Robyn is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist with degrees in Master of Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy. She has extensive clinical experience in rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. Before joining the Rehabilitation Studies Unit, she was Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department where she was involved in training graduate psychologists in clinical psychology and neuropsychology. Robyn’s main research activities involve evidence-based clinical practice, executive abilities after frontal systems dysfunction, post-traumatic amnesia and long-term outcome after traumatic brain injury. She collaborates with other neuropsychologists, allied health therapists, social workers and rehabilitation physicians. Robyn is the author of the Care and Needs Scale (CANS), the Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale (SPRS) and is currently preparing a book: Measuring outcomes after acquired brain impairment: a compendium of screening tests, rating scale and questionnaires. She instigated and is Program Director of PsycBITE^TM, the Psychological Database of Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy, which was launched on the internet in July 2004 (www.psycbite.com). In 1999, Robyn was appointed Founding Co-Editor of Brain Impairment, the official journal of the Australian Psychological Society for the Study of Brain Impairment.

Recent Publications

2009

• Hassett LM, Moseley AM, Tate RL, Harmer AR, Fairbairn TJ, Leung J (2009). The efficacy of a supervised fitness center-based exercise program compared to an unsupervised home-based exercise program on improving fitness and psychosocial outcomes in people after traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 41(4):247-255.

2008

• Hassett LM, Moseley AM, Tate RL, Harmer AR (2008). (Review) Fitness training for cardiorespiratory conditioning after traumatic brain injury. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (Issue 2):1-56.
• Kangas M, Tate RL, Williams J, Smee RI (2008). (Abstract) Neuropsychological and psychosocial functioning in adult brain tumour patients. Brain Impairment, 9(2):211-212.
• Lane-Brown A, Tate RL (2008). (Abstract) Nonpharmacological interventions for apathy after acquired brain injury. Brain Impairment, 9(1):71.
• Long E, McDonald S, Tate R, Togher L, Bornhofen C (2008). Assessing social skills in people with very severe traumatic brain injury: validity of the Social Performance Survey Schedule (SPSS). Brain Impairment, 9(3):274-281.
• McDonald S, Tate RL, Togher L, Bornhofen C, Long E, Gertler P, Bowen R (2008). Social skills treatment for people with severe, chronic acquired brain injuries: a multicenter trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(9):1648-1659.
• McDonald S, Tate RL, Togher L, Bornhofen C, Long E, Gertler P, Bowen R, McGregor F (2008). (Abstract) The effects of social skills training on social behaviour for people with severe, chronic traumatic brain injury: A multi-centre trial. Brain Impairment, 9(2):228.
• Nightingale EJ, Soo CA, Tate RL (2008). (Abstract) A systematic review of early prognostic factors for return to work after traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14(Suppl 2):121.
• Schultz R, Perdices M, Tate RL, McDonald S, Togher L, Savage S (2008). (Abstract) Neuropsychological rehabilitation: how good is the evidence in dementia? Brain Impairment, 9(1):74-75.
• Soo CA, Tate RL (2008). (Abstract) Psychological treatment for anxiety in people with traumatic brain injury: a Cochrane systematic review. Brain Impairment, 9(2):224.
• Soo CA, Tate RL, Williams L, Waddingham S, Waugh MC (2008). Development and validation of the Paediatric Care and Needs Scale (PCANS) for measuring support needs of children and youth with acquired brain injury. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 11(3):204-214.
• Tate RL (2008). (Japanese) Rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: an Australian context. Higher Brain Function Research, 28(2):129-142.
• Tate RL, McDonald S, Lane-Brown A, Schultz R (2008). (Abstract) The Zoo Map Test: Equivalence of two alternate forms. Brain Impairment, 9(2):220.
• Tate RL, McDonald S, Perdices M, Togher L, Schultz R, Savage S (2008). Rating the methodological quality of single-subject designs and n-of-1 trials: Introducing the Single-case Experimental Design (SCED) Scale. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 18(4):385-401.
• Tate RL, Myles B, Cameron ID (2008). (Abstract) Using the MPAI to chart recovery over time after traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 9(2):218.
• Tate RL, Perdices M (2008). Applying the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) to clinical practice and research in acquired brain impairment. Brain Impairment, 9(3):282-292.
• Tate RL, Schultz R, Lane-Brown A (2008). (Abstract) Self-esteem after traumatic brain injury: a comparison of two scales. Brain Impairment, 9(1):76-77.
• Togher L, McDonald S, Tate RL, Power E, Mansley R (2008). (Abstract) Training communication partners of people with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 22(Suppl 1):45-46.

2007

• McCluskey A, Johnson M, Tate RL (2007). The process of case management following brain injury: a grounded theory study. Brain Impairment, 8(3):293-331.
• McFarlane B, Armstrong B, Allaous J, Lannin NA, Tate RL (2007). (Abstract) Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the success of using PDAs to compensate for poor memory after brain injury. Brain Impairment, 8(1):66.
• Nightingale EJ, Soo CA, Tate RL (2007). A systematic review of early prognostic factors for return to work after traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 8(2):101-142.
• Nightingale EJ, Soo CA, Tate RL (2007). (Abstract) Early prognostic factors for return to work after traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 8(1):96.
• Perdices M, Tate RL (2007). (Abstract) Single case designs in rehabilitation: how do we interpret the results? Brain Impairment, 8(2):176-177.
• Schultz RM, Perdices M, Tate RL, McDonald S, Togher L, Savage S (2007). (Abstract) Neuropsychological rehabilitation: How good is the evidence in dementia? Australasian Journal on Psychology, 59(S1):228.
• Schultz RM, Tate RL, Cameron ID, Myles BM (2007). (Abstract) Patterns of cognitive impairment in the longer term after severe traumatic brain injury: a multi-centre study. Brain Impairment, 8(1):73.
• Simpson GJ, Tate RL (2007). Preventing suicide after traumatic brain injury: implications for general practice. Medical Journal of Australia, 187(4):229-232.
• Simpson G, Tate RL (2007). Suicidality in people surviving traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, risk factors and implications for clinical management. Brain Injury, 21(13-14):1335-1351.
• Soo CA, Tate RL (2007). (Cochrane Review) Psychological treatment for anxiety in people with traumatic brain injury. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, (Issue 3):1-25.
• Soo CA, Tate RL, Hopman K, Forman M, Secheny T, Aird V, Browne S, Coulston C (2007). Reliability of the Care and Needs Scale for assessing support needs after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22(5):288-295.
• Tate RL, Lane-Brown AT (2007). (Abstract) Neuropsychological perspectives of disorder of drive. Brain Impairment, 8(1):66-67.
• Tate RL, McDonald S, Perdices M, Togher L, Schultz RM, Savage S (2007). (Abstract) Reliability and validity of a new scale for rating methodological quality of single-subject designs and n-of-1 trials. Brain Impairment, 8(2):176.
• Tate RL, Pfaff A, Jurjevic L (2007). Patterns of recovery of memory functioning in the post-acute stages after traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(Supp 2):69.
• Tate RL, Pfaff A, Perdices M (2007). (Abstract) Predicting the end of post-traumatic amnesia at the beginning of rehabilitation admission. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(Supp 1):73.
• Taylor CM, Aird VH, Tate RL, Lammi MH (2007). Sequence of recovery during the course of emergence from the minimally conscious state. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(4):521-525.

2006

• Hassett L, Moseley AM, Tate R, Harmer AR (2006). (Protocol) Fitness training for cardiorespiratory conditioning after traumatic brain injury. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (Issue 3)
• Hassett L, Tate RL, Moseley A, Gillett L (2006). (Abstract) Factors that influence compliance with a structured exercise program in traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 7(1):66.
• Kangas M, Tate RL (2006). The significance of clumsy gestures in apraxia following a left hemisphere stroke. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 16(1):38-65.
• Lane-Brown AT, Tate RL (2006). (Protocol) Interventions for apathy after traumatic brain injury. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue: 1(Art No.: CD006341. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006341)
• Lane-Brown A, Tate RL, Ferry K (2006). (Abstract) Relationships among self-awareness, memory, self esteem and knowledge of traumatic brain injury: a pilot study. Brain Impairment, 7(1):52.
• McDonald S, Tate R, Togher L, Bornhofen C, Long E, Gertler P, Bowen R (2006). (Abstract) Treating social skills deficits following traumatic brain injury: preliminary results from a randomised controlled trial. Brain Impairment, 7(1):69-70.
• McDonald S, Tate R, Togher L, Perdices M, Moseley A, Winders K, Schultz R, Smith K (2006). Improving evidence-based practice in neuropsychological rehabilitation: Introducing PsycBITE_TM. Aphasiology, 20(7):676-683.
• Perdices M, Schultz R, Tate R, McDonald S, Togher L, Savage S, Winders K, Smith S (2006). The evidence base of Neuropsychological rehabilitation in Acquired Brain Impairment (ABI): how good is the research? Brain Impairment, 7(2):119-132.
• Perdices M, Tate RL, McDonald S, Togher L, Schultz R, Winders K, Savage S, Moseley A (2006). (Abstract) The evidence base of neuropsychological rehabilitation: how good is the research? Brain Impairment, 7(1):70.
• Pfaff A, Tate RL, Baguley IJ, Marosszeky JE, Gurka JA, Hodgkinson AE, King C, Hanna J, Lane-Brown AT (2006). (Abstract) When does posttraumatic amnesia end? Brain Impairment, 7(1):59.
• Soo C, Tate R, Hopman K, Forman M, Secheny T, Browne S, Coulston C, Smith V (2006). (Abstract) Reliability and validity of the Care and Needs Scale (CANS) for assessing support needs after traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 7(1):60.
• Tate RL, Harris RD, Cameron ID, Myles BM, Winstanley JB, Hodgkinson AE, Baguley IJ, Harradine PG (2006). Recovery of impairment after severe traumatic brain injury: findings from a prospective, multicentre study. Brain Impairment, 7(1):1-15.
• Tate RL, Perdices M, McDonald S, Togher L, Schultz R, Savage S, Winders K (2006). (Letter) Update on Cicerone's systematic review of Cognitive Rehabilitation: the PsycBITE perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87(3):446.
• Tate RL, Pfaff A, Baguley IJ, Marosszeky JE, Gurka JA, Hodgkinson A, King C, Lane-Brown AT, Hanna J (2006). A multicentre, randomised trial examining the effect of test procedures measuring emergence from posttraumatic amnesia. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 77(7):841-849.
• Tate RL, Simpson G, Lane-Brown A, Pfaff A, Hodgkinson A, Veerabangsa A, Myles B, Soo C, Smith V (2006). (Abstract) Development of the Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale: an update on the final version, normative and reference data. Brain Impairment, 7(1):58.
• Taylor CM, Smith VH, Tate RL, Lammi MH (2006). (Abstract) Defining emergence from the minimally conscious state. Brain Impairment, 7(1):59.
• Winstanley J, Simpson G, Tate R, Myles B (2006). Early indicators and contributors to psychological distress in relatives during rehabilitation following severe traumatic brain injury: findings from the brain injury outcomes study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 21(6):453-466.

2005

• Baguley IJ, Lane-Brown A, Hanna J, Tate RL, Gurka JA, Hodgkinson A, King C, Marosszeky JE (2005). (Abstract) Patterns of neurologically active medication usage during early in-patient TBI rehabilitation. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):85.
• Browne SM, King C, Kosch Y, Fitzgerald J, Tate RL, Cameron ID (2005). (Abstract) Demographic and functional characteristics of inpatients admitted to a metropolitan traumatic brain injury rehabilitation facility in Sydney, NSW, over a ten-year period. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):123.
• Hodgson J, McDonald S, Tate RL (2005). (Abstract) Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural therapy program for managing social anxiety following acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):91.
• Hodgson J, McDonald S, Tate R, Gertler P (2005). A randomised controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioural therapy program for managing social anxiety after acquired brain injury. Brain Impairment, 6(3):169-180.
• Lammi MH, Smith VH, Tate RL, Taylor CM (2005). The minimally conscious state and recovery potential: a follow-up study 2 to 5 years after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86(4):746-754.
• Lammi M, Smith V, Taylor C, Tate RL (2005). (Abstract) Outcomes from the minimally conscious state following traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):47.
• McCluskey A, Johnson M, Bazeley P, Tate RL (2005). (Abstract) Tolerance for risk can reduce the level and cost of care and increase autonomy for people with a very severe brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):18.
• Moseley AM, Canning CG, Tate RL, Jones T (2005). (Abstract) Ecological validity of walking speed assessment in adults with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):56.
• Piguet O, Grayson DA, Tate RL, Bennett HP, Lye TC, Creasey H , Brooks WS, Broe AG (2005). A model of executive functions in very old community dwellers: evidence from the Sydney Older Persons Study. Cortex, 41(1):27-37.
• Simpson GK, Tate RL (2005). (Abstract) A qualitative analysis of antecedents and triggers for suicide attempts. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):69.
• Simpson G, Tate RL (2005). Clinical features of suicide attempts after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193(10):680-685.
• Soo C, Tate R (2005). (Protocol) Psychological treatment for anxiety in people with traumatic brain injury. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 2.
• Soo CA, Tate RL, Broe GA, Hodgkinson AE, Cameron ID (2005). (Abstract) Recreation participation as a function of employment at 23 years post-trauma in a rehabilitation sample with severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 6(2):137.
• Soo CA, Tate RL, Williams L, Croudace S, Waugh MC (2005). (Abstract) The PCANS: adapting the Care and Needs Scale to a paediatric population with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):37.
• Tate RL, Broe GA, Cameron ID, Hodgkinson AE, Soo CA (2005). Pre-injury, injury and early post-injury predictors of long-term, functional and psychosocial recovery after severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 6(2):75-89.
• Tate RL, Broe GA, Hodgkinson AE, Cameron ID, Soo CA (2005). (Abstract) The natural history of recovery after severe traumatic brain injury: changes in functional status between 6 and 23 years posttrauma. Brain Impairment, 6(2):138.
• Tate RL, Strettles B, Hodgkinson A, Veerabangsa A, Soo C (2005). (Abstract) Long-term care and support needs after traumatic brain injury at 20-26 years post-trauma. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):17.
• Tate RL, Togher L, Perdices M, McDonald S, Moseley A, Winders K, Schultz R, Smith K (2005). (Abstract) Empirical evidence for rehabilitation therapies targeting the psychological consequences of acquired brain impairment: a survey of reports indexed on PsycBITE_TM. Brain Injury, 19(Suppl.1):32.

2004

• Harradine PG, Winstanley JW, Tate RL, Cameron ID, Baguley IJ, Harris RD (2004). Severe traumatic brain injury in New South Wales: comparable outcomes for rural and urban residents. Medical Journal of Australia, 181(3):130-134.
• Kuipers P, Kendall M, Fleming J, Tate RL (2004). Comparison of the Sydney psychosocial reintegration scale (SPRS) with the community integration questionnaire (CIQ): psychometric properties. Brain Injury, 18(2):161-177.
• Longley WA, Tate RL (2004). (Abstract) Do neuropsychologists in rehabilitation make the most of their assessment data? Brain Impairment, 5(1):102-103.
• Perdices M, Tate RL, McDonald S, Togher L, Moseley A, Winders K, Schultz R, Smith K, Kangas M (2004). (Abstract) Knowledge and utilisation of evidence-based clinical practice in rehabilitation of acquired brain impairment: the timeliness of PsycBITE_TM. Brain Impairment, 5(1):104.
• Tate RL (2004). Assessing support needs for people with traumatic brain injury: the Care and Needs Scale (CANS). Brain Injury, 18(5):445-460.
• Tate RL (2004). (Book chapter) Emotional and social consequences of memory disorders. The essential handbook of memory disorders for clinicians, Wiley(Chapter 15):329-352.
• Tate RL, McDonald S, Togher L, Perdices M, Moseley A (2004). (Abstract) Rating the methodological quality of single-case experimental designs: the PsycBITE_TM scale. Brain Impairment, 5(Suppl.):165.
• Tate RL, Perdices M, McDonald S, Togher L, Moseley A, Winders K, Kangas M, Schultz R , Smith K (2004). Development of a database of rehabilitation therapies for the psychological consequences of acquired brain impairment. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 14(5):517-534.
• Tate RL, Perdices M, McDonald S, Togher L, Moseley A, Winders K, Kangas M, Schultz R, Smith K (2004). (Abstract) PsycBITE_TM: an internet resource for evidence-based treatment of acquired brain impairment. Brain Impairment, 5(1):105.
• Tate RL, Pfaff A, Lane-Brown AT, Ellis L, Baguley IJ, Gurka JA, Hodgkinson AE, King AC, Marosszeky JE (2004). (Abstract) Patterns of emergence from post-traumatic amnesia after traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 5(Suppl.):121.
• Tate RL, Pfaff A, Veerabangsa A, Hodgkinson AE (2004). Measuring psychosocial recovery after brain injury: change versus competency. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 85(4):538-545.
• Tate RL, Strettles B, Osoteo T (2004). The clinical practice of a community rehabilitation team for people with acquired brain injury. Brain Impairment, 5(1):81-92.
• Togher L, Tate R, McDonald S, Perdices M, Moseley A (2004). Which treatment works? Accessing the best available evidence is now easier than you thought! ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, 6(2):85-88.