Inaugural Chee Kuan Tsee Lecture: Mental Health Care for the 21st Century.

نویسنده

  • Benjamin Ong
چکیده

1Ministry of Health, Singapore 2Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Singapore Address for Correspondence: A/Prof Benjamin Ong, Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 16 College Road, College of Medicine Building, Singapore 169854. Email: [email protected] *Delivered on 15 May 2017 in conjunction with the College of Psychiatrists' 3rd Annual General Meeting. . †A/Prof Benjamin Ong is Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, Singapore; and Senior Consultant at the Division of Neurology at National University Hospital, Singapore. Introduction Associate Professor Chee Kuan Tsee, President, College of Psychiatrists, distinguished guests, colleagues, ladies and gentleman. I am honoured to be invited to deliver the inaugural Chee Kuan Tsee Lecture. This lecture has been established to honour and celebrate the achievements of an esteemed psychiatrist and clinician mentor, Associate Professor Chee Kuan Tsee. A/Prof Chee, an Emeritus Consultant at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), has made outstanding contributions to the development of psychiatry in Singapore and has provided invaluable leadership to the psychiatric community as the founding president of the Singapore Psychiatric Association, and past chairman of the Chapter of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine. Building upon the foundation laid by our psychiatry pioneers, such as A/Prof Chee and many others, I hope to share on the Ministry’s vision and strategy for mental health to guide the future development of psychiatry in Singapore.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

دوره 46 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017