A5093653467- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Hereditary Neurological Disorders
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
Auckland University of Technology
2024-2025
Massey University
2019
Pain reduction is a common goal of the treatment upper limb spasticity with botulinum toxin (BoNT-A). ULIS-III was large international, observational, longitudinal study (N = 953) conducted in real-life clinical practice over two years. In this secondary post hoc analysis, we examine whether goals for pain were met repeated injection cycles. We report serial changes severity and explore predictors frequency. Patients selected if primary/secondary at least one cycle (n 438/953). They assessed...
Elevated levels of parenting stress have been reported in parents raising an Autistic child. Previous studies identified a multitude predictors stress, including both child-related and parent-related factors, though findings across are not always agreement. In the present study we investigate determinants using Network Analysis approach, which is then used to inform subsequent structural equation model. New Zealand ( n = 490) child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) provided data...
Raising an autistic child is associated with increased parenting stress relative to raising typically developing children. Increased lower parent wellbeing, which in turn can negatively impact wellbeing.
There is considerable variability in fitness to stand trial (FST) findings between assessors, which may potentially influence the courts' decisions for defendants with intellectual disability (ID). This study aims determine of defendant's intelligence quotient (IQ) score and assessor's professional discipline on FST court outcomes ID Aotearoa New Zealand. included 146 who were assessed 2005 2015. Study revealed that psychologists find unfit at a higher IQ than psychiatrists. Notwithstanding,...
New Zealand’s legislation mandates the inclusion of several legislative criteria to assist in determination defendants’ fitness stand trial (FTST). However, unlegislated Presser have been described as useful discriminate between without formal research identify them such. The sample consisted 252 FTST forensic assessments 2005 and 2015 with a mean age 30.1 years, where 87.7% were male. Defendants primarily from Māori descent (37.3%), Zealand European (34.1%) Pacific Island (17.9%). authors...