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Associate Professor Gerard Byrne is Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry within the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. His primary research interests include Alzheimer's disease (particularly the neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with AD), and personality, anxiety and depression in older people. Biography:
Gerard Byrne completed his medical degree and an intercalated science degree in Sydney at the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales/Prince Henry Hospitals. Following an internship at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, he undertook his psychiatry training in Queensland, principally at The Prince Charles and Wolston Park Hospitals. His PhD was undertaken at the University of Queensland on the psychobiology of spousal bereavement in older men. He has been employed by the University of Queensland since 1988 and has been Head of the Department of Psychiatry since 2001.
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Medical: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical: Dementia, Medical: Anxiety, Medical: Depression, Medical: Psychosis, Medical: Schizophrenia, Medical: Psychiatry, Medical: Neuropsychiatry, Medical: Mental Health Services, Medical: Mental Disorders, Medical: Geriatrics, Medical: Emotional/Mental Health--Geriatric, Medical: Elderly Health, Medical: Behavioral Therapy, Medical: Behavioral Medicine, Medical: Behavior and Health, Medical: Senile Dementia |
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