Sleep Disorders Assessment & Treatment

Dr Ng Beng Yeong's sleep medicine background is unusually strong for a private psychiatry practice in Singapore. During his tenure at Singapore General Hospital, Dr Ng was a Senior Consultant in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Sleep Disorders Unit — giving him dual expertise in the psychiatric and physiological dimensions of sleep that most private clinics cannot replicate.

Sleep disorders addressed at the clinic include chronic insomnia disorder, sleep-maintenance and sleep-onset insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, shift-work sleep disorder, nightmare disorder, and sleep disturbances secondary to psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Dr Ng's psychiatric background means that comorbid conditions — which are the rule rather than the exception in clinical sleep medicine — are assessed and…

Treatment is tailored to the individual clinical presentation and may incorporate evidence-based cognitive and behavioural approaches (including elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, CBT-I — the international first-line guideline-recommended treatment for chronic insomnia), sleep hygiene optimisation, stimulus control, and pharmacological management where clinically indicated. Dr Ng's psychiatric prescribing authority means he can…