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  1. Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  2. Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  3. Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  4. Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  5. Department of Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  6. Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  7. ); Department of Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
  8. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  9. Corresponding Author: Jimmy Lee, MBBS, MMed, MCI, 10 Buangkok View, Buangkok Green Medical Park, Singapore 534194 ([email protected]).
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