PAS Publications

Below are some key publications which either report the performance of the PAS or comment on its use in a variety of settings. There are approximately fifty other publications which have used PAS scales or discussed it.

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Jorm, A.F., Mackinnon, A.J., Henderson, A.S., Scott, R., Christensen, H., Korten, A.E., Cullen, J.S. & Mulligan, R. (1995) The Psychogeriatic Assessment Scales: A multi-dimensional alternative to categorical diagnoses of dementia and depression in the elderly. Psychological Medicine, 25, 447-460.

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Jorm, A.F. (1996) Assessment of cognitive impairment and dementia using informant reports. Clinical Psychology Review, 16, 51-73.

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Henderson, A.S. & Jorm, A.F. (1997) Some contributions to the epidemiology of dementia and depression. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, 145-154.

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Jorm, A.F. (1997) Methods of screening for dementia: A meta-analysis of studies comparing an informant questionnaire with a brief cognitive test. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 11, 158-162.

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Jorm, A.F. & Mackinnon, A.J. (1997) The psychogeriatric assessment scales (PAS): Further data on psychometric properties and validity from a longitudinal study of the elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, 93-100.

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Brodaty, H., Clarke, J., Ganguli, M., Grek, A., Jorm, A.F., Khachaturian, Z. & Scherr, P. (1998) Screening for cognitive impairment in general practice: Toward a consensus. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 13, 1-13.

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Jorm, A.F., Christensen, H., Jacomb, P.A., Korten, A.E. & Mackinnon, A.J. (2001) The cognitive decline scale of the psychogeriatric assessment scales (PAS): longitudinal data on its validity. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 261-265.

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Mackinnon, A. & Mulligan, R. (2001) The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): psychometric properties in French and German speaking populations. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 892-899.

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Christensen, H., Mackinnon, A., Jorm, A.F., Korten, A., Jacomb, P., Hofer, S.M. & Henderson, S. (2004) The Canberra Longitudinal Study: Design, aims, methodology, outcomes and recent empirical investigations. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, 11, 169-195.

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