Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Broekman, B. F., Chan, Y.-H., Chong, Y.-S., Quek, S.-C., Fung, D., Low, Y.-L., … Saw, S.-M. (2009). The influence of birth size on intelligence in healthy children. Pediatrics, 123(6), e1011-1016. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-3344

 

Chee, M. W., Chen, K. H., Zheng, H., Chan, K. P., Isaac, V., Sim, S. K., … Ng, T. P. (2009). Cognitive function and brain structure correlations in healthy elderly East Asians. NeuroImage, 46(1), 257–269. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.036

 

Feng, L., Li, J., Yap, K.-B., Kua, E.-H., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Vitamin B-12, apolipoprotein E genotype, and cognitive performance in community-living older adults: Evidence of a gene-micronutrient interaction. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89(4), 1263–1268. doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26969

 

Feng, L., Yap, K. B., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Depressive symptoms, physician visits and hospitalization among community-dwelling older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 21(3), 568–575. doi:10.1017/S1041610209008965

 

Feng, L., Yap, P. L., Lee, T. S., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment: A population-based study. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 1(1), 23–27. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00005.x

 

Ho, R. C., Chen, K. Y., Broekman, B., & Mak, A. (2009). Buprenorphine prescription, misuse and service provision: A global perspective. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 15(5), 354–363. doi:10.1192/apt.bp.108.005975

 

Ho, R. C., Ho, E. C., & Mak, A. (2009). Cutaneous complications among i.v. buprenorphine users. The Journal of Dermatology, 36(1), 22–29. doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00581.x

 

Ho, R. C., Ho, E. C., Tan, C. H., & Mak, A. (2009). Pulmonary hypertension in first episode infective endocarditis among intravenous buprenorphine users: Case report. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 35(3), 199–202. doi:10.1080/00952990902939719

 

Ho, R. C., Lam, S. Y., Tan, E. S. L., Ng, P. M., & Mak, A. (2009). Amnesia, political ambition, and canned tuna. Lancet (London, England), 373(9660), 352. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60099-4

 

Kua, E. H., Chiu, E., & Tasman, A. (2009). Across the pond. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 1(1), 1–2. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00001.x

 

Mak, A., Cheak, A. A., Tan, J. Y., Su, H. C., Ho, R. C., & Lau, C. S. (2009). Mycophenolate mofetil is as efficacious as, but safer than, cyclophosphamide in the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis: A meta-analysis and meta-regression. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 48(8), 944–952. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep120

 

Mak, A., Cheung, M. W., Ho, R. C., Cheak, A. A.-C., & Lau, C. S. (2009). Bisphosphonates and atrial fibrillation: Bayesian meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and observational studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10, 113. doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-113

 

Mak, A., Ho, R. C., & Lau, C. S. (2009). Clinical implications of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 15(6), 451–458. doi:10.1192/apt.bp.108.005785

 

Mak, A., Ho, R. C., Tan, J. Y.-S., Teng, G. G., Lahiri, M., Lateef, A., … Feng, P. H. (2009). Atherogenic serum lipid profile is an independent predictor for gouty flares in patients with gouty arthropathy. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 48(3), 262–265. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken471

 

Merchant, R. A., Li, B., Yap, K.-B., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Use of drugs with anticholinergic effects and cognitive impairment in community-living older persons. Age and Ageing, 38(1), 105–108. doi:10.1093/ageing/afn240

 

Ng, T. P., Broekman, B. F. P., Niti, M., Gwee, X., & Kua, E. H. (2009). Determinants of successful aging using a multidimensional definition among Chinese elderly in Singapore. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(5), 407–416. doi:10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819a808e

 

Ng, T. P., Feng, L., Niti, M., Kua, E.-H., & Yap, K.-B. (2009). Folate, vitamin B12, homocysteine, and depressive symptoms in a population sample of older Chinese adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(5), 871–876.

 

Ng, T. P., Niti, M., Feng, L., Kua, E.-H., & Yap, K.-B. (2009). Albumin, apolipoprotein E-epsilon4 and cognitive decline in community-dwelling Chinese older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(1), 101–106. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02086.x

 

Ng, T. P., Niti, M., Fones, C., Yap, K. B., & Tan, W.-C. (2009). Co-morbid association of depression and COPD: A population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 103(6), 895–901. doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.010

 

Ng, T. P., Niti, M., Zaw, M. H., & Kua, E. H. (2009). Depressive symptoms and incident cognitive impairment in cognitively well-functioning older men and women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(6), 1058–1063. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02262.x

 

Niti, M., Yap, K.-B., Kua, E.-H., & Ng, T. P. (2009). APOE-epsilon4, depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline in Chinese older adults: Singapore Longitudinal Aging Studies. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 64(2), 306–311. doi:10.1093/gerona/gln013

 

Nyunt, M. S., Chiam, P. C., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Determinants of mental health service use in the national mental health survey of the elderly in Singapore. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health : CP & EMH, 5, 2. doi:10.1186/1745-0179-5-2

 

Nyunt, M. S., Fones, C., Niti, M., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Criterion-based validity and reliability of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale (GDS-15) in a large validation sample of community-living Asian older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 13(3), 376–382. doi:10.1080/13607860902861027

 

Nyunt, M. S., Ko, S. M., Kumar, R., Fones, C. C., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Improving treatment access and primary care referrals for depression in a national community-based outreach programme for the elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(11), 1267–1276. doi:10.1002/gps.2256

 

Phua, K. H., & Kua, E. H. (2009). Economic crisis and mental health services in Asia. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 1(2), 55–57. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00016.x

 

Schwingel, A., Niti, M. M., Tang, C., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Continued work employment and volunteerism and mental well-being of older adults: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. Age and Ageing, 38(5), 531–537. doi:10.1093/ageing/afp089

 

Sim, K., Su, H. C., Fujii, S., Yang, S.-Y., Chong, M.-Y., Ungvari, G., … Sartorius, N. (2009). High-dose antipsychotic use in schizophrenia: A comparison between the 2001 and 2004 Research on East Asia Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) studies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 67(1), 110–117. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03304.x

 

Soh, K. C., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2009). Somatic and non-affective symptoms of old age depression: Ethnic differences among Chinese, Indians and Malays. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(7), 723–730. doi:10.1002/gps.2188

 

Tan, E., Lim, E. C., Teo, Y., Lim, Y., Law, H., & Sia, A. T. (2009). Ethnicity and OPRM variant independently predict pain perception and patient-controlled analgesia usage for post-operative pain. Molecular Pain, 5, 32. doi:10.1186/1744-8069-5-32

 

Tan, W. C., Seale, P., Ip, M., Shim, Y.-S., Chiang, C.-H., Ng, T. P., … Zhong, N.-S. (2009). Trends in COPD mortality and hospitalizations in countries and regions of Asia-Pacific. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 14(1), 90–97. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01415.x

 

Tay, W.-L., Yip, G. W.-C., Tan, P.-H., Matsumoto, K., Yeo, R., Ng, T. P., … Bay, B.-H. (2009). Y-Box-binding protein-1 is a promising predictive marker of radioresistance and chemoradioresistance in nasopharyngeal cancer. Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 22(2), 282–290. doi:10.1038/modpathol.2008.181

 

Tor, P.-C., Ng, T. P., Lim, L., Ng, B.-Y., Ang, Y.-G., Winslow, M., … Goh, L.-G. (2009). Qualities of a good psychiatrist. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 1(1), 9–14. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00003.x

 

BOOKS

Kua, E. H. (2009). Speaking Up for Mental Health. Armour Publishing Pte Ltd.