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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Akiyama, T., Chandra, N., Chen, C.-N., Ganesan, M., Koyama, A., Kua, E. E. H., … Zou, Y. (2008). Asian models of excellence in psychiatric care and rehabilitation. International Review of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England), 20(5), 445–451. doi:10.1080/09540260802397537

Arthur, D., Tong, W. L., Chen, C. P., Hing, A. Y., Sagara-Rosemeyer, M., Kua, E. H., & Ignacio, J. (2008). The validity and reliability of four measures of gambling behaviour in a sample of Singapore university students. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24(4), 451–462. doi:10.1007/s10899-008-9103-y

Broekman, B. F., Nyunt, S. Z., Niti, M., Jin, A. Z., Ko, S. M., Kumar, R., … Ng, T. P. (2008). Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale in an Asian population. Journal of Affective Disorders, 108(3), 285–290. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2007.10.005

Broekman, B. F., Kumar, R., Toh, A. Y., & Kua, E. H. (2008). Recruiting psychiatrists – The Singapore experience. The Psychiatrist, 32(7), 275–275. doi:10.1192/pb.32.7.275b

Chee, C. Y., Chong, Y.-S., Ng, T. P., Lee, D. T., Tan, L. K., & Fones, C. S. (2008). The association between maternal depression and frequent non-routine visits to the infant’s doctor–A cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 107(1–3), 247–253. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2007.08.004

de Jongh, A., Olff, M., van Hoolwerff, H., Aartman, I. H. A., Broekman, B., Lindauer, R., & Boer, F. (2008). Anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms following wisdom tooth removal. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(12), 1305–1310. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2008.09.004

Feng, L., Tan, C.-H., Merchant, R. A., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Association between depressive symptoms and use of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), corticosteroids and histamine H(2) receptor antagonists in community-dwelling older persons: Cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort. Drugs & Aging, 25(9), 795–805.

Ho, R. C., Niti, M., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Body mass index, waist circumference, waist–hip ratio and depressive symptoms in Chinese elderly: A population-based study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(4), 401–408. doi:10.1002/gps.1893

Ho, R. C., Niti, M., Yap, K. B., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Metabolic syndrome and cognitive decline in Chinese older adults: Results from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(6), 519–522. doi:10.1097/JGP.0b013e31816b7841

Kua, E. H., & Ho, R. C. (2008). The many faces of geriatric depression. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 21(6), 540–545. doi:10.1097/YCO.0b013e328311cdae

Mak, A., Chan, B. P., Yeh, I. B., Ho, R. C., Boey, M. L., Feng, P. H., … Ong, B. K. C. (2008). Neuropsychiatric lupus and reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome: A challenging clinical dilemma. Rheumatology, 47(3), 256–262. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem319

Ng, T. P., Feng, L., Niti, M., & Yap, K. B. (2008). Albumin, haemoglobin, BMI and cognitive performance in older adults. Age and Ageing, 37(4), 423–429. doi:10.1093/ageing/afn102

Ng, T. P., Feng, L., Niti, M., Kua, E.-H., & Yap, K. B. (2008). Tea consumption and cognitive impairment and decline in older Chinese adults. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 88(1), 224–231.

Ng, T. P., Jin, A.-Z., Ho, R., Chua, H.-C., Fones, C. S. L., & Lim, L. (2008). Health beliefs and help seeking for depressive and anxiety disorders among urban Singaporean adults. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), 59(1), 105–108. doi:10.1176/ps.2008.59.1.105

Niti, M., Yap, K.-B., Kua, E.-H., Tan, C.-H., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Physical, social and productive leisure activities, cognitive decline and interaction with APOE-epsilon 4 genotype in Chinese older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 20(2), 237–251. doi:10.1017/S1041610207006655

Saxena, S. K., Ng, T. P., Yong, D., Fong, N. P., & Koh, G. (2008). Subthreshold depression and cognitive impairment but not demented in stroke patients during their rehabilitation. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 117(2), 133–140. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00922.x

Sia, A. T., Lim, Y., Lim, E. C., Goh, R. W., Law, H. Y., Landau, R., … Tan, E. C. (2008). A118G single nucleotide polymorphism of human μ-opioid receptor gene influences pain perception and patient-controlled intravenous morphine consumption after intrathecal morphine for postcesarean analgesia. Anesthesiology: The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, 109(3), 520–526. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182af21

Soh, K. C., Kumar, R., Matthew, N., Kua, E. H., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Subsyndromal depression in old age: Clinical significance and impact in a multi-ethnic community sample of elderly Singaporeans. International Psychogeriatrics, 20(1), 188–200. doi:10.1017/S1041610207006187

Tan, E.-C., Lim, E. C., Yap, S.-H., Lee, S.-T., Cheng, J., Por, Y.-C., & Yeow, V. (2008). Identification of IRF6 gene variants in three families with Van der Woude syndrome. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 21(6), 747–751.

Tan, E.-C., Lim, Y., Teo, Y.-Y., Goh, R., Law, H.-Y., & Sia, A. T. (2008). Ethnic differences in pain perception and patient-controlled analgesia usage for postoperative pain. The Journal of Pain: Official Journal of the American Pain Society, 9(9), 849–855. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2008.04.004

Tan, H.-Y., Nicodemus, K. K., Chen, Q., Li, Z., Brooke, J. K., Honea, R., … Weinberger, D. R. (2008). Genetic variation in AKT1 is linked to dopamine-associated prefrontal cortical structure and function in humans. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 118(6), 2200–2208. doi:10.1172/JCI34725

Tan, H.-Y., Callicott, J. H., & Weinberger, D. R. (2008). Intermediate phenotypes in schizophrenia genetics redux: Is it a no brainer? Molecular Psychiatry, 13(3), 233–238. doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002145

Tan, W. C., & Ng, T. P. (2008). COPD in Asia: Where East meets West. Chest, 133(2), 517–527. doi:10.1378/chest.07-1131

Tang, B. L., & Kumar, R. (2008). Biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 37(5), 406–410.

Yap, K. B., Ng, T. P., & Ong, H. Y. (2008). Low prevalence of atrial fibrillation in community-dwelling Chinese aged 55 years or older in Singapore: A population-based study. Journal of Electrocardiology, 41(2), 94–98. doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.03.012

Yap, P. L. K., Niti, M., Yap, K. B., & Ng, T. P. (2008). Orthostatic hypotension, hypotension and cognitive status: Early comorbid markers of primary dementia? Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 26(3), 239–246. doi:10.1159/000160955