June 2000
Bulletin Issue
(for internal circulation to members only)

Result of the Annual General Meeting

SPA held its Annual General Meeting on 14 Apr 2000. A new committee under the leadership of Dr Ong Thiew Chai was elected. The Association would like to thank Dr Ng Li Ling and her team for all their hard work in the past year

The President’s address

Thank you for electing us into office. We will carry on the good work of our predecessors. SPA under our leadership plans to increase greater public awareness of the psychiatrists’ role and contribution in the mental health field. Our work has been both challenging and rewarding against great odds and lack of sufficient research knowledge and/ or theoretical basis at times. Nevertheless, these have not hindered us from helping countless number of people crippled by the human condition of mental illness.

SPA will plan more useful educational talks and increase opportunities for members to attend workshops and conferences both local and overseas. We will continue to better the standard of psychiatric practice. We see the need for better cohesion and involvement among members. Thus, our programmes for the year will be planned with these in mind.

Last but not least, we will give every support to the Organizing Committee for the success of the forthcoming ASEAN Congress.

World Psychiatric Association Consensus Statement on the use and usefulness of Second Generation Antipsychotic Medication

SPA is looking into the possibility of organizing a local meeting in October to formulate a consensus statement with regard to the use and usefulness of the second generation antipsychotic medication in Singapore

Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Clinical Guidelines & Algorithms : Integrating Research Advances with Quality Practice in Psychiatry

                Date     : 17.6.00, Sat
                Time     : 2.00-3.30 pm
                Venue   : Theatrette, Level 1, TTSH
                CME     : 1 point
                Admission is Free
                Lunch is provided

Please register with Ms Maureen Tay
Fax : 357 7837
Tel : 357 7841
E-mail : Maureen_tay@notes.ttsh.gov.sg

 Medico-Legal Issues In Psychiatry

Date : Sat, 24.6.2000
Time : 2.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Venue : National Blood Centre,
            Auditorium, Level 1,
            Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine

Free admission
Confirm your attendance with Florence at Tel : 321 4923 or Fax 225 0217
Organised by Medico-Legal Society of Singapore

Support for Prof J Mezzich as President-Elect of WPA

Prof J Mezzich is the Secretary General of WPA. He is also the Director of the International Centre for Mental Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Hospital. Prof Mezzich has organised a strong and efficient WPA Secretariat in New York. SPA is therefore supporting the nomination of Prof Mezzich as the next President Elect of WPA. Please revert to SPA within three weeks if you have other suggestions.

Support for Prof J Arboleda-Florez as Secretary General of WPA

Prof Arboleda-Florez is currently the Chairman of the Forensic Section of WPA. He was also former Director of the Calgary World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health. He is currently Head of Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. SPA is supporting his nomination as the next Secretary General of WPA. Please revert to SPA within three weeks if you have any queries or other choice.