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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Chee, K.-Y., Tripathi, A., Avasthi, A., Chong, M.-Y., Sim, K., Yang, S.-Y., … Sartorius, N. (2015). International study on antidepressant prescription pattern at 40 major psychiatric institutions and hospitals in Asia: A 10-year comparison study. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry: Official Journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, 7(4), 366–374. doi:10.1111/appy.12176

Chen, C., Si, T.-M., Xiang, Y.-T., Ungvari, G. S., Wang, C.-Y., He, Y.-L., … Shinfuku, N. (2015). Prevalence and prescription of antidepressants in depression with somatic comorbidity in Asia: The research on East Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns study. Chinese Medical Journal, 128(7), 853–858. doi:10.4103/0366-6999.154272

Cheng, T. S., Chen, H., Lee, T., Teoh, O. H., Shek, L. P., Lee, B. W., … Goh, A. (2015). An independent association of prenatal depression with wheezing and anxiety with rhinitis in infancy. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology: Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 26(8), 765–771. doi:10.1111/pai.12453

Chernyshov, P. V., Ho, R. C., Monti, F., Jirakova, A., Velitchko, S. S., Hercogova, J., & Neri, E. (2015). An international multi-center study on self-assessed and family quality of life in children with atopic dermatitis. Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica: ADC, 23(4), 247–253.

Cheung, Y. B., Xu, Y., Feng, L., Feng, L., Nyunt, M. S., Chong, M. S., … Ng, T. P. (2015). Unconditional and conditional standards using cognitive function curves for the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in older Chinese adults in Singapore. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(9), 915–924. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.008

Goh, L. K., Lim, W. S., Teo, S., Vijayaraghavan, A., Chan, M., Tay, L., … Chong, M. S. (2015). TOMM40 alterations in Alzheimer’s disease over a 2-year follow-up period. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: JAD, 44(1), 57–61. doi:10.3233/JAD-141590

Harris, K. M., Syu, J.-J., Lello, O. D., Chew, Y. L. E., Willcox, C. H., & Ho, R. H. M. (2015). The ABC’s of suicide risk assessment: Applying a tripartite approach to individual evaluations. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0127442. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127442

Ho, R. C. (2015). Effects of different antidepressants on pro-inflammatory cytokines in rats undergoing chronic mild stress without lipopolysaccharide induction. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78(6), 602–603. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.03.057

Lam, K. F., Lim, H. A., Tan, J. Y., & Mahendran, R. (2015). The relationships between dysfunctional attitudes, rumination, and non-somatic depressive symptomatology in newly diagnosed Asian cancer patients. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 61, 49–56. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.06.001

Liew, T. M., Feng, L., Gao, Q., Ng, T. P., & Yap, P. (2015). Diagnostic utility of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Major and mild neurocognitive disorders. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(2), 144-148. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2014.07.021

Lim, M. L., Lim, D., Gwee, X., Nyunt, M. S., Kumar, R., & Ng, T. P. (2015). Resilience, stressful life events, and depressive symptomatology among older Chinese adults. Aging & Mental Health, 19(11), 1005-1014. doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.995591

Lim, S. B., Wong, W. L., & Wong, I. B. (2015). Childhood intermittent exotropia from a different angle: Does severity affect quality of life? Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 19(4). doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.07.158

Lu, Y., Ho, R., Lim, T. K., Kuan, W. S., Goh, D. Y., Mahadevan, M., … Ng, T. P. (2015). Neuropeptide Y may mediate psychological stress and enhance TH2 inflammatory response in asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 135(4). doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.10.036

Lu, Y., Van Bever, H. P. S., Lim, T. K., Kuan, W. S., Goh, D. Y. T., Mahadevan, M., … Ng, T. P. (2015). Obesity, asthma prevalence and IL-4: Roles of inflammatory cytokines, adiponectin and neuropeptide Y. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology: Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 26(6), 530–536. doi:10.1111/pai.12428

Mahendran, R., Lim, H. A., Chua, J., Peh, C. X., Lim, S. E., & Kua, E. H. (2015). The Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) in Singapore: A new preliminary factor structure for caregivers of ambulatory patients with cancer. Quality of Life Research: An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation, 24(2), 399–404. doi:10.1007/s11136-014-0768-7

Mahendran, R., Lim, H. A., Tan, J. Y., Chua, J., Lim, S. E., Ang, E. N., & Kua, E. H. (2015). Efficacy of a brief nurse-led pilot psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed Asian cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer: Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 23(8), 2203–2206. doi:10.1007/s00520-015-2771-0

Mahendran, R., Lim, H. A., Tan, J. Y., Chua, S. M., & Winslow, M. (2015). Salvia divinorum: An overview of the usage, misuse, and addiction processes. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 8(1), 23-31. doi:10.1111/appy.12225

Mahendran, R., Lim, H. A., Verma, S., & Kua, E. H. (2015). The impact of the educational environment on career choice and attitudes toward psychiatry. Medical Teacher, 37(5), 494–497. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2015.1009021

Mahendran, R., Tan, J. Y., Griva, K., Lim, H. A., Ng, H. Y., Chua, J., … Kua, E. H. (2015). A pilot, quasi-experimental, mixed methods investigation into the efficacy of a group psychotherapy intervention for caregivers of outpatients with cancer: The COPE study protocol. BMJ Open, 5(11), e008527. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008527

Mak, K.-K., Ho, C. S., Chua, V., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Ethnic differences in suicide behavior in Singapore. Transcultural Psychiatry, 52(1), 3–17. doi:10.1177/1363461514543545

Ng, J. H., Ho, R. C., Cheong, C. S., Ng, A., Yuen, H. W., & Ngo, R. Y. (2015). Intratympanic steroids as a salvage treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss? A meta-analysis. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 272(10), 2777–2782. doi:10.1007/s00405-014-3288-8

Ng, T. P., Feng, L., Lim, W. S., Chong, M. S., Lee, T. S., Yap, K. B., … Yap, P. (2015). Montreal Cognitive Assessment for screening mild cognitive impairment: Variations in test performance and scores by education in Singapore. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 39(3-4), 176-185. doi:10.1159/000368827

Ng, T. P., Feng, L., Nyunt, M. S., Feng, L., Niti, M., Tan, B. Y., … Yap, K. B. (2015). Nutritional, physical, cognitive, and combination interventions and frailty reversal among older adults: A randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Medicine, 128(11), 1225–1236.e1. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.06.017

Ng, T. P., Jin, A., Feng, L., Nyunt, M. S., Chow, K. Y., Feng, L., & Fong, N. P. (2015). Mortality of older persons living alone: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies. BMC Geriatrics, 15(1). doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0128-7

Nyunt, M. S., Shuvo, F. K., Eng, J. Y., Yap, K. B., Scherer, S., Hee, L. M., … Ng, T. P. (2015). Objective and subjective measures of Neighborhood Environment (NE): Relationships with transportation physical activity among older persons. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12(1). doi:10.1186/s12966-015-0276-3

Peh, C. X., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2015). Hope, emotion regulation, and psychosocial well-being in patients newly diagnosed with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(5), 1955-1962. doi:10.1007/s00520-015-2989-x

Phillips, R., Cheung, Y. B., Collinson, S. L., Lim, M., Ling, A., Feng, L., & Ng, T. (2015). The equivalence and difference between the English and Chinese language versions of the Repeatable Battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 29(Sup1), 1-18. doi:10.1080/13854046.2015.1034182

Phillips, R., Qi, G., Collinson, S. L., Ling, A., Feng, L., Cheung, Y. B., & Ng, T. (2015). The minimum clinically important difference in the Repeatable Battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 29(7), 905-923. doi:10.1080/13854046.2015.1107137

Qiu, A., Tuan, T. A., Ong, M. L., Li, Y., Chen, H., Rifkin-Graboi, A., … Meaney, M. J. (2015). COMT haplotypes modulate associations of antenatal maternal anxiety and neonatal cortical morphology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172(2), 163-172. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030313

Quah, P. L., Chan, Y. H., Aris, I. M., Pang, W. W., Toh, J. Y., Tint, M. T., … Chong, M. F. (2015). Prospective associations of appetitive traits at 3 and 12 months of age with body mass index and weight gain in the first 2 years of life. BMC Pediatrics, 15, 153. doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0467-8

Quek, S., Lee, T., Goh, S. J., Phillips, R., Guan, C., Cheung, Y. B., … Krishnan, K. R. (2015). A pilot randomized controlled trial using EEG-based brain–computer interface training for a Chinese-speaking group of healthy elderly. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 217. doi:10.2147/cia.s73955

Ramsay, J. E., Yang, F., Pang, J. S., Lai, C.-M., Ho, R. C., & Mak, K.-K. (2015). Divergent pathways to influence: Cognition and behavior differentially mediate the effects of optimism on physical and mental quality of life in Chinese university students. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(7), 963–973. doi:10.1177/1359105313504441

Rawtaer, I., Mahendran, R., Yu, J., Fam, J., Feng, L., & Kua, E. H. (2015). Psychosocial interventions with art, music, Tai Chi and mindfulness for subsyndromal depression and anxiety in older adults: A naturalistic study in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 7(3), 240-250. doi:10.1111/appy.12201

Rifkin-Graboi, A., Meaney, M. J., Chen, H., Bai, J., Hameed, W. B., Tint, M. T., … Qiu, A. (2015). Antenatal maternal anxiety predicts variations in neural structures implicated in anxiety disorders in newborns. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 54(4). doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.013

Sallim, A. B., Sayampanathan, A. A., Cuttilan, A., & Chun-Man Ho, R. (2015). Prevalence of mental health disorders among caregivers of patients with alzheimer disease. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(12), 1034–1041. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.09.007

Sarris, J., Nishi, D., Xiang, Y., Su, K., Bannatyne, A., Oliver, G., … Ng, C. H. (2015). Implementation of psychiatric-focused lifestyle medicine programs in Asia. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 7(4), 345-354. doi:10.1111/appy.12212

Subramaniam, M., Chong, S. A., Vaingankar, J. A., Abdin, E., Chua, B. Y., Chua, H. C., … Prince, M. (2015). Prevalence of dementia in people aged 60 years and above: Results from the WiSE study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: JAD, 45(4), 1127–1138. doi:10.3233/JAD-142769

Tan, J. Y., Lim, H. A., Kuek, N. M. Y., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R. (2015). Caring for the caregiver while caring for the patient: Exploring the dyadic relationship between patient spirituality and caregiver quality of life. Supportive Care in Cancer: Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 23(12), 3403–3406. doi:10.1007/s00520-015-2920-5

Wong, L. L., Armugam, A., Sepramaniam, S., Karolina, D. S., Lim, K. Y., Lim, J. Y., … Richards, A. M. (2015). Circulating microRNAs in heart failure with reduced and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. European Journal of Heart Failure, 17(4), 393–404. doi:10.1002/ejhf.223

Wong, L. L., Wee, A. S., Lim, J. Y., Ng, J. Y., Chong, J. P., Liew, O. W., … Chen, Y. (2015). Natriuretic peptide receptor 3 (NPR3) is regulated by microRNA-100. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 82, 13-21. doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.02.019

Xiang, Y.-T., Chiu, H. F. K., Ungvari, G. S., Correll, C. U., Lai, K. Y., Wang, C.-Y., … Shinfuku, N. (2015). QTc prolongation in schizophrenia patients in Asia: Clinical correlates and trends between 2004 and 2008/2009. Human Psychopharmacology, 30(2), 94–99. doi:10.1002/hup.2458

Xiang, Y., Ungvari, G. S., Correll, C. U., Chiu, H. F., Lai, K. Y., Wang, C., … Shinfuku, N. (2015). Use of electroconvulsive therapy for Asian patients with schizophrenia (2001-2009): Trends and correlates. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 69(8), 489-496. doi:10.1111/pcn.12283

Xu, C. F., Tan, E. S., Feng, L., Santhanakrishnan, R., Chan, M. M., Nyunt, S. Z., … Lim, T. W. (2015). Electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy in Asians differs from criteria derived from Western populations–Community-based data from an Asian population. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 44(8), 274–283.

Zeng, Y., Chen, H., Ni, T., Ruan, R., Feng, L., Nie, C., … Vaupel, J. W. (2015). GxE interactions between FOXO genotypes and drinking tea are significantly associated with prevention of cognitive decline in advanced age in China. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 70(4), 426–433. doi:10.1093/gerona/glu060

Zhang, M. W., Cheok, C. C., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Global outreach of a locally-developed mobile phone app for undergraduate psychiatry education. JMIR Medical Education, 1(1), e3. doi:10.2196/mededu.4179

Zhang, M. W., Ho, C. S., Cheok, C. C., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Bringing smartphone technology into undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry. BJPsych Advances, 21(4), 222–228. doi:10.1192/apt.bp.114.013649

Zhang, M. W., Ho, C. S., Cheok, C. C., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Smartphone apps in mental healthcare: The state of the art and potential developments. BJPscyh Advances, 21(5), 354-358. doi:10.1192/apt.bp.114.013789

Zhang, M. W., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Enabling psychiatrists to explore the full potential of E-health. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00177

Zhang, M. W., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Ketamine’s potential as a rapid antidepressant was overplayed. BMJ, 351, h4467. doi:10.1136/bmj.h4467

Zhang, M. W., & Ho, R. C. (2015). The alcohol self-management smartphone application: An evidence-based approach. BMJ Innovations, 1(3), 74–74. doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000057

Zhang, M. W., & Ho, R. C. (2015). The Paroxetine controversy: Lessons for Ketamine trials. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2(12), 1057-1058. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(15)00472-1

Zhang, M. W., Ho, R. C., & Sockalingam, S. (2015). Methodology of development of a delirium clinical application and initial feasibility results. Technology and Health Care, 23(4), 411-417. doi:10.3233/thc-150904

Zhang, M. W., Ward, J., Ying, J. J., Pan, F., & Ho, R. C. (2015). The alcohol tracker application: An initial evaluation of user preferences. BMJ Innovations, 2(1), 8-13. doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000087

Zhang, M. W., Yeo, L. L., & Ho, R. C. (2015). Harnessing smartphone technologies for stroke care, rehabilitation and beyond. BMJ Innovations, 1(4), 145–150. doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000078