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Lai Fong Chan

Researcher at National University of Malaysia

Publications -  54
Citations -  1722

Lai Fong Chan is an academic researcher from National University of Malaysia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Suicidal ideation. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 34 publications receiving 934 citations. Previous affiliations of Lai Fong Chan include University Health Network & Columbia University.

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Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: The promise of targeting the inflammation pathway in the management of this challenging condition is today somewhat weaker, but this might not be the last word on the potential role of anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of bipolar depression.
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Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Brooke Levis, +148 more
- 09 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: The combination was estimated to reduce the number of participants needing to complete the full PHQ-9 by 57% (56%-58%) and to understand the clinical and research value of this combined approach to screening.
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Caught in the web: a review of web-based suicide prevention.

TL;DR: Preliminary evidence is suggested that suggests the probable benefit of Web-based strategies in suicide prevention, and future larger systematic research is needed to confirm the effectiveness and risk benefit ratio of such strategies.
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Are predictors of future suicide attempts and the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempts shared or distinct: A 12-month prospective study among patients with depressive disorders

TL;DR: Examination of the interplay between clinical and social predictors of future suicide attempt and the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt in depressive disorders in Malaysian inpatients showed that previous psychiatric hospitalization and ideation severity were shared predictor of future attempt and Ideation to attempt transition.
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Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries

Jane Pirkis, +95 more
- 02 Aug 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used interrupted time series (ITS) analyses to model the association between the emergence and total suicides and suicides by sex-, age- and sex-by-age in each country/area-within-country.