Donnchadh Murphy

University of Plymouth / Livewell Southwest · School of Psychology

Introduction: Cognitive screening measures are an established part of a dementia assessment and often include measures of subjective difficulties, e.g., Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ), informant-rated difficulty, Cambridge Behavioural Inventory - Revised (CBI-R), and objective cognitive assessments like Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (AC...

Introduction: Cognitive assessments, such as the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE-III) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), have been modified for administration using tablet computers. While this offers important advantages for practice, it may also threaten the test validity. The current study sought to test whether administering vi...

Introduction Visual and spatial perception (VSP) are cognitive domains frequently assessed in the screening and neuropsychological assessment of dementia. Evidence suggests that VSP impairment is common in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite this evidence, the ability of VSP tests to discriminate between healthy older adults and p...

The Oxford cognitive screen (OCS) is a stroke-specific cognitive screening assessment. Although the test developers have provided psychometric information for the assessment, the OCS has received minimal external scrutiny, with which to triangulate the underpinning psychometrics. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical review and indepen...

Post stroke anxiety is associated with reduced quality of life, worse rehabilitation outcomes and poor social functioning in stroke survivors. Desipte its clinical relevance, there are a lack of screening tools to identify post-stroke anxiety. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A) and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) are the only self...

Darth Vader is one of the most infamous villains in cinematic history. The purpose of this article is to introduce a cognitive analytic therapy perspective on Anakin's early experiences, and how they influenced him on his journey towards darkness.

The aim of this study was to test whether an online social normative intervention would promote college students’ help seeking attitudes and intentions. To investigate this, a between-group, post-test, experimental design consisting of 207 students (69 males, 138 females), aged 18–25 years (M = 20.46, SD = 1.96) was used. Students who received the...

The present study examined and compared the profiles, demographics and mental health characteristics of male street prostitutes (MSPs) in Dublin, Ireland and San Francisco, USA. A total of twenty-three participants were recruited using a non-random direct approach and a snowball sampling technique. Participants took part in a semi-structured interv...