Tel (65) 6389 3633
Email mythily@imh.com.sg

Mythily graduated from the Lady Hardinge Medical College, India. She received her PhD in Gambling Studies from Monash University and is currently Director of the Research Division and Lead Investigator of the Programme of Mental Health Policy Studies at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). She also has a concurrent teaching appointment at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University Singapore. She is also a consultant with the Ministry of Health, Singapore.

She has worked in the field of mental health for more than 15 years.  She was the Co-Principal Investigator of three nation-wide studies – the first and second Singapore Mental Health Study, surveys that established the prevalence of select mental disorders in the adult population of Singapore; and the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly study, a survey among older adults that aims to establish the prevalence, risk factors and cost associated with dementia in Singapore. She has over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer with many international journals.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Joint)
• Director, Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore (Primary)

• Psychiatric Epidemiology
• Psychosis
• Addiction

• Qualitative Research
• Surveys

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• Master of Health Sciences Management (MHSM)
• Doctorate in Medicine (Biochemistry)

• Annals, Academy of Medicine Best Publication Award 2016 – Gold

• Deputy Director, Research, Institute of Mental Health and Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore
• Senior Manager, SingHealth Office of Research
• Manager, Community Addiction Management Programme, Institute of Mental Health and Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore

• Consultant, Ministry of Health

• Subramaniam M, Jeyagurunathan A, Devi F, Chang SHS, Samari E, Verma SK, Ng WLJ, Tan WM, Chong R, Ye P, Lim LL, Babjee R, Vaingankar JA, Chong SA. An exploratory study on the lived experiences of hoarding in Singapore. Health Soc Care Community. 2019 Nov 4. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12878. [Epub ahead of print]
• Subramaniam M, Abdin E, Vaingankar JA, Shafie S, Chua HC, Tan WM, Tan KB, Verma S, Heng D, Chong SA. Minding the treatment gap: results of the Singapore Mental Health Study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2019 Jul 17. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01748-0.
• Lee YY, Wang P, Abdin E, Chang S, Shafie S, Sambasivam R, Tan KB, Tan C, Heng D, Vaingankar J, Chong SA, Subramaniam M. Prevalence of binge drinking and its association with mental health conditions and quality of life in Singapore. Addict Behav. 2019 Aug 28;100:106114. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106114. [Epub ahead of print]
• Shahwan S, Abdin E, Shafie S, Chang S, Sambasivam R, Zhang Y, Vaingankar JA, Teo YY, Heng D, Chong SA, Subramaniam M. Prevalence and correlates of smoking and nicotine dependence: results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey among Singapore residents. BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 18;9(10):e032198. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032198.
• Subramaniam M, Jeyagurunathan A, Devi F, Chang SHS, Samari E, Verma SK, Ng WLJ, Tan WM, Chong R, Ye P, Lim LL, Babjee R, Vaingankar JA, Chong SA. An exploratory study on the lived experiences of hoarding in Singapore. Health Soc Care Community. 2019 Nov 4. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12878. [Epub ahead of print]
• Subramaniam M, Abdin E, Vaingankar JA, Shafie S, Chua BY, Sambasivam R, Zhang YJ, Shahwan S, Chang S, Chua HC, Verma S, James L, Kwok KW, Heng D, Chong SA Tracking the mental health of a nation: prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the second Singapore mental health study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019 Apr 5:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S2045796019000179. [Epub ahead of print]

• 普杰立：应从小培养心理韧性 才能应对青少年心理健康问题 (Janil Puthucheary: Mental resilience should be fostered from an early age in order to tackle adolescent mental health issues), 8 world, 20 March 2024
• The irresistible lure of the jackpot room and problem gambling among the elderly, Channel NewsAsia, 31 July 2017