Dr Jennifer Torr - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jennifer works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

MEDICINE (PSYCHIATRY)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2000

FRANZCP

Institution: RANZCP

Year awarded: 1999

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1989

DIPLOMA ENGINEERING(AERONAUTICAL)

Institution: RMIT

Year awarded: 1984

Publications

Book Chapters

Cain, N., Davidson, P., Dosen, A., Barcia-Ibanez, J., Giesow, V., Hillery, J., Martorell, A., Novell-Alsina, R., Salvador-Carulla, L., Torr, J.J., 2010, An international perspective of mental health services for people with intellectual disability, in The maudsley seriers: mental health services for adults with intellectual disability: strategies and solutions, eds Nick Bouras, Geraldine Holt, Psychology Press, Hove, East Sussex, UK, pp. 37-53.

Torr, J., 2010, Dementia in intellectual disabilities, in Dementia, eds David Ames, Alisair Burns, John O'Brien, Hodder Arnold, London, pp. 718-721.

Torr, J.J., Lee, L., 2010, Immune system diseases, in Intellectual Disability and Ill Health - A Review of the Evidence, eds Jean O'Hara, Jane McCarthy, Nick Bouras, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 61-72.

Torr, J., Lee, L., 2010, Systems disorders: immune system diseases, in Intellectual Disability and Ill Health: A Review of the Evidence, eds Jean O'Hara, Jane McCarthy, Nick Bouras, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 61-72.

Strydom, A., Torr, J.J., 2009, Mental health of older people, in Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook, eds Angela Hassiotis, Diana Andrea Barron and Ian Hall, Wiley-Blackwell, UK, pp. 149-168.

Costello, H., Holt, G., Cain, N., Bradley, E., Torr, J.J., Davis, R.W., Edwards, N., Lennox, N., Weber, G., 2007, Professional training for those working with people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems, in Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, eds Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 400-411.

Journal Articles

Carling-Jenkins, R., Torr, J.J., Iacono, T., Bigby, C., 2012, Experiences of supporting people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease in aged care and family environments, Journal Of Intellectual & Developmental Disability [P], vol 37, issue 1, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 54-60.

Torr, J.J., Strydom, A., Patti, P., Jokinen, N., 2010, Aging in Down Syndrome: morbidity and mortality, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities [P], vol 7, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 70-81.

Strydom, A., Shooshtari, S., Lee, L., Raykar, V., Torr, J.J., Tsiouris, J., Jokinen, N., Courtenay, K., Bass, N., Sinnema, M., Maaskant, M., 2010, Dementia in older adults with intellectual disabilities - epidemiology, presentation, and diagnosis, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities [P], vol 7, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 96-110.

Iacono, T., Torr, J.J., Wong, H.Y., 2010, Relationships amongst age, language and related skills in adults with Down syndrome, Research in Developmental Disabilities [P], vol 31, issue 2, Pergamon, United Kingdom, pp. 568-576.

Torr, J.J., 2009, Assessment of dementia in people with learning disabilities, Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities [P], vol 3, issue 3, Pavilion Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 3-9.

Deb, S., Kwok, H., Bertelli, M., Salvador-Carulla, L., Bradley, E., Torr, J.J., Barnhill, J., 2009, International guide to prescribing psychotropic medication for the management of problem behaviours in adults with intellectual disabilities, World Psychiatry [P], vol 8, issue 3, Elsevier Masson, Italy, Switzerland, pp. 181-186.

Torr, J.J., Iacono, T., Graham, M., Galea, J.M., 2008, Checklists for general practitioner diagnosis of depression in adults with intellectual disability, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol 52, issue 11, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., UK, pp. 930-941.

Torr, J.J., 2008, Personality disorder and offending in people with learning disabilities, Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, vol 2, issue 1, Pavilion Publishing Ltd., UK, pp. 4-10.

Torr, J.J., Lennox, N., Cooper, S., Rey-Conde, T., Ware, R., Galea, J.M., Taylor, M., 2008, Psychiatric care of adults with intellectual disabilities: Changing perceptions over a decade, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol 42, issue 10, Informa Healthcare, Australia, UK, pp. 890-897.

Jess, G., Torr, J.J., Cooper, S., Lennox, N., Edwards, N., Galea, J.M., O'Brien, G., 2008, Specialist versus generic models of psychiatry training and service provision for people with intellectual disabilities, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, vol 21, Blackwell Publishing, UK, pp. 183-193.

Torr, J.J., Davis, R.W., 2007, Ageing and mental health problems in people with intellectual disability, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, vol 20, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 467-471.

Torr, J.J., 2007, Book review: CAMDEX-DS: The Cambridge examination for mental disorders of older people with Down's Syndrome and others with intellectual disabilities, Journal Of Intellectual & Developmental Disability [P], vol 32, issue 4, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 328-329.

Webster, L.L., Mertova, P., Torr, J.J., Parker, R., Couch, M.A., 2007, ICT in the Delivery of an International Program on Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Education Media International, vol 44, issue 2, Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content+t713698864tab=summary, pp. 155-166.

Torr, J.J., 2005, Alzheimer's disease in people with Down Syndrome: Clinical assessment and treatment with Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, International Psychogeriatrics, vol 18, Cambridge Univ Press, New York NY USA, p. 180.

Torr, J.J., 2003, Personality disorder in intellectual disability, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, vol 16, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 517-521.

Torr, J., Chiu, E., 2002, The elderly with intellectual disability and mental disorder: a challenge for old age psychiatry, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, vol 15, issue 4, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia PA USA, pp. 383-386.

Conference Proceedings

Torr, J., 1999, Behavioural presentation of mood disorders in adults with intellectual disability, Sydney NSW September 27-30.

Other

Lennox, N., Beange, H., Davis, R.W., Durvasula, S., Edwards, N., Graves, P., Torr, J.J., Burbidge, M., Butler, J.A., Henderson, D.L., Iacono, T., 2005, Management guidelines: developmental disability, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, North Melbourne, Victoria.