Category: Psychiatrist
Dr Radhika Chikramane
Dr Radhika Chikramane
Sydney, NSW
MBBS, MPH, FRANZCP, Cert. Consul. Liaison Psych (RANZCP)
Pronouns- She/her
Dr Chikramane has worked in the field of psychiatry since 2009.
She has worked in Tasmania between 2009-12 as well as various hospitals across
Sydney, NSW since 2012. She has experience working in in-patient as well as
community mental health
settings. During her Consultation Liaison Psychiatry roles, she has provided
psychiatric care to patients under the care of several medical specialities. In
addition to being a Telehealth Psychiatrist with the PSYCH2U family, Dr
Chikramane also works as a Staff Specialist at the Sydney Local Health District.
Dr Chikramane uses the conversational model of therapy while
interviewing patients to provide a feeling of safety and develop a therapeutic
relationship based on trust and respect.
She works collaboratively with patients, their families and
carers. She uses research-based treatment approaches and focuses on patient-
centred care,
tailored to the patient’s goals in recovery.
Her areas of interest
include:
· Neuropsychiatry
· Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
· Intellectual disability
· General Adult Psychiatry
· Old Age Psychiatry
· Complex PTSD
· Borderline personality
· Mood disorders
Dr Chikramane sees patients
aged 18 years and over for:
· Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)- NSW & TAS
only
· Anxiety disorders including Obsessive compulsive disorder
· Mood disorders- Depression, Bipolar affective disorder and
Schizoaffective disorder
· Personality disorders including Borderline personality disorder
· Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
· Complex PTSD
· Psychotic illnesses including Schizophrenia
· Eating disorders- Bulimia and Binge Eating (ONLY)
· Post natal anxiety, post-natal depression and post-natal
psychosis
· Alcohol and substance misuse
Dr Sandy Seton-Browne
MB ChB
WA
13yrs-24yrs
Dr Sandy Seton-Browne has been working as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for the last thirty years, initially in the UK, where he trained, and for the last ten years in WA.
Sandy has experience working in the community on In-patient wards and in acute psychiatry. Dr Seton-Browne currently sees patients from 13 to 24 with a particular emphasis on mood disorders (such as depression and anxiety) and complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr Seton-Browne works collaboratively with young people and their families to undertake a comprehensive assessment of their needs and in treatment planning. Sandy is well versed in psychopharmacology and prescribes medications when these are indicated. Sandy’s main therapeutic approach uses both a solution focused model and cognitive behavioural ideas.
Sandy unfortunately does not undertake medico-legal work and does not carry out assessments for autism spectrum disorders. However, Sandy will see people on the spectrum, where there is a comorbid mental health problem.
Other area’s Dr Seton-Browne can see are, Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Gender Dysphoria and Transgender.
Dr Rang Rattehalli
QLD
18yrs-75yrs
Dr Rang Rattehalli is a General Adult Psychiatrist trained in the United Kingdom and moved to Australia in 2015.
He is now working in both public and private sectors. In the public sector, he works as a Senior Psychiatrist at the Mood Disorder Unit of
Queensland Health.
Over the years, he has developed expertise in treating the whole range of disorders affecting one’s mood including depression, anxiety, bipolar and disorders of personality. He has vast experience of using medications and different forms of Therapy in the treatment of all types of psychiatric disorders in adult patients.
Dr Rattehalli also sees Substance abuse, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mood Disorders, Forms
(Gun License, Workers Comp and Driving medicals), Post-Natal, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Psychosis.
Dr Laura Mason
MBChB, MRCPsych, FRANZCP
VIC
16yrs-65yrs
Dr Mason trained originally in
the UK and during her career has worked as a psychiatrist within the UK,
Australia and Canada.
She specialises in Forensic
Psychiatry, Emergency Room (ER) Psychiatry and Acute Adult Psychiatry with
focus on risk assessment and management and treatment of complex major mental
illnesses. Her expertise lies in the treatment and management of psychotic
illnesses and major mood disorders. She currently works across several settings
including the ER, Acute Inpatient Units and Forensic Psychiatric Services as
well as providing telepsychiatry to remote areas across Australia.
Services offered for patients
aged 16 to 65:
- Initial assessments and management plans for patients suffering
with psychosis, mood disorders or personality disorders including
medication review and rationalisation.
- Ongoing management and reviews of patients
- Risk assessment and management advice/second opinions for health
professionals in Mental Health and GP services
- Medicolegal report writing
- Shared care case management with GPs and Mental Health services
- Clozapine prescribing for treatment resistant schizophrenia.
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Workers Compensation
- Forms for NDIS and court reports
- Criminal History/Court issues.
Exclusions – Assessments for
ADHD/stimulant prescribing or individuals presenting with substance use or
dependence as the primary complaint.
Professor Derrick Silove
MB ChB (Hons I), MD (Research), FRANZCP
NSW
18yrs-75yrs
Professor Silove is a general adult psychiatrist with expertise in most areas of mental health.
His special fields of clinical work include stress and anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders and acute life crises and
challenges, especially for seniors, comorbid disorders involving anxiety/depression and somatic disorders, traumatic stress disorders, BPD, OCD,
Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders and Psychosis, migrant and refugee mental health, complex presentations and diagnostic challenges, providing consultancy
advice/second opinions for other health professionals in assessment, formulation and management planning, and shared care case management with GPs
and other mental health professionals.
He can assess suspected organic brain disorders to determine need for further specialist referral and management.
He does not see patients with primary drug and alcohol problems, adult ADHD or severe personality disorders.
Dr Michael Peck
RANZCP, FRACGP, MFM (Clinical),
DRACOG
VIC
Michael graduated from Melbourne University. After a career in General Practice in Victoria and NSW, he transitioned to Psychiatry and achieved a Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2009.
Following
this Michael worked in Community and Inpatient settings in both Public and
Private positions in NSW, as well as in a role as Lecturer in Psychiatry with
UNSW. He then moved to Queensland where he worked in an Acute Inpatient
setting.
Michael
has now returned to practice in Melbourne, where he practices in General Adult Psychiatry
with a particular interest in mood, anxiety (including PTSD) and psychotic
disorders.
Michael
is happy to provide initial assessments and management plans as well as ongoing
management and therapeutic reviews.
Dr Chidambaram Prakash
MBBS; DPM (NIMHANS); FRANZCP; Cert of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (RANZCP)
VIC
4yrs-17yrs
Dr Chidambaram Prakash is a Senior Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with 19 years’ experience. He has worked and managed general and specialist clinics within child psychiatry, has acute inpatient, consultation-liaison, and Neurodevelopmental disorders experience.
He brings to his work considerable and evidence-based knowledge in psychopharmacology and psychological therapies.
Dr Prakash can see Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Mood Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Dr Andrew Wilson
NSW
18yrs-65yrs
Dr Wilson was until recently consultant psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital,
Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, and is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry
at UNSW. He has previously held positions at Prince of Wales and St George
Hospitals in Sydney, as well working for many years in private practice in
Sydney.
He is a member of the RANZCP Faculty of Adult Psychiatry and has special
interests in mood and anxiety disorders, chronic fatigue and chronic pain as
well as ADHD. He has previously founded a telemedicine company and has a
particular interest in regional and remote telepsychiatry.
Dr Gordon Hyde
NSW
18yrs-65yrs
Dr Gordon Hyde is a General Adult
Psychiatrist and a fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists. Dr Hyde works as a Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital at Camperdown and provides inpatient and outpatient services.
Dr
Hyde has expertise in the management of mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders.
He has a specialist interest in post-traumatic stress disorder and holds a
Master of Psychiatry from the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry. Dr Hyde
is also able to see Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Depression, Borderline
Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia.
Dr
Hyde offers comprehensive, holistic, and patient centred care for patients
focussing on their bio-psycho-social and cultural context. He is available to
provide services across the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders.