Dr Lai Yew Min

Dr Lai Yew Min

MBBS (S’pore), MMed (Psych)

Associate Program Director, NUHS Residency Program

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

Profile

Dr Lai Yew Min graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1990 and obtained her Master of Medicine in Psychiatry in 1996.  She is presently a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the National University Hospital and she has a concurrent appointment as an Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.  She also serves as the Associate Program Director for the National Psychiatry Residency Program.  Her clinical interests are general adult psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine in relation to heart disease.  She has a special interest in the cognitive behaviour therapy of mood and anxiety disorders.  She authored a chapter on psychocardiology in the textbook of psychiatry produced by the Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System.

 

Clinical Focus

  • General adult psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic medicine in relation to heart disease
  • Cognitive behaviour therapy of mood and anxiety disorders

 

Professional Education

MBBS, National University of Singapore

MMed in Psychiatry, National University of Singapore