By Professor Brian Michael Draper

Journal articles

Draper B; Wand APF, 2025, 'Suicide in later life: The role of frailty and depression', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 38, pp. 383 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000001009

Loi SM; Tjokrowijoto P; D’Cunha NM; Cartwright J; Moylan N; Cations M; Stange D; Withall A; Atkins K; Bradley L; Burton E; Draper B; Fitzgerald A; Goodlet C; Irish M; Joseph T; Kelso W; Lewis R; Poisson V; Pozzebon M; Scott T; Schweitzer D; Torresi K; Scovell A; Goh A; Cvejic R; Glennen K; Beard C, 2025, 'Lived experience perspectives about gaps and barriers in services for those living with, and those providing care, for people with young-onset dementia in Australia: Findings from the Joint Solutions Project', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 729 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251346681

Tjokrowijoto P; Beard C; Stange D; D'Cunha NM; Cartwright J; Moylan N; Withall A; Draper B; Scott T; Irish M; Lewis R; Atkins K; Goodlet C; Burton E; Cvejic R; Glennen K; Schweitzer D; Cations M; Loi SM, 2025, 'The road to young-onset dementia diagnosis: Findings from the Joint Solutions Project', Alzheimer S and Dementia, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.70538

Nguyen HXT; Hyde Z; Smith K; Malay R; Flicker L; Watson R; Radford K; Russell S; Quigley R; Sagigi B; Strivens E; Withall A; Timbery A; Donovan T; Draper B; Delbaere K; Lavrencic L; Cumming R; Hughson JA; McNamara BJ; LoGiudice D, 2025, 'A Prototype Rapid Tool to Enhance Detection of Dementia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Primary Care', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.70126

Connors MH; Draper B; Wand APF; De Leo D; Reppermund S, 2025, 'Suicide and self-harm in older adults', Nature Reviews Psychology, 4, pp. 440 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-025-00454-w

Baée J; Draper B; Wijeratne C, 2025, 'A systematic review of reasons for and against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in older people with a non-terminal condition', Australasian Psychiatry, 33, pp. 366 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562251313917

Draper B; Wijeratne C, 2025, 'Electroconvulsive therapy use in New South Wales between 1944 and 1949', Australasian Psychiatry, 33, pp. 481 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562241306899

Wijeratne C; Karin E; Draper B, 2025, 'Self-reported prevalence of long-term mental health conditions highest in the oldest old: Data from the 2021 Australian Census', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 469 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251324818

Shand F; Torok M; Mackinnon A; Burnett A; Sharwood LN; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Qian J; Zeritis S; Sara G; Page A; Cutler H; Maple M; Draper B; Mcgillivray L; Phillips M; Rheinberger D; Zbukvic I; Christensen H, 2025, 'Effect of the LifeSpan suicide prevention model on self-harm and suicide in four communities in New South Wales, Australia: a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ Mental Health, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301429

Cooper M; Couzner L; Smith-Merry J; Draper B; Low LF; Cations M, 2025, 'The role of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in deaths by suicide in Australia: A retrospective study of coronial records', International Psychogeriatrics, 37, pp. 100002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100002

Lee W; Draper B; Agar MR; Currow DC, 2025, 'When Prognosis Is Extremely Short: Approach to Depression Care in the Last Days to Weeks of Life', Journal of Palliative Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2024.0420

Nguyen HXT; Hyde Z; McNamara BJ; Hughson JA; Radford K; Russell S; Flicker L; Quigley R; Malay R; Strivens E; Withall A; Lavrencic L; Draper B; Delbaere K; Cumming R; LoGiudice D, 2024, 'Strength together: examining risk and protective factors associated with dementia and cognitive impairment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through harmonisation of landmark studies', BMC Neurology, 24, pp. 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03688-y

Yates MW; Bail K; MacDermott S; Skvarc D; Theobald M; Morvell M; Jebramek JC; Tebbut I; Draper B; Brodaty H, 2024, 'The impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on hospital acquired complications – a non-randomised stepped wedge hybrid effectiveness-implementation study', BMC Geriatrics, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05548-3

Walker AR; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Wand APF; Draper B; Cvejic RC; Moxey A; Reppermund S, 2024, 'Mortality in people living with dementia who self-harmed: An Australian data linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 990 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241278243

Draper BM; Loi S, 2024, 'Young Onset Dementia in New South Wales, Australia in 1891: What has Changed Since Then?', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.6154

Sharwood LN; Waller M; Draper B; Shand F, 2024, 'Exploring community mental health service use following hospital-Treated intentional self-harm among older Australians: A survival analysis', International Psychogeriatrics, 36, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000959

Mewton L; Visontay R; Hughes G; Browning C; Wen W; Topiwala A; Draper B; Crawford JD; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'Longitudinal alcohol-related brain changes in older adults: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Addiction Biology, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adb.13402

Hopkins RE; Bharat C; Buizen L; Close J; Ivers R; Draper B; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Gisev N, 2024, 'Age-Related Risk of Serious Fall Events and Opioid Analgesic Use', JAMA Internal Medicine, 184, pp. 394 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8154

Lim ML; Perram A; Radford K; Close J; Draper B; Lord SR; Anstey KJ; O'Dea B; Ambrens M; Hill TY; Brown A; Miles L; Ngo M; Letton M; Van Schooten KS; Delbaere K, 2024, 'Protocol of a 12-week eHealth programme designed to reduce concerns about falling in community-living older people: Own Your Balance randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e078486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078486

Reily NM; Tang S; Batterham PJ; Aadam B; Draper B; Shand F; Han J; Nicholas A; Christensen H, 2024, 'Help-Seeking and Barriers to Service Use amongst Men with Past-Year Suicidal Ideation and not in Contact with Mental Health Services', Archives of Suicide Research, 28, pp. 482 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2190781

Chakraborty M; Dhiman K; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Draper B; Trollor JN; Reppermund S; Kang K; Mather KA; Poljak A; Wen W; Numbers KT; Kochan NA; Catts VS; Gupta V, 2024, 'Glutaric acid associates with early detection of cognitive impairment deciphering the association with depression', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20, pp. e088825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.088825

Cations M; Lang C; Draper B; Caughey GE; Evans K; Wesselingh S; Crotty M; Whitehead C; Inacio MC, 2023, 'Death by suicide among aged care recipients in Australia 2008-2017', International Psychogeriatrics, 35, pp. 724 - 735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S104161022300008X

Walker AR; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Wand APF; Draper B; Cvejic RC; Moxey A; Reppermund S, 2023, 'Risk factors for dementia and self-harm: A linkage study', Alzheimer S and Dementia, 19, pp. 5138 - 5150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13080

Lee W; Sheehan C; Chye R; Chang S; Bayes A; Loo C; Draper B; Agar MR; Currow DC, 2023, 'Subcutaneous ketamine infusion in palliative patients for major depressive disorder (SKIPMDD)—Phase II single-arm open-label feasibility study', Plos One, 18, pp. e0290876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290876

Draper B, 2023, 'Attempted suicide in older people in New South Wales, Australia, 1870–1908', History of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 305 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X231168956

Pathmanathan G; Wand A; Draper B, 2023, 'Recent Trends and Developments in Suicide Prevention for Older Adults', Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 3, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypsc.2023.03.018

Giebel C; Cations M; Draper B; Komuravelli A, 2023, 'Ethnic disparities in the uptake of anti-dementia medication in young and late-onset dementia', International Psychogeriatrics, 35, pp. 381 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220000794

Cations M; Wilton-Harding B; Laver KE; Brodaty H; Low LF; Collins N; Lie D; McKellar D; Macfarlane S; Draper B, 2023, 'Psychiatric service delivery for older people in hospital and residential aged care: An updated systematic review', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 811 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221134510

Veinovic M; Hill TY; Lavrencic L; Broe GA; Delbaere K; Donovan T; Draper B; Lasschuit D; Mann R; Sullivan K; Timbery A; Radford K, 2023, 'Telephone cognitive screening with older Aboriginal Australians: A preliminary study', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42, pp. 311 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13147

Rowland G; Hindman E; Hassmén P; Radford K; Draper B; Cumming R; Daylight G; Garvey G; Delbaere K; Broe T, 2023, 'Depression, childhood trauma, and physical activity in older Indigenous Australians', International Psychogeriatrics, 35, pp. 259 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610221000132

Tang S; Reily NM; Batterham PJ; Draper B; Shand F; Han J; Aadam B; Christensen H, 2023, 'Correlates of non-receipt of formal mental health services among Australian men experiencing thoughts of suicide', Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100455

Lavrencic L; Mack H; Withall A; Delbaere K; Broe GA; Daylight G; Draper B; Lasschuit D; Radford K, 2023, 'Culturally relevant protective factors and relationships with cognitive decline in First Nations Australians', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.077977

Reppermund S; Walker A; Cvejic R; Srasuebkul P; Wand A; Draper B; Trollor JN, 2023, 'Self‐harm in people with dementia – assessing risk factors, health profiles and healthcare pathways using big data', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.070876

Lee W; Chang S; DiGiacomo M; Draper B; Agar MR; Currow DC, 2022, 'Caring for depression in the dying is complex and challenging – survey of palliative physicians', BMC Palliative Care, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00901-y

Cvejic RC; Watkins TR; Walker AR; Reppermund S; Srasuebkul P; Draper B; Withall A; Winkler D; Honan I; Mackechnie D; Trollor J, 2022, 'Factors associated with discharge from hospital to residential aged care for younger people with neuropsychiatric disorders: An exploratory case-control study in New South Wales, Australia', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e065982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065982

Draper B, 2022, 'Melancholia in late life in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, 1871–1905: symptoms, behaviours and outcomes', History of Psychiatry, 33, pp. 467 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X221117000

Couzner L; Day S; Draper B; Withall A; Laver KE; Eccleston C; Elliott KE; McInerney F; Cations M, 2022, 'What do health professionals need to know about young onset dementia? An international Delphi consensus study', BMC Health Services Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07411-2

Day S; Couzner L; Laver KE; Withall A; Draper B; Cations M, 2022, 'Cross-sector learning collaboratives can improve post-diagnosis care integration for people with young onset dementia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e6135 - e6144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14051

Lee W; DiGiacomo M; Draper B; Agar MR; Currow DC, 2022, 'A Focus Group Study of Palliative Physician and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist Perceptions of Dealing with Depression in the Dying', Journal of Palliative Care, 37, pp. 535 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08258597221121453

Lappin JM; Zahra E; Darke S; Shand F; Sharma S; Draper B; Connors MH; Dear B; Titov N; Campbell G, 2022, 'Presentations to the emergency department with self-harm or suicidal behaviours: A role for digital mental health services?', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 154, pp. 50 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.046

Numbers K; Jang S; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Draper B; Reppermund S, 2022, 'Instrumental Activities of Daily Living by Subjective and Objective Measures: The Impact of Depression and Personality', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14, pp. 829544, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.829544

Chen JTH; Wuthrich VM; Rapee RM; Draper B; Brodaty H; Cutler H; Low LF; Georgiou A; Johnco C; Jones M; Meuldijk D; Partington A, 2022, 'Improving mental health and social participation outcomes in older adults with depression and anxiety: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', Plos One, 17, pp. e0269981, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269981

Draper B, 2022, 'G Vernon Davies: unsung pioneer of old age psychiatry in Victoria', Australasian Psychiatry, 30, pp. 203 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562211045085

Lavrencic LM; Delbaere K; Broe GA; Daylight G; Draper B; Cumming RG; Garvey G; Allan W; Hill TY; Lasschuit D; Schofield PR; Radford K, 2022, 'Dementia incidence, APOE genotype, and risk factors for cognitive decline in Aboriginal Australians', Neurology, 98, pp. E1124 - E1136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000013295

Tang S; Reily NM; Arena AF; Sheanoda V; Han J; Draper B; Batterham PJ; Mackinnon AJ; Christensen H, 2022, 'Predictors of not receiving mental health services among people at risk of suicide: A systematic review', Journal of Affective Disorders, 301, pp. 172 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.054

Lee W; Pulbrook M; Sheehan C; Kochovska S; Chang S; Hosie A; Lobb E; Draper B; Agar MR; Currow DC, 2022, 'Evidence of Effective Interventions for Clinically Significant Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with Extremely Short Prognoses Is Lacking: A Systematic Review', Journal of Palliative Medicine, 25, pp. 341 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0594

Cations M; Day S; Laver K; Withall A; Draper B, 2022, 'Post-diagnosis young-onset dementia care in the National Disability Insurance Scheme', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56, pp. 270 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674211011699

Mate K; Kerr K; Priestley A; Weaver N; Broe GA; Daylight G; Draper B; Cumming R; Robinson-Kingi H; Delbaere K; Radford K, 2022, 'Use of tricyclic antidepressants and other anticholinergic medicines by older Aboriginal Australians: Association with negative health outcomes', International Psychogeriatrics, 34, pp. 71 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S104161022000174X

Day S; Roberts S; Launder NH; Goh AMY; Draper B; Bahar-Fuchs A; Loi SM; Laver K; Withall A; Cations M, 2022, 'Age of Symptom Onset and Longitudinal Course of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Vascular Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of Alzheimer S Disease, 85, pp. 1819 - 1833, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215360

Strutt PA; Barnier AJ; Savage G; Picard G; Kochan NA; Sachdev P; Draper B; Brodaty H, 2022, 'Hearing loss, cognition, and risk of neurocognitive disorder: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study of older adult Australians', Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, 29, pp. 121 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2020.1857328

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