Research
To improve the quality of patient care and sharpen our clinical skills as scientist-practitioners, our psychologists collaborate and conduct inter-disciplinary research projects across the field. Some examples are:
- Cognitive impairment
- Dementia
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Validation of assessment and diagnostic tools
- Other neurocognitive disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Other health and clinical conditions
Funding and grants are obtained to further research endeavours. Our findings are also usually presented and shared at local and international conferences.
Notable Research
Authorship
- Tay Sze Yan and Koay Way Inn
Tay, S. Y., Koay, W. I., & Liew, T. M. (2023). Examining the measurement equivalence of Alzheimer's Disease Centre Neuropsychological Test Battery (Version 3) across two distinct cultures. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, e071377. 19(S18). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.071377 - Evelyn Boon and Kelly Ann Zainal
Boon, E., Zainal, K. A., Touyz, S. (2017). Perceptions of eating disorder diagnoses and body image issues in four male cases in Singapore. Journal of Eating Disorders, 5(33), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-017-0159-x - Kelly Ann Zainal
Zainal, K. A., Renwick, B., Keyes, A., Lose, A., Kenyon, M., DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., Serpell, L., Richards, L., Johnson-Sabine, E., Boughton, N., Whitehead, L., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U., and on the behalf of the MOSAIC Trial group (2016). Process evaluation of the MOSAIC trial: treatment experience of two psychological therapies for out-patient treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-016-0091-5 - Kevin Beck
Beck, K. R., Tan, S. M., Lim, S. S., Lim, L. E. C., & Krishna, L. K. R. (2014). Validation of the emotion thermometers and hospital anxiety and depression scales in Singapore: Screening cancer patients for distress, anxiety and depression. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 12(2), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.12180
Presentation
- Tay Sze Yan
Tay, S. Y., Chen, Y. T. C., Hameed, S., & Ting, S. (2021). Discrepancies between perceived driving abilities in elderly with cognitive impairments (ECI) and their caregivers – How cognition and executive functioning plays a part. Poster presented at the 6th Pacific Rim conference, virtual, June 30th – July 3rd. 2021. Michelle Shi
Shi, M., Loo, C. M., & Tian, P. O. (2017). The Stages of Change (SOC) and the long-term outcome of an outpatient smoking cessation programme with medically ill smokers. Oral presentation at the 22nd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), Sydney, 23 - 26 Nov 2017.
- Kelly Ann Zainal
Zainal, K. A., Ng, K. W., Lee, H. Y., Kwok, V., Gudi, A., Kamaruzaman, N. R. B. (2016 May). Eating Disorders in Singapore: an ethnic comparison. Paper presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, San Francisco, USA.
Speaking Engagements
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