Emeritus Professor Elisabeth Wells

2019

Journal - Research Article

Rapsey, C. M., Wells, J. E., Bharat, M. C., Glantz, M., Kessler, R. C., & Scott, K. M. (2019). Transitions through stages of alcohol use, use disorder and remission: Findings from Te Rau Hinengaro, The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 54(1), 87-96. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agy069

2017

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Beautrais, A. L. (2017). Response to Greaves et al.'s (2017) "The diversity and prevalence of sexual orientation self-labels in a New Zealand national sample". Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(8), 2207-2208. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1047-9

2016

Journal - Research Article

MacLachlan, C., Shipton, E. A., & Wells, J. E. (2016). The cold pressor test as a predictor of prolonged postoperative pain: A prospective cohort study. Pain & Therapy, 5, 203-213. doi: 10.1007/s40122-016-0056-z

Peek, K. N., Khashram, M., Wells, J. E., & Roake, J. A. (2016). The costs of elective and emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A comparative single centre study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1433), 55-65. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mangin, D., Dowson, C., Mulder, R., Wells, E., Toop, L., Dowell, T., & Arroll, B. (2016). Can't fight this feeling? When and how to stop antidepressants [Invited]. Proceedings of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice. Retrieved from http://www.generalpractice.org.nz/gp16

2015

Journal - Research Article

Wells, J. E., & McGee, M. A. (2015). Past year alcohol consumption patterns, alcohol problems and alcohol-related diagnoses in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Journal of Addiction & Prevention, 3(1), 11. doi: 10.13188/2330-2178.1000019

MacLachlan, C., Shipton, E. A., & Wells, J. E. (2015). Perioperative pain correlates and prolonged postoperative pain predictors: Demographic and psychometric questionnaires. Pain & Therapy, 4(1), 119-133. doi: 10.1007/s40122-015-0037-7

Simcock, B., Narayan, K., Drummond, E., Bernshaw, D., Wells, E., & Hicks, R. J. (2015). The role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in planning radiotherapy in endometrial cancer. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 25(4), 645-649. doi: 10.1097/igc.0000000000000393

Whalley, G. A., Pitama, S., Troughton, R. W., Doughty, R. N., Gamble, G. D., Gillies, T., Wells, J. E., Faatoese, A., Huria, T., Richards, M., & Cameron, V. A. (2015). Higher prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in two Māori cohorts: Findings from the Hauora Manawa/Community Heart Study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39(1), 26-31. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12300

Journal - Research Other

Wells, J. E., Cross, N. B., Savage, R. L., Parkin, L., Horsburgh, S., & Richardson, A. K. (2015). Renal replacement therapy associated with lithium nephrotoxicity in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1425). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Wells, J. E. (2015). Renal replacement therapy associated with lithium nephrotoxicity in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(1), 6-7. doi: 10.5694/mja14.01216

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mangin, D., Dowson, C., Fergusson, D., & Wells, E. (2015). Does iron deficiency without anemia in infancy affect long term developmental outcomes? Prospective 6 year cohort study. Proceedings of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 43rd Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.napcrg.org/Conferences

Mangin, D., Dowson, C., Mulder, R., Wells, E., Toop, L., Dowell, T., & Arroll, B. (2015). The effectiveness of maintenance SSRI treatment in primary care depression to prevent recurrence: Multicentre double blinded placebo controlled RCT. Proceedings of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 43rd Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.napcrg.org/Conferences

2014

Journal - Research Article

Foulds, J., Wells, J. E., & Mulder, R. (2014). The association between material living standard and psychological distress: Results from a New Zealand population survey. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 60(8), 766-771. doi: 10.1177/0020764014521394

Glantz, M. D., Medina-Mora, M. E., Petukhova, M., Andrade, L. H., Anthony, J. C., de Girolamo, G., … Wells, J. E., … Kessler, R. C. (2014). Alcohol abuse in developed and developing countries in the World Mental Health Surveys: Socially defined consequences or psychiatric disorder? American Journal on Addictions, 23(2), 145-155. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12082.x

Andrade, L. H., Alonso, J., Mneimneh, Z., Wells, J. E., Al-Hamzawi, A., Borges, G., … Kessler, R. C. (2014). Barriers to mental health treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys. Psychological Medicine, 44(6), 1303-1317. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713001943

Allen, C. L., Hooper, G. J., Oram, B. J., & Wells, J. E. (2014). Does computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty improve the overall component position and patient function? International Orthopaedics, 38(2), 251-257. doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-1996-0

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Faatoese, A. F., Pitama, S. G., Wells, J. E., & Cameron, V. A. (2013). Understanding cardiovascular disparities between Māori and non-Māori in New Zealand: Is there a way to reduce these disparities? In O. T. Jackson & K. A. Evans (Eds.), Health disparities: Epidemiology, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors and strategies for elimination. (pp. 77-102). New Yourk, NY: Nova.

Bruffaerts, R., Vilagut, G., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Bunting, B., Demyttenaere, K., He, Y., … Wells, J. E., & Xavier, M. (2013). Partial disability associated with common mental and physical disorders. In J. Alonso, S. Chatterji & Y. He (Eds.), The burdens of mental disorders: Global perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. (pp. 149-170). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Walker, L. C., McDonald, M., Wells, J. E., Harris, G. C., Robinson, B. A., & Morris, C. M. (2013). Dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals an association of chromosome 8q22 but not 8p21 imbalance with high grade invasive breast carcinoma. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e70790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070790

Stamp, L. K., Wells, J. E., Pitama, S., Faatoese, A., Doughty, R. N., Whalley, G., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2013). Hyperuricaemia and gout in New Zealand rural and urban Māori and non-Māori communities. Internal Medicine Journal, 43(6), 678-684. doi: 10.1111/imj.12062

Shipton, E., Ponnamperuma, D., Wells, E., & Trewin, B. (2013). Demographic characteristics, psychosocial measures, and pain in a sample of patients with persistent pain referred to a New Zealand tertiary pain medicine center. Pain Medicine, 14(7), 1101-1107. doi: 10.1111/pme.12113

Foulds, J., Wells, J. E., Lacey, C., Adamson, S., Sellman, J. D., & Mulder, R. (2013). A comparison of alcohol measures as predictors of psychological distress in the New Zealand population. International Journal of Alcohol & Drug Research, 2(1), 59-67. doi: 10.7895/ijadr.v2i1.73

Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M. C., … Kessler, R. C. (2013). Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey initiative. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(1), 42-49. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113134

Currie, M. J., Beardsley, B. E., Harris, G. C., Gunningham, S. P., Dachs, G. U., Dijkstra, B., Morrin, H. R., Wells, J. E., & Robinson, B. A. (2013). Immunohistochemical analysis of cancer stem cell markers in invasive breast carcinoma and associated ductal carcinoma in situ: Relationships with markers of tumor hypoxia and microvascularity. Human Pathology, 44(3), 402-411. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.06.004

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wells, J. E. (2013). [Reply to the letter Drop out from treatment in the World Mental Health Survey initiative]. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(5), 383-384. doi: 10.1192/bjp.202.5.383b

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Martin, A., Doughty, R. N., Chieng, N., Faatoese, A., Gamble, G. D., Poppe, K., Richards, A. M., Tikao-Mason, K., Troughton, R., Wells, E., Whalley, G. A., Cameron, V., & Pitama, S. (2013). Twelve lead electrocardiographic findings among Māori and non-Māori at risk of cardiovascular disease in NZ. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 22(7), (pp. 569). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.04.052

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Allen, C. L., Hooper, G. J., Oram, B. J., & Wells, J. E. (2013, October). Does computer assisted total knee arthoplasty improve the overall component position and patient function? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Nelson, New Zealand.

Faatoese, A. F., Pitama, S. G., Wells, E. J., Huria, T., & Cameron, V. A. (2013, August). Lipoprotein(a) levels and cardiovascular risk in Maori and non-Maori community samples. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Hudson, B., Zarifeh, A., Young, L., & Wells, J. E. (2012). Patients' expectations of screening and preventive treatments. Annals of Family Medicine, 10(6), 495-502. doi: 10.1370/afm.1407

Troost, J. P., Barondess, D. A., Storr, C. L., Wells, J. E., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Andrade, L. H., … Anthony, J. C. (2012). An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults. Journal of Epidemiology & Global Health, 2(3), 135-144. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.003

Cameron, V. A., Faatoese, A. F., Gillies, M. W., Robertson, P. J., Huria, T. M., Doughty, R. N., Whalley, G. A., … Richards, M. A., Troughton, R. W., Tikao-Mason, K. N., Wells, E. J., Sheerin, I. G., & Pitama, S. G. (2012). A cohort study comparing cardiovascular risk factors in rural Māori, urban Māori and non-Māori communities in New Zealand. BMJ Open, 2(3), e000799. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000799

Foulds, J., Wells, J. E., Lacey, C., Adamson, S., & Mulder, R. (2012). Harmful drinking and talking about alcohol in primary care: New Zealand population survey findings. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 126(6), 434-439. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01871.x

Mangin, D., Murdoch, D., Wells, J. E., Coughlan, E., Bagshaw, S., Corwin, P., Chambers, S., & Toop, L. (2012). Chlamydia trachomatis testing sensitivity in midstream compared with first-void urine specimens. Annals of Family Medicine, 10(1), 50-53. doi: 10.1370/afm.1323

Journal - Research Other

Badami, K. G., Bruce, D., Whitehead, D., & Wells, J. E. (2012). Haemoglobin triggers and red cell dose in patients with non-acute anaemia. Transfusion Medicine, 22(2), 148-150. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01133.x

Wells, J. E., Cross, N. B., & Richardson, A. K. (2012). Toxicity profile of lithium. Lancet, 379(9834), 2338. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61012-5

Khan, A. R., Chapman, P. T., Stamp, L. K., Wells, J. E., & O'Donnell, J. L. (2012). Wegener's granulomatosis: Treatment and survival characteristics in a high-prevalence southern hemisphere region [Brief communication]. Internal Medicine Journal, 42(4), e23-e26. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02700.x

Sheerin, I., Pitama, S., Wells, J. E., Faatoese, A., Richards, M., Troughton, R., Tikao-Mason, K., Huria, T., Robertson, P., Gillies, M., … Whalley, G., & Cameron, V. (2012). Loose tobacco, ethnicity, income and rurality. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(3), 291-292. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00873.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., & McGee, M. A. (2012). Measurement invariance across ethnic groups with the Kessler psychological distress scale in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(Suppl. 1), (pp. 52). doi: 10.1177/0004867412445952

Faatoese, A., Pitama, S., Wells, J. E., Tikao-Mason, K., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Gillies, T., … Troughton, R., Sheerin, I., Richards, M., & Cameron, V. A. (2012). A Māori approach to a community-based study of heart health among Māori and non-Māori communities: Baseline findings in the Hauora Manawa/Community Heart Study. In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau, G. Burnett & I. Iati (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices IX. (pp. 17). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

2011

Chapter in Book - Research

Wang, P. S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H., Angermeyer, M. C., … Wells, J. E., & Kessler, R. C. (2011). Treated and untreated prevalence of mental disorders: Results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. In G. Thornicroft, G. Szmukler, K. T. Mueser & R. E. Drake (Eds.), Oxford textbook of community mental health. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med/9780199565498.003.0027

Journal - Research Article

Faatoese, A. F., Pitama, S. G., Gillies, T. W., Robertson, P. J., Huria, T. M., Tikao-Mason, K. N., … Whalley, G. A., Richards, A. M., Troughton, R. W., Sheerin, I. G., Wells, J. E., & Cameron, V. A. (2011). Community screening for cardiovascular risk factors and levels of treatment in a rural Māori cohort. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(6), 517-523. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00777.x

Moesbergen, T. C., de Ryke, R. J., Dunbar, S., Wells, J. E., & Anderson, N. G. (2011). Distal ureteral calculi: US Follow-up. Radiology, 260(2), 575-580. doi: 10.1148/radiol.11101077

Harley, J. A., Wells, J. E., Frampton, C. M. A., & Joyce, P. R. (2011). Bipolar disorder and the TCI: Higher self-transcendence in bipolar disorder compared to major depression. Depression Research & Treatment, 529638. doi: 10.1155/2011/529638

Pitama, S., Wells, J. E., Faatoese, A., Tikao-Mason, K., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Gillies, T., … Whalley, G., Troughton, R., Sheerin, I., Richards, M., & Cameron, V. A. (2011). A Kaupapa Māori approach to a community cohort study of heart disease in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(3), 249-255. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00702.x

Gale, C. K., Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Oakley Browne, M. A. (2011). A latent class analysis of psychosis-like experiences in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124(3), 205-213. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01707.x

Merikangas, K. R., Jin, R., He, J.-P., Kessler, R. C., Lee, S., Sampson, N. A., … Wells, J. E., & Zarkov, Z. (2011). Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(3), 241-251. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.12

Wells, J. E., Haro, J. M., Karam, E., Lee, S., Lepine, J.-P., Medina-Mora, M. E., … Gureje, O. (2011). Cross-national comparisons of sex differences in opportunities to use alcohol or drugs, and the transitions to use. Substance Use & Misuse, 46(9), 1169-1178. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2011.553659

Volkova, E., Willis, J. A., Wells, J. E., Robinson, B. A., Dachs, G. U., & Currie, M. J. (2011). Association of angiopoietin-2, C-reactive protein and markers of obesity and insulin resistance with survival outcome in colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 104, 51-59. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606005

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Beautrais, A. L. (2011). Multiple aspects of sexual orientation: Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates in a New Zealand National Survey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(1), 155-168. doi: 10.1007/s10508-010-9636-x

Journal - Research Other

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Beautrais, A. L. (2011). Rejoinder to Treharne, Brickell, and Chinn (2011) [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(4), 667-669. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9774-9

Sellman, J. D., Connor, J. L., Wells, J. E., & Joyce, P. R. (2011). The heavy drinking culture is primarily an adult issue: Not what you read in the newspapers [Correspondence]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(4), 344. doi: 10.3109/00048674.2011.557650

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cameron, V., Faatoese, A., Gillies, M., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Doughty, R., Whalley, G., Richards, M., Troughton, R., Tikao-Mason, K., Sheerin, I., Wells, E., & Pitama, S. (2011). How to successfully undertake genetics research in partnership with indigenous Maori communities. Internal Medicine Journal. 41(Suppl. 2), (pp. 4). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02486.x

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Faatoese, A., Pitama, S., Wells, J. E., Tikao-Mason, K., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Gillies, T., … Troughton, R., Sheerin, I., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2011, September). Genomewide association studies (GWAS) variants were not associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and type 2 diabetes (DM2) in Maori and non-Maori community cohorts: The Hauora Manawa Project. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gale, C., Wells, E., Oakley-Browne, M., & McGee, M. (2011, December). Latent class analysis of psychosis-like experiences in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) Conference: From Idea to Implementation, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2010

Journal - Research Article

Dachs, G. U., Kano, M., Volkova, E., Morrin, H. R., Davey, V. C. L., Harris, G. C., … Frampton, C., Currie, M. J., Wells, J. E., & Robinson, B. A. (2010). A profile of prognostic and molecular factors in European and Māori breast cancer patients. BMC Cancer, 10, 543. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-543

Bradley, J., Bird, P., Monteath, P., & Wells, J. E. (2010). Improved speech discrimination after cochlear implantation in the Southern Cochlear Implant Adult Programme. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1321). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1321/4303/content.pdf

Storr, C. L., Cheng, H., Alonso, J., . . ., Wells, J. E., & et al (2010). Smoking estimates from around the world: Data from the first 17 participating countries in the World Mental Health Survey Consortium. Tobacco Control, 19, 65-74. doi: 10.1136/tc.2009.032474

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Kessler, R. C., Jin, R., Sampson, N., Andrade, L., … Wells, J. E., … Petukhova, M. (2010). Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: Cross-national community study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 217-225. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.067843

de Graaf, R., Radovanovic, M., van Laar, M., Fairman, B., Degenhardt, L., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., … Wells, J. E., & Anthony, J. C. (2010). Early cannabis use and estimated risk of later onset of depression spells: Epidemiologic evidence from the population-based World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(2), 149-159. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq096

Scott, K. M., Oakley Browne, M. A., & Wells, J. E. (2010). Prevalence, impairment and severity of 12-month DSM-IV major depressive episodes in Te Rau Hinengaro: New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003/4. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(8), 750-758. doi: 10.3109/00048671003781780

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2010). The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(4), 314-322. doi: 10.3109/00048670903279820

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., Scott, K. M., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (2010). Bipolar disorder with frequent mood episodes in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 126(1-2), 65-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.02.136

Huggan, P. J., Wells, J. E., Browne, M., Richardson, A., Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2010). Population-based epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in Canterbury, New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 40(2), 117-125. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01910.x

Degenhardt, L., Dierker, L., Chiu, W. T., Medina-Mora, M. E., Neumarkf, Y., Sampson, N., … Wells, J. E., … Kessler, R. C. (2010). Evaluating the drug use 'Gateway' theory using cross-national data: Consistency and associations of the order of initiation of drug use among participants in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 108, 84-97. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.001

Mackenzie, K. A., Wells, J. E., Lynn, K. L., Simcock, J. W., Robinson, B. A., Roake, J. A., & Currie, M. J. (2010). First and subsequent nonmelanoma skin cancers: Incidence and predictors in a population of New Zealand renal transplant recipients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 25, 300-306. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp482

Scott, K. M., Wells, J. E., Angermeyer, M., Brugha, T. S., Bromet, E., Demyttenaere, K., … Kessler, R. C. (2010). Gender and the relationship between marital status and first onset of mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. Psychological Medicine, 40, 1495-1505. doi: 10.1017/S0033291709991942

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Cottler, L. B., Regier, D. A., Helzer, J. E., Earls, F. J., Wells, J. E., Sartorius, N., … Zorumski, C. F. (2010). A tribute to Lee Nelken Robins: From colleagues and friends [Obituary]. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45(7), 681-693. doi: 10.1007/s00127-010-0243-x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kokaua, J., Wells, E., & Graham, P. (2010). Use of a hierarchical Bayes model for complex surveys to estimate prevalence of mental disorders among four ethnic groups in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. In M. Taumoepeau, C. Matthewson, G. Burnett & P. Vakaoti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices VII. (pp. 31). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Faatoese, A., Pitama, S., Gillies, M., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Doughty, R., Whalley, G., Richards, M., Troughton, R., Wells, E., Sheerin, I., & Cameron, V. (2010). A comparison of metabolic risk profiles among rural and urban maori in New Zealand. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 19(Suppl. 2), (pp. S254). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.622

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Khan, E., Chapman, P., Stamp, L., Wells, J. E., & O'Donnell, J. (2010, August). Wegner's Granulomatosis: Treatment and survival characteristics in Canterbury, New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Faatoese, A., Gillies, M., Robertson, P., Doughty, R., Whalley, G., Richards, M., Troughton, R., Wells, E., Sheerin, I., Pitama, S., & Cameron, V. (2010, November-December). Comparison of rates of diagnosed and undiagnosed cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among Māori and non-Māori communities in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress: A New Decade of Discovery (MedSciNZ), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Souter, M. A., Allison, R. S., Clarkson, J. H., Cowan, I. A., Coates, M. H., & Wells, J. E. (2009). Sensitivity and specificity of computed tomography for detection of extranodal spread from metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 123, 778-782. doi: 10.1017/S0022215109004332

Kokaua, J., & Wells, J. E. (2009). Twelve-month prevalences of mental disorders and treatment contact among Cook Islanders resident in New Zealand. Pacific Health Dialog, 15(1), 79-88.

Kokaua, J., Schaaf, D., Wells, J. E., & Foliaki, S. A. (2009). Twelve-month prevalence, severity, and treatment contact of mental disorders in New Zealand born and migrant Pacific participants in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Pacific Health Dialog, 15(1), 9-17.

Wells, J. E., Kingi, T., & McGee, M. (2009). Self-reported proficiency in Māori language among those of Māori descent in New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 4(3), 179-190. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2009.9522453

Badami, K. G., McQuilkan-Bickerstaffe, S., Wells, J. E., & Parata, M. (2009). Cytomegalovirus seroprevalence and 'cytomegalovirus-safe' seropositive blood donors. Epidemiology & Infection, 137(12), 1776-1780. doi: 10.1017/s0950268809990094

McEwing, R. L., Anderson, N. G., Meates, J. B. A., Allen, R. B., Phillipson, G. T. M., & Wells, J. E. (2009). Sonographic appearances of the endometrium after termination of pregnancy in asymptomatic versus symptomatic women. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 28(5), 579-586.

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., Baxter, J., Agnew, F., Kokaua, J., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2009). Onset and lifetime use of drugs in New Zealand: Results from Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004. Drug & Alcohol Review, 28(2), 166-174. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00043.x

Lienert, A. R., Davidson, P. J., & Wells, J. E. (2009). The outcomes of transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate in a New Zealand population. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1288). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1288/3439/content.pdf

Wells, J. E., Degenhardt, L., Bohnert, K. M., Anthony, J. C., Scott, K. M., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2009). Geographical clustering of cannabis use: Results from the New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 99(1-3), 309-316. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.09.002

Journal - Research Other

Adamson, S. J., & Wells, J. E. (2009). Hazardous drinking: Not just an issue for the minority of drinkers [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1306). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1306/3891/content.pdf

Wells, J. E. (2009). Comparisons of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing and the 2003-2004 New Zealand Mental Health Survey [Editorial]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(7), 585-590.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Khan, A. R., Chapman, P. T., Stamp, L. K., Wells, J. E., & O'Donnell, J. (2009). Wegener's Granulomatosis: Treatment and survival characteristics in Canterbury, New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 39(Suppl. 2), (pp. A57). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01952.x

Cameron, V., Faatoese, A., Robertson, P., Gillies, M., Wells, E., Whalley, G., … Sheerin, I., Richards, M., Troughton, R., & Pitama, S. (2009). Cardiovascular risk factors and achievement of treatment targets in a rural Maori community. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Kokaua, J., Wells, E., & Graham, P. (2009). Comparison of models for analysing rates of mental health service use among Cook Islanders in New Zealand, accounting for missing ethnic group. In C. Matthewson & M. Taumoepeau (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices VI. (pp. 27). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Wells, E., Kingi, T., & Baxter, J. (2009). Mental health, Māori ethnicity and Māori traditional knowledge and cultural participation: Results from Te Rau Hinengaro. Australasian Epidemiologist. 16(2), (pp. 60-61). [Abstract]

MacKenzie, K. A., Wells, E., Currie, M., Simcock, J., Lynn, K., & Robinson, B. (2009). Incidence and subsequent non-melanoma skin cancers in Canterbury renal transplant recipients: What can we learn? ANZ Journal of Surgery, 79(Suppl. 1), (pp. A56). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04927.x

Faatoese, A., Wells, E., Pitama, S., Gillies, M., Doughty, R., Troughton, R., Richards, M., & Cameron, V. (2009). Screening for cardiovascular disease in Maori communities: The Community Heart Study. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 18(Suppl. 3), (pp. S198). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.448

2008

Chapter in Book - Research

Heeringa, S. G., Wells, J. E., Hubbard, F., Mneimneh, Z. N., Chiu, W.-T., Sampson, N. A., & Berglund, P. A. (2008). Sample designs and sampling procedures. In R. C. Kessler & T. B. Üstün (Eds.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global perspectives on the epidemiology of mental disorders. (pp. 14-32). Cambridge University Press.

Wang, P. S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M. C., Borges, G., . . ., & Wells, J. E. (2008). Recent treatment of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. In R. C. Kessler & T. B. Üstün (Eds.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global perspectives on the epidemiology of mental disorders. (pp. 541-554). Cambridge University Press.

Pennell, B.-E., Mneimneh, Z. N., Bowers, A., Chardoul, S., Wells, J. E., & et al (2008). Implementation of the World Mental Health Surveys. In R. C. Kessler & T. B. Üstün (Eds.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global perspectives on the epidemiology of mental disorders. (pp. 33-57). Cambridge University Press.

Oakley-Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Scott, K. M. (2008). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. In R. C. Kessler & T. B. Üstün (Eds.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global perspectives on the epidemiology of mental disorders. (pp. 486-508). Cambridge University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Wells, J. E., & McGee, M. A. (2008). Violations of the usual sequence of drug initiation: Prevalence and associations with the development of dependence in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 69(6), 789-795.

Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (2008). Obesity and mental disorders in the adult general population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 97-105.

Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W.-T., Sampson, N., Kessler, R. C., Anthony, J. C., Angermeyer, M., … Wells, J. E. (2008). Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Medicine, 5(7), e141. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050141

Sykes, P. H., Harker, D. Y., Miller, A., Whitehead, M., Neal, H., Wells, J. E., & Peddie, D. (2008). A randomised comparison of SurePath liquid-based cytology and conventional smear cytology in a colposcopy clinic setting. BJOG, 115(11), 1375-1381. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01865.x

Walker, L. C., Harris, G. C., Wells, J. E., Robinson, B. A., & Morris, C. M. (2008). Association of chromosome band 8q22 copy number gain with high grade invasive breast carcinomas by assessment of core needle biopsies. Genes Chromosomes & Cancer, 47(5), 405-417. doi: 10.1002/gcc.20545

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Oakley-Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Scott, K. M. (2008). Ethnic differences in prevalence of bipolar disorder in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey [Correspondence]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(1), 89-90.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kano, M., Volkova, E., Harris, G. C., Morrin, H. R., Cheale, M., Frampton, C., Wells, E., Robinson, B. A., Currie, M. J., & Dachs, G. U. (2008). A comparison of patient, tumour and circulating factors in breast cancer patients of different ethnicities in New Zealand. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 99th Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.aacrmeetingabstracts.org/

Wells, J. E., Bohnert, K. M., Degenhardt, L., Anthony, J. C., Scott, K. M., & New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2008). Does recent cannabis use in New Zealand cluster geographically? New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1271). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1271/2990/content.pdf

McGee, M. A., Wells, J. E., & for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2008). Age cohort effects of lifetime drug use in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1271). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1271/2990/content.pdf

2007

Journal - Research Article

Wells, J. E., Horwood, L. J., & Fergusson, D. M. (2007). Reasons why young adults do or do not seek help for alcohol problems. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 1005-1012.

Wilkinson, T. J., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (2007). Medical student characteristics associated with time in study: Is spending more time always a good thing? Medical Teacher, 29, 106-110.

Wilkinson, T. J., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (2007). What is the educational impact of standards-based assessment in a medical degree? Medical Education, 41, 565-572.

Wang, P. S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M. C., Borges, G., Bromet, E. J., … Wells, J. E. (2007). Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys. Lancet, 370, 841-850. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61414-7

Walker, L. C., Harris, G. C., Holloway, A. J., McKenzie, G. W., Wells, J. E., Robinson, B. A., & Morris, C. M. (2007). Cytokeratin KRT8/18 expression differentiates distinct subtypes of grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Cancer Genetics & Cytogenetics, 178, 94-103.

Smith, S., Shipton, E. A., & Wells, J. E. (2007). In-hospital cardiac arrest: Different wards show different survival patterns. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 35(4), 522-528.

Anderson, N. G., Jolly, I. J., & Wells, J. E. (2007). Sonographic estimation of fetal weight: Comparison of bias, precision and consistency using 12 different formulae. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 30, 173-179. doi: 10.1002/uog.4037

Moor, S., Maguire, A., McQueen, H., Wells, E. J., Elton, R., Wrate, R., & Blair, C. (2007). Improving the recognition of depression in adolescence: Can we teach the teachers? Journal of Adolescence, 30, 81-95.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wells, E., Baxter, J., & Kokaua, J. (2007, November). Ethnic comparisons of substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro, the New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Verbal presentation at the Combined Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs and Cutting Edge Addiction Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Wells, J. E., Bohnert, K. M., Degenhardt, L., Anthony, J. C., Scott, K. M., & for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2007, August). Does recent cannabis use in New Zealand cluster geographically? Verbal presentation at the Canterbury Health Research Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wells, E., Degenhart, L., Cheng, H., Medina-Mora, M. E., & Anthony, J. (2007, May). Sex differences in opportunity to use and use of drugs. Verbal presentation at the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology XI Congress, Göteborg, Sweden.

2006

Edited Book - Research

Wells, J. E., Baxter, J., & Schaaf, D. (Eds.). (2006). Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, 138p.

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Scott, K. M. (Eds.). (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 280p.

Edited Book - Other

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Scott, K. M. (Eds.). (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey: Summary. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 18p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Wells, J. E. (2006). Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 95-108). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Wells, J. E., & Oakley Browne, M. A. (2006). The study in perspective. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 109-116). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Oakley Browne, M. A., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Health services. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 79-94). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Beautrais, A. L., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Suicidal behaviour. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 67-78). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Wells, J. E., & Oakley Browne, M. A. (2006). Prevalence. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 19-48). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M. A., & McGee, M. A. (2006). Introduction. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 1-17). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M. A., & Scott, K. M. (2006). Executive summary. In J. E. Wells, J. Baxter & D. Schaaf (Eds.), Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. xxi-xxviii). Wellington, New Zealand: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Oakley Browne, M. A., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Health services. In M. A. Oakley Browne, J. E. Wells & K. M. Scott (Eds.), Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 115-138). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.

Wells, J. E. (2006). Twelve-month prevalence. In M. A. Oakley Browne, J. E. Wells & K. M. Scott (Eds.), Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 37-56). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.

Wells, J. E. (2006). Prevalence and severity across aggregated disorders. In M. A. Oakley Browne, J. E. Wells & K. M. Scott (Eds.), Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 23-36). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.

Oakley Browne, M. A., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Introduction. In M. A. Oakley Browne, J. E. Wells & K. M. Scott (Eds.), Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 1-22). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.

Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Oakley Browne, M. A. (2006). Methods. In M. A. Oakley Browne, J. E. Wells & K. M. Scott (Eds.), Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. (pp. 218-251). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.

Journal - Research Article

Anderson, N. G., Fenwick, J. L., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Intrinsic measurement bias on computed tomography scout view is unpredictable: Computed tomography pelvimetry using a phantom. Australasian Radiology, 50, 127-131.

Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., Oakley Browne, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Ethnic comparisons of the 12 month prevalence of mental disorders and treatment contact in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 905-913.

Wells, J. E., Horwood, L. J., & Fergusson, D. M. (2006). Stability and instability in alcohol diagnosis from ages 18 to 21 and ages 21 to 25 years. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 81, 157-165.

Begg, A. J., Richardson, A., & Wells, J. E. (2006). Prevalence of late-life depression at a primary care clinic in Christchurch. New Zealand Family Physician, 33(5), 319-322.

Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M. A., Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey: Overview of methods and findings. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 835-844.

Beautrais, A. L., Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., Oakley Browne, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Suicidal behaviour in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 896-904.

Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Disability in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 889-895.

Scott, K. M., Oakley Browne, M. A., McGee, M. A., Wells, J. E., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Mental-physical comorbidity in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 882-888.

Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Mental disorder comorbidity in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 875-881.

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Lifetime prevalence and projected lifetime risk of DSM-IV disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 865-874.

Oakley Browne, M. A., Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Twelve-month and lifetime health service use in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 855-864.

Wells, J. E., Oakley Browne, M. A., Scott, K. M., McGee, M. A., Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team. (2006). Prevalence, interference with life and severity of 12 month DSM-IV disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 845-854.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fitches, A., Clark, D., Joyce, P. R., Kennedy, M. A., Wells, J. E., & Olds, R. J. (2006). Association of alleles at GSK3b-50 with bipolar disorder age of onset. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. (7), 141B, (pp. 746). [Abstract]

2005

Journal - Research Article

Corwin, P., Toop, L., McGeoch, G., Than, M., Wynn-Thomas, S., Wells, J. E., Dawson, R., … Pithie, A., Chambers, S., Fletcher, L., & Richards, D. (2005). Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hospital. British Medical Journal, 330(7483). Retrieved from http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/330/7483/129

Morren, G. L., Balasingam, A. G., Wells, J. E., Hunter, A. M., Coates, R. H., & Perry, R. E. (2005). Triphasic MRI of pelvic organ descent: Sources of measurement error. European Journal of Radiology, 54, 276-283.

Kawa, I., Carter, J. D., Joyce, P. R., Doughty, C. J., Frampton, C. M., Wells, J. E., … Olds, R. J. (2005). Gender differences in bipolar disorder: Age of onset, course, comorbidity, and symptom presentation. Bipolar Disorders, 7, 119-125.

Anderson, N., Humphries, N., & Wells, J. E. (2005). Measurement error in computed tomography pelvimetry. Australasian Radiology, 49, 104-107.

Wilkinson, T. J., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (2005). Using a diary to quantify learning activities. Medical Education, 39, 657-664.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wilkinson, T. J., Bushnell, J. A., & Wells, J. E. (2005). The educational impact of a change from graded assessments to standards based assessments. Proceedings of the Conference of the Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAME) in conjunction with the Australian Postgraduate Federation of Medicine (APFM). (pp. 148). Australia: ANZAME. Retrieved from http://www.anzame.unse.edu.au

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wells, E. (2005, August). Stability and instability in alcohol diagnoses in late adolescence and early adulthood. Verbal presentation at the Canterbury Health Research Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wells, J. E. (2005, April). Targeting and screening as strategies for oversampling: Cautionary examples. Verbal presentation at the IAOS Satellite Meeting on Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations, Wellington, New Zealand.

Wells, J. E. (2005, July). Stability and instability in alcohol diagnoses in late adolescence and early adulthood. Verbal presentation at the World Psychiatric Association Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Meeting: Meeting mental health needs, Brisbane, Australia.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Kelly, S., Yeo, J., Robertson, G. M., Chapman, B., Wells, J. E., & Frizelle, F. A. (2004). Functional assessment of bacterial colonization in patients with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis and Brooke ileostomy. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 47(8), 1386-1389.

Wilkinson, T. J., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (2004). Are difference between graduates and undergraduates in a medical course due to age or prior degree? Medical Education, 38, 1141-1146.

Wells, J. E., Horwood, L. J., & Fergusson, D. M. (2004). Drinking patterns in mid-adolescence and psychosocial outcomes in late adolescence and early adulthood. Addiction, 99, 1529-1541.

Wells, J. E., & Horwood, L. J. (2004). How accurate is recall of key symptoms of depression? A comparison of recall and longitudinal reports. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1001-1011.

Lynn, K. L., Buttimore, A. L., Wells, J. E., Inkster, J. A., Roake, J. A., & Morton, J. B. (2004). Long-term survival of arteriovenous fistulas in home hemodialysis patients. Kidney International, 65(5), 1890-1896.

Joyce, P. R., Doughty, C. J., Wells, J. E., Walsh, A. E., Admiraal, A., Lill, M., & Olds, R. J. (2004). Affective disorders in the first-degree relatives of bipolar probands: Results from the South Island Bipolar Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 45(3), 168-174.

Rogers, G., Joyce, P., Mulder, R., Sellman, D., Miller, A., Allington, M., Olds, R., Wells, E., & Kennedy, M. (2004). Association of a duplicated repeat polymorphism in the 5′-untranslated region of the DRD4 gene with novelty seeking. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 126B, 95-98.

Doughty, C. J., Wells, J. E., Joyce, P. R., Olds, R. J., & Walsh, A. E. (2004). Bipolar-panic disorder comorbidity within bipolar disorder families: A study of siblings. Bipolar Disorders, 6, 245-252.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Doughty, C. J., Wells, E. J., Joyce, P. R., Olds, R. J., & Walshe, A. (2004). Bipolar-panic comorbidity within bipolar families: A study of siblings. Bipolar Disorders, 6(1), (pp. 30). doi: 10.1111/j.1398-5647.2004.079_5.

Morris, C., Walker, L., McKenzie, G., Harris, G., Miller, A., Morrin, H., … Wells, E., Atkinson, C., & Robinson, B. (2004). Cytogenetic and molecular profiling of breast cancer. Proceedings of the Canterbury Health Science Research Conference. (pp. 30). [Abstract]

Morris, C., Walker, L., Wells, E., Brunton, H., Atkinson, C., & Robinson, B. (2004). Molecular profiling breast carcinomas by comparative genomic hybridization of prospectively sampled core biopsies. Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. 45(A5269). [Abstract]

Wilkinson, T., Bushnell, J., & Wells, E. (2004). What do our students really do? Use of dairies to quantify time spent in curricular activities. Educación Médica. 7(3), (pp. 260). [Abstract]

2003

Journal - Research Article

Wells, J. E., Williams, T. H., Macleod, A. D., & Carroll, G. J. (2003). Posttraumatic stress disorder: do electrical startle responses and thyroid function usefully supplement self-report? A study of Vietnam War veterans. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37(3), 334-339. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01185.x

Anderson, N. G., Wright, S., Abbott, G. D., Wells, J. E., & Mogridge, N. (2003). Fetal renal pelvic dilatation-poor predictor of familial vesicoureteral reflux. Pediatric Nephrology, 18(9), 902-905. doi: 10.1007/s00467-003-1209-y

Botting, C., Sutherland, M., Wells, E., Town, I., Sainsbury, R., & Toop, L. (2003). The use of inhaled and related respiratory medications in Christchurch rest homes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 116(1187). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1187/709/content.pdf

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Frizelle, F. A., Kelly, S., Yeo, J., Robertson, G., Chapman, B. A., & Wells, J. E. (2003). Functional assessment of bacterial colonisation in patients with ileoanal pouches and brooke ileostomy. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 73(Suppl. 1), (pp. A17). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2003.00003.x

Kelly, S., Yeo, J., Robertson, G., Chapman, B. A., Wells, J. E., & Frizelle, F. A. (2003). Functional assessment of bacterial colonization in patients with ileoanal pouches and Brooke ileostomy. Colorectal Disease, 5(Suppl. 1), (pp. 35). doi: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.5.s1.7.x

Walker, L. C., Wells, J. E., Brunton, H., Robinson, B. A., Ellis, L., Sullivan, M. J., Atkinson, C., & Morris, C. M. (2003). Molecular profiling breast carcinomas by comparative genomic hybridisation of prospectively sampled core biopsies. Proceedings of the XIX International Congress of Genetics: Genomes, the linkage to life. (pp. 197). Melbourne: International Genetics Federation. [Abstract]

Walker, L. C., Wells, J. E., Brunton, H., Robinson, B. A., Ellis, L., Sullivan, M. J., Atkinson, C., & Morris, C. M. (2003). Molecular profiling breast carcinomas by comparative genomic hybridisation of prospectively sampled core biopsies. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Oncology Annual Scientific Meeting 2003: Into the new era. (pp. 64). Christchurch: NZSO. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wells, J. E., & Horwood, J. (2003, July). Longitudinal reports of depression and recall of key symptoms at age 25 in the Christchurch health and development study (CHDS). Verbal presentation at the World Psychiatric Association: Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Meeting: Theory, Evidence and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Paris.

Richardson, A. K., Sutherland, M. G., Wells, J. E., Toop, L. J., Plumbridge, L., & Beats, F. (2003, July). The importance of a team approach to research in primary care. Verbal presentation at the The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Conference, Dunedin.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Pitama, S., Robertson, P., Gillies, M., Baxter, J., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Haitana, T., Wells, E., Toop, L., Gower, S., Richards, D., & Richardson, A. (2003). Focusing on Ngai Tahu 2025: The Ngati Wheke pilot. Commissioned by Ngai Tahu Development Corporation. Christchurch, New Zealand: CSMHS, University of Otago. 72p.

2002

Journal - Research Article

Corwin, P., Abel, G., Wells, J. E., Coughlan, E., Bagshaw, S., Sutherland, M., & Plumridge, L. (2002). Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and sexual behaviour in Christchurch high school students. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115(1158). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1158/107/content.pdf

Richardson, A. K., Sutherland, M. G., Wells, J. E., Toop, L. J., & Plumridge, E. W. (2002). Factors affecting general practitioner involvement in a randomised controlled trial in primary care. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115, 153-155.

Ardagh, M. W., Wells, J. E., Cooper, K., Lyons, R., Patterson, R., & O'Donovan, P. (2002). Effect of a rapid assessment clinic on the waiting time to be seen by a doctor and the time spent in the department, for patients presenting to an urban emergency department: A controlled prospective trial. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115(1157), U28. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1157/28

Lynn, K., McGregor, D. O., Moesburgen, T., Buttimore, A. L., & Wells, J. E. (2002). Hypertension as a determinant of survival on home dialysis. Kidney International, 62, 2281-2287.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lynn, K., McGregor, D. O., Buttimore, A. L., Inkster, J. A., & Wells, J. E. (2002). Hypertension as a determinant of survival in dialysis patients. Abstracts from ANZSN 37th Annual Scientific Meeting 2001. 7(1), (pp. A31). Australia: Nephrology. [Abstract]

2001

Journal - Research Article

Chitalia, V. C., Kothari, J., Wells, J. E., Livesey, J. L., Robson, R. A., Searle, M., & Lynn, K. L. (2001). Cost-benefit analysis and prediction of 24-hour proteinuria from the spot protein-creatinine ratio. Clinical Nephrology, 55(6), 436-447.

Jeffs, A. R., Wells, E., & Morris, C. M. (2001). Nonrandom distribution of interspersed repeat elements in the BCR and ABL1 genes and its relation to breakpoint cluster regions. Genes Chromosomes & Cancer, 32(2), 144-154. doi: 10.1002/gcc.1176

Ford, R. P. K., Cowan, S. F., Schluter, P. J., Richardson, A. K., & Wells, J. E. (2001). SmokeChange for changing smoking in pregnancy. New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 107-110.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lynn, K. L., McGregor, D. O., Buttimore, A. L., Inkster, J. A., & Wells, J. E. (2001). Hypertension as a determinant of survival for patients treated with home dialysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 12, (pp. A2035). [Abstract]

2000

Journal - Research Article

Brownlie, B. E. W., Rae, A. M., Walshe, J. W. B., & Wells, J. E. (2000). Psychoses associated with thyrotoxicosis - 'thyrotoxic psychosis'. A report of 18 cases, with statistical analysis of incidence. European Journal of Endocrinology, 142(5), 438-444.

McIlroy, P. J., Abbott, G. D., Anderson, N. G., Turner, J. G., Mogridge, N., & Wells, J. E. (2000). Outcome of primary vesicoureteric reflux detected following fetal renal pelvic dilatation. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 36(6), 569-573. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00571.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Martin, I. R., Warner, J. A., Warner, J. D., & Wells, J. E. (2000). The feasibility of allergen avoidance in the domestic environment. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 105(1 - Part 2), (pp. 5233). USA: Mosby. [Abstract]

Chitalia, V. C., Wells, J. E., Robson, R. A., & Lynn, K. (2000). Predicting chronic renal failure in idiopathic focal glomerulosclerosis (FGS). Nephrology. 5, (pp. A5). [Abstract]

Commissioned Report for External Body

Oakley-Browne, M., Durie, M., Wells, E., . . ., Gale, C., & et al (2000). The New Zealand survey of mental health and well-being ''Te Rau Hinengaro'': A pilot study. Commissioned by Auckland Uniservices & Ministry of Health. 145p.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Cuddihy, S. L., Anderson, N. G., Wells, J. E., & Darlow, B. A. (1999). Cerebellar vermis diameter at cranial sonography for assessing gestational age in low-birth-weight infants. Pediatric Radiology, 29, 589-594.

Chitalia, V. C., Wells, J. E., Robson, R. A., Searle, M., & Lynn, K. L. (1999). Prediciting renal survival in primary focal glomerulosclerosis from the time of presentation. Kidney International, 56, 2236-2242. doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.4491164

Weissman, M. M., Bland, R. C., Canino, G. J., Greenwald, S., Hwu, H.-G. G., Joyce, P. R., … Wells, J. E., … Yeh, E.-K. (1999). Prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in nine countries. Psychological Medicine, 29, 9-17.

Brinded, P. M., Stevens, I., Mulder, R. T., Fairley, N. A., Malcolm, F., & Wells, J. E. (1999). The Christchurch Prisons Psychiatric Epidemiology Study: Methodology and prevalence rates for psychiatric disorders. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 9, 131-143.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Zeng, W., Admiraal, A., Hananeia, L., Wells, J. E., Joyce, P. R., Walsh, A. E. S., & Olds, R. J. (1999). A combination of the transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) and SIB-TDT (S-TDT) analysis of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) functional polymorphism in bipolar affective disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. 4(Suppl. 1), (pp. 245). [Abstract]

1998

Journal - Research Article

Lunt, H., Florkowski, C. M., Cundy, T., Kendall, D., Brown, L. J., Elliot, J. R., Wells, J. E., & Turner, J. G. (1998). A population-based study of bone mineral density in women with longstanding Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 40(1), 31-38. doi: 10.1016/S0168-8227(98)00012-6

Wells, J. E. (1998). Oversampling through households or other clusters: comparisons of methods for weighting the oversampled elements. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 40(3), 269-277.

Wells, J. E. (1998). Making good use of numerical predictors: alternatives to categories or straight lines. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 7(1), 66-71.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Martin, I. R., Warner, J. A., & Wells, J. E. (1998). The feasibility of allergen avoidance - preliminary report. In T. H. Lee (Ed.), Supplement to Allergy. 43(53), (pp. 47). Munksgaard, Copenhagen: Allergy. [Abstract]

1997

Journal - Research Article

Armour, K. S., Clatworthy, B. J., Bean, A. R., Wells, J. E., & Clark, A. M. (1997). Spinal injuries in New Zealand rugby and rugby league: a twenty year survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 110(1057), 462-465.

Jagose, J. T., Bailey, R. R., Lynn, K. L., Robson, R. A., & Wells, J. E. (1997). OKT3 for the treatment of steroid-resistant acute renal allograft rejection. Nephron, 77(3), 298-303.

Anderson, N. G., Abbott, G. D., Mogridge, N., Allan, R. B., Maling, T. M., & Wells, J. E. (1997). Vesicoureteric reflux in the newborn: Relationship to fetal renal pelvic diameter. Pediatric Nephrology, 11, 610-616. doi: 10.1007/s004670050348

Weissman, M. M., Bland, R. C., Canino, G. J., Faravelli, C., Greenwald, S., Hwu, H. G., Joyce, P. R., … Oakley-Browne, M. A., … Wells, J. E., … Yeh, E.-K. (1997). The cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54(4), 305-309. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830160021003

Richardson, A. K., & Wells, J. E. (1997). Breast cancer screening: the effect of self selection for screening on comparisons of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Medical Screening, 4(1), 16-18.

Weissman, M. M., Greenwald, S., Wickramaratne, P., Bland, R. C., Newman, S. C., Canino, G. J., … Joyce, P. R., & Wells, J. E. (1997). What happens to depressed men? Application of the Stirling County criteria. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 5(1), 1-6.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wells, J. E. (1997). Alcohol, coronary heart disease, and mortality. Epidemiology, 8(6), 687-688.

1996

Journal - Research Article

Elliott, J. M., Gilchrist, N., & Wells, J. E. (1996). The effect of scioeconomic status on bone density in a male Caucasian population. Bone, 18, 371-373.

Anderson, N., Wells, J. E., Hay, R., & Darlow, B. A. (1996). Cerebellar vermis measurement at cranial sonography for assesing gestational age in the newborn weighing less than 2000 grams. Early Human Development, 44, 59-70.

Elliot, J. R., Gilchrist, N. L., & Wells, J. E. (1996). The effect of socioeconomic status on bone density in a male caucasian population. Bone, 18(14), 371-373. doi: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00006-3

Weissman, M. M., Bland, R. C., Canino, G. J., Faravelli, C., Greenwald, S., Hwu, H.-G. G., Joyce, P. R., … Wells, J. E., … Yeh, E.-K. (1996). Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder. JAMA, 276(4), 293-299. doi: 10.1001/jama.1996.03540040037030

Bushnell, J. A., Wells, J. E., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (1996). Impulsivity in disordered eating, affective disorder and substance use disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 169(3), 329-333. doi: 10.1192/bjp.169.3.329

Sullivan, P. F., Wells, J. E., Joyce, P. R., Bushnell, J. A., Mulder, R. T., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (1996). Family history of depression in clinic and community samples. Journal of Affective Disorders, 40(3), 156-168. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(96)00056-0

1995

Journal - Research Article

Sullivan, P. F., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (1995). Adoption as a risk factor for mental disorders. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 92, 119-124.

Weissman, M. M., Canino, G. J., Greenwald, S. J., Joyce, P. R., Karam, E. G., Lee, C.-K., … Wells, J. E., … Wittchen, H.-U. (1995). Current rates and symptom profiles of panic disorder in six cross-national studies. Clinical Neuropharmacology, 18, S1-S6.

Oakley-Browne, M. A., Joyce, P. R., Wells, J. E., Bushnell, J. A., & Hornblow, A. R. (1995). Disruptions in childhood parental care as risk factors for major depression in adult women. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 29(3), 437-448. doi: 10.3109/00048679509064952

Wells, J. E., Bushnell, J. A., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (1995). Using latent class analysis to investigate alcohol diagnosis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 5, 205-212.

Bullock, L. F., Wells, J. E., Duff, G. B. A., & Hornblow, A. (1995). Telephone support for pregnant women: outcome in late pregnancy. New Zealand Medical Journal, 108, 476-478.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Bullock, L. F., Wells, J. E., Duff, G. B., & Hornblow, A. (1995). Telephone support for pregnant women. New Zealand Medical Journal, 108, 190-192.