Our team · Clinical lead

Dr Shaeraine Raaj.

Founder & Consultant Psychiatrist · MRCPsych · MCPsychI · MD · HDip · M.Ed · MSc · CSCST (Ireland)

The story

“I was born and raised in Malaysia. I have always known I would come back — and that bringing better mental health care home was the most important thing I could do.”

Dr Raaj trained in medicine in Ireland and spent over a decade in Irish psychiatry, reaching consultant level across some of Dublin's most demanding clinical settings. MindBridge Malaysia is the homecoming: consultant-standard psychiatric care, delivered to Malaysians wherever they are.

The clinic

Proven in Ireland. Built for Malaysia.

MindBridge Medical was founded in Ireland in 2025 by Dr Raaj to solve the same problem there — long waits and hard-to-reach specialist psychiatric care. Today it serves adults across the Republic of Ireland entirely by secure video, rated 4.96 out of 5 from 134 independently verified patient reviews on Doctify — 128 of them for ADHD care.

MindBridge Malaysia runs on that same proven clinical system: the same assessment pathway, the same protocols, the same consultant oversight — adapted for Malaysia.

Our clinicians are registered with the Irish Medical Council and are members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK).

See the verified reviews on Doctify →

The model

Consultant-led. Doctor-delivered.

MindBridge is a consultant psychiatrist–led clinic. Your consultations are attended by our Malaysia-based doctor — trained in this exact assessment pathway — following the SOPs, clinical protocols, and quality system designed by Dr Raaj.

Every diagnosis and treatment plan is made under his supervision and clinical governance. You get the rigour of consultant-level psychiatry, delivered by a doctor who is here, available, and understands Malaysia.

Career

Eleven years in Irish psychiatry.

  • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, DublinConsultant Psychiatrist
  • Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandLiaison Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry
  • Connolly Hospital BlanchardstownConsultant, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Phoenix Care CentreGeneral Adult Inpatient & Liaison Psychiatrist
Research

Published on the exact problem we exist to fix.

2021

Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalenceMost-viewed publication, 2024

BJPsych International

2021

Admission patterns in a psychiatric intensive care unit in Ireland

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

The mission

Specialist psychiatric care, accessible to every Malaysian.

The research is clear: the gap in Malaysia's mental health system is real, it is growing, and it is causing harm. MindBridge exists to close it — starting with the condition where the gap is widest.

Be seen by someone who gets it.

Book directly with our team — no referral, no waiting room.

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