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A/PROF ALASDAIR VANCE



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY
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Homepage: www.rch.org.au/acpu
Work: 93454666
Level: Ground
Building: Main Block
Campus: Royal Childrens Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
High prevalence and high risk child psychiatric disorders and the psychiatric aspects of key paediatric neurological and endocrine disorders Child Psychiatry, ADHD Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States New York University Research
United States National Institutes of Health Exchange, Research
United Kingdom Institute of Psychiatry Exchange, Research, Teaching
Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989
Doctor of Medicine Monash University 31-Dec-2001
Master of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Victorian Medical Board MBBS 31-Dec-1989

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) 31-Dec-1997

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of Melbourne M Medicine (Psychiatry) 31-Dec-1998
Other (Award) Monash University Doctor of Medicine 31-Dec-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Brain problem reduces coping skills in kids with ADHD
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Crime Times
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 1-2
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Olfactory impairments in child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 1-5
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  • Randomized double-blind multicentre placebo-controlled clinical trial of the clonidine adhesive patch for the treatment of tic disorders


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 807-813
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  • A current treatment approach for ADHD
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Prescriber
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 129-132
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  • ADHD: recent advances emerging from cognitive neuroscience
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Leadership in Focus
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 40-41
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  • Developing the youth model in mental health services
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 22-26
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  • Differences in motor imagery between children with developmental coordination disorder with without the combined type of ADHD
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 608-612
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  • Dysfunction in the fronto-parietal network in ADHD: an MRI study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Brain Imaging and Behaviour
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 123-131
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  • Genetics of cognitive in ADHD: clues for novel treatment methods.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 553-61
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  • In young people with depressive disorder, does diagnostic specificity matter in the prediction of suicidality?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 1-7
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  • Parent ratings of ADHD symptoms: differential symptom functioning across Malaysian Malay and Chinese children
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 955-967
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  • Urban discourses and neural networks: the relevance of deluzian characteristics of group for neurons/brains and bodies/cities
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Junctures: the journal for thematic dialogue
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 11-21
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  • Who has the street smarts? The role of emotion in co-creating the city  
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Emotion, Space and Society
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 65-69
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Stimulant Response in ADHD and Comorbid Anxiety Disorder


    Year: 2007
    Book: Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Journal Articles

  • A possible behavioural and cognitive phenotype for the 47,XYY karyotype in a pre-pubertal child
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 72-74
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  • An fMRI investigation of right parietal function using a mental rotation task in pre-pubertal boys with ADHD, combined type
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 793
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  • Right parietal dysfunction in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type: a functional MRI study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 826-832, 793
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  • Visuospatial memory deficits in adolescent onset schizophrenia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 345-349
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Common mental health problems in adolescence.
    Year: 2006
    Book: General Practice Psychiatry
    Publisher: McGraw Hill Australia(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • A possible behavioral and cognitive phenotype for the 47,XYY karyotype in a pre-pubertal child
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 72-74
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  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type, dysthymic disorder and anxiety disorders: Differential patterns of neurodevelopmental deficits
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Volume: 143
    Page numbers: 213-222
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  • Comparison of Psychosocial Correlates in Primary School Age Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder- Combined Type, with and without Dysthymic Disorder
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Child Psychiatry & Human Development
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 419-426
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  • Visuospatial working memory deficits in adolescent onset schizophrenia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 87
    Page numbers: 223-227
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  • Zeroing in on attention deficit disorders.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Research Review
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1441-3302
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • ADHD, Combined Type in Primary School Age Children: Investigations of its Association with Oppositional Defiant, Dysthymic and Anxiety Disorders
    Year: 2005
    Book: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Research
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • The effects of age and practice on the consistency of performance on a computerised assessment of cognitive change in children.


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Child Neuropsychology
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 303-310
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  • An investigation of visuospatial memory impairment in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), combined type
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1433-1443
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Characteristics of internalizing and externalizing disorders in medication-naive, clinically referred children with attention deficity hyperactivity disorder, combined type and dysthymic disorder
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 359-365
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Dysthymic disorder contributes to oppositional defiant behaviour in children with Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder, combined type (ADHD-CT)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 329-333
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Fronto-parietal activation in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type: functional magnetic resonance imaging stuy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 187
    Page numbers: 282-283
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  • Lateralized deficit of response inhibition in early-onset schizophrenia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Psychological Medicine
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 495-505
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • An audit of psychotropic medication use in a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 204-211
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  • Parent group treatments for children with oppositional defiant disorder.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 36-43
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  • The Development of a Statistical Approach to Classifying Treatment Response Using Cognitive performance in Individual Children with ADHD
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 1-12
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The molecular genetics of depressive disorders pre- and post-puberty: where to from here?


    Year: 2004
    Event name: Proceedings of the Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Psychiatry (CCCP) Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Psychiatry (CCCP) Conference
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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