Ronan E. O'Carroll

Publication List Details

Period

1983 - 2009

Number

11

Co-Authors

Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants (2009)

Dickson, A., Toft, A., O'Carroll, Ronan E.

Background This study attempted to longitudinally investigate neuropsychological function, illness representations, self-esteem, mood and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with chronic fatigue...

Considering adult living donor liver transplantation: a qualitative study of patients and their potential donors. (2009)

McGregor, Lesley M., Swanson, Vivien, Hayes, Peter C., Forsythe, John R., O'Carroll, Ronan E.

In April 2006, the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit became the first NHS transplant unit in the UK to offer adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT). However, within the first 21 months of its...

Experiences of self-care in patients with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study (2008)

Kidd, Lisa, Kearney, Nora, O'Carroll, Ronan E., Hubbard, Gill

Title. Experiences of self-care in patients with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study. Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore patients’ experiences of self-care during a 6-month...

Left hand preference is related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2007)

Choudhary, Carolyn J., O'Carroll, Ronan E.

Previous studies have found an increased incidence of mixed/left handedness in male combat veterans and children with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This study examined lateral preference and...

Methodological problems in dementia research in primary care: a case study of a randomized controlled trial (2007)

Wilcock, Jane, Bryans, Michelle, Turner, Stephen, O'Carroll, Ronan E., Keady, John, Levin, Enid, ...

The emerging UK national research network in neurodegenerative diseases and dementias aims to promote large-scale community-based studies of therapeutic interventions, based in primary care. However,...

The difference in patterns of motor and cognitive function in chronic fatigue syndrome and severe depressive illness (2000)

Lawrie, Stephen M., MacHale, Siobhan M., Cavanagh, J. T. O., O'Carroll, Ronan E., Goodwin, G. M.

Background. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and major depressive disorder (MDD) share many symptoms and aetiological factors but may have different neurobiological underpinnings. We wished to...

Stimulation of the noradrenergic system enhances and blockade reduces memory for emotional material in man (1999)

O'Carroll, Ronan E., Drysdale, E., Cahill, L., Shajahan, Polash, Ebmeier, K. P. (Klaus P.)

Background. It is clearly established that emotional events tend to be remembered particularly vividly. The neurobiological substrates of this phenomenon are poorly understood. Recently, the...

Abnormal response to negative feedback in depression (1999)

Shah, P. J., O'Carroll, Ronan E., Rogers, A., Moffoot, A. P. R., Ebmeier, K. P. (Klaus P.)

Background. Recent studies have suggested that subjects with depression suffer a diagnosis-specific motivational deficit, characterized by an abnormal response to negative feedback that endures...

Errorless learning and the cognitive rehabilitation of memory-impaired schizophrenic patients (1999)

O'Carroll, Ronan E., Russell, H. H., Lawrie, Stephen M., Johnstone, Eve C.

Background. In recent years, evidence has accumulated that a significant proportion of schizophrenic patients have severe memory impairment, which cannot be attributed to the effects of medication,...

Placebo-controlled manipulations of testosterone levels and dominance (1998)

O'Carroll, Ronan E.

Mazur & Booth present an intriguing model of the relationship between circulating testosterone levels and dominance behaviour in man, but their review of studies on testosterone–behaviour...