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Dr Fung is the Chief, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health and a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist with the Child Guidance Clinic, Singapore. He is the Director of Clinical Quality in IMH and is also Programme Director of COPES, a specialised psyhcoeducational service for children with learning difficulties. He sits on several boards of Voluntary Welfare Organisations and is also on the school board of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Nanyang Technological University’s Division of Psychology where he teaches a course on mental health to undergraduates. He is also a lecturer with the medical faculty of the National University of Singapore and is an examiner for the postgraduate psychiatry examinations. Dr Fung has also been involved in several large scale research grants on children and adolescents. Dr Fung is the President Elect of the Asian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals from 2006. He has a special interest in selective mutism, emotional disorders and developmental disorders (including learning disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Education
M.B.B.S. (1990) National University of Singapore
MMed (Psychiatry) (1996) National University of Singapore
Specialist Certification in Psychiatry (1999)
Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore FAMS (2000)
Clinical Fellowship, Hospital for Sick Children (2000-2001)
Research Fellowship, University of Toronto (2000-2001)
Research Interests
Epidemiology of childhood mental health problems
Selective Mutism
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies for Anxiety Disorders and Anger
Resilience in stress and crisis
Emotional disorders
Relationship with Learning disorders
Selected Publications
2002 - Fung D. S. S., Manassis K., Kenny A, Fiksenbaum L.. Web-based CBT for selective mutism. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41(2): 112-113.
2003 - Yiming C, Fung D. Child sexual abuse in Singapore with special reference to medico-legal implications: a review of 38 cases. Med Sci Law. 2003 Jul;43(3):260-6.
2003 - Manassis K, Fung D, Tannock R, Sloman L, Fiksenbaum L, McInnes A: Characterising selective mutism: Is it more than social anxiety?. Depression and Anxiety 18: 153-161.
2004 - Woo BSC, Chang WC, Fung DSS, Koh JBK, Leong JSF, Kee CHY, Seah CKF. Development and validation of a depression scale for Asian adolescents. Journal of Adolescence 27: 677-689.
2004 - Saw S.M., Tan S.B., Fung D., Chia K.S., Koh D., Tan D.T.H., and Stone R.A.. IQ and the Association with Myopia in Children. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004;45 2943-2948.
2004 - McInnes, A., Fung, D.S.S., Manassis, K., Fiksenbaum, L. & Tannock, R. Narrative skills in children with selective mutism: an exploratory study. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology, 13:304-15.
2005- Fung DSS: Child Psychiatry in Singapore: State of the Art and Art of the State. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 39 Suppl. 1:A103.
2006 - Ang R, Chia BH, Fung DSS: Gender Differences in Life Stressors Associated with Child and Adolescent Suicides in Singapore from 1995 to 2003. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 52:6
2006 - Ooi YP, Ang R, Fung DSS, Wong G, Cai YM. The Impact of Parent-Child Attachment on Aggression, Social Stress, and Self-Esteem. School Psychology International 27(5): 552-556.
2006 - Woo BSC, Ng TP, Fung DSS, Chan YH, Lee YP, Koh JBK, Cai YM. Risk Factors Associated with Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Singaporean Children. Annals Academy of Singapore 35 (Suppl) 10: S3.
2006 - Chang WC, Fung DSS, Lim L, Kwek DSK, Koh JBK, Neo HC. In search of family resilience in the aftermath of SARS. Annals Academy of Singapore 35 (Suppl) 10: S5
2006 - Fung DSS, Chang WC, Neo HC, Lim L, Kwek DSK. Family Resilience and Family Coherence. Annals Academy of Singapore 35 (Suppl) 10: S24
2006 - Raja M, Fung DSS, Koh JBK, Ooi YP, Tan SWT. Treatment of Selective Mutism: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy without Medication. Annals Academy of Singapore 35 (Suppl) 10: S30.
2007 - Koh, J. B. K., Chang, W. C., Fung, D. S. S., & Kee, C. H. Y. Conceptualization and manifestation of depression in an Asian context: Formal construction and validation of a children's depression scale in Singapore. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 31: 225-249, 2007
2007 - Woo BSC, Ng TP, Fung DSS, Chan YH, Lee YP, Koh JBK, Cai YM. Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Singaporean Children Based on Parent, Teacher and Child Reports. Singapore Medical Journal 48(12):1100–1106
2007 - Fung D. Adolescent Friendly Consultations. Singapore Family Physician 33(4): 21-24.
2007 - Tan S, Fung DSS, Hung SF, Rey J. Growing wealth and growing pains: Child and adolescent psychiatry in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Australasian Psychiatry (accepted)
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