Dr. Poon Shi Hui

Dr. Poon graduated with M.B.B.S from NUS and obtained Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK.
After advanced training, she qualified as a Specialist in Psychiatry by the Ministry of Health, Singapore. She also graduated with M.Sc. in Sleep Medicine from Oxford University. She is an adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and is active in research and education of medical students and residents. She also conducts peer training in the Academy of Medicine, as Chair of the Section of Neuropsychiatry and committee member of the Section of Neurostimulation. In addition to general psychiatry, she has special interests in neuropsychiatry, sleep medicine, psychosomatic medicine, ADHD and neurostimulation.

• Diagnosis and treatment of complex brain disorders – behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry
• Adult and adolescent attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
• Sleep disorders
• Autistic spectrum disorder

• Intranasal ketamine (Spravato) treatment for treatment resistant depression

1. Lee TS, Poon SH, Chang P, Dissimilar neuropsychiatric presentation of two siblings with Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease). J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2010 Winter: 22(1):123 E14-5
2. Poon SH, Sim K, Sum MY, Kuswanto CN, Baldessarini RJ, Evidence-based options for treatment-resistant adult bipolar disorder patients Bipolar Disord 2012 Sep;14(6)573-84
3. SH Poon, K Sim, RJ Baldessarini, Pharmacological approaches for treatment-resistant bipolar disorder Current Neuropharmacology 2014,13,592-604
4. SH Poon, R Jacob, RC Mellor, N Kathirvel, A rare case of sub-acute form of Marchiafava-Bignami Disease presenting predominantly with psychotic symptoms. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry Vol 16(2), Jul-Dec 2015
5. Poon SH, Sim K, 2015, Evidence-based pharmacological approaches for treatment-resistant bipolar disorder, Andre F Carvalho and Roger S McIntyre, in Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders, Oxford Psychiatry Library Series
6. L Lim, J Goh, YH Chan, SH Poon, Mental health literacy and the belief in the supernatural. OJPsych Vol 5(4), Oct 2015
7. Lim L, Poon SH, 2015, Mental Health in Singapore, Dinesh Bhugra, in Routledge Handbook of Psychiatry in Asia, Routledge
8. L Lim, J Goh, YH Chan, SH Poon, Attitudes towards utility, effects and side effects of treatment for anxiety and depression. Australasian Psychiatry Vol 24(6), Dec 2016
9. CYW Chan, SWL Yong, AS Mhaisalkar, GL Sin, SH Poon, SM Tan, Audit of Mental Capacity Assessment by Primary Care Physicians versus Consultation-liaison Psychiatrists. East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2018;28:95-100
10. Xiangting Bernice Lin, Tih-Shih Lee, Yin Bun Cheung, Joanna Ling, Shi Hui Poon, Leslie Lim, Hai Hong Zhang, Zheng Yang Chin, Chuan Chu Wang, Ranga Krishnan, Cuntai Guan, Exposure Therapy With Personalized Real-Time Arousal Detection and Feedback to Alleviate Social Anxiety Symptoms in an Analogue Adult Sample: Pilot Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Ment Health. 2019 Jun; 6(6): e13869. Published online 2019 Jun 14. doi: 10.2196/13869
11. Dr Arvind Rajagopalan, Dr Johnson Fam, Dr Vanessa Mok, Dr Poon Shi Hui, Dr Tor Phern Chern, Clinical Cases in Electroconvulsive Therapy (2020)
12. Brendan Seng Hup Chia; Jing Yun Leong; Ashley Li Kuan Ong; Cindy Lim; Shi Hui Poon; Melvin Lee Kiang Chua; Kevin Lee Min Chua; Grace Kusumawidjaja; Eu Tiong Chua; Fuh Yong Wong; Tih Shih Lee, Randomised prospective phase II trial in multiple brain metastases comparing outcomes between hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiotherapy with or without simultaneous integrated boost: HA-SIB-WBRT study protocol . BMC Cancer volume 20, Article number: 1045 (2020)
13. Lin XB, Lee TS, Man REK, Poon SH, Fenwick E, Rasch analysis reveals multidimensionality in the public speaking anxiety scale. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2022; 22(3):332-348
14. Poon Shi Hui, Quek Shin Yi, Lee Tih-Shih, Insomnia Disorders: Nosology and Classification Past, Present, and Future. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2021; 33(3)::194-200
15. Poon Shi Hui, Tan Wan Jie, Lee Tih Shih, Medicolegal aspects of non-rapid eye movement parasomnias. Annals of the Academy of Medicine,. Singapore 2022; 51(4):228-235
16. Tan Wan Jie, Ng Melissa SL, Poon Shi Hui, Lee Tih Shih, Treatment Implications of Sleep-related Problems in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 2023; 54(3):659-664

2021 – present: Chairman, Section of Neuropsychiatry, College of Psychiatrists

2014 – present: Member, British Neuropsychiatry Association

2019 – 2021: Vice-chairman, Section of Neuropsychiatry, College of Psychiatrists

2017 – 2019: Committee Member, Section of Neuropsychiatry, College of Psychiatrists

2017 – 2019: Committee Member, Section of Neurostimulation, College of Psychiatrists

2017 – 2018: Committee Member, Singapore Psychiatric Association

2015 – 2017: Honorary Treasurer, Singapore Psychiatric Association

2013 – 2015: Committee Member, Singapore Psychiatric Association