Henry Brodaty

Academic Department of Psychogeriatrics, University of New South Wales, Australia

Professor Henry Brodaty AO is Professor of Psychogeriatrics, University of New South Wales; Director, Aged Care Psychiatry and Head of the Memory Disorders Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital. He has served on several New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia committees related to ageing and dementia, and has been a member of the reference group for the NSW Action Plan for Dementia since its inception. In 1997 he co-chaired the working group to write a plan for Specialist Mental Health Service for Older People in NSW.

He is the chairman of Alzheimer’s Disease International, representing 69 national Alzheimer’s Associations and is past president of Alzheimer’s Australia (NSW). He chairs the Alzheimer’s Research Committee for Alzheimer’s Australia. Professor Brodaty has published over 200 papers and book chapters, is on the editorial board of several journals and has been the recipient of a number of awards.

Research interests:
Alzheimer's disease
Vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment
Caregivers (carers)
Drug trials
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
Nursing homes
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Depression in late life
Associations:
Alzheimer's Disease International
Alzheimer's Australia
International Psychogeriatric Association
Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists
Australian Association of Gerontology

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Psychiatry > Alzheimer's Disease (since 14 November 2005)

Links

http://www.med.unsw.edu/adfoap

All recent recommendations

• 6.0
  Suicide after bereavement: an overlooked problem.
  Recommended by Henry Brodaty with Adrienne Withall
  
• 3.0
  NSAID use and dementia risk in the Cardiovascular Health Study: role of APOE and NSAID type.
  Recommended by Henry Brodaty with Lee-Fay Low
  
• 3.2
  Effectiveness of collaborative care for older adults with Alzheimer disease in primary care: a randomized controlled trial.
  Recommended by Vincent Camus, Henry Brodaty
  
• 4.8
  Fruit and vegetable juices and Alzheimer's disease: the Kame Project.
  Recommended by Henry Brodaty, Stephane Bastianetto