Dr. Guo Song

Dr. Guo Song is Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at The Winslow. He has practised psychiatry for more than four decades in Beijing and Singapore, across different cultural and healthcare settings, and consults in English and Mandarin.

He graduated in medicine from Beijing Medical College in 1983, completed a master’s degree in psychiatry at Capital University of Medical Sciences in 1996, and was awarded a PhD in psychopharmacology by Peking University Health Science Center in 2004. He later completed a Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture at Singapore TCM College.

Dr. Guo has worked in addiction treatment since 1990. In Beijing, he was Director of the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre from 2003 to 2004, before moving to Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health. At its National Addictions Management Service, he served as consultant and Head of Research in the Addiction Medicine Department and later as Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, treating substance, alcohol and behavioural addictions, including methadone treatment for opioid dependence and care for adolescents with substance use or excessive gaming.

He was first author of a randomised controlled trial in Singapore comparing lofexidine and diazepam for opioid withdrawal, and has co-authored more than 40 published papers on gambling disorder, alcohol and opioid use, adolescent addiction and digital interventions for addiction. He was a member of the Ministry of Health workgroup that developed Singapore’s clinical practice guidelines on the management of gambling disorders, has taught as an adjunct instructor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and spoke at the Asia Pacific Behavioural and Addictions Medicine (APBAM) Conference 2026 in Singapore.

At The Winslow, Dr. Guo treats clients with alcohol dependence, drug and medication dependence and behavioural addictions such as gambling and gaming, as part of the 16-week programme.

Dr. Guo’s practice combines evidence-based prescribing, informed by his doctoral training in psychopharmacology, with close attention to each client’s cultural background, family context and goals. He places particular emphasis on careful medication management, distinguishing withdrawal symptoms from relapse, relapse prevention and long-term recovery.

At The Winslow, he treats clients with alcohol dependence, drug and medication dependence, behavioural addictions and co-occurring conditions.

Dr. Guo comments in Singaporean media on addiction, speaks at professional conferences, and has co-authored more than 40 published papers on addiction treatment.

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