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Adjunct Assistant Prof Peh Lai Huat

Changi General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Department of Psychological Medicine
MBBS, M Med (Psychiatry), FAMS


   

EDUCATION

  • National University of Singapore 1982: MBBS
  • National University of Singapore 1987: M Med (Psychiatry)
  • Academy of Medicine 1991: FAMS

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

  • Sr Consultant, Department of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital
  • Adjunct Asst Professor, Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, since 2006
  • Alternate Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Changi General Hospital, since 2004
  • Director, Addiction Medicine Subspecialty Training & Services, Division of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital, since 2004
  • Casemix Representative, Division of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital, since 2004 Director, Psychotherapy Subspecialty Training & Services, Division of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital, since 2003
  • Member, Board of Visitors to Woodbridge Hospital, Ministry of Health, 2002 to 2005
  • Visiting Consultant, Dept of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Centre, since 2000
  • Member, Broadcasting Appeals Advisory Committee, Ministry of Information and the Arts, from 2001 - 2002
  • Member, M Med (Psychiatry) Examination Committee, Division of Graduate Medical Studies, National University of Singapore, since 2005
  • Associate Editor, Singapore Medical Journal, since 2004
  • Founder of Bipolar Disorder Support Group, facilitator and moderator of support group online site, since 2002
  • Member, Panel of Mental Health Professionals, Raffles Institution, 2000 to 2003
  • Member, Singapore Medical Association
  • Life Member, Singapore Psychiatric Association
  • Life Member, Alzheimer’s Disease Association
  • Member, Singapore Association for Mental Health
  • Associate Member, Association for Professional Substance Abuse Counsellors
  • Founding Member, Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy

 

AWARDS

  • CPIP Best Project Award 2007

 

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH/TRIALS
      
      (Books)

  • Consultations in Geriatric Psychiatry (Co-Editor and Co-Author) 2007
  • Psychiatric Consultations in the General Hospital (Editor and Co-Author) 2004
  • My Brother is a Drug Addict (Biopsychosocial Treatment of Heroin Dependence) 2004
  • Stop the Emotional Rollercoaster (Effective Treatment for Bipolar Disorder) 2003
  • Six Stories of Hope (Chinese Translation) 2003
  • Six Stories of Hope (an Illustration of Common Psychiatric Conditions) 1997

      (Papers)

  • Peh LH, Ng BY: Medicalising the Treatmen tof Opiod Dependence. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2006; 35(7): 447-9.
  • Peh L H: Anxious Patients in the Medical Setting. Singapore Med J 2004; Vol 45(8): 351-2.
  • Fock K M, Chew C N, Tay L K, Peh L H, Chan S, Pang E P H: Psychiatric Illness, Personality Traits and the Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2001; 30: 611-4.
  • Tan C H, Lee H S, Kwa E H, Peh L H: Resting and Thrombin-Stimulated Cytosolic Calcium in Platelets with Alcoholic Withdrawal, Bipolar Manic Disorder and Chronic Schizophrenia. Life Sciences 1995; Vol 56,21: 1817-23.
  • Mahendran R, Chee K T, Peh L H, Wong K E, Lim L: A Post marketing Surveillance Study of Zoplicone in Insomnia. Singapore Med J 1994; 35: 390-3.
  • Peh L H, Yeoh A: HIV Encephalopathy with Organic Mood Syndrome (Mania). ASEAN J Psychiatry 1993, Vol 3,2: 31-3.
  • Peh L H, Chee K T: Apparent Suicides in a General Hospital. ASEAN J Psychiatry 1993; Vol 3,1: 13-7.
  • Peh L H: Helping Patients to Think Better – Cognitive Therapy for Individuals and Couples. Singapore Med J 1992; 33: 633-4.
  • Mahendran R, Peh L H: Schizophrenic Births in the Tropics – a Study of the Seasonality Effect. ASEAN J Psychiatry 1992; Vol 2, 2: 12-5.
  • Lew K, Peh L H, Yeoh A, Pang E: Use of Psychometric Tests in the Evaluation of Patients Presenting for Orthognathic Surgery – a Preliminary Report. Aust Orthodontic J 1990; Vol 11,4: 256-60.
  • Ang A L, Long F Y, Chan R K W, Peh L H, Oh T G: Psychological and Psychiatric Investigations of HIV Infection in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1990; 31: 204-6.
  • Peh L H, Devan G S, Low B L: A Fatal Case of Water Intoxication in a Schizophrenic Patient. British J Psychiatry 1990; 156:891-4.
  • Peh L H, Devan G S, Eu P W: Water Intoxication in Psychiatric Patients in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1990; 31:238-41.
  • Peh L H, Tay L K: The Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Depression – a Singapore Study. Singapore Med J 1990; 31:147-52.
  • Peh L H, Tay W K: Psychiatric Referral Pattern in a General Hospital. Singapore Med J 1990,31:42-5.
  • Mahendran R, Peh L H: Case Report of a Patient with Acute Confusional State. The Singapore Family Physician 1989, XV,1: 19-21.
  • Peh L H, Mahendran R: Psychiatric Complications of Erimin Abuse. Singapore Med J 1989; 30: 72-3.

      (Papers/ Posters Presented)

  • Peh L H, Tay L K. Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse. 1St Asia-Pacific Institute of Addictions, Singapore, 31 May – 3 Jun 2004 (poster)
  • Peh L H, Tay W K. Psychiatric Referral Pattern in a General Hospital. The 2nd Malaysian Conference on Psychological Medicine, Malaysia, 23–25 Feb 1990 (paper)
  • Peh L H, Devan G S, Eu P W. Water Intoxication in Psychiatric Patients in Singapore. 2nd Congress of the ASEAN Federation for Psychiatry & Mental Health, Singapore, 1989 (paper)

      
      RESEARCH (Current)

  • A randomised flexible dose double-blind international multicentric study with parallel groups with agomelatine versus fluoxetine (Servier)
  • A multi-site study of pharmacogenetic polymorphisms and the clinical outcome of antidepressant therapy
  • Rubicon Study LTS4848 (Sanofi-aventis) – A fifty-two-week multicentre, open-label study evaluating the long-term safety and tolerability of SR58611A 350 mg q12 in patients with major depressive disorder
  • Sertindole Cohort Perspective Study 99824 (Lundbeck) - Sertindole versus Risperdal safety outcome study: a randomised, partially-blinded, parallel group, active controlled study

 

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