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Traditional Chinese medicine in psychiatric practice in Singapore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ee Heok Kua  and
Chay Hoon Tan
Ee Heok Kua
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, email pcmkeh@nus.edu.sg
Chay Hoon Tan
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore
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Around three-quarters of the Singaporean population are of Chinese ethnic origin, and so traditional Chinese medicine is the most widely practised non-Western system of healthcare on the island.

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Thematic paper – Traditional medicines in psychiatry
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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 8 , April 2005 , pp. 7 - 9
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