Curriculum Vitae

About Dr Lim Boon Leng (Dr BL Lim) – Psychiatrist Singapore

Dr Lim Boon Leng / Dr BL Lim (Psychiatrist Singapore) is a Medical Doctor in private practice who specialises in Psychiatry and treats youth, adults, and the elderly. He has special interests in depression and other mood and anxiety disorders as well as ADHD in children, Adult ADHD and youth psychiatry. He has experience helping international and expatriate patients.

His practice is located in Gleneagles Medical Center / Gleneagles Hospital (Singapore). He is known to be an approachable, reassuring and good-natured psychiatrist. He recommends a consultative and collaborative approach between the doctor and the patient as he believes this to be the best way for you to achieve a good recovery and wellness in your mental health.

He was trained at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore where he was the Director of the Ministry of Health’s GP Partnership Programme for Mental Health.

In 2010, he joined Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and was a consultant psychiatrist with the Department of Psychological Medicine before commencing private practice. In KTPH, on top of adult mood and anxiety clinics, he also ran the Uniformed Services Performance clinic (a collaboration with SAF Psychological Care Centre) and is experienced with seeing youths who have difficulties coping with full-time national service.

In 2011, he received the Healthcare Manpower Development Plan award and completed his HMDP Honorary Fellowship in youth psychiatry with Orygen Youth Health, a world-renowned centre for early intervention of psychiatric disorders in Melbourne Australia.

He co-authored the Singapore National Clinical Practice Guideline for Bipolar Disorder to help clinicians with best practices and was a member of the Professional Advisory Committee Depression and Anxiety subgroup at MOH.

Recognized for his special interest in ADHD treatment, he was invited to write on Managing Adult ADHD in Primary Care for MIMS in 2020 and he sat on the Takeda Vyvanse Advisory Board in 2023.

Dr Lim is also the co-author of Handbook of Common Mental Illnesses in Singapore (ISBN 978-981-4315-33-3), a layman’s guide to mental illnesses. (NLB / Flame of Forest)

Languages Spoken

Dr Lim speaks fluent English and Chinese (Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese).

Affiliations and Social Advocacy

Dr Lim is accredited in most of the major private hospitals including Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (Novena) and Parkway East Hospital.

He was previously a Visiting Consultant at the National University Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Ju Eng Nursing Home. He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the National University of Singapore Faculty Scheme. He was a core faculty member of the National Psychiatry Residency Program which trains future psychiatrists.

Dr Lim was the honorary treasurer of the Singapore Psychiatric Association from 2009 to 2011. He was also a member of the editorial board of Singapore Medical Association News.

He had volunteered at AMK FSC as its vice Chairman and continues to volunteer as the Chair of the Mental Health Sub Committee.

As a mental wellness advocate, he has been extensively quoted and contributed articles in mainstream media, like the Straits Times, Channel News Asia, and South China Morning Post, as well as online platforms.

He is a sought-after speaker, and he has been invited to give talks and to provide his opinions on psycho-social issues to various organisations including the MSF Responsible Gambling Forum (2014), Embassy of Denmark’s World Mental Health Webinar (14 October 2021), Diabetes Association D2M Webinar, Mediacorp Let’s Talk About Health Fair (5 March 2023), Google Combating Fraud and Scams in the APAC Region (24 May 2023), and SLA Mental Wellness Talk (12 October 2023).

Professional Training and Certifications

Dr Lim is an accredited Psychiatrist with the Specialist Accreditation Board, MOH and is a registered specialist (in Psychiatry) with the Singapore Medical Council. He obtained his basic medical degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) from the Division of Graduate Medical Studies, NUS.

Dr Lim is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a psychotherapeutic modality for the treatment of psychological trauma, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Hypnosis / Hypnotherapy.

Awards

Whilst in public service, Dr Lim won several awards for service excellence including the IMH Sayang Award, Excellence in Service Award (EXSA) Gold Award and the National Healthcare Group Excellence in Action (Individual) Award.