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Psychiatry

NHG Psychiatry Residency Programme

Resident's Talk

"The heart, body and mind of the medical practice may be embodied by its various medical and surgical disciplines, but it is in Psychiatry that the soul, and the humanity, of the practice is found. Of this I am convinced."

Dr Arvind Rajagopalan
Chief Resident

 
Psychiatry

Curriculum

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While practising under our department, the resident will have valuable working opportunities in multi-disciplinary teams and interaction with professionals in other medical disciplines. He/she will participate in a wide range of didactic sessions, with opportunities for supervised clinical experience in general psychiatry and the various psychiatry subspecialties.

Subspecialties include:

  • General adult psychiatry
  • Community psychiatry
  • Outpatient psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Consultation-liaison psychiatry
  • Addiction psychiatry
  • Emergency psychiatry
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Military psychiatry (for the SAF resident)

Further, the resident may be trained in special areas like women's mental health, eating disorders, neuropsychiatry, mood and anxiety disorders, research, and psychotherapy.

Our programme ensures that the resident has the opportunity to work in a variety of mental health settings, including rotations at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Changi General Hospital (CGH), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and Sengkang General Hospital (SKH).