset dementia (YOD) is crucial in terms of accessing appropriate services and future..

Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and Functional Capacity as Predictors of Workplace Disability in a Cohort With Manifest Huntington's Disease

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

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease involving motor, cognitive, psychiatric, and behavi..

Clinical Application of Findings From Longitudinal Studies of Younger-Onset Dementia: Rapid Review and Recommendations.

Samantha M Loi, Anita MY Goh, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Younger-onset dementia (YOD) presents with heterogeneous symptoms, has a variety of etiologies, and can be difficult to diagnose. ..

A pilot study of the utility of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain in differentiating neurodegenerative from psychiatric disorders: A 'C-reactive protein' for psychiatrists and neurologists?

Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi, Nirbaanjot Walia, Sarah Farrand, Qiao-Xin Li, Shiji Varghese, Mark Walterfang, Andrew Evans, Ramon Mocellin, Kunal Dhiman, Veer Gupta, Charles B Malpas, Steven Collins, Colin L Masters, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: Neurofilament light has shown promise as a biomarker for diagnosis, staging and prognosis in a wide range of neurologic..

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain is elevated in Niemann-Pick type C compared to psychiatric disorders and healthy controls and may be a marker of treatment response

Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi, Qiao-Xin Li, Shiji Varghese, Amelia McGlade, Steven Collins, Colin L Masters, Dennis Velakoulis, Mark Walterfang

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

The dawn of robust individualised risk models for dementia

Samantha C Burnham, Samantha M Loi, James Doecke, Victor Fedyashov, Vincent Dore, Victor L Villemagne, Colin L Masters

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Neurology

'I know they are not trained in dementia': Addressing the need for specialist dementia training for home care workers

Meg Polacsek, Anita Goh, Sue Malta, Brendan Hallam, Luke Gahan, Claudia Cooper, Lee-Fay Low, Gill Livingston, Anita Panayiotou, Samantha Loi, Maho Omoro, Steven Savvas, Frances Batchelor, David Ames, Colleen Doyle, Sam Scherer, Briony Dow

Journal article  |  2019  |  Health & Social Care in the Community

Global population ageing has meant a rapid increase in the numbers of older people with dementia, most of whom live in their own h..

Non-invasive in vivo hyperspectral imaging of the retina for potential biomarker use in Alzheimer's disease

Xavier Hadoux, Flora Hui, Jeremiah KH Lim, Colin L Masters, Alice Pebay, Sophie Chevalier, Jason Ha, Samantha Loi, Christopher J Fowler, Christopher Rowe, Victor L Villemagne, Edward N Taylor, Christopher Fluke, Jean-Paul Soucy, Frederic Lesage, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Sulantha Mathotaarachchi, Serge Gauthier, Ziad S Nasreddine, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

F3-04-03: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THE HOME CARE SECTOR CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE TO LIVE WELL WITH DEMENTIA

Anita MY Goh, Briony Dow, Meg Polacsek, Colleen Doyle, David Ames, Margaret Winbolt, Steven Savvas, Susan Malta, Lee-Fay Low, Philip Clarke, Claudia Cooper, Anita Panayiotou, Gill Livingston, Constantine Lyketsos, Luke Gahan, Frances Batchelor, Samantha M Loi, Jason Burton, Brendan Hallam, Sam Scherer, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Alzheimer's & Dementia

Meaningful occupation with iPads: Experiences of residents and staff in an older person's mental health setting

Jodie Swan, Danielle Hitch, Ruth Pattison, Angela Mazur, Samantha Loi, Alissa Westphal, Kate Bolton

Journal article  |  2018  |  British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Alzheimer's disease: clinical update on epidemiology, pathophysiology and diagnosis

Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Dennis Velakoulis, Jeffrey CL Looi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Huntington's disease: Managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease

Samantha M Loi, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Jeffrey CL Looi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Alzheimer disease: Non-pharmacological and pharmacological management of cognition and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Samantha M Loi, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Dennis Velakoulis, Jeffrey CL Looi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Huntington's disease: Neuropsychiatric manifestations of Huntington's disease

Anita MY Goh, Pierre Wibawa, Samantha M Loi, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Jeffrey CL Looi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australasian Psychiatry

A pilot study exploring staff acceptability of a socially assistive robot in a residential care facility that accommodates people under 65 years old

Samantha M Loi, Alice Bennett, Marta Pearce, Nguyen Khanh, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Rajiv Khosla, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Deep brain stimulation for severe treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: An open-label case series

Sarah Farrand, Andrew H Evans, Simone Mangelsdorf, Samantha M Loi, Ramon Mocellin, Adam Borham, JoAnne Bevilacqua, Scott Blair-West, Mark A Walterfang, Richard G Bittar, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

High and Low Levels of an NTRK2-Driven Genetic Profile Affect Motor- and Cognition-Associated Frontal Gray Matter in Prodromal Huntington's Disease

Jennifer A Ciarochi, Jingyu Liu, Vince Calhoun, Hans Johnson, Maria Misiura, H Jeremy Bockholt, Flor A Espinoza, Arvind Caprihan, Sergey Plis, Jessica A Turner, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2018  |  Brain Sciences

NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF YOUNGER ONSET DEMENTIA: FROM NEUROFILAMENT TO LIVED EXPERIENCE

D Velakoulis, S Farrand, D Griner, A Goh, S Sivathamboo, D Eratne, W Kelso, S Loi, M Walterfang, A Evans, R Marquis Nicholson, W Kelso, J Bevilacqua, P Wibawa

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

A pilot study investigating the feasibility of symptom assessment manager (SAM), a Web-based real-time tool for monitoring challenging behaviors

Samantha M Loi, Sangeeth Wanasinghage, Anita Goh, Nicola T Lautenschlager, David G Darby, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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

Differentiating features of major psychiatric illnesses that herald frontotemporal dementia

Anita Goh, S Sivathamboo, D Eratne, W Kelso, S Loi, M Walterfang, A Evans, D Velakoulis, S Farrand

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Background: There is considerable heterogeneity of clinical phenotype in younger onset dementia, including initial presentations w..

An investigation of residential facility staff usage of touchscreen technology

Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Modern technology to support carers of care recipients with dementia or functional mental illness: promising progress, but a long road ahead

Nicola T Lautenschlager, Janine Diehl-Schmid, Samantha M Loi, Johannes Mayer, Maria Tensil, Alexander F Kurz

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Person-centered care and engagement via technology of residents with dementia in aged care facilities

Anita MY Goh, Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Dementia Literacy among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Urban China: a Cross-sectional Study

Haifeng Zhang, Samantha M Loi, Shu'aijun Zhou, Mei Zhao, Xiaozhen Lv, Jing Wang, Xiao Wang, Nicola Lautenschlager, Xin Yu, Huali Wang

Journal article  |  2017  |  Frontiers in Public Health

Investigating the current methods of assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms in residential aged care facilities in a metropolitan city

Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

A pilot study using "apps" as a novel strategy for the management of challenging behaviors seen in people living in residential care

Samantha M Loi, Angela Mazur, David Huppert, Bernadette Hoy, Jodie Swan, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Aged persons mental health service in rural Victoria

Samantha M Loi, Leesa Bradshaw, Vicky Gilbert

Journal article  |  2017  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

Drug treatments in development for Alzheimer’s disease

P Yates, M Woodward

Book Chapter  |  2017

The purpose of this book is to raise some important questions about leadership in education and to suggest some directions for fut..

Can a short internet training program improve social isolation and self-esteem in older adults with psychiatric conditions?

Samantha M Loi, Samuel Hodson, David Huppert, Jodie Swan, Angela Mazur, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Videoconferencing and telementoring about dementia care: evaluation of a pilot model for sharing scarce old age psychiatry resources

Colleen Doyle, David Jackson, Samantha Loi, Sue Malta, Kirsten Moore

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Psychogeriatrics

SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT MANAGER: USING A COMPUTERISED PROGRAM FOR TRACKING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS

SM Loi, DG Darby, D Huppert, NT Lautenschlager

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

TOUCHSCREEN TECHNOLOGY AND OLDER ADULTS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE

SM Loi, D Huppert, B Hoy, J Swan, A Mazur, S Hodson, NT Lautenschlager

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

MOVEMENT DISORDERS

B Hayhow, G Matta, S Loi

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Factors associated with depression in older carers

Samantha M Loi, Briony Dow, Kirsten Moore, Keith Hill, Melissa Russell, Elizabeth Cyarto, Sue Malta, David Ames, Nicola Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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

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

The impact of oculomotor functioning on neuropsychological performance in Huntington disease

Janessa O Carvalho, Jeffrey D Long, Holly J Westervelt, Megan M Smith, Jared M Bruce, Ji-In Kim, James A Mills, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Attitudes to aging in older carers - do they have a role in their well-being?

Samantha M Loi, Briony Dow, Kirsten Moore, Keith Hill, Melissa Russell, Elizabeth Cyarto, Sue Malta, David Ames, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Multivariate Clustering of Progression Profiles Reveals Different Depression Patterns in Prodromal Huntington Disease

Ji-in Kim, Jeffrey D Long, James A Mills, Elizabeth McCusker, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Neuropsychology

Prefrontal Cortex White Matter Tracts in Prodromal Huntington Disease

Joy T Matsui, Jatin G Vaidya, Demian Wassermann, Regina Eunyoung Kim, Vincent A Magnotta, Hans J Johnson, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Human Brain Mapping

Multivariate prediction of motor diagnosis in Huntington's disease: 12 years of PREDICT-HD

Jeffrey D Long, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Movement Disorders

Dementia literacy in older adults

Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2015  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

The adverse mental health of carers: Does the patient diagnosis play a role?

Samantha M Loi, Briony Dow, Kirsten Moore, Keith Hill, Melissa Russell, Elizabeth Cyarto, Sue Malta, David Ames, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2015  |  Maturitas

Minimising psychotropic use for behavioural disturbance in residential aged care

Samantha M Loi, Alissa Westphal, David Ames, Nicola T Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian family physician

Getting started in research: designing and preparing to conduct a research study

Matthew D Macfarlane, Steve Kisely, Samantha Loi, Stephen Macfarlane, Sally Merry, Stephen Parker, Brian Power, Dan Siskind, Geoff Smith, Jeffrey C Looi

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Getting started in research: research questions, supervisors and literature reviews

Matthew D Macfarlane, Steve Kisely, Samantha Loi, Jeffrey C Looi, Sally Merry, Stephen Parker, Brian Power, Dan Siskind, Geoff Smith, Stephen Macfarlane

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australasian Psychiatry

How to survive in research: advice for the novice investigator

Dan Siskind, Stephen Parker, Samantha Loi, Jeffrey C Looi, Matthew D Macfarlane, Sally Merry, Geoff Smith, Steve Kisely

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Getting started in research: systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Stephen Kisely, Alice Chang, Jim Crowe, Cherrie Galletly, Peter Jenkins, Samantha Loi, Jeffrey C Looi, Matthew D Macfarlane, Ness McVie, Stephen Parker, Brian Power, Dan Siskind, Geoff Smith, Sally Merry, Stephen Macfarlane

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Intra-individual Variability in Prodromal Huntington Disease and Its Relationship to Genetic Burden

Mandi Musso, Holly James Westervelt, Jeffrey D Long, Erin Morgan, Steven Paul Woods, Megan M Smith, Wenjing Lu, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Prediction of manifest Huntington's disease with clinical and imaging measures: a prospective observational study

Jane S Paulsen, Jeffrey D Long, Christopher A Ross, Deborah L Harrington, Cheryl J Erwin, Janet K Williams, Holly James Westervelt, Hans J Johnson, Elizabeth H Aylward, Ying Zhang, H Jeremy Bockholt, Roger A Barker

Journal article  |  2014  |  The Lancet Neurology

Background: Although the association between cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat length and age at onset of Huntington's disease..

Depression in Later Life, 2nd edition

Samantha Loi

Journal article  |  2014  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Physical activity in caregivers: What are the psychological benefits?

Samantha M Loi, Briony Dow, David Ames, Kirsten Moore, Keith Hill, Melissa Russell, Nicola Lautenschlager

Journal article  |  2014  |  Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

To flee, or not to flee, that is the question for older asylum seekers

Samantha Loi, Suresh Sundram

Journal article  |  2014  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Dementia Behavior Management Advisory Service Northern Territory pilot program: Reaching out to rural communities using technology

Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2014  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Clinical and biomarker changes in premanifest Huntington disease show trial feasibility: a decade of the PREDICT-HD study

Jane S Paulsen, Jeffrey D Long, Hans J Johnson, Elizabeth H Aylward, Christopher A Ross, Janet K Williams, Martha A Nance, Cheryl J Erwin, Holly J Westervelt, Deborah L Harrington, H Jeremy Bockholt, Ying Zhang, Elizabeth A McCusker, Edmond M Chiu, Peter K Panegyres

Journal article  |  2014  |  FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE

Regionally selective atrophy of subcortical structures in prodromal HD as revealed by statistical shape analysis

Laurent Younes, J Tilak Ratnanather, Timothy Brown, Elizabeth Aylward, Peg Nopoulos, Hans Johnson, Vincent A Magnotta, Jane S Paulsen, Russell L Margolis, Roger L Albin, Michael I Miller, Christopher A Ross

Journal article  |  2014  |  Human Brain Mapping

Tracking Motor Impairments in the Progression of Huntington's Disease

Jeffery D Long, Jane S Paulsen, Karen Marder, Ying Zhang, Ji-In Kim, James A Mills

Journal article  |  2014  |  Movement Disorders

Depression and dementia

Eleanor M Curran, Samantha Loi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Depression and dementia

EM Curran, S Loi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Cognitive Reserve and Brain Reserve in Prodromal Huntington's Disease

Aaron Bonner-Jackson, Jeffrey D Long, Holly Westervelt, Geoffrey Tremont, Elizabeth Aylward, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Huntington disease (HD) is associated with decline in cognition and progressive morphological changes in brain structures. Cogniti..

Improving mood through physical activity for carers and care recipients (IMPACCT): protocol for a randomised trial Commentary

Briony Dow, Kirsten Moore, Melissa Russell, David Ames, Elizabeth Cyarto, Terry Haines, Keith Hill, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Lynette Mackenzie, Susan Williams, Samantha Loi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Physiotherapy

Personality of mental healthcaregivers

Nicola T Lautenschlager, Alexander F Kurz, Samantha Loi, Barbara Cramer

Journal article  |  2013  |  Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Regional atrophy associated with cognitive and motor function in prodromal Huntington disease.

Elizabeth H Aylward, Deborah L Harrington, James A Mills, Peggy C Nopoulos, Christopher A Ross, Jeffrey D Long, Dawei Liu, Holly K Westervelt, Jane S Paulsen, undefined PREDICT-HD Investigators and Coordinators of the Huntington Study Group

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Huntington's Disease

BACKGROUND: Neuroimaging studies suggest that volumetric MRI measures of specific brain structures may serve as excellent biomarke..

Witchcraft and Huntington's disease: a salutary history of societal and medical stigmatisation

Samantha Loi, Edmond Chiu

Journal article  |  2012  |  Australasian Psychiatry

Development of the Huntington Disease Work Function Scale

Bradley Brossman, Janet K Williams, Nancy Downing, James A Mills, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

OBJECTIVE: A work function measure specific for persons with prodromal Huntington disease (HD) was created to assist with workplac..

Cognitive domains that predict time to diagnosis in prodromal Huntington disease

Deborah Lynn Harrington, Megan M Smith, Ying Zhang, Noelle E Carlozzi, Jane S Paulsen

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: Prodromal Huntington's disease (prHD) is associated with a myriad of cognitive changes but the domains that best predi..

Evolution of aged persons mental health services in Victoria: The history behind their development

Samantha Loi, Anne Hassett

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australasian Journal on Ageing

Recent advances in drug treatment for Alzheimer's dementia

Samantha Loi, Edmond Chiu

Journal article  |  2011  |  Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Medical comorbidity in psychogeriatric patients

Samantha Loi, Edmond Chiu

Journal article  |  2011  |  Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder

Samantha Loi, Richard Bonwick

Journal article  |  2010  |  International Psychogeriatrics

Post-exam blues

Samantha Loi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australasian Psychiatry