A/Prof Carol Choo ~ Associate Professor Clinical Psychology; Adjunct Associate Professor

Associate Professor Carol Choo is a registered clinical psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), a board approved supervisor with Psychology Board of Australia, Singapore Register of Psychologists, and a full member of the Singapore Psychological Society and Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists.

Carol has worked as a psychologist since 1999 in Australia and Singapore, and has accumulated professional experience in various sectors e.g. mental health, disability, crisis counselling and youth work. She has worked in a diverse range of settings, e.g. as Senior Psychologist on the psychiatric ward, clinician on the crisis assessment and treatment team, case manager in community mental health, and as a consultant psychologist.  She also started a pilot program for children and adolescents as principal psychologist.  In addition, Carol has worked in private practice and provided research and clinical supervision.

Carol has worked in tertiary education since 2007 in Singapore and Australia.  Before moving to James Cook University, Carol was Director of the Psychology Wellness Centre and Associate Professor at Central Queensland University in Australia.  Prior to that she worked as Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University in Perth; and also helped to develop the Clinical Masters Program in Darwin.  Carol has also worked as Head of Programs at SIM University in Singapore.

 

Interests

Research

• Associate Professor Carol Choo’s current research interests are in the area of clinical psychology, e-mental health interventions, and suicide prevention. She is a reviewer for ‘Depression and Anxiety’, ‘Asian Journal of Psychiatry’, ‘Journal of Counselling Psychology’, and ‘Death Studies’. She has supervised theses (to completion) on suicide study, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, stress, depression, self-esteem, e-mental health interventions, trauma resilience and trauma counselling.

Research Disciplines

• Clinical and health psychology (5203)

Awards

• 2017 to 2018 - Researcher of the year 2017 Researcher of the year 2018

Other

• Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists.

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Chalmers R, Cervin M, Choo C, Baune B, Trollor J, Numbers K, Sachdev P, Brodaty H, Kochan N and Medvedev O (2022) Networks of inflammation, depression, and cognition in aging males and females. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 34. pp. 2387-2398
• Choo C, Tan Y and Zhang M (2022) A Smartphone App for Attentional Bias Retraining in Smokers: Mixed Methods Pilot Study. JMIR Formative Research, 6 (1).
• Truong Q, Choo C, Numbers K, Merkin A, Sachdev P, Feigin V, Brodaty H, Kochan N and Medvedev O (in press) Enhancing precision of the 16-item Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE-16) using Rasch methodology. International Psychogeriatrics,
• Chia D, Ng C, Kandasami G, Seow M, Choo C, Chew P, Lee C and Zhang M (2020) Prevalence of internet addiction and gaming disorders in Southeast Asia: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (7).
• Choo C, Devakaran B, Chew P and Zhang M (2019) Smartphone application in postgraduate clinical psychology training: trainees’ perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (21).
• Choo C, Lee J, Kuek J, Ang K, Yu J, Ho C and Ho R (2019) Mindfulness and hemodynamics in Asians: a literature review. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 44. pp. 112-118
• Choo C, Chew P, Tan P, Choo J, Choo A, Ho R and Quah T (2019) Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with leukemia in Singapore: a cross-sectional pilot study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (12).
• Choo C, Harris K, Chew P and Ho R (2019) Clinical assessment of suicide risk and suicide attempters' self-reported suicide intent: a cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 14 (7).
• Choo C, Chew P and Ho R (2019) Controlling noncommunicable diseases in transitional economies: mental illness in suicide attempters in Singapore - an exploratory analysis. BioMed Research International, 2019.
• Choo C, Chew P, Ho C and Ho R (2019) Quality of life in patients with a major mental disorder in Singapore. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. pp. 1-7
• Choo C, Harris K and Ho R (2019) Prediction of lethality in suicide attempts: gender matters. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 80 (1). pp. 87-103
• Ho C, Quek T, Ho R and Choo C (2019) Terrorism and mental illness: a pragmatic approach for the clinician. BJPsych Advances, 25 (2). pp. 101-109

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 42+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Carol Choo from 2011 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Validating the use of the Test of Memory Malingering in a Singapore Population with intellectual disability (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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