Dr. Minglee YONG is a licensed psychologist (USA) and obtained her Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Washington (USA). She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology at Ryther Child Center in Seattle, a treatment center for children with histories of abuse, trauma, and mental illness. She specializes in providing diagnostic assessment and therapeutic intervention for children with complex developmental trauma in outpatient and inpatient settings. Prior to her studies in the U.S., Dr. Yong worked as an educational psychologist and primary school teacher in Singapore.
Dr. Minglee YONG is a psychologist specializing in child and adolescent mental health. She is a practising clinician as well as a researcher. Dr. Yong’s research interests are in the areas of developmental psychopathology and psychiatric epidemiology. She has worked in research projects that study the emergence of psychopathology as well as the effectiveness of prevention programs to build resilience in youth within multitier system of support in schools. Another area of her interest is to study pattern of mental health services utilization in Singapore.
I am interested to study the mental health and emotional well-being of youth and adults in Singapore.
Yong, M. & Cheney, D. A. (2013). Essential features of Tier 2 social-behavioral interventions. Psychology in the Schools, 50, 844-861.
This is a review article that has helped to define the features of Tier 2 interventions in schools while focusing on the sustainability and integration of prevention programs within a whole-school approach.
Yong, M., Fleming, C. B., McCarty, C. A., & Catalano, R. F. (2014). Mediators of the associations between externalizing behaviors and internalizing symptoms in late childhood and early adolescence. Journal f Early Adolescence, 34(7), 967-1000.
This study is based on a longitudinal research project and it studies the transactional and cascading developmental processes in the emergence of psychopathology in youth.
Cheney, D. A., & Yong, M. (2014). RE-AIM checklist for integrating and sustaining Tier 2 social-behavioral interventions. Intervention in School & Clinic, 50(1), 39-44.
This is a practice-oriented paper that guide school practitioners to implement Tier 2 social-behavioral interventions.
(1) Validation of an internalizing symptoms screening test for Singapore secondary school students.
(2) Gender Differences in the Effects of Academic Achievement on Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: The Role of the Parent-Child Relationship
(3) Mental Health Care Behaviors of People in Singapore: A Systematic Evidence Map
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