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  • Cognitive Decline
  • GeroScience,
  • 2023

Cognitive and physical age gaps in relation to mild cognitive impairment and behavioral phenotypes

  • Yu, J., Ng, T. K. S., & Mahendran, R
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00864-9
Using an international ageing database, this study looked at gaps between people's 'thinking age' and 'physical age' compared with their real age, and how these gaps relate to mild memory problems and related behaviour changes.
  • Youth & Adolescent
  • BMC Psychiatry,
  • 2023

Temperament and adolescent suicide attempts: a case-control study with multi-ethnic Asian adolescents

  • Toh, S.H., Wan, M.J., Kroneman, L.M. Nyein, N. & Wong, C.M.J
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04914-6
This study compared personality traits between 60 Singaporean teenagers who had attempted suicide and 58 who hadn't, finding that other mental health conditions, recent stressful events, feeling rejected by parents, and certain difficult personality traits were more common among those who had attempted suicide.
  • Resilience, Youth & Adolescent
  • BMC Psychiatry,
  • 2023

COVID-19-associated impact and post-traumatic stress symptoms 39 days after pandemic in a sample of home-quarantined Chinese college students: the mediating effecting of past stressful events, psychological resilience, and social support

  • Zeng, F., Wong, J. C. M., Sun, X. & Wang, Y.
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04906-6
In a large online survey of over 12,000 Chinese college students under home quarantine, about 1 in 15 showed signs of stress-related trauma symptoms 39 days into the COVID-19 outbreak. Past stressful experiences, lower resilience, and weaker social support all made this more likely.
  • Cognitive Decline
  • Asian Journal of Psychiatry,
  • 2023

Psychosocial profiles within community-dwelling older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A prevalence and latent profile analysis study

  • Siew, S. K. H., Yu, J., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R.
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103503
In a study of 902 older Singaporeans, about 1 in 5 had mild memory problems, and these could be grouped into three types based on their emotional outlook — mostly positive, negative, or neutral. Those with a negative outlook had less education, less social support, and more depression, possibly putting them at higher risk of further decline.
  • Youth & Adolescent
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry,
  • 2023

Reaching hidden youth in Singapore through the Hidden Youth Intervention Program: A biopsychosocial approach integrating mental health and social work interventions

  • Khiatani, S., Liu, D., Yeo, B. S. S., & Wong, J. C. M.
  • DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1133659
This case study describes Singapore's first specialised programme for 'hidden youth' — young people who withdraw from society for six months or more — combining approaches from Japan, Hong Kong, and treatment for gaming addiction, delivered to 25 young people over two years.
  • Cognitive Decline, Music and Art
  • Alzheimers & Dementia,
  • 2022

A 2-year Choral Singing intervention with community-dwelling older adults at risk of cognitive decline to improve bio-psychological outcomes: An open-label Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Ng, T. K. S., Mahendran, R., Kua, E., & Feng, L
  • DOI: 10.1002/alz.062297
This trial found that a two-year choir-singing programme gave a small but real boost to thinking skills in older Singaporeans at risk of memory decline, compared with health education, though there were no differences in brain scans or ageing markers.
  • Cognitive Decline, Elderly Mental Health, Mindfulness
  • JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE,
  • 2022

Effects of Mindful Awareness Practice (MAP) on Subclinical Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms and General Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 5-Year Follow-Up of the MAP-Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Ng, T. K. S., Tan, X. R., Todd, M., Chen, A. C. C., Feng, L., Lu, Y., Yu, F., Kua, E. H., & Mahendran, R
  • DOI: 10.3233/jad-220641
This five-year follow-up of an earlier mindfulness trial looked at longer-term effects on mild depression, anxiety, and general thinking skills in older adults with early memory problems, extending the original nine-month findings.
  • Cognitive Decline, Cohort Studies
  • BMC Geriatrics,
  • 2022

Differential associations between simple physical performance tests with global and specific cognitive functions in cognitively normal and mild cognitive impairment: a cross‑sectional cohort study of Asian community‑dwelling older adults

  • Ng, T. K. S., Han, M. F. Y., Loh, P. Y., Kua, E. H., Yu, J., Best, J. R., & Mahendran, R
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03434-4
In a group of 716 older Asian adults, this study found that a simple test of standing up and walking was more closely linked to planning and decision-making skills than walking speed or a chair-stand test, especially in those with mild memory problems.
  • Mental Health Literacy, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Youth & Adolescent
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry,
  • 2022

Temperament, parenting, mental disorders, life stressors and help-seeking behavior of Asian adolescent suicide attempters: A case control study

  • Lim, Z. H., Yu, J., Kuparasundram, S., Mahendran, R., & Ng, T. K. S
  • DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.999089
This study compared personality traits, parenting experiences, mental health history, and stressful life events between Asian teenagers who had attempted suicide and those who hadn't, finding attempters were more likely to have other mental health conditions, recent stressful events, and to feel rejected by their parents.
  • Cognitive Decline
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience,
  • 2022

Olfactory dysfunction is associated with mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults

  • Yap, A. C., Mahendran, R., Kua, E. H., Zhou, W., & Wang, D. Y
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.930686
In a group of 670 older Singaporeans, this study looked at the link between sense of smell and mild memory problems, using a locally developed smell test alongside standard memory and thinking tests.
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