Life-Course, Development and Ageing

Key Publications

  • Brittain KR, Corner L, Robinson AL, & Bond J.  Ageing in place and technologies of place:  the lived experience of people with dementia in changing social, physical and technological environments.  Sociology of Health & Illness, 2010;32(2):272-287.
  • Collerton J, Davies K, Jagger C, Kingston A, Bond J, Eccles M, Robinson L, Martin- Ruiz C, von Zglinicki T, James O, & Kirkwood T. Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study. BMJ 2009; 399:b4904 doi:10.1136/bmj.b4904.
  • Fauconnier J, Dickinson HO, Beckung E, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Thyen U, Arnaud C, & Colver A. Participation in life situations of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: cross sectional European study BMJ 2009;338:b1458  doi:10.1136/bmj.b1458
  • Green J., Charman T., McConachie H., Aldred C., Slonims V., Howlin P., Le Couteur A., Leadbitter K., Hudry K., Byford S., Barrett B., Temple K., Macdonald W. & Pickles A. (2010) 'Parent-mediated communication-focused treatment in children with autism (PACT): A randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 375 (9732), 2152-2160.
  • Law, J. Rush, R, Parsons, S. & Schoon, I. (2009) Modelling developmental language difficulties from school entry into adulthood: Literacy, mental health and employment outcomes. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research 52, 1401-1416.
  • Pagnamenta AT., Khan H., Walker S., Gerrelli D., Wing K., Bonaglia MC., Giorda R., Berney T., Mani E., Molteni M., Pinto D., Le Couteur A., Hallmayer J., Sutcliffe JS., Szatmari P., Paterson AD., Scherer SW., Vieland VJ. & Monaco AP. (2011) 'Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability', Journal of Medical Genetics, 48(1), 48-54.
  • Palmer E., Ketteridge C., Parr J., Baird G. and Le Couteur A. (2011) 'ASD diagnostic assessments: Improvements since NAP-C publication', Archives of Disease of Childhood, 96, 473-475. 
  • Parkes J, White-Koning M, Dickinson HO, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkinson K, & Colver A. Psychological problems in children with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional European study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2008: 49: 4, 405-13.
  • Pennington L, Miller N, & Robson S (2009) Speech therapy for children with dysarthria acquired below three years of age (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006937. DOI: 0.1002/14651858.CD006937.pub2.
  • Robinson L, Bamford C, Briel R, Spencer J, & Whitty P.  Improving patient- centred care for people with dementia in medical encounters: an educational workshop for old age psychiatrists. International Psychogeriatrics 2010; 22 (1): 129-138.
  • Robinson AL, Brittain KR, Lindsay S, Jackson D, & Olivier P.  Keeping In Touch Everyday (KITE) project: Developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence.  International Psychogeriatrics, 2009;21(3):494-502.
  • Stephan, B. C. M., Brayne, C., McKeith, I., Bond, J., Matthews, F. E. & MRC CFAS. Mild cognitive impairment in the older population: who is missed and does it matter? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2008, 23, 863-87.