Our Clinic
In our fast-paced society, people face challenges and issues in their lives. People often experience mental health problems.
They feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed about their relationship, studies, work, or family. Some people may even suffer from symptoms of severe mental illness contributed by physical or medical reasons.
Our clinic provides comprehensive mental health care to address various mental illnesses and challenges by integrating medical and psychological approaches.
Our Services
We provide wide ranges of medication (including Anxiolytics, Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Mood Stabiliser, Psychostimulants, medication for dementia etc.)
*The need for medications will be determined on case-to-case basis.
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Cognitive/ Intellectual assessment (IQ) (aged 6 years old and above)
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Behavioural & emotional-related issues
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Adaptive functioning level
Different modes of psychotherapy/ counselling:
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Individual
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Couple
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Family
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Group
Get in Touch
We are a centre that provides comprehensive psychological services for the community.
Our centre has a team of qualified clinical psychologists, counsellors, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and special needs educator.
We strive to provide professional psychological services for our clients.
Our centre is by appointment basis. Please call for enquiries or appointment.
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Mental Health Info
Depression is a common mental disorder. It is a disorder that characterised by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that you normally enjoy, accompanied by an inability to carry out daily activities, for at least two weeks.
Here are some of the symptoms for people with depression:
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Feeling depressed most of the days/ nearly everyday
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Lack of interest or pleasure
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Sleeping more/ less
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Change of appetite
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Reduced concentration
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Restlessness
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Reduced concentration
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Feelings of worthlessness, guilt, or hopelessness
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Thoughts of harming yourself/ suicide
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
Reference: World Health Organisation, 2018; American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in the population. Anxiety Disorders is a group of mental disorders that characterised by excessive or persisting anxiety, including Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, etc. The disorders affect someone’s social life, work, study, and/or daily functioning.
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
OCD is a mental disorder in which people have uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts, urges, or images (obsessions) and behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over to prevent or reduce distress.
Some common obsessions (not limited to the list):
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Fear of germs or contamination
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Unwanted forbidden or taboo thoughts involving sex, religion, and harm
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Aggressive thoughts towards others or self
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Having things symmetrical or in a perfect order
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Repeated unwanted thoughts/ urges/ images
Some common compulsions (not limited to the list):
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Handwashing or excessing cleaning
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Ordering/ arranging
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Checking
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Counting
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Repeating words silently
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
Reference: National Institute of Mental Health, 2016; American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder that people experience episodic unusual, intense emotion, changes in sleep patterns and activity levels, and unusual behaviours. They may experience periodic manic/ hypomanic and depressive episode over time.
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder due to disturbance in the brain’s functioning that results in thoughts, perceptions, behavioural, emotional, and cognitive dysfunctions.
Symptoms of Schizophrenia:
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Delusions (e.g., belief that he/she is going to be harmed, belief that he/she has exceptional abilities, belief that certain cues are directed to him/her only)
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Hallucinations (perception-like experience; usually hear voices that others don’t hear)
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Disorganised speech (e.g., abnormal speech, switch from one topic to another)
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Grossly disorganised or abnormal behaviour (e.g., rigid, inappropriate or bizarre posture/ gesture)
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Negative symptoms (e.g., diminished emotional expression, “flat” affect, neglected self-care, reduced feeling pleasure, etc.)
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
Reference: National Institute of Mental Health, 2016; American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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PTSD is a mental disorder that people may develop after experiencing traumatic events. Here are some of the symptoms of PTSD:
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Intrusive memories associated with traumatic events (e.g., flashbacks, distressing dreams, intense distress when exposed to cues associated with trauma)
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Avoidance (e.g., avoid distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings about or closely associated with the traumatic event; avoid people, situations, objects, activities, conversation, places that are associated with traumatic event)
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Cognitive and mood changes (e.g., inability to remember traumatic event, distorted beliefs, persistently feeling negative emotions, feelings of detachment, loss of interest, inability to feel positive emotions)
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Alterations in arousal and reactivity (hypervigilance, reckless, exaggerated startle response, reduced concentration, sleep disturbance, irritable, etc.)
Reference: National Institute of Mental Health, 2016; American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Some common red flags for people with ASD:
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lack of eye contact
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lack of facial expressions
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difficulties in making friends and socialising with people
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lack of interest in peers
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difficulties in understanding and using gestures and/ or non-verbal behaviours
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repetitive movements, speech, use of objects (e.g., hand flapping, lining up toys, echolalia)
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inflexible to routine changes; may throw tantrum or become extremely upset when there’s small changes in the routine
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limited and fixated interests that are abnormal; preoccupied with unusual object
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hyper/hyposensitive to sensory input
Resource: American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Some symptoms for people with ADHD:
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make careless mistakes
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difficulty to remain focused; easily distracted
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does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
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fails to finish homework, tasks given
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have difficulty to organise tasks and activities
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often loses things in daily life
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very forgetful in daily activities
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fidgeting, squirms in seats
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often leaves seats; always “on the go”
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runs or climbs in situations where it is inappropriate
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talks excessively
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difficulty to wait for turns
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
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SLD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. People with SLD may have some of the following difficulties:
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slow and effortful word reading
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difficulty in understanding the meaning of what is read
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difficulty in spelling, written expression, and/ or Maths
Other assessments are required to exclude possibility of other physical or medical conditions before diagnosis is made.
Resource: American Psychiatric Association, 2013
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ID is a neurodevelopmental disorder. People with ID may show difficulties in intellectual functioning such as learning, problem solving, reasoning, etc.
They also face challenges in adaptive behaviour, which includes a range of everyday conceptual, social and practical skills.
Resource: American Psychiatric Association, 2013
Dementia is characterized by a significant decline in the performance in one or more cognitive domain such as attention, planning and decision making, learning and memory, language, perceptual motor, or social cognition.
It is also evidenced by the interference with independence in daily functioning caused by the cognitive deficits.Resource: American Psychiatric Association, 2013
FAQs
Psychiatrists are trained medical doctors that specialised in psychiatry. They can provide medications.
Clinical psychologists are health professionals trained in providing psychological assessments and extensive psychotherapy / counselling sessions for people who have psychological distress/ mental disorders.
If you are unsure who you should see first, welcome to give us a call and discuss with us.No. Referral letter is not compulsory. You are welcomed to give us a call to make appointment to see our psychiatrists and /or clinical psychologists.