Research

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Chan, M. F., Ng, S. E., Tien, A., Man Ho, R. C., & Thayala, J. (2013). A randomised controlled study to explore the effect of life story review on depression in older Chinese in Singapore. Health & Social Care in the Community, 21(5), 545–553. doi:10.1111/hsc.12043

Chernyshov, P. V., Jirakova, A., Ho, R. C., Moed, H., Caldeira, A. P., Alvarenga, T. M., … Hercogova, J. (2013). An international multicenter study on quality of life and family quality of life in children with atopic dermatitis. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, 79(1), 52. doi:10.4103/0378-6323.104669

Chong, M. S., Goh, L. K., Lim, W. S., Chan, M., Tay, L., Chen, G., … Lee, T. S. (2013). Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood leukocytes shows consistent longitudinal downregulation of TOMM40 and upregulation of KIR2DL5A, PLOD1, and SLC2A8 among fast progressors in early Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: JAD, 34(2), 399–405. doi:10.3233/JAD-121621

Chong, T. W., Chan, G., Feng, L., Goh, S., Hew, A., Ng, T. P., & Tan, B. Y. (2013). Integrated care pathway for hip fractures in a subacute rehabilitation setting. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 42(11), 579–584.

Feng, L. (2013). Autism in children born after in vitro fertilization. JAMA, 310(19), 2100–2101. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.278595

Feng, L., Chong, M. S., Lim, W. S., Lee, T. S., Collinson, S. L., Yap, P., & Ng, T. P. (2013). Metabolic syndrome and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study 2 findings. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: JAD, 34(3), 649–657. doi:10.3233/JAD-121885

Feng, L., Isaac, V., Sim, S., Ng, T. P., Krishnan, K. R. R., & Chee, M. W. (2013). Associations between elevated homocysteine, cognitive impairment, and reduced white matter volume in healthy old adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(2), 164–172. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.017

Feng, L., Li, C., Chiu, H., Lee, T.-S., Spencer, M. D., & Wong, J. C.-M. (2013). Autism spectrum disorder in Chinese populations: A brief review. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry: Official Journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, 5(2), 54–60. doi:10.1111/appy.12079

Feng, L., Yan, Z., Sun, B., Cai, C., Jiang, H., Kua, E., … Qiu, C. (2013). Tea consumption and depressive symptoms in older people in rural China. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(11), 1943-1947. doi:10.1111/jgs.12496

Feng, L., Yap, K. B., & Ng, T. P. (2013). Depressive symptoms in older adults with chronic kidney disease: Mortality, quality of life outcomes, and correlates. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(6), 570–579. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.020

Ho, R. C., Mak, K.-K., Chua, A. N., Ho, C. S., & Mak, A. (2013). The effect of severity of depressive disorder on economic burden in a university hospital in Singapore. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 13(4), 549–559. doi:10.1586/14737167.2013.815409

Ho, R. C., Mak, K.-K., Tao, R., Lu, Y., Day, J. R., & Pan, F. (2013). Views on the peer review system of biomedical journals: An online survey of academics from high-ranking universities. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13, 74. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-13-74

Kua, E. H. (2013). Academic psychiatry across the Pacific: Challenges and opportunities for the Pacific-Rim College of Psychiatrists. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry: Official Journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, 5(2), 51–53. doi:10.1111/appy.12076

Lai, C.-M., Mak, K.-K., Pang, J. S., Fong, S. S., Ho, R. C., & Guldan, G. S. (2013). The associations of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance with body dissatisfaction and eating behaviors in Hong Kong adolescents. Eating Behaviors, 14(3), 320–324. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.05.004

Lai, C.-M., Mak, K.-K., Watanabe, H., Ang, R. P., Pang, J. S., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Psychometric properties of the internet addiction test in Chinese adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(7), 794–807. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jst022

Lee, T.-S., Goh, S. J., Quek, S. Y., Phillips, R., Guan, C., Cheung, Y. B., … Krishnan, K. R. R. (2013). A brain-computer interface based cognitive training system for healthy elderly: A randomized control pilot study for usability and preliminary efficacy. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79419. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079419

Lu, Y., Feng, L., Feng, L., Nyunt, M. S., Yap, K. B., & Ng, T. P. (2013). Systemic inflammation, depression and obstructive pulmonary function: A population-based study. Respiratory Research, 14, 53. doi:10.1186/1465-9921-14-53

Lu, Y., Feng, L., Lim, L., & Ng, T. P. (2013). Asthma, life events and psychiatric disorders: A population-based study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(8), 1273–1282. doi:10.1007/s00127-013-0655-5

Mahendran, R., Broekman, B., Lai, Y. M., Wong, J., & Kua, E. H. (2013). Trainees perceptions of the educational environment in postgraduate psychiatry training: 35. Medical Education, 47, 11–12.

Mahendran, R., Broekman, B., Wong, J. C., Lai, Y. M., & Kua, E. H. (2013). The educational environment: Comparisons of the British and American postgraduate psychiatry training programmes in an Asian setting. Medical Teacher, 35(11), 959–961. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2013.815707

Mahendran, R., Chua, J., Wuan, E., Ang, E. N., Lim, S. E., & Kua, E. H. (2013). Psychosocial care for cancer patients–Too little, too late? Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 42(10), 535–537.

Mahendran, R., Feng, L., Ng, T. P., & Kua, E. H. (2013). Successful ageing in Singapore–A viable goal? Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 42(1), 5–6.

Mahendran, R., & Hendricks, M. M. (2013). Hyperglycaemia in patients treated with second generation antipsychotics. La Clinica Terapeutica, 164(3), e169-172.

Mak, A., Lim, J. Q., Liu, Y., Cheak, A. A., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Significantly higher estimated 10-year probability of fracture in lupus patients with bone mineral density comparable to that of healthy individuals. Rheumatology International, 33(2), 299–307. doi:10.1007/s00296-012-2389-1

Mak, A., Tang, C. S., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Serum tumour necrosis factor-alpha is associated with poor health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus, 22(3), 254–261. doi:10.1177/0961203312471872

Mak, K. K., Ho, C. S., Zhang, M. W., Day, J. R., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Characteristics of overdose and non-overdose suicide attempts in a multi-ethnic Asian society. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 6(5), 373–379. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2013.03.011

Mak, K. K., Kong, W. Y., Mak, A., Sharma, V. K., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene and post-stroke depression: A meta-analysis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 84(3), 322–328. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2012-303791

Mak, K.-K., Pang, J. S., Lai, C.-M., & Ho, R. C. (2013). Body esteem in Chinese adolescents: Effect of gender, age, and weight. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(1), 46–54. doi:10.1177/1359105312437264

Ng, S. E., Tien, A., Thayala, J. N. V., Ho, R. C., & Chan, M. F. (2013). The effect of life story review on depression of older community-dwelling Chinese adults in Singapore: A preliminary result. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(3), 328–330. doi:10.1002/gps.3851

Nyunt, M. S., Chong, M. S., Lim, W. S., Lee, T. S., Yap, P., & Ng, T. P. (2013). Reliability and validity of the Clinical Dementia Rating for community-living elderly subjects without an informant. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 3(1), 407-416. doi:10.1159/000355122

Rifkin-Graboi, A., Bai, J., Chen, H., Hameed, W. B., Sim, L. W., Tint, M. T., … Qiu, A. (2013). Prenatal maternal depression associates with microstructure of right amygdala in neonates at birth. Biological Psychiatry, 74(11), 837–844. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.019

Ruan, R., Feng, L., Li, J., Ng, T. P., & Zeng, Y. (2013). Tea consumption and mortality in the oldest-old Chinese. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(11), 1937–1942. doi:10.1111/jgs.12498

Sharma, V. K., Yeo, L. L., Ho, R. C., & Rathakrishnan, R. (2013). Severe transient suicidality due to hemispheric hyperperfusion after successful acute stroke thrombolysis. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 25(4), E33-34. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12100245

Sachdev, P. S., Lipnicki, D. M., Kochan, N. A., Crawford, J. D., Rockwood, K., Xiao, S., … Santabárbara, J. (2013). COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups. BMC Neurology, 13, 165. doi:10.1186/1471-2377-13-165

Santhanakrishnan, R., Ng, T. P., Cameron, V. A., Gamble, G. D., Ling, L. H., Sim, D., … Lam, C. S. P. (2013). The Singapore Heart Failure Outcomes and Phenotypes (SHOP) study and Prospective Evaluation of Outcome in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (PEOPLE) study: Rationale and design. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 19(3), 156–162. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.007

Tan, L., Yap, P., Ng, W. Y., & Luo, N. (2013). Exploring the use of the Dementia Management Strategies Scale in caregivers of persons with dementia in Singapore. Aging & Mental Health, 17(8), 935–941. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.768209

Wen, C., Wang, W.-Q., Ding, L.-J., Feng, L., Wong, J. C.-M., & Kua, E.-H. (2013). Suicidal and help-seeking behavior in Xiamen, South China. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry: Official Journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, 5(3), 168–174. doi:10.1111/appy.12017

Winslow, M., Wong, J. C., & Mahendren, R. (2013). Plant food and incense: The new substances of abuse. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 42(7), 356–357.

Xiang, Y.-T., Buchanan, R. W., Ungvari, G. S., Chiu, H. F., Lai, K. Y., Li, Y.-H., … Shinfuku, N. (2013). Use of Clozapine in older Asian patients with schizophrenia between 2001 and 2009. PLoS ONE, 8(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066154

Xiang, Y.-T., Dickerson, F., Kreyenbuhl, J., Ungvari, G. S., Wang, C.-Y., Si, T.-M., … Shinfuku, N. (2013). Common use of anticholinergic medications in older patients with schizophrenia: Findings of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Pattern (REAP) study, 2001-2009. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(3), 305–311. doi:10.1002/gps.3827

Xiang, Y.-T., Ungvari, G. S., Wang, C.-Y., Si, T.-M., Lee, E. H., Chiu, H. F. K., … Shinfuku, N. (2013). Adjunctive antidepressant prescriptions for hospitalized patients with schizophrenia in Asia (2001-2009). Asia-Pacific Psychiatry: Official Journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, 5(2), E81-87. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00231.x

Xue, H., Xiao, S., Ng, T. P., Chen, C., Meng, G., Lu, X., Bu, S., Fang, W., Lv, J., Zhang, M., Marita, P. M. (2013). Prevalence and severity of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in community dwelling Chinese: Findings from the Shanghai three districts study. Aging & Mental Health, 17(6), 748–752. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.781116

Zheng, X., Bei, J.-X., Xu, H., Lee, J., Chong, S.-A., Sim, K., … Liu, J. (2013). The association between rare large duplication of 16p11.2 and schizophrenia in the Singaporean Chinese population. Schizophrenia Research, 146(1), 368–369. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2013.02.029

BOOKS

Puri, B., Hall, A., & Ho, R. (2013). Revision Notes in Psychiatry, Third Edition. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/b13188