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Short-Term Effects of a Gain-Focused Reappraisal Intervention for Dementia Caregivers: A Double-Blind Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Ph.D, Fung, Helene H., Ph.D, Chan, Wai Chi, M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M.(Psych.), Lam, Linda C.W., M.D., F.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M.(Psych.)

“…Objective To examine the effects of a benefit-finding intervention, the key feature being the use of gain-focused reappraisal strategies to find positive…”
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A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial on combining mind-body physical exercise, cognitive training, and nurse-led risk factor modification to reduce cognitive decline among older adults with mild cognitive impairment in primary care by Xu, Zijun, Zhang, Dexing, Lee, Allen T C, Sit, Regina W S, Wong, Carmen, Lee, Eric K P, Yip, Benjamin H K, Tiu, Jennifer Y S, Lam, Linda C W, Wong, Samuel Y S

“…To examine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of (1) combining cognitive training, mind-body physical exercise, and nurse-led risk factor…”
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Intensity and Types of Physical Exercise in Relation to Dementia Risk Reduction in Community-Living Older Adults by Lee, Allen T.C., MBChB, FHKCPsych, Richards, Marcus, PhD, CPsychol, Chan, Wai C., MBChB, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, Chiu, Helen F.K., MBBS, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych, Lee, Ruby S.Y., MBBS, FRACGP, FHKCFP, Lam, Linda C.W., MD, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych

“…Abstract Objective To systematically examine the amount and type of physical exercise that might reduce the future risk of dementia in community-living older…”
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Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias amid the COVID‐19 pandemic, now and in the future by Mok, Vincent C.T., Pendlebury, Sarah, Wong, Adrian, Alladi, Suvarna, Au, Lisa, Bath, Philip M, Biessels, Geert Jan, Chen, Christopher, Cordonnier, Charlotte, Dichgans, Martin, Dominguez, Jacqueline, Gorelick, Philip B., Kim, SangYun, Kwok, Timothy, Greenberg, Steven M., Jia, Jianping, Kalaria, Rajesh, Kivipelto, Miia, Naegandran, Kandiah, Lam, Linda C.W., Lam, Bonnie Yin Ka, Lee, Allen T.C., Markus, Hugh S., O'Brien, John, Pai, Ming‐Chyi, Pantoni, Leonardo, Sachdev, Perminder, Skoog, Ingmar, Smith, Eric E., Srikanth, Velandai, Suh, Guk‐Hee, Wardlaw, Joanna, Ko, Ho, Black, Sandra E., Scheltens, Philip

“…We have provided an overview on the profound impact of COVID‐19 upon older people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and the challenges encountered…”
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Are Care-Recipient Outcomes Attributable to Improved Caregiver Well-Being? A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of Benefit-Finding Intervention by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Chan, Wai Chi, Lam, Linda C.W.

“…•What is the primary question addressed by this study? This study examines the effects of the benefit-finding intervention on care-recipient outcomes via…”
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Language Training Leads to Global Cognitive Improvement in Older Adults: A Preliminary Study by Wong, Patrick C. M, Ou, Jinghua, Pang, Celestina W. Y, Zhang, Ling, Tse, Chi Shing, Lam, Linda C. W, Antoniou, Mark

“…Purpose: We report a preliminary study that prospectively tests the potential cognitive enhancing effect of foreign language (FL) learning in older adults with…”
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A 1-Year Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Mind Body Exercise (Tai Chi) With Stretching and Toning Exercise on Cognitive Function in Older Chinese Adults at Risk of Cognitive Decline by Lam, Linda C.W., MD, Chau, Rachel C.M., MSc, Wong, Billy M.L., MSc, Fung, Ada W.T., MSc, Tam, Cindy W.C., MRCPsych, Leung, Grace T.Y., MRCPsych, Kwok, Timothy C.Y., FRCP, Leung, Tony Y.S., MSc, Ng, Sammy P., MPH, Chan, Wai M., MPH

“…Abstract Objectives To compare the effectiveness of Chinese-style mind-body exercise (24 forms simplified Tai Chi) versus stretching and toning exercise in the…”
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Neuropsychiatric Symptom Clusters of Alzheimer Disease in Hong Kong Chinese: Correlates with Caregiver Burden and Depression by Cheng, Sheung-Tak, Ph.D, Lam, Linda C.W., M.D., F.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M.(Psych), Kwok, Timothy, M.D., F.R.C.P

“…Objectives To investigate the relative effects of different neuropsychiatric syndromes of Alzheimer disease (AD) on caregiver burden and depression. Methods…”
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Neurocognitive profiles of people with borderline personality disorder by Mak, Arthur D.P, Lam, Linda C.W

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWThis review summarizes recent neurocognitive research to better delineate the nosology, prognostication and cause underlying borderline…”
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Efficiency of Attentional Components in Elderly with Mild Neurocognitive Disorders Shown by the Attention Network Test by Lu, Hanna, Chan, Sandra S M, Fung, Ada W T, Lam, Linda C W

“…Complex attention, serving as a main diagnostic item of mild neurocognitive disorders (NCD), has been reported to be susceptible to pathological ageing. This…”
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Evaluating the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and its subtests for DSM-5 mild neurocognitive disorders (NCD): Does age have an effect on the screening accuracy? by Lu, Hanna, Law, Wing Yan, Fung, Ada W.T, Lam, Linda C.W

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Neural Plastic Effects of Cognitive Training on Aging Brain by Lee, Tatia M. C., Lam, Linda C. W., Chan, Felix, Kwok, Timothy Chi-Yui, Chu, Leung W., Tam, Helena M. K., Leung, Natalie T. Y., Woo, Jean

“…Increasing research has evidenced that our brain retains a capacity to change in response to experience until late adulthood. This implies that cognitive…”
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Curcumin effects on blood lipid profile in a 6-month human study by Baum, Larry, Cheung, Stanley K.K., Mok, Vincent C.T., Lam, Linda C.W., Leung, Vivian P.Y., Hui, Elsie, Ng, Chelsia C.Y., Chow, Moses, Ho, Ping C., Lam, Sherry, Woo, Jean, Chiu, Helen F.K., Goggins, William, Zee, Benny, Wong, Adrian, Mok, Hazel, Cheng, William K.F., Fong, Carmen, Lee, Jenny S.W., Chan, Ming-Houng, Szeto, Samuel S.L., Lui, Victor W.C., Tsoh, Joshua, Kwok, Timothy C.Y., Chan, Iris H.S., Lam, Christopher W.K.

“…Studies in animals and a short-term human study have suggested that curcumin, a polyphenolic compound concentrated in the curry spice turmeric, decreases serum…”
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Registration of Alzheimer's disease in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Beijing by Yang, Yuan-Han, Wang, Huali, Lam, Linda C.W

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Physical Exercise Helped to Maintain and Restore Functioning in Chinese Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 5-Year Prospective Study of the Hong Kong Memory and Ageing Prospective Study (HK-MAPS) by Ma, Duan Yang, BSocSc, MPhil, Wong, Candy H.Y., MBChB, Leung, Grace T.Y., MBChB, FHKCPsych, FHKAM (Psy), Fung, Ada W.T., BA, MSc, PhD, Chan, Wai Chi, MBChB, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, Lam, Linda C.W., MD, FRCPsych, FHKCPsych

“…Abstract Objective This study investigated the potential of physical exercise habit as a lifestyle modification against cognitive and functional decline at the…”
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with increased risks of progression to dementia: a 2-year prospective study of 321 Chinese older persons with mild cognitive impairment by Chan, Wai Chi, Lam, Linda C W, Tam, Cindy W C, Lui, Victor W C, Leung, Grace T Y, Lee, Allen T C, Chan, Sandra S M, Fung, Ada W T, Chiu, Helen F K, Chan, Wai Man

“…studies have suggested that neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms influence the development of dementia among older adults. But, the results are inconsistent and…”
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Utility of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Hong Kong Version) in the Diagnosis of Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD): NCD due to Alzheimer Disease (NCD-AD) and NCD due to Vascular Disease (NCD-Vascular) by Lu, Hanna, PhD, Chan, Sandra S.M., MRCPsych, Fung, Ada W.T., PhD, Lam, Linda C.W., MD

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REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN PRESTROKE LEISURE ACTIVITIES REDUCED RISKS OF DEMENTIA AND IMPROVED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AFTER STROKE OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK: RESULTS FROM THE STRIDE STUDY by Wong, Adrian, Lau, Alexander Y.L, Lo, Eugene S.K, Tang, Michael, Wang, Zhaolu, Liu, Wenyan, Tanner, Nicole, Chau, Natalie, Law, Lorraine S.N, Shi, Lin, Chu, Winnie C.W, Yang, Jie, Xiong, Yun-Yun, Lam, Bonnie Y.K, Au, Lisa, Soo, Yannie O.Y, Leung, Thomas W.H, Wong, Lawrence K.S, Lam, Linda C.W, Mok, Vincent C.T

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COGNITIVE DECLINE AND EFFECTS OF SEX, EDUCATION AND APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENOTYPE ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN DIVERSE ETHNO-CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS INTERNATIONALLY: THE COSMIC COLLABORATION by Sachdev, Perminder S, Lipnicki, Darren M, Crawford, John D, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Kochan, Nicole A, Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda, Brayne, Carol, Lipton, Richard B, Katz, Mindy J, Ritchie, Karen, Ancelin, Marie-Laure, Scarmeas, Nikolaos, Lam, Linda C.W, Guaita, Antonio, Kim, Ki Woong, Anstey, Kaarin J, Scazufca, Marcia, Kumagai, Shuzo, Ng, Tze Pin, Brodaty, Henry, Lobo, Antonio

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Outcomes of a Two-Tiered Multifaceted Elderly Suicide Prevention Program in a Hong Kong Chinese Community by Chan, Sandra S., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Leung, Vivian P.Y., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Tsoh, Joshua, M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Li, S.W., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Yu, C.S., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Yu, Gabriel K.K., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Poon, T.K., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Pan, P.C., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Chan, W.F., M.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych, Conwell, Yeates, M.D, Lam, Linda C.W., F.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych., M.D, Chiu, Helen F.K., F.R.C.Psych., F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry), F.H.K.C.Psych

“…Objectives 1) To compare the 2-year completed suicide and reattempt rates in a preintervention group of Hong Kong Chinese suicide attempters (aged 65 years and…”
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