curriculum vitae professor garry walter am

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April 2016

CURRICULUM VITAE

Professor Garry Walter AM

NATIONALITY: Australian

CORRESPONDENCE: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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ACADEMIC DEGREES

1. B. Med. Sc. (High Distinction) (UNSW, 1980)

2. MB BS (UNSW, 1982)

3. PhD (University of Sydney, 2002)

SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS

1. Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, NSW School of Hypnotic Sciences (1986)

2. Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

(elected 1996)

3. Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, RANZCP (1997)

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

1. Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Sydney (appointed 2005)

2. Professor, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney

(appointed 2013)

3. Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

(appointed 2009)

4. Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney

Local Health District (since 2012) (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

renamed Child and Youth Mental Health Service in 2014))

5. Senior Staff Specialist, Northern Sydney Local Health District (since 2012)

6. Visiting Professorial Fellow, Sydney Jewish Museum (appointed 2015)

7. Foundation Medical Director, NSW Doctors’ Health Advisory Service (appointed

2016)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

Health Service:

1. Intern, Sydney Hospital, 1982

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2. RMO, Royal North Shore Hospital, 1983

3. RMO, Ryde Hospital, 1984

4. Registrar in Accident & Emergency Medicine, Ryde Hospital, 1985-1986

5. Registrar in Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Region, 1987 - July 1995

6. Child Psychiatry Fellow, Thomas Walker Hospital (“Rivendell”), July 1995 - July

1996

7. Staff Specialist Psychiatrist, Rivendell Hospital, Sydney, July 1996 – August 2002

8. Inpatient Director, Rivendell Hospital, 1998 - Jan 2000

9. Acting Director, Rivendell Hospital and Area Child, Adolescent and Family Mental

Health Services, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Jan 2000 - June 2001

10.Director, Rivendell Hospital and Area Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health

Services, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Eastern Zone (formerly Central

Sydney Area Health Service), 2001- January 2006

11.Acting Director, Area Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Sydney

South West Area Health Service, Western Zone (formerly South West Sydney Area

Health Service), May 2005 – January 2006 (held concurrently with 10. above)

12.Senior Staff Specialist, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Eastern Zone (2003-

2006)

13.Area Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern

Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service (2006-2012) (in 2011 NSW Area Health

Services became Local Health Networks, then Local Health Districts)

14.Senior Staff Specialist, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service (2006-

2012)

Academic:

1. Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney, 1996-2001

2. Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, 2001-2003

3. Visiting Fellow, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, October 2002

4. Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney, 2003-2005

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1. Fellow, RANZCP

2. Member, RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

3. Member, Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research

4. Member, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

5. Member, World Association of Medical Editors

6. Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine

7. Member, Australasian Jewish Medical Federation

8. Corresponding Member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

CONSULTANCIES

1. To World Psychiatric Association global project to counter the stigma and

discrimination associated with schizophrenia, 1998-2001

2. To American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in relation to its “Practice

Parameters” for the use of ECT in adolescents, 1998-2003 (Parameters published

2004)

3. To New Zealand Health Ministry, regarding class action of former residents of an

adolescent residential unit, 2000-2002

4. To Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria, regarding alleged abuses in a psychiatric

hospital, 2005-2006.

5. To Northern Sydney Central Coast Health Service (to conduct a review of one of its

units), 2005-2006

6. To World Psychiatric Association Executive Committee, regarding WPA Publications

Program, 2008-2014

7. To Mental Health Commission of Canada, to develop a Child and Youth Mental

Health Framework for Canada, 2008 onwards

8. To Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, regarding the behavior of a

practitioner, 2011

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PRIZES AND AWARDS

Service to medicine:

Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “service to medicine in the field

of adolescent mental health, to medical education, and as a contributor to professional

publications”, 2012

Service to psychiatry:

1. “College Citation”, presented by RANZCP at its Annual College Ceremony, for “a

remarkable contribution to the College and the profession of psychiatry through his

exceptional and tireless work as Editor of Australasian Psychiatry, and as a leading

investigator, educator, administrator and clinician”, 2009

2. “Catcher in the Rye Award”, presented by the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) at its Annual Meeting in San Francisco to the AACAP

Ethics Committee (of which I have been a member since 2004), for its “advocacy and

ongoing efforts to help guide the professional conduct of child and adolescent

psychiatrists and its provision of ethical standards”, 2012

Research:

1. RANZCP Pfizer Award for Best Poster, 32nd

RANZCP Congress, Sydney 1997

2. RANZCP Pfizer Award for Best Poster, 33rd

RANZCP Congress, Melbourne 1998

3. (Major) RANZCP Pfizer Award for Best Oral Paper, 33rd

RANZCP Congress,

Melbourne 1998 (Value: $A10,000)

4. RANZCP Pfizer Award for Best Poster, 34th

RANZCP Congress, Perth 1999

5. RANZCP Organon Junior Research Award, 1999

(annual award for the most outstanding body of research within 5 years of election to

RANZCP)


RANZCP Congress, Adelaide 2000


RANZCP Congress, Brisbane 2002

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Teaching:

“Excellence in Teaching” Award, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine,

University of Sydney 2001

Publishing:

“President’s Certificate of Appreciation”, awarded by RANZCP for my role as Editor of

Australasian Psychiatry, 2004

Health Service:

1. Central Sydney Area Health Service “Quality Award” for presentation during

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Accreditation Survey, 1999

2. Central Sydney Area Health Service “Certificates of Appreciation” for two

presentations during “Quality Week 2000”

3. Central Sydney Area Health Service “Certificates of Appreciation” for two

presentations during “Quality Week 2001”

4. Central Sydney Area Health Service “Certificate of Appreciation” for presentation

during “Quality Week 2002”

RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS

1. The use of electroconvulsive therapy in young people, funded by the NSW Institute

of Psychiatry, 1996-1997 ($2,000).

2. The treatment of anxiety-based school refusal, funded by the Nursing Research

Centre for Adaptation in Health and Illness, 1998 ($2,000). Co-researchers: G

McShane, JM Rey.

3. BMJ/JAMA Scholar, 2001 [Scholarship to attend 4th International Congress on Peer

Review in Biomedical Publication in Barcelona]

4. Electroconvulsive therapy in young people, Discipline of Psychological Medicine,

University of Sydney, 2002 ($500).

5. Discharge planning from a carer perspective: identifying helpful strategies for better

patient outcomes in the community, funded by Eli Lilly, 2003 ($30,000). Co-

researchers: M Cleary, A Freeman, G Hunt.

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6. Emerging severe mental illness in young people: clinical staging, neurobiology,

prediction and intervention, from vulnerability to recovery [Principal Investigator]

NHMRC Program Grant 2004-2008 ($7.1 million)

7. Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance

misuse, funded by McGeorge Bequest, University of Sydney, 2006 ($10,000). Co-

researchers: G Hunt, M Cleary, N Siegfried.

8. Patient and carer perceptions of need and caregiver burden: working in partnership

to facilitate community-based interventions, funded by McGeorge Bequest,

University of Sydney, 2006 ($10,000). Co-researchers: G Hunt, M Cleary.

9. Patient and carer perceptions of need and caregiver burden: working in partnership

to facilitate community-based interventions, funded by Nursing and Midwifery

Innovation Scholarships, University of Sydney, 2006 ($10,000). Co-researchers: G

Hunt, M Cleary.

10. Learning about mental health research: a hand book on mental health research in

clinical settings for consumers, carers, undergraduate students and healthcare staff.

Eli Lilly Australia, 2006 ($3,300). Co-researchers: G Hunt, M Cleary.

11. Demystifying research and evidence-based practice: a training program for

consumers and carers. Healthcall & Janssen-Cilag, 2006 ($18,500). Co-researcher:

M Cleary.

12. The psychological impact of formal complaints on doctors. McGeorge Bequest,

University of Sydney, 2006 ($15,000). Co-researchers: L Nash, C Tennant, M

Walton.

13. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in adolescent depression, funded by Australian

Rotary Health Research Fund, 2006 ($30,000). Co-researcher: C Loo

14. Side effects of atypical antipsychotics in young persons, funded by Northern Sydney

Area Research Fund ($35,000), 2007. Co-researchers: J Rey, M Cleary, G Hunt, N

Soh

15. Caring for patients with dual diagnosis: the development of informed frameworks

and interventions, funded by Pfizer, 2007-2008 ($40,000). Co-researchers: M

Cleary, G Hunt

16. Psychiatric evaluation in primary care, funded by Lundbeck, 2011 ($40,000). Co-

researchers: G Malhi, L Lampe, A Harris, P Boyce

17. Psychiatric ethics in the Nazi era, funded by B’nai B’rith, 2013 ($2,000). Co-

researchers: M Robertson, E Light

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RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

(excluding publications, research presentations, conferences convened and current

research projects, all covered elsewhere in CV)

1. Editor, Bulletin of the Australian Medical and Professional Society on Alcohol and

Other Drugs, 1990-1991.

2. Member (and RANZCP Representative), Advisory Group and Steering Committee,

National Mental Health Strategy “Attitudes of Health Professionals Project”, 1997-

1998

3. Supervisor of three RANZCP Dissertations, 1997-2001: K. Koster, K. Bokey and A.

McDonald. The dissertations all passed, and resulted in publications in peer reviewed

journals. The dissertations of Dr Koster and Dr Bokey were awarded “A”s.

4. Supervisor, psychology thesis, G. McShane, 1999-2000

5. Supervisor of research elective of F. Dekker, final year medical student from Vrije

University, Amsterdam, 2000

6. Supervisor, research elective, K. Fisher, Sydney University medical student, 2001

7. Associate Supervisor, Masters of Applied Science thesis of Giles Barton, Faculty of

Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 2002

8. Associate Supervisor, N. Soh, PhD candidate, University of Sydney, 2004-2006

9. Associate Supervisor, L. Nash, Masters of Medicine by Research, University of

Sydney, 2005-2011

10. Member, Area Mental Health Research Advisory Committee, Central Sydney Area

Health Service, 1997-2006 (included role as Acting Chairperson)

11. Invited Reviewer for Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (1996 on),

Medical Journal of Australia (1998 on), American Journal of Psychiatry (1999 on),

Nutritional Neuroscience (2000 on), Medical Science Monitor (2001 on), Psychiatry

Research (2001 on), Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2003 on),

Addiction (2003 on), Journal of ECT (2003 on), Clinical Child Psychology and

Psychiatry (2003 on), Biomed Central Medical Research Methodology (2004 on).

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2005 on),

Psychological Medicine (2006 on), Academic Psychiatry (2008 onwards), Israel

Journal of Psychiatry (2013), Advances in Historical Studies (2013)

12. Invited Adjudicator for Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1999 on

13. Invited Examiner, theses for Master of Public Health, University of Sydney, 2001

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14. Invited Reviewer for Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Harwood Academic

Publishers, 1999 on, publications of SANE Australia, 2003, and Oxford University

Press, 2014

15. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry, 1999 onwards

16. Invited Guest Editor, December 1999 issue of Faculty Bulletin (Bulletin of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

17. Member, Editorial Board, Case Reports and Clinical Practice Review, 2001-2009

18. Invited Guest Editor (with JM Rey), Special Section on Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, June 2001 (authors

included Tom Achenbach, Judith Rapoport, Margot Prior, David Fergusson, Elena

Garralda).

19. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of ECT, 2002 onwards

20. Editor, Module on Social and Cultural Psychiatry, NSW Institute of Psychiatry

Advanced Training Course in Psychiatry, 2002-2003

21. Co-ordinator, Postgraduate Research Programs, Discipline of Psychological

Medicine, University of Sydney, 2002-2006

22. Editor (with E Hunter). Setting strategic directions in mental health policy and

practice: the challenge of understanding and addressing the social determinants.

Australasian Psychiatry Supplement, 2003

23. Editor (with I Hickie, N Sartorius). The Social and Economic Burdens of Depression

(SEBoD) Initiative. Australasian Psychiatry Supplement, 2004

24. Invited Assessor, NHMRC Project Grant Applications, 2004 onwards

25. Presenter, 2-day course on Medical Editing, Sydney, August 2005

26. Chair, Scientific Committee, Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of

Sydney, 2003-2007

27. Member, Area Research Committee, Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services,

Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, 2009 onwards

28. Member, RANZCP Publications Committee, 2005 onwards

29. Member, Editorial Board, Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2006-2010

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30. Examiner, PhD theses, Medical and other Faculties, University of Sydney, 2006

onwards

31. Examiner, Masters theses, University of Melbourne, 2006 onwards

32. Supervisor, M. Robertson, PhD candidate, University of Sydney, 2006-2009

33. Supervisor, Honours research elective, A. DeLaroche, Sydney University medical

student, 2007-2008

34. Supervisor, Honours research elective, T. Robertson, Sydney University medical

student, 2008-2009

35. Supervisor, G. Curran, Masters candidate, NSW Institute of Psychiatry, 2010-2011

36. Co-supervisor, A. Ho, Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sydney,

2009-2010

37. Research mentor, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, 2006

38. Research mentor, Annual Meeting of the European Society for Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, Florence, 2007

39. Editor (with M Robertson), Special issue of Psychiatric Annals on ethics, 2007

40. Editor (with E Hunter). Creating futures 1: influencing social determinants of mental

health and wellbeing in rural, Indigenous and Island peoples. Australasian

Psychiatry Supplement, 2007

41. Editor (with S Willcock). Special educational monograph: mental health in primary

care [collected papers from Australasian Psychiatry]. Melbourne, Taylor and

Francis, 2008

42. International Editor-at-Large, Journal of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008 onwards

43. Editor (with E Hunter). Creating Futures 2: Research, practice and policy for

Indigenous, rural and remote, and island peoples. Australasian Psychiatry

Supplement 2009

44. Editor (with E Hunter). Creating Futures 3: Harnessing creativity and social

enterprise for mental health and wellbeing. Australasian Psychiatry Supplement

2011

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45. Advisor to the Editor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2011

onwards

46. Supervisor of research elective of S. Norgren, final year medical student from

Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 2011

47. Editorial Advisory Board and Associate Editor, IACAPAP textbook of child and

adolescent mental health, published by International Association for Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 2012

48. Associate Supervisor, Elizabeth van Ekert, PhD candidate, University of Sydney,

2014 onwards.

49. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Eating Disorders, 2012 onwards

50. Examiner, Masters thesis, Yale School of Medicine, 2013

51. Editor, Australasian Psychiatry, 2001-2013

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (arranged by subject, and excluding published

conference abstracts and proceedings)

Self-mutilation

1. Walter G, Streimer J. Genital self-mutilation: attempted foreskin reconstruction.

British Journal of Psychiatry 1990; 156: 125-127.

2. Walter G. An unusual monosymptomatic hypochondriacal delusion presenting as

urethral self-insertion of a foreign body. British Journal of Psychiatry 1991; 159:

283-284.

3. Walter G. Genital self-amputation and the Klingsor Syndrome [letter]. Australian

and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1991; 25: 163-164.

ECT and related treatments

4. Walter G. Failure to convulse with ECT [letter]. British Journal of Psychiatry.

1990; 156:747-748.

5. Walter G. Failure to convulse with ECT [letter]. British Journal of Psychiatry 1991;

157: 716.

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6. Rey JM, Walter G. Half a century of ECT use in young people. American Journal of

Psychiatry 1997; 154: 595-602.

(an extended abstract of this article was published by Psychiatry Digest in April

1998. The whole article was republished in Hertzig M, Farber E (eds). Annual

Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 1998. Brunner/Mazel,

Philadelphia, 1999, pp. 223-236)

7. Walter G, Rey JM. An epidemiological study on the use of ECT in adolescents.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1997; 36:

809-815.

8. Walter G, Rey JM, Starling J. Experience, knowledge and attitudes of child

psychiatrists about ECT in the young. Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry 1997; 31: 676-681.

9. Walter G. The portrayal of ECT in movies from Australia and New Zealand.

Journal of ECT 1998; 14: 56-60.

10. Walter G, Rey JM. Prolonged seizures in the young [letter]. Journal of ECT 1998;

14: 121-123.

11. Walter G, Rey JM, Mitchell P. Practitioner Review: ECT in adolescents. Journal of

Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 1999; 40: 325-334.

12. Walter G, Koster K, Rey JM. ECT in adolescents: experience, knowledge and

attitudes of recipients. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry 1999; 38: 594-599.

13. Walter G, Koster K, Rey JM. Views about treatment among parents of adolescents

who received electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital and

Community Psychiatry) 1999; 50: 701-702.

14. Walter G, Martin J, Kirkby K, Pridmore S. Transcranial magnetic stimulation:

experience, knowledge and attitudes of recipients. Australian and New Zealand

Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 35: 58-61.

15. Ghaziuddin N, Kaza M, Ghazi N, King C, Walter G, Rey JM. Electroconvulsive

therapy in minors: experience and attitudes of U.S. child psychiatrists and

psychologists. Journal of ECT 2001; 17: 109-117.

16. Walter G, Tormos J, Israel J, Pascual-Leone A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in

young persons. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2001; 11: 69-

76.

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17. Walter G, Rey JM, Ghaziuddin N. Electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial

magnetic stimulation [invited book chapter], in Martin A, Scahill L, Charney DS,

Leckman JF, eds. Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice. New

York: Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 377-386.

18. Walter G. Electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment option in young people [invited

paper]. The Clinician 2002; 2: 85-89.

19. McDonald A, Walter G. The portrayal of ECT in American films. Journal of ECT

2001; 17: 264-274.

20. Walter G, McDonald A, Rey JM, Rosen A. Medical student knowledge and

attitudes regarding ECT prior to and after viewing ECT scenes from movies. Journal

of ECT 2002; 18: 43-46.

21. Walter G, Fisher K, Harte A. ECT in poetry. Journal of ECT 2002; 18: 47-53.

22. Walter G. The ECT literature: frequently cited papers and their impact on the field.

Journal of ECT 2002; 18: 107-109.

23. Walter G. ECT in adolescents, in Tiller J, Lyndon R, eds. Electroconvulsive

Therapy: an Australasian Guide. Melbourne: Australian Postgraduate Medicine

2003, p. 37-39.

24. Walter G, Rey JM. Has the practice and outcome of ECT in young persons

changed? Findings from a whole population study. Journal of ECT 2003; 19: 84-87.

25. Walter G, Rey JM. How fixed are child psychiatrists’ views about ECT in the

young. Journal of ECT 2003; 19: 88-92.

26. Walter G, McDonald A. About to have ECT? Fine, but don’t watch it in the movies:

the sorry portrayal of ECT in film. Psychiatric Times 2004; 21: 8-12.

27. Loo C, McFarquhar T, Walter G. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in adolescent

depression. Australasian Psychiatry 2006; 14, 81-85.

28. Walter G. Book Review of Shorter E, Healy D. Shock therapy: a history of

electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness. Journal of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2009; 48: 91-93.

29. Walter G, Ghaziuddin N. Using other biological treatments: electroconvulsive

therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation and light therapy

[invited book chapter], in Rey JM, Birmaher B, eds. Treating Child and Adolescent

Depression. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2009, p. 87-97.

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30. Walter G, Loo C, Rey JM. ECT in children and adolescents [invited book chapter],

in Swartz C, ed. Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press 2009, p. 498-504.

31. McDonald A, Walter G. ECT in biographical books and movies [invited book

chapter], in Swartz C, ed. Electroconvulsive and Neuromodulation Therapies.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009, p. 180-196.

32. McDonald A, Walter G. Hollywood and ECT. International Review of Psychiatry

2009; 21, 200-206.

33. Walter G. The depiction of ECT in Next to Normal [theatre review]. Journal of ECT

2010: 26: 74.

34. Walter G, Robertson M, Rey JM, Soh N, Malhi G. ECT in young people and the

pioneering spirit of Lauretta Bender. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2010; 22: 253-254.

35. Walter G, Rey JM, Ghaziuddin N, Loo C. Electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial

magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation [invited book chapter], in Martin A,

Scahill L, Kratcochvil C, editors. Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and

Practice, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press 2011, p. 363-373.

36. Mayer G, Aviram S, Walter G, Levkovitz Y, Bloch Y. Long term follow-up of

adolescents with resistant depression treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic

stimulation. Journal of ECT 2012; 28: 84-86.

37. Mayer G, Faibel N, Aviram S, Walter G, Bloch Y. Repetitive transcranial magnetic

stimulation in depressed adolescents: experience, knowledge and attitudes of

recipients and their parents. Journal of ECT 2012; 28: 104-107.

38. McDonald A, Walter G. ECT and stigma, in Ghaziuddin N, Walter G, editors.

Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents. New York: Oxford

University Press 2013: p. 29-55.

39. Robertson M, Rey JM, Walter G. Ethical and consent aspects, in Ghaziuddin N,

Walter G, editors. Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents. New

York: Oxford University Press 2013, p. 56-75.

40. Bloch Y, Stein D, Walter G. ECT for schizophrenia spectrum disorders, in

Ghaziuddin N, Walter G, editors. Electroconvulsive therapy in children and

adolescents. New York: Oxford University Press 2013, p. 191-216.

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Complementary and Alternative Therapies

41. Rey JM, Walter G. St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) in depression: pest or

blessing? The Medical Journal of Australia 1998: 169: 583-586.

42. Walter G, Rey JM. The relevance of herbal treatments for psychiatric practice.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 33: 482-489.

43. Walter G, Rey JM. Use of St John’s Wort by adolescents receiving treatment for a

psychiatric disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 1999; 9:

307-311.

44. Walter G, Rey JM, Harding A. Psychiatrist experience and views regarding St.

John’s Wort and “alternative” treatments. Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry 2000; 34: 992-996.

45. Walter G. Book Review of Muskin PR (ed). Complementary and alternative

medicine and psychiatry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2001;

35: 417-418.

46. Walter G. Book Review of Mischoulon D, Rosenbaum JF (eds). Natural

medications for psychiatric disorders: considering the alternatives. Australian and

New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 37: 634.

47. Rey JM, Walter G. Complementary and alternative medicines [invited book

chapter], in The Clinician’s Guide to Psychotropic Prescribing in Children and

Adolescents, Sydney, CAMHSNET, 2003, p. 366-375.

48. Rey JM, Walter G, Horrigan J. Alternative treatments in the young [invited book

chapter], in Martin A, Scahill L, Charney DS, Leckman JF, eds. Pediatric

Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press,

2003, p. 365-376.

49. Rey JM, Walter G, Soh N. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

treatments and pediatric psychopharmacology. Journal of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2008; 47: 364-368.

50. Soh N, Walter G. Complementary medicine for child and adolescent psychiatric

disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2008; 21: 350-355.

51. Rey JM, Walter G, Soh N. Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric

psychopharmacology [invited book chapter], in Martin A, Scahill L, Kratcochvil C,

editors. Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition.

New York: Oxford University Press 2011, p. 353-362.

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52. Soh N, Walter G. Traditional and alternative treatments in child and adolescent

mental health [invited book chapter], in Rey JM, editor. IACAPAP e-Textbook of

Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Geneva: International Association for Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 2012. Available at

http://iacapap.org/wp-content/uploads/J.2-ALTERNATIVE-072012.pdf

Disruptive behaviour disorders

53. Rey JM, Walter G. Oppositional Defiant Disorder [invited book chapter], in

Hendren RL (ed). Review of Psychiatry Series, American Psychiatric Press, New

York, 1999, pp. 99-132.

54. Rey JM, Walter G, Plapp J, Denshire E. Family environment in attention deficit

hyperactivity, oppositional defiant and conduct disorders. Australian and New

Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 34: 453-457.

55. Schick T, Walter G, Garner J, Noyaux G, Stack E. Assessment and management of

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: a best practice operational model. Central

Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, 2001.

56. Rey JM, Walter G, Soutullo C. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct

Disorder [invited book chapter], in Lewis’s Textbook of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, 4th

Edition, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2007, pp. 454-466.

Mood and psychotic disorders

57. Walter G. Depression in adolescence. Australian Family Physician 1996; 25: 1575-

1582.

(the treatment algorithm from this paper was adapted, with acknowledgement, by the

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for its Clinical Practice

Guidelines on the management of depression in young people, 1997)

58. Walter G, Lyndon B. Depression in Hepatolenticular Degeneration (Wilson’s

Disease) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1997; 31: 880-882.

59. Walter G, Lyndon B, Kubb R. Lithium augmentation of venlafaxine in adolescent

major depression. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1998; 32: 457-

459.

60. Walter G, Rey JM. Depression in young people [letter]. Australian Prescriber 1998;

21: 87-88.

http://iacapap.org/wp-content/uploads/J.2-ALTERNATIVE-072012.pdf

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61. Walter G, McDonald A. Lithium augmentation of venlafaxine. Child and

Adolescent Psychopharmacology News 1998; 3: 8-9.

62. Barton G, Walter G. More than talk: the place of psychoeducation in the treatment

of young people with psychosis. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry RANZCP April 2000

63. Walter G, Wiltshire C, Anderson J, Storm V. The pharmacological treatment of the

early phase of first-episode psychosis in youth [invited paper]. Canadian Journal of

Psychiatry 2001; 46: 803-809.

64. Rey JM, Grayson D, Mojarrad T, Walter G. The effect of routine use of a

depression rating scale on the diagnosis of major depression in adolescents.


65. Lyndon B, Rowe L, Fraser A, Efron D, Walter G, Wilson I, Newman L, Silove N.

Clinical guidance on the use of antidepressant medications in children and

adolescents. Australian Family Physician 2005; 34:777-778.

66. McShane G, Mihalich M, Walter G, Rey JM. Outcome of patients with unipolar,

bipolar and psychotic disorders admitted to a specialist child and adolescent mental

health service. Australasian Psychiatry 2006; 14: 198-201.

67. Cahill C, Hanstock T, Jairam R, Hazell P, Walter G, Malhi G. Comparison of

diagnostic guidelines for juvenile bipolar disorder. Australian and New Zealand


68. Jairam R, Hanstock T, Cahill C, Hazell P, Walter G, Malhi G. The changing face of

bipolar disorder: adolescence to adulthood. Minerva Pediatrica 2008; 60: 59-68.

69. Cleary M, Hunt G, Matheson S, Siegfried N, Walter G. Psychosocial treatment

programmes for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse.

Schizophrenia Bulletin 2008; 43: 226-228.

70. Cleary M, Hunt G, Matheson S, Siegfried N, Walter G. Psychosocial interventions

for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse. Cochrane Database

of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001088. DOI:

10.1002/14651858.CD001088.pub2

71. Cleary M, Walter G, Hunt G, Clancy R, Horsfall J. Promoting dual diagnosis

awareness in everyday clinical practice. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental

Health Services 2008; 46:

72. Muir-Cochrane E, Cleary M, Walter G, Matherson S. Managing medical

comorbidity in people with schizophrenia. Current medical literature: psychiatry

2008; 19: 1-6.

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73. Cleary M, Hunt G, Matheson S, Walter G. Psychosocial treatments for people with

co-occurring severe mental illness and substance misuse: systematic review. Journal

of Advanced Nursing 2009; 65: 238–258.

74. J Horsfall, Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G. Psychosocial treatments for people with

co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorder (dual diagnosis): a

review of empirical evidence. Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2009; 17: 24-34.

75. Malhi G, Adams D, Porter R, Wignall A, Lampe L, O’Connor N, Paton M, Newton

LA, Walter G, Taylor A, Berk M, Mulder RT. Clinical Practice Recommendations

for Depression. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2009; 119 (Suppl. 439): 8-26.

76. Malhi G, Adams D, Porter R, Lampe L, Paton M, O’Connor N, Newton LA, Walter

G, Taylor A, Porter R, Mulder RT, Berk M. Clinical Practice Recommendations for

Bipolar Disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2009; 119 (Suppl. 439): 27-46.

77. Fong G, Walter G. Depression in adolescents. Medical Observer 25 September

2009; Supplement, pages 1-7.

78. Cahill C, Walter G, Malhi G. Neurocognition in bipolar disorder and juvenile

bipolar disorder. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry 2009; 18: 221-230.

79. Walter G. Book review of Rowe L, Bennett D, Tonge B. I just want you to be

happy: preventing and tackling teenage depression. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2009.

Australasian Psychiatry 2009; 17: 509.

80. Soh N, Walter G, Baur L, Collins C. Nutrition, mood and behaviour: a review. Acta

Neuropsychiatrica 2009; 21: 214-227.

81. Walter G. Book review of Parker G, Eyers K. Navigating teenage depression: a

guide for parents and professionals. Crows Nest, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2009.

Australasian Psychiatry 2010: 18: 67.

82. Malhi G, Adams D, Moss B, Walter G. To medicate or not to medicate, when

diagnosis is in question: decision-making in first episode psychosis. Australasian

Psychiatry 2010: 18: 230-237.

83. Malhi G, Adams D, Bernardi E, Miller M, Mulder R, Walter G, Smith B. Time to

“get real”: preliminary insights into the long-term management of schizophrenia.

Australasian Psychiatry 2010: 18: 115-119.

84. Soh N, Walter G. Tryptophan and depression: can diet alone be the answer? Acta


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85. Bloch Y, Aviram S, Faibel N, Govezensky J, Braw Y, Rabany L, Walter G. The

correlation between impaired attention and emotional reactivity in depressed

adolescents. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences The Journal of

Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2013: 25: 233-236.

86. Bloch Y, Aviram S, Braw Y, Gvirts H, Rabany L, Walter G. Attention improves

after clinical improvement in acutely depressed adolescents. The Journal of

Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2015: 27: 153-156.

Suicide

87. Pridmore S, Walter G, Friedland P. Tinnitus and suicide: recent cases on the public

record give cause for reconsideration. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

2012; 147: 193-195.

88. Walter G, Pridmore S. Suicide is preventable, sometimes. Australasian Psychiatry

2012; 20: 271-273.

89. Pridmore S, Walter G. Suicide prevention. British Medical Journal. 21 September

2012. http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5779/rr/603855

90. Walter G, Pridmore S. Suicide and the publicly exposed pedophile. Malaysian

Journal of Medical Sciences 2012; 19: 51-57.

91. Pridmore S, Walter G. Protest suicide [letter]. Australasian Psychiatry 2012; 20:

533-534.

92. Pridmore S, Walter G. Suicide and forced marriage. Malaysian Journal of Medical

Sciences 2013; 20: 48-52.

93. Walter G. Pridmore S. Understanding the reasons for suicide: psychological

autopsies should not be our only resource [letter]. Turkish Journal of Psychiatry (in

press)

94. Pridmore S, Walter G. Suicide prediction and prevention [letter]. Australasian

Psychiatry 2013; 21: 410-411.

95. Pridmore S, Walter G. The predicaments of people whose suicide was captured on

film. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences 2013:20:63-69.

96. Pridmore S, Walter G. Psychological autopsies [letter]. Australian and New Zealand

Journal of Psychiatry 2013; 47: 878-879

97. Pridmore S, Soh N, Auchincloss S, Walter G. Four centuries of suicide in opera.

The Medical Journal of Australia 199: 783-786.

http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5779/rr/603855

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98. Pridmore S, Walter G. Suicidal thought and completion in The Decameron. Turkish

Journal of Psychiatry (in press)

99. Pridmore S, Walter G. Culture and suicide set points. German Journal of Psychiatry

2013: 16: 143-151.

100. Pridmore S, Auchincloss S, Walter G. Predicament suicide: an update. Australasian

Psychiatry 2015; 23: 411-414.

Schools and mental health

101. McShane G, Walter G, Rey JM. Characteristics of adolescents with “school

refusal”. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 35: 822-826.

102. Maloney D, Walter G, Hanee T. “School Link”: a pilot study identifying referral

patterns to child and adolescent mental health services in Central Sydney (invited

paper). Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP 2001

103. Walter G, Maloney D. Schools and mental health issues: developments “Down

Under” [letter]. The Canadian Child Psychiatry Review 2001; 10: 23.

104. McShane G, Walter G, Rey JM. Outcome of adolescents with “school refusal”.

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2004; 9: 53-60.

105. Maloney D, Walter G. The contribution of “School Link” to an Area Mental Health

Service. Australasian Psychiatry 2005; 13:399-402.

106. McShane G , Bazzano C, Walter G, Barton G. Outcome of patients attending a

specialist educational and mental health service for social anxiety disorders. Clinical

Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2007: 12: 117-124.

107. Maloney D, Jones J, Walter G, Davenport R. Addressing mental health concerns in

schools: does “School-Link” achieve its aims? Australasian Psychiatry 2008; 16: 48-

53.

Encopresis

108. Friend J, Walter G. Encopresis in children. Modern Medicine of Australia 1998

(May): 53-59.

(this was republished in Modern Medicine of the Middle East 1999 (April): 61-67)

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Eating disorders

109. Soh N, Surgenor L, Touyz S, Walter G. Eating disorders across two cultures: does

the expression of psychological control vary? Australian and New Zealand Journal

of Psychiatry 2007; 41: 351-358.

110. Soh N, Touyz S, Dobbins T, Surgenor L, Clarke S, Kohn M, Lee L, Leow V, Rieger

E, Ung K, Walter G. Restraint and Eating Concern in North European and East

Asian Women with and without Eating Disorders in Australia and Singapore.



E, Khean Ung KE, Walter G. Body image disturbance in young North European and

East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and in Singapore.

European Eating Disorders Review 2008; 16: 287-296.


E, Khean Ung KE, Walter G. Cross-cultural differences in the macronutrient intakes

of women with anorexia nervosa in Australia and Singapore. European Eating

Disorders Review 2008; 16:427-435.

113. Soh N, Touyz S, Dobbins T, Clarke S, Kohn M, Lee L, Leow V, Ung KE, Walter G.

The relationship between skinfold thickness and body mass index in North European

Caucasian and East Asian women with anorexia nervosa: implications for diagnosis and

management. European Eating Disorders Review 2009; 17: 31-39.


E, Khean Ung KE, Walter G. Nutrition knowledge in young women with eating

disorders in Australia and Singapore: a pilot study Australian and New Zealand


115. Soh N, Walter G, Robertson M, Malhi G. Charles Lasègue (1816-1883): beyond

anorexie hystérique. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2010; 22: 300-301.

116. Ho A, Soh N, Walter G, Touyz S. Comparison of nutrition knowledge amongst

health professionals, patients with eating disorders and the general population.

Nutrition and Dietetics 2011; 68: 267-272.

117. Soh N, Walter G, Touyz S, Russell J, Malhi G, Hunt GE. Food for thought:

Comparison of citations received from articles appearing in specialized eating

disorder journals versus general psychiatry journals. International Journal of Eating

Disorders 2012; 45: 990-994.

118. Soh N, Walter G. Publications on cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders. Journal

of Eating Disorders 2013; 1: 4-8.

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General child and adolescent psychiatry

119. Walter G. Book review of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Your Child. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP

April 1999

120. Walter G. On mania, multisite studies, Mickey Mouse and more: report of the 45th

Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP August 1999

121. Walter G. Book review of Klykylo WM, Kay J, Rube D. Clinical child psychiatry.


122. Walter G, Rey JM. Child and Adolescent Disorders, in Treatment Protocol Project:

Management of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition). Sydney: World Health

Organisation Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Substance Abuse 2004, p.

455-479.

123. Rey J, Hazell P, Walter G. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in Bloch S, Singh B.

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry (Third Edition). Melbourne: Melbourne

University Publishing 2007, p. 387-419.

124. Hickie I, Walter G. Adolescent mental health and substance misuse: the major

health challenge for young Australians [invited book chapter], in Bennett DL, Towns

SJ, Elliott EJ, Merrick J, eds. Challenges in adolescent health: an Australian

perspective. Victoria, BC: Nova Publishers 2009, p. 39-48.

125. Citer D, Carlson K, McClellan D, McGaw P, Walter S, Bennett D, Walter G.

KYDS: an innovative service addressing the health needs of youth and families in an

Australian community. Australasian Psychiatry 2013; 21: 131-136.

126. Jairam R, Walter G. Early intervention in child and adolescent psychiatry [invited

book chapter], in Byrne P, Lester H, Rosen A (editors), Early intervention in

psychiatry, Wiley-Blackwell (in press)

Outcome measurement, rating scales and benchmarking

127. Walter G, Kirkby K, Andrews G, Marks I, Swinson R, Whiteford H. Outcome

measurement in psychiatry - sharing experiences in Australia. Australasian

Psychiatry 1996; 4: 316-318.

128. Walter G, Cleary M, Rey J. Attitudes of mental health personnel towards rating

outcome. Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice 1997; 18: 109-115.

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129. Walter G, Kirkby K, Marks I. Getting Better: outcome measurement and resource

allocation in psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry 1998; 6: 252-254.

130. Rey JM, Peng R, Blanquez, CM, Widyawati I, Peralta V, Walter G. Rating the

quality of the family environment in different cultures. Journal of the American

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2000; 39: 1168-1174.

131. Rey JM, O’Brien M, Walter G. Is the satisfied customer one who also “does well”:

the relationship between outcome and parent satisfaction in a child and adolescent

mental health service. Australasian Psychiatry 2002; 10: 246-249.

132. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G, Tong L. A guide for mental health clinicians to

develop and undertake benchmarking activities. International Journal of Mental

Health Nursing 2010; 19: 137-141

133. Coombs T, Walter G, Brann P. Overview of the National Benchmarking Project.

Australasian Psychiatry 2011; 19: 37-44.

134. Brann P, Walter G, Coombs T. Benchmarking child and adolescent mental health

organizations. Australasian Psychiatry 2011; 19: 125-132.

Stigma of mental illness, attitudes to patients

135. Walter G. The stereotype of the mad psychiatrist. Australian and New Zealand


136. Walter G. The naming of our species: appellations for the psychiatrist. Australian


137. Walter G. What’s in a name? [letter] British Journal of Psychiatry 1991; 159: 734.

138. Walter G. The psychiatrist in American cartoons, 1941-1990. Acta Psychiatrica

Scandinavica 1992; 85: 167-172.

139. Walter G. The psychiatrist and psychiatric stigma. In: Psychiatric stigma. The

Aftercare Association, Sydney, 1995.

140. Walter G, Rosen A. Psychiatric stigma and the role of the psychiatrist. Australasian

Psychiatry 1997; 5: 72-74.

141. Rosen A, Walter G, Politis T, Shortland M (editors). Psychiatry in the cinema.

University of Sydney, Sydney, 1997.

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142. Rosen A, Walter G, Politis T, Shortland M. From shunned to shining: doctors,

madness and psychiatry in the cinema from Australia and New Zealand. The Medical

Journal of Australia 1997; 167: 640-644.

143. Walter G. The attitudes of health professionals towards carers and individuals with

mental illness. Australasian Psychiatry 1998; 6: 70-72.

144. Walter G, Rosen A. Sweet medicine or a bitter pill to swallow?: the portrayal of

psychotropic medication in movies from Australia and New Zealand. Australian

Journal of Psychopharmacology 1999; 9: 61-64.

145. Siegfried N, Ferguson J, Cleary M, Walter G, Rey JM. Patient, client, consumer?

[letter] Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 33: 941-942.

146. Rosen A, Walter G. Way out of tune: lessons from Shine and its expose. Australian


147. Rosen A, Walter G. Shine: further notes of discord [letter]. Australian and New


148. Walter G. The psychiatric patient in American cartoons, 1941-1990. Humor:

International Journal of Humor Research 2000; 13: 7-17.

149. Rosen A, Walter G, Casey D, Hocking B. Combating psychiatric stigma: an

overview of contemporary initiatives. Australasian Psychiatry 2000; 8: 19-26.

150. Bokey K, Walter G, Rey JM. From Karrawingi the Emu to Care Factor Zero:

mental health issues in contemporary Australian adolescent literature. Medical


151. Walter G, Bokey K. Psychiatry and literature: the case for a close liaison.


152. Fisher K, Walter G, Robertson M. Narrative ethics in psychiatry and the literature of

youth. Psychiatric Annals 2007; 37: 810-815.

153. Walter G. Care with language [letter]. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2008; 20: 229.

154. Pridmore S, Walter G. Does art imitate death? The depiction of suicide in fiction.


155. Pavisic J, Chilton J, Walter G, Soh N, Martin A. Childhood cancer in the cinema:

how the celluloid mirror reflects psychosocial care. Journal of Pediatric Hematology

and Oncology (in press)

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Psychopharmacology

156. Rey JM, Starling J, Walter G. Paediatric Psychopharmacology Sentinel (1). Bulletin

of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP February 1998: 8-10.


of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP August 1998


of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP November 1998


of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP April 1999

160. Walter G. John Cade and lithium [letter]. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital

and Community Psychiatry) 1999; 50: 969.

161. Walter G. Book review of Werry JS, Aman MG, Practitioner’s guide to

psychoactive drugs in children and adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal

of Psychiatry 1999; 33: 965-966.

162. Wiltshire C. Walter G. The 1999 Rivendell Conference: psychiatric medication in

young people. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP

August 1999

163. Walter G, Starling J, Rey JM. Paediatric Psychopharmacology Sentinel (5). Bulletin

of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP August 1999


of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP December 1999

165. Walter G. Book review of Kutcher S. Child and adolescent psychopharmacolology.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 34: 182.

166. Walter G, Rey JM, Starling J. Paediatric Psychopharmacology Sentinel (7). Bulletin


167. Rey JM, Walter G, Hazell P. Psychotropic drugs and preschoolers [invited

editorial]. Medical Journal of Australia 2000; 173: 172-173.




of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP December 2001

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170. Walter G, Starling J, Rey JM. A spoonful of sugar. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP November 2002.

171. Walter G. Book review of Kutcher S. Practical child and adolescent

psychopharmacolology. Australasian Psychiatry 2003; 11: 90.

172. Walter G, Starling J, Rey JM. A spoonful of sugar. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry RANZCP April 2004.

173. Walter G, DeLaroche A, Soh N, Hunt G, Cleary M, Malhi G, Lambert T, Correll C,

Rey J. Side effects of second generation antipsychotics: the experience, views and

monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists. Australasian Psychiatry 2008;

16: 253-262.

174. Byrne S, Walter G, Hunt G, Soh N, Cleary M, Duffy P, Crawford G, Krabman P,

Concannon P, Malhi G. Self-reported side effects in children and adolescents taking

risperidone. Australasian Psychiatry 2010: 18: 42-45.

175. Malhi G, Adams D, Plain J, Coulston C, Herman M, Walter G. Clozapine and

cardiometabolic health in chronic schizophrenia: correlations and consequences in a

clinical context. Australasian Psychiatry 2010; 18: 32-41.

176. Byrne S, Soh N, Walter G, Hunt G, Cleary M, Malhi G. Observations from postal

research involving families of young people taking antipsychotic medication. Acta

Neuropsychiatrica 2010; 22: 102.

177. Walter G, Byrne S, Griffiths O, Hunt G, Soh N, Cleary M, Duffy P, Crawford G,

Krabman P, Concannon P, Malhi G. Can young people reliably self-report

risperidone side effects using a survey? Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2010; 22: 168-173.

178. Nitzan U, Bekerman T, Becker G, Lichtenberg P, Lev-Ran S, Walter G, Maoz H,

Bloch Y. Physician perception regarding side-effect profile at the onset of

antidepressant treatment: a survey of Israeli psychiatrists and primary care

physicians. Annals of General Psychiatry (in press)

Research and publishing processes, and ethics related to these

179. Walter G, Cleary M, Rey JM. Want to know how to conduct a survey but too afraid

to ask? - a step by step guide. Australasian Psychiatry 1999; 7: 258-261.

180. Walter G. Salami: kosher and unkosher [letter]. Australian and New Zealand


181. Walter G. “Rubber stamping” retracted papers [letter]. Bulletin of the Medical

Library Association 2000; 88: 85.

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182. Walter G, Bloch S. Publishing ethics in psychiatry. Australian and New Zealand


183. Walter G, Rey JM, Dekker F. The humble case report. Australian and New Zealand


184. Bloch S, Walter G. The Impact Factor: time for change. Australian and New


185. Walter G, Bloch S, Hunt G, Fisher K. Counting on citations: a flawed way to

measure quality. Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 178: 280-281.

186. Cleary M, Walter G, Hunt G, Horsfall J. Research Note: Guidelines for

presentations and publications. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

2003; 12: 158-159.

187. Cleary M, Walter G. Apportioning our time and energy: oral presentation, poster,

journal article or other? International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2004; 13:

204-207.

188. Cleary M, Walter G, Hunt G. The quest to fund research: playing research lotto.


189. Cleary M, Hunt G, Freeman A, Walter G. Staff and patient perceptions of research

in an integrated mental health service. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2007; 28:

341-358.

190. Cleary N, Siegfried N, Walter G. Randomised Controlled trials of psychosocial

interventions in a mental health setting. How can the gold standard be achieved?

[invited book chapter], in: Callara LE, ed. Nursing Education Challenges in the 21st

century, Nova Publishers 2008: 6-10.

191. Horsfall J, Cleary M, Walter G, Hunt G. Conducting mental health research: key

steps, practicalities and issues for the early career researcher. International Journal

of Mental Health Nursing (Supplement) 2007; 16: S1-S20.

192. Cleary M, Walter G, Luscombe G. Spreading the word: disseminating research

results to patients and carers. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2007; 19: 224-229.

193. Cleary M, Walter G, Matheson S. The challenge of optimising research

participation: paying participants in mental health settings Acta Neurpsychiatrica

2008; 20: 286-290.

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194. Walter G, Rey JM, Soh N, Bloch S. Publishing ethics in child and adolescent

psychiatry” essentials for authors and readers. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric

Clinics of North America 2008; 17: 149-163.

195. Cleary M, Walter G, Matheson S. What is the role of e-technology in mental health

services and psychiatric research? Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental

Health Services 2008; 46: 42-28.

196. Cleary M, Walter G, Horsfall J, Matheson S. A consideration of contemporary

factors influencing professional development in health research. Journal of

Continuing Education in Nursing. 2009; 40:273-279.

197. Walter G, Minas H. The Cover Art of Australasian Psychiatry: in brief conversation

with John Dickson. Australasian Psychiatry 2009; 17: 328-330.

198. Hunt G, Cleary M, Walter G. Psychiatry and the Hirsch h-index: the relationship

between journal impact factors and accrued citations. Harvard Review of Psychiatry

2010; 18: 207-219.

199. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G, Jackson D. Fostering real-world clinical mental health

research. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2010; 19: 3453-3458.

200. Walter G, Rey JM, Thomas C, Martin A. Conflict of interest [invited book chapter],

in Martin A, Scahill L, Kratcochvil C, editors. Pediatric Psychopharmacology:

Principles and Practice, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press 2011,

p. 752-762.

201. Walter G, Hunt G, Soh N, Cleary M, Martin A. Fifty years and counting:

celebrating citations to the Journal. Journal of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry 2011; 50: 636-639.

202. Hunt G, Walter G, Soh N, Cashman E, Malhi G. 'Patting your head while rubbing

your tummy'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2011; 45: 444-448.

203. Hunt G, Walter G, Cleary M, Soh N, Martin A, Malhi G. Fields of interest and

influence: a new method for sourcing and ranking journals in psychiatry. Australian

and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2011: 45: 614-618.

204. Khurana G, Henderson S, Walter G, Martin A. Conflict of interest and disclosure

policies in psychiatry and medicine: a comparative study of peer-reviewed journals.

Academic Psychiatry 2012; 36; 17-22

205. Cleary M, Jackson D, Walter G. Editorial: Research ideas and academic integrity:

consideration of some key issues. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2012; 21: 1497-1498.

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206. Cleary M, Jackson D, Walter G, Watson R, Hunt G. Location, location, location: the

position of authors in scholarly publishing. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2012; 21:

809-811.

207. Cleary M, Happell B, Jackson D, Walter G. Writing a quality editorial. Nurse

Author and Editor 2012; 22: 1-3.

208. Khurana G, Henderson S, Walter G, Martin A. Conflict of interest and disclosure

policies in psychiatry and medicine: A comparative study of peer-reviewed journals.

Academic Psychiatry 2012; 36: 17-22.

209. Cleary M, Jackson D, Walter G. Research data ownership and dissemination: is it

too simple to suggest that ‘possession is nine-tenths of the law’? Journal of Clinical

Nursing 2013: 22: 2087-2089.

210. Hunt G, Walter G, Malhi. ANZJP, “Open for Business”: Do open-access psychiatry

journals provide value for money? Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry 2013; 47: 407-411.

211. Cleary M, Walter G, Jackson D, Daly J. Dealing with peer-review: what is

reasonable and what is not? Collegian 2013: 20: 123-125.

212. Cleary M, Happell B, Walter G, Hunt G. Obtaining higher research degree

qualifications: key strategies to consider. Contemporary Nurse 2013; 44: 196-203.

213. Raeburn T, Jackson D, Walter G, Escott P, Cleary M. Clinical Case Reports in

mental health: the need for nuance and context. Clinical Case Reports 2014;

2: 6. 241-242

214. Cleary M, Walter G, Jackson D Editorial: Above all, 'do no harm': Key

considerations when including students as research participants in higher education

settings. Contemporary Nurse 2014; 49: 93-95.

215. Cleary M, Escott P, Horsfall J, Walter G, Jackson D. Qualitative research: the

optimal scholarly means of understanding the patient experience. Issues in Mental

Health Nursing 2014; 35: 902-904..

216. Cleary M, Siegfried N, Escott P, Walter G. Super research or super-researched?

When enough is enough. . Issues in Mental Health Nursing (in press)

Teaching and student issues

217. Sawyer M, Giesen F, Walter G. Child psychiatry curricula in undergraduate medical

education. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2008; 47:139-147.

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218. Alleyne S , Schnabel Horner M, Walter G, Arzubi E, Hall S, Martin A. Mentors’

perspectives on group mentorship: a descriptive study of two programs in child and

adolescent psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry 2009; 33: 377-382.

219. Cleary M, Walter G. Giving feedback to learners in clinical and academic settings:

practical considerations. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 2010: 41: 153-

154.

220. Cleary M, Walter G. Teaching and learning “on the run”: ready-to-use toolkits in

busy clinical settings. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 2010; 41: 244-

245.

221. Lampe L, Coulston C, Walter G, Malhi G. Up close and personal: medical students

prefer face to face teaching in psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry 2010: 354-360.

222. Cleary M, Walter G. Suggestions for reviewing continuing clinical education.

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 2011; 42: 105-106.

223. Cleary M, Walter G, Jackson D. “Not always smooth sailing”: mental health issues

associated with the transition from high school to college. Issues in Mental Health

Nursing 2011; 32: 250-254.

224. Mackey S, Jackson D, Walter G, Happel B, Cleary M. ‘Face’ and its cultural

dimensions: some considerations for nurse educators. Journal of Clinical Nursing

2012; 21; 1797-1798.

225. Soh N, Ma C, Lampe L, Hunt G, Malhi G, Walter G. Depression, financial

problems and other reasons for suspending medical studies, and requested support

services: findings from a qualitative study. Australasian Psychiatry 2012; 20: 518-

523.

226. Cleary M, Happell B, Walter G, Hunt G. Obtaining higher research degree

qualifications: key strategies to consider. Contemporary Nurse 2013: 44: 196-203.

227. Cleary M, Walter G, Horsfall J, Jackson D. Promoting integrity in the workplace: a

priority for all academic health professionals. Contemporary Nurse 2013; 45: 268-

272.

228. Soh N, Norgren S, Lampe L, Hunt G, Malhi G, Walter G. Mental distress in

Australian medical students and its association with housing and travel time. Journal

of Contemporary Medical Education 2013; 1: 163-169.

229. Walter G, Soh N, Norgren S, Lampe L, Malhi G, Hunt G. Medical students’

subjective ratings of stress levels and awareness of student support services about

mental health. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2013; 89: 311-315.

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230. Pridmore S, Walter G. The internet as a resource for teaching students about the

features of psychosis: a case report. Journal of Contemporary Medical Education

2013; 1: 207-211.

231. Matheson K, Barrett T, Landine J, McLuckie A, Soh, N, Walter G. Experiences of

Psychological Distress and Sources of Stress and Support During Medical Training:

a Survey of Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry 2016; 40: 63-68.

232. Jaworowski S, Walter G, Soh N, Dror YF , Mergui J, Gropp C, Haber PS. A

validated questionnaire to assess the knowledge of psychiatric aspects of alcohol use

disorder. Substance Abuse 2014; 35:147-152.

233. Soh N, Burns F, Shackel R, Robinson B, Robertson M, Walter G. Law student

mental health literacy and distress. Legal Education Review (in press)

Attitudinal studies (i.e. apart from those listed elsewhere)

234. Siegfried N, Ferguson J, Cleary M, Walter G, Rey JM. Experience, knowledge and

attitudes of mental health staff regarding patients’ problematic drug and alcohol use.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 33; 267-273.

235. Walter G, Cleary M, Rey JM. Patterns of use, attitudes and expectations of mental

health staff regarding computers. Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice 2000; 20;

20-23.

236. Cleary M, Siegfried N, Walter G. Experience, knowledge and attitudes of mental

health staff in relation to patients with borderline personality disorder. International

Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2002; 11: 186-191.

237. Cleary M, Hunt G, Matheson S, Walter G. Views of Australian mental health

stakeholders on clients’ problematic drug and alcohol use. Drug and Alcohol Review

2009; 28: 122–128.

Workforce issues

238. Rey JM, Walter G, Giuffrida M. Should the RANZCP comment about the political

and social issues of the day? The opinions of Australian Fellows and trainees.


239. Walter G, Rey JM, Giuffrida M. What is it currently like being a trainee

psychiatrist in Australia? Australasian Psychiatry 2003; 11: 429-434.

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240. Rey JM, Walter G, Giuffrida M. Australian psychiatrists today: proud of their

profession but stressed and apprehensive about the future. Australian and New


241. Rey JM, Walter G, Giuffrida M. Policy, structural change and quality of psychiatric

services in Australia: the views of psychiatrists. Australasian Psychiatry 2004; 12:

118-122.

242. Cleary M, Walter G. Towards a healthier lifestyle for staff of a psychiatric hospital:

description of a pilot program. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2005:

14: 32-36.

243. Cleary M, Walter G, Hunt G. The experiences and views of mental health nurses

regarding nursing care delivery in an integrated inpatient setting. International

Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2005; 14: 72-77.

244. Cleary M., Freeman A., Walter G, Hunt G. Making evidence based practice a reality

for mental health nursing. Contemporary Nurse 2005; 20, 278-289.

245. Cleary M, Walter G. Getting the most out of study tours ‘Study Tours’. The Journal

of Continuing Education in Nursing. 2006; 37: 200-201.

246. Cleary M, Walter G. Educating mental health nurses in clinical settings: tackling the

challenge. Contemporary Nurse 2006; 21, 153-157.

247. Cleary M, Walter G. Bridging an old divide: forging partnerships between clinical

and academic sectors in mental health [invited book chapter], in: Callara LE, ed.

Nursing Education Challenges in the 21st century, Nova Publishers 2008; 271-282.

248. Nash L, Daly M, Johnson M, Walter G, Walton M, Willcock S, Coulston C, van

Ekert E, Tennant C. Psychological morbidity in Australian doctors who have and

have not experienced a medico-legal matter: a cross sectional survey. Australian and

New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 41: 917-925.

249. Nash L, Daly M, Johnson M, Coulston C, Tennant C, van Ekert E, Walter G,

Willcock S, Walton M. Personality, gender and medico-legal matters in medical

practice. Australasian Psychiatry 2009; 17: 19-24.

250. Nash L, Walton M, Daly M, Johnson M, Walter G, van Ekert E, Willcock S,

Tennant C. General Practitioners’ concerns about medico-legal issues: how it affects

their practice. Australian Family Physician 2009; 38: 66-70.

251. Robertson T, Walter G, Soh N, Hunt G, Cleary M, Malhi GS. Medical students’

attitudes towards a career in psychiatry before and after viewing a promotional DVD.


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252. Nash L, Walton M, Daly M, Johnson M, Walter G, van Ekert E, Willcock S, Kelly

P, Tennant C Occurrence of medico-legal matters in Australia: a cross-sectional self-

report study. Medical Journal of Australia 2009; 191: 436-440.

253. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G, Robertson M. Dealing with bullying in the workplace:

toward zero tolerance. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

2009; 47: 34-41.

254. Nash L, Walton M, Daly M, Johnson M, Walter G, van Ekert E, Willcock S, Kelly

P, Tennant C. Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol

use in Australian doctors. Medical Journal of Australia 2010; 193: 161-166.

255. Lampe L, Coulston C, Walter G, Malhi G. Familiarity breeds respect: attitudes of

medical students towards psychiatry following a clinical placement. Australasian

Psychiatry 2010; 18: 348-353.

256. Nash L, Walton M, Daly M, Kelly P, Walter G, van Ekert E, Willcock S, Tennant

C. Perceived practice change in Australian doctors due to medico-legal concerns.

Medical Journal of Australia 2010; 193: 579-583.

257. Malhi GS, Coulston CM, Parker GB, Cashman E, Walter G, Lampe LA, Vollmer-

Conna U. Who picks psychiatry? Perceptions, preferences and personality of medical

students. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2011; 45: 861-870.

258. Cleary M, Mackey S, Hunt G, Jackson D, Thompson T, Walter G. Reputations: a

critical yet neglected area of scholarly enquiry. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2012;

68: 2137-2139.

259. Cleary M., Walter G., Jackson D. “Is that for real?': curriculum vitae padding”.

Journal of Clinical Nursing 2013; 22: 2363-2365.

260. Cleary M, Horsfall J, Walter G. Collegial cross-cultural relations for health

academics: concepts and considerations. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 34: 776-

778.

261. Cleary M, Horsfall J, Walter G. Academic careers and promotion: character and

conduct deserve greater emphasis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2013; 69: 1675-

1677.

262. Hutchinson M, Jackson D, Walter G. Cleary M. Coercion and the corruption of care

in mental health nursing: lessons from a case study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing

2013; 34: 476-480.

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263. Cleary M, Escott P, Walter G, Horsfall J, Jackson D. "Keeping the Peace":

Relevance of the concept for mental health nursing. Issues in Mental Health

Nursing 2015; 36: 9. 737-739.

264. Cleary M, Walter G, Sayers J, Lopez V, Hungerford C. Arrogance in the workplace:

implications for mental health nurses. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2015;

36: 4. 266-271.

265. Cleary M, Walter G, Andrew S, Jackson D. Negative workplace behaviors at the

University of Hard Knocks. Contemporary Nurse (in press)

266. Cleary M, Walter G, Jackson D. Promoting integrity in the workplace: a priority for

all academic health professionals. Contemporary Nurse (in press)

267. Cleary M, Walter G, Siegfried N, Jackson D. Contemplating an expatriate

healthcare position? Key factors to consider. Issues in Mental Health Nursing (in

press)

Consumers and carers

268. Walter G, Harding A, Rey JM, Plapp J. Written information for parents [letter].

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1999; 38: 941.

269. Cleary M, Freeman A, Hunt G, Walter G. Patient and carer perceptions of need and

associations with caregiver burden. Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry 2005; 39: 507-513.

270. Cleary M, Freeman A, Hunt G, Walter G. Patient and carer perceptions of need and

associations with care-giving burden in an integrated adult mental health service.

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2006; 40: 1-7.

271. Cleary M, Freeman A, Walter G. Carer participation in mental health service

delivery. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2006; 15: 189-194.

272. Cleary M, Hunt, G, Walter G, Freeman A. The patient's view of need and caregiving

consequences: A cross sectional study of inpatients with severe mental illness.

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2006; 13: 506-514.

273. Cleary M, Walter G, Escott P. ‘Consumer consultant’: Expanding the role of

consumers in modern mental health services. International Journal of Mental Health

Nursing 2006; 15, 29-34.

274. Horsfall J, Cleary M, Walter G, Malins G. Challenging conventional practice:

placing consumers at the centre of the research enterprise. Issues in Mental Health

Nursing 2007; 28: 1201-1213.

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275. Cleary M, Matheson S, Walter G, Malins G, Hunt G. Demystifying research and

evidence-based practice for consumers and carers: development and evaluation of an

educational package. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2008; 29: 1-12.

276. Cleary M, Hunt G, Matheson S, Walter G. The association between substance use

and the needs of patients with psychiatric disorder, levels of anxiety and caregiving

burden". Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 2008; 22: 375-385.

277. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G. Delivering difficult news: views of mental health staff

about in inpatient settings. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health

Services 2010: 48: 32-39.

278. Cleary M, Hunt G, Escott P, Walter G. Receiving difficult news: views of patients

in an inpatient setting. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

2010; 48: 40-48.

Ethics (excluding research/publishing ethics that is covered elsewhere)

279. Robertson M. Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics I: professional ethics and

psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 201-206.

(this paper was republished in Focus, quarterly publication of the American

Psychiatric Association 2007; 5: 432-437)

280. Robertson M. Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics II: virtue ethics and the

ethics of care. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 207-211.

281. Robertson M, Ryan C, Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics III: the method of

casuistry. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 281-286.

282. Robertson M, Ryan C, Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics IV: principle-based

ethics. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 287-291.

283. Robertson M, Morris K, Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics V: utilitarianism

and the ethics of duty. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 402-410.

284. Robertson M, Morris K, Walter G. Overview of psychiatric ethics VI: new

approaches in psychiatric ethics. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 411-416.

285. Robertson M. Walter G. A critical reflection on utilitarianism as the basis for

psychiatric ethics I: utilitarianism as an ethical theory. Journal of Ethics in Mental

Health 2007; 2.

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286. Robertson M. Walter G. A critical reflection on utilitarianism as the basis for

psychiatric ethics II : utilitarianism and psychiatry. Journal of Ethics in Mental

Health 2007; 2.

287. Robertson M, Walter G. The ethics of psychiatric diagnosis. Psychiatric Annals

2007; 37: 792-797.

288. Robertson M, Walter G. Many faces of the dual role dilemma in psychiatric ethics.


289. Robertson M, Walter G. Synopsis of psychiatric ethics. Journal of Ethics in Mental

Health 2008; 3: 1-4.

290. Robertson M, Pols H, Walter G. The social construction of values and the

psychiatric profession Part 1: conceptual issues and the case of Argentine psychiatry.

Journal of Ethics in Mental Health 2008; 3: 1-5.

291. Robertson M, Kerridge I, Walter G. The social construction of values and the

psychiatric profession Part 2: a pilot ethnomethodological study. Journal of Ethics in

Mental Health 2008; 3: 1-5.

292. Robertson M, Walter G. Ethical issues pertaining to psychiatric trauma [invited

book chapter], in Psychiatric Ethics (4th edition), edited by Bloch S, Green S.

Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008, 473-494.

293. Robertson M, Kerridge I, Walter G. An ethnomethodological study of the values of

Australian psychiatrists: towards an empirically derived RANZCP Code of Ethics.


294. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G, Robertson M. Locked inpatient units in modern

mental health care: values and practice issues. Journal of Medical Ethics 2009; 35:

644-646.

295. Robertson M, Walter G. Frantz Fanon and the confluence of psychiatry, politics,

ethics and culture. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2009; 21: 308-309.

296. Ryan C, Walter G, Robertson M. College activities and the ethics of advertising.


297. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G. Seclusion and its context in acute inpatient psychiatric

care. Journal of Medical Ethics 2010; 36: 459-462.

298. Horsfall, J, Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G. Acute care [invited book chapter], in

Barker P (editor), Mental Health Ethics: The Human Context. London: Routledge

2010, 197-204.

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299. Robertson M, Walter G. Psychiatric ethics and the “new professionalism” [invited

book chapter], in Bhugra D (editor) Psychiatry’s Contract with Society: Concepts,

Controversies and Consequences. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011, 221-239.

300. Robertson M, Walter G, Bloch S. Ethical use of the media by psychiatrists: towards

an Anitpodean formulation of the “Goldwater Rule”. Australasian Psychiatry 2016;

24: 26-29.

301. Robertson M, Light E, Lipworth W, Walter G, Psychiatry and the ‘Gay Holocaust’

– the lessons of Jill Soloway’s ‘Transparent’. Australasian Psychiatry (in press)

War and genocide

302. Robertson M, Walter G. Commentary on Lopez-Munoz F, Alamo C. Psychotropic

drugs research in Nazi Germany: the triumph of the principle of maleficence. Acta


303. Robertson M, Walter G. WHR Rivers and the politics of trauma. Acta


304. Walter G. The psychological consequences of war on children. Zachor: Journal of

the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants

September 2010: 33-41.

305. Walter G, Pridmore P. The suicide of Adam Czerniakow. Australasian Psychiatry

2011; 19: 513-517.

306. Kaplan R, Walter G. From Kraepelin to Karadzic: psychiatry’s long road to

genocide, in Tatz C (editor) Genocide Perspectives 4: Essays on the Holocaust and

Genocide. Sydney: University of Sydney Press, 102, pages 122-165.

307. Mimouni-Bloch A, Walter G, Ross S, Bloch Y. The mental health consequences of

student "Holocaust memorial journeys". Australasian Psychiatry 2013; 21: 326-328.

Humorous prose

308. Walter G. The semitic differential [letter]. Australian and New Zealand Journal of

Psychiatry 1988; 23: 236.

309. Walter G. A new, occasional instrument for measuring marital quality. The Medical


(winner of the humorous prose competition, Medical Journal of Australia, 1999)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Mimouni-Bloch%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23716731

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Walter%20G%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23716731

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ross%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23716731

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Bloch%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23716731

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310. Walter G. Olympic couch potatoes [letter]. Medical Journal of Australia 2000; 173:

664.

311. Walter G. Summers of my discontent. Medical Observer 2 March 2001, p. 81

312. Walter G. What a shocker! The effects of the M2 virus on the behaviour of young

children. Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 177: 680.

313. Walter G. Embarassing moments in medical publishing. Australasian Psychiatry

2003; 11: 91.

314. Walter G. “#$*%$#^*-it”! Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179: 670.

315. Walter G. The impact of ophthalmic surgery on the public image of psychiatry.

Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183: 678.

316. Walter G. What’s in a title? Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 184: 312.

317. Walter G. The Directors. Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 185: 634.

Literary pieces

318. Walter G. The Man Who Sued God and “therapy”. Australasian Psychiatry 2001; 9:

370.

319. Walter G. Fulfillment. American Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 160: 1930-1931.

Editorials

320. Walter G. Editorial. Bulletin of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

RANZCP December 1999

321. Walter G. The future of Australasian Psychiatry is in our hands. Australasian

Psychiatry [editorial] 2001; 9: 3-4.

322. Rey JM, Walter G. Child and adolescent psychiatry comes of age. Australian and

New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 35: 261-262.

323. Walter G. Onward and Upward. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15: 1-2.

324. Walter G. A note of caution and word of thanks. Australasian Psychiatry 2007; 15:

529.

325. Robertson M, Walter G. Editorial. Psychiatric Annals 2007; 37: 776-779.

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326. Walter G. "Nessun Dorma ("None Shall Sleep") ... at least not before we digest

TASA. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2009;

48: 977-978.

327. Walter G. 99 not out and looking good: the Art of Australasian Psychiatry.


328. Walter G, Robertson M, Soh N. Milestones for a College and journal. Australasian

Psychiatry 2013; 21: 5-7.

329. Walter G. Recapping my Editor’s pen. Australasian Psychiatry 2013; 21: 525-526.

Miscellaneous

330. Westmore B, Walter G. Alcohol and drug treatments in Australian correctional

services. Drug and Alcohol Review 1993; 12: 185-191.

331. Walter G. Psychotherapy with an adolescent: aspects of the therapeutic relationship.

The Child Psychoanalytic Gazette 1997 (October): 19-23.

332. Walter G. Book review of Robertson MM, Baron-Cohen S. Tourette Syndrome: the

facts. The Medical Journal of Australia 2000; 172: 383.

333. Walter G. Book review of Le Fanu J. The rise and fall of modern medicine.


334. Jones M, Menzies R, Walter G, O’Brien M, Denshire E, Crain LM. Danger Ideation

Reduction Therapy: a new treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (invited

paper) The Canadian Child Psychiatry Review 2002; 11: 22-28.

335. Walter G. Book review of Coleborne C, MacKinnon D (eds). Madness in Australia:

histories, heritage and the asylum. Australian Book Review 2004; 259: 48.

336. Walter G. A vote of thanks. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

2005; 39: 209-211.

337. Phelan R, Lee L, Howe D, Walter G. Parenting and mental illness: a pilot group

program for parents. Australasian Psychiatry 2006; 14: 399-402.

338. Krabman P, King B, Hanney C, Baker M, Walter G. Intensive inpatient family work

with families of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties: an Australian

experience. Context 2006; 88: 41-45.

339. Walter G. Book review of Blashki G, Judd F, Piterman L (eds). General practice

psychiatry. The Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 187: 123.

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340. Walter G. “Bridging the Gaps”: the 2007 ESCAP Congress. Bulletin of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry November 2007, page 8

341. [as a member of the Tolkien II team] Andrews G, Tolkien II team. Tolkien II: a

needs-based, costed, stepped-care model for mental health services, World Health

Organization, Sydney, 2007.

342. Walter G, Willcock S. Foreword, in: Special educational monograph: mental health

in primary care [collected papers from Australasian Psychiatry]. Melbourne, Taylor

and Francis, 2008, p. 1.

343. Walter G, Joyce P, Cropley B, Ross A. Inadvertent duplicate publication.

Australasian Psychiatry 2008; 16: 57 (also published in Australian and New Zealand

Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 42: 258).

344. Cleary M, Walter G, Horsfall J. The handover in psychiatric settings: is change

needed? Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 2009; 47: 1-6.

345. Cleary M, Hunt G, Walter G. A comparison of patient and staff satisfaction with

services after relocating to a new purpose-built mental health facility. Australasian

Psychiatry 2009; 17: 212-217.

346. Walter G. Book review of Castle D, Bassett D. A primer of clinical psychiatry.

Medical Journal of Australia 2010; 193: 238.

347. Robertson M, Walter G. Eric Kandel and Aplysia californica: their role in the

elucidation of mechanisms of memory and the study of psychotherapy Acta


348. Cleary M, Walter G. Is email communication a feasible method to interview young

people with mental health problems. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric

Nursing 2011; 24: 150-152.

349. Lampe L, Shadbolt N, Starcevic V, Boyce P, Brakoulias V, Hitching R, Viswasam

K, Walter G, Malhi G. Diagnostic processes in mental health: GPs and psychiatrists

reading from the same book but on a different page. Australasian Psychiatry 2012;

20: 374-378.

350. Lampe L, Fritz K, Boyce P, Starcevic V, Brakoulias V, Walter G, Shadbolt N,

Harris A, Malhi G. Psychiatrists and GPs: diagnostic decision making, personality

profiles and attitudes toward depression and anxiety. Australasian Psychiatry (in

press)

351. Rey JM, Walter G. Professor Marie Bashir: child psychiatrist, chancellor, governor.

IACAPAP Bulletin 2013: 35: 7-10.

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352. Lee C, Cleary M, Walter G. Communicating with children with autism spectrum

disorder and their families: a practical introduction. Journal of psychosocial nursing

and mental health services. 2012: 50: 40-44.

353. Tam P, Walter G. Problematic internet use in childhood and youth: evolution of a

21st century affliction. Australasian Psychiatry 2013; 21: 533-536.

354. Pridmore S, Walter G. Book review of Frances A, Saving normal: an insider’s

revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma, and the

medicalization of ordinary life. Australasian Psychiatry 2013; 21: 504.

355. Cleary M, Walter G, Hungerford C. Recovery and the Role of Humility: Insights

from a Case Study Analysis. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2014; 35: 108-113.

356. Walter G. The essence of survival. Sydney Jewish Museum 2014 Yearbook: 37-41.

357. Raeburn T, Walter G, Cleary M. How can we better engage boys in mental health

care? International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2015; 24: 6. 449-450 Dec

358. Cleary M, Dean S, Webster S, Walter G, Escott P, Lopez V. Primary Health Care in

the Mental Health Workplace: Insights from the Australian experience. Issues in

Mental Health Nursing (in press)

359. Walter G. Foreword, in Kaplan RM. Prophet of Psychiatry: in Search of Reginald

Ellery (in press)

360. Walter G. Unfathomable journeys: Dr Otto Walter’s final voyage from Australia.

Health and History (in press)

BOOKS

1. IACAPAP e-Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Geneva: International

Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 2012.

Associate Editor (Editor: Joseph M. Rey).

2. Ethics and mental health: the patient, profession and community. London: CRC

Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013. Co-author: Michael Robertson.

3. Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents. New York: Oxford

University Press, 2013. Co-editor (with Neera Ghaziuddin)

http://informahealthcare.com/loi/mhn

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CONFERENCE AND MEETING PAPERS (AS PRESENTER OR

COINVESTIGATOR) (Inservice presentations within my own Area Health Service

have been excluded from the list)

1. Optimising resident experience in the casualty department, Annual Conference of

Australian College of Emergency Medicine, Sydney, 1985

2. Media portrayals of psychiatry, Academic Meeting, Division of Psychiatry, Prince of

Wales Hospital, Sydney, 1991

3. The stigma of chronic mental illness, 2nd Annual Mental Health Services

Conference of Australia and New Zealand (THEMS), Sydney, 1992

4. Psychiatric stigma, 3rd Annual Mental Health Services Conference of Australia and

New Zealand (THEMS), Sydney, 1993

5. The stigma resource group, at the conference Stigma and Mental Illness convened by

the Aftercare Association of NSW, Sydney, 1994

6. Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, presented as a half-day workshop at

Bathurst Community Health Centre, Bathurst, October 1995

7. ECT in young people, Postgraduate Skills Update, Port Stephens, 1996

8. The use of ECT in young people, 20th Conference, Collegium Internationale Neuro-

psychopharmacologicum, Melbourne, 1996

9. ECT in young people, at the conference ECT: Recent Developments, Sydney, 1996

10. The use of ECT in young people [poster], World Psychiatric Association Annual

Conference, Madrid, 1996

11. The mental state examination, presented as a 1-day workshop for counsellors in the

Sexual Offenders Program, Department of Juvenile Justice, Sydney, 1996

12. The use of ECT in young people, Annual Conference of the RANZCP Faculty of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Melbourne, 1996

13. The use of ECT in the young, Meeting NSW Branch, RANZCP Faculty of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, Sydney, 1996

14. Anxiety disorders in adolescents at the workshop, Adolescent Mental Disorders,

sponsored by Smith Kline Beecham, Sydney, 1996

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15. The mental state examination and psychiatric history taking, presented as a half-day

workshop for counselors in the Violent Offenders Program, Department of Juvenile

Justice, Sydney October 1996

16. Anxiety disorders in adolescents, at a workshop on psychiatric disorders in children

and adolescents for general practitioners in Sydney’s Lower North Shore, Sydney

1996

17. Pharmacological management of postnatal depression, at conference on postnatal

depression, Central Sydney Area Health Service, 1996

18. Psychiatric disorders in teenagers, to continuing education course for school

counsellors in Sydney’s Department of Education North West region, Sydney 1996

19. Depression in adolescents, RACGP Annual Revision Course, Sydney, 1997

20. Youth suicide, two-day workshop for general practitioners in the Nepean region,

Sydney, 1997

21. Experience, knowledge and attitudes of child psychiatrists towards ECT in young

people [poster], 32nd

RANZCP Congress, Sydney, 1997

22. Prevalence of ECT in the young [poster], 32nd

RANZCP Congress, Sydney, May

1997


people [poster], Annual Conference of the RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, Bali, 1997

24. “It takes two to tango”: staff attitudes towards outcome measurement, Annual

Conference of the RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bali, 1997


people [poster], Annual Conference of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997

26. ECT in young persons, Redbank House (Westmead Hospital) Inservice Program,

Sydney, 1997

27. Drug and alcohol abuse in adolescents, Sydney University Postgraduate Course for

GPs (“Psychiatry for the Nonpsychiatrist”), Sydney, 1997

28. Introducing outcome measures into mental health services, Annual Mental Health

Services Conference of Australia and New Zealand (THEMS), Melbourne, 1997

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29. ECT in children and adolescents. Lingard Symposium on Mood Disorders,

Newcastle, 1997

30. Staff attitudes to outcome measurement, conference titled Getting Better: outcome

measurement and resource allocation in psychiatry, Sydney, 1998

31. The use of ECT in young people, 33rd

RANZCP Congress, Melbourne, 1998

32. The portrayal of psychiatry in movies from Australia and New Zealand. 33rd


33. Experience, knowledge and attitudes of mental health staff regarding patients’

problematic use of alcohol and drugs, 33rd


34. Stigma, stereotypes and youth with mental illness. Third National Child and

Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Sydney, 1998

35. Rivendell: overview of mental health services, as part of site visit of Rivendell

during Third National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Sydney,

1998

36. The media and mental illness, Nepean Hospital Academic Program, Sydney, 1998

37. Postnatal depression, workshop for general practitioners, Sydney, 1998

38. The relevance of herbal treatments for psychiatric practice, Annual Conference of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sydney, 1998

39. ECT in adolescents: the cutting edge. Sole presenter of 3 hour workshop at Annual

Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anaheim,

USA, 1998

40. Experience, knowledge and attitudes of mental health staff regarding clients’

problematic use of drugs and alcohol [poster] THEHMS Conference, Tasmania, 1998

41. Knowledge of mental health staff about alcohol and other substance use disorders.

“Having it Both Ways”- National Conference Problematic Drug and Alcohol use

and Mental Illness, Melbourne, 1998

42. Using ECT in adolescents: practice guidelines. 34th

RANZCP Congress, Perth, 1999

43. “How green is our valley?”: the relevance of herbal treatments for psychiatric

practice. 34th


44. ECT in adolescents: experience, knowledge and attitudes of recipients [poster], 34th


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45. St John’s Wort in depression: pest or blessing? [poster], 34th

RANZCP Congress,

Perth, 1999

46. Does St John’s Wort have a role in the treatment of adolescent major depression?

Rivendell Paediatric Psychopharmacology Conference, Sydney, 1999

47. Physical treatments for depression, Symposium for community child and adolescent

services, Sydney, 1999

48. ECT in young persons: an update, Redbank House (Westmead Hospital) Inservice

Program, Sydney, 1999

49. Psychiatric stigma: the issue of ECT in the young, Annual Mental Health Services

Conference of Australia and New Zealand (THEMS), Melbourne, 1999

50. Alternative treatments for depression: worts and all at The challenge of youth

depression, Symposium for NSW Branch, Royal Australian College of General

Practitioners, Sydney, 2000

51. Transcranial magnetic stimulation: experience, knowledge and attitudes of recipients

[poster], 35th

RANZCP Congress, Adelaide, 2000

52. Psychiatrist experience and views regarding St. John’s Wort and “alternative”

treatments [poster], 35th


53. Not too creative, please: publishing ethics in psychiatry, 35th

RANZCP Congress,

Adelaide, 2000

54. Taking flight from the Cuckoo’s Nest: the relevance of media portrayals of mental

illness for health professionals. 35th

RANZCP Congress, Adelaide, 2000 [invited

workshop]

55. Psychiatry and the cinema, at “Psychiatry in Society”, Annual Conference of

Psychiatrists in Training, Blue Mountains, 2000 [invited paper]

56. Medical publishing. The New Frontier: conference for Australian and Canadian

health professionals. Vancouver, 2000 [invited paper].

57. Alternative treatments in psychiatry. The New Frontier: conference for Australian

and Canadian health professionals. Vancouver, 2000 [invited paper].

58. Depression in young people. The New Frontier: conference for Australian and

Canadian health professionals. Vancouver, 2000 [invited paper].

59. Stigma of mental illness. The New Frontier: conference for Australian and Canadian

health professionals. Vancouver, 2000 [invited paper].

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60. Alternative remedies in mental health, Western Australia Centre for Health Services

Research, November, 2000 [invited lecture by telepsychiatry for rural and remote

WA mental health professionals]

61. Physical treatments in psychiatry, Avoca Clinic Academic Program, 2000

62. ECT in adolescents. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, USA, 2000 [workshop]

63. Unusual and unconventional treatments in child psychiatry, 2nd

Paediatric

Psychopharmacology Conference, Sydney, 2001

64. Advancing the cause of Australasian Psychiatry, 36th

RANZCP Congress, Canberra,

2001 [invited workshop]

65. The humble case report [poster], 36th

RANZCP Congress, Canberra, 2001

66. “Unwillingly to school”: characteristics and outcome of school refusal in adolescents

[poster], 36th


67. The effect of routine use of a depression rating scale on the rate of diagnosis of

adolescent major depression [poster], 36th


68. Biological treatments for depression in young persons, Australian-Vietnamese

Collaborative Mental Health Conference, Hanoi, 2001 [an invited paper to be

presented immediately following a paper by Governor Bashir but, due to family

illness, was unable to be delivered]

69. Adolescent bipolar disorder [invited speaker}, 1st Australian and New Zealand

Conference on Bipolar Disorder, Hunter Valley, NSW, 2001

70. Publishing ethics, conference for medical editors convened by Blackwell Publishers,

Melbourne, 2001

71. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Update [invited keynote speaker], NSW Country

Psychiatrists’ Annual Conference, Lord Howe Island, 2002

72. Medical publishing [invited keynote speaker], NSW Country Psychiatrists’ Annual

Conference, Lord Howe Island, 2002

73. Electroconvulsive therapy in poetry [poster], 37th

RANZCP Congress, Brisbane,

2002

74. The portrayal of ECT in American movies [poster], 37th

RANZCP Congress,

Brisbane, 2002

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75. Medical student knowledge and attitudes regarding ECT prior to and after viewing

ECT scenes from movies, 37th

RANZCP Congress, Brisbane, 2002

76. Is the satisfied customer one who also "does well"? - the relationship between parent

satisfaction and outcome in a child and adolescent mental health service [poster],

37th

RANZCP Congress, Brisbane, 2002

77. An epidemiological study of ECT in adolescents [poster], 37th

RANZCP Congress,

Brisbane, 2002

78. Setting the scene: current issues in child psychiatry, at the “School-link” conference,

Expanding Horizons: New Directions in Young People’s Mental Health, 2002

79. An overview of stigma and discrimination, at the symposium, Every service’s

responsibility: challenging stigma and discrimination. The Mental Health Services

Conference of Australia and New Zealand (THEMS), Sydney, 2002

80. Celebrities in psychiatric film, The Mental Health Services Conference of Australia

and New Zealand (THEMS), Sydney, 2002

81. Publishing in psychiatry: ethics, IFs (Impact Factors) and other matters, meeting of

RANZCP Faculty of Child Psychiatry Child Psychiatrists’ Research Group, Barossa

Valley, 2002

82. An epidemiological study on ECT in young persons, Annual Meeting of the RANZCP

Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barossa Valley, 2002

83. How fixed are child psychiatrists’ views about ECT? [poster] Annual Meeting of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barossa Valley, 2002

84. Ethical issues in child and adolescent psychiatry, Annual Meeting of the American

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Francisco, USA, 2002 [workshop]

85. Crikey, mate! Developments in child and adolescent psychiatry in Australia. Invited

lecture [inaugural Weldon Lecture] for Chair in Adolescent Psychiatry, Dalhousie

University, Halifax, Canada, October 2002

86. Relationship between parent satisfaction and outcome in a child and adolescent

mental health service, Canadian Association of Child Psychiatry Annual Meeting,

Banff, Canada, 2002

87. Characteristics and outcome of school refusal, Canadian Association of Child

Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, 2002

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88. An epidemiological study on ECT use in adolescents. Canadian Association of Child

Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, 2002

89. The impact of rating scales on diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in adolescence.

Canadian Association of Child Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, 2002

90. How fixed are child psychiatrists’ views about ECT? [poster] 38th

RANZCP

Congress, Hobart, 2003

91. Borderline personality disorder in the public sector: experience, knowledge and

attitudes of mental health staff [poster], 38th

RANZCP Congress, Hobart, 2003

92. What it is currently like being a trainee psychiatrist in Australia: findings from a

national survey. 38th

RANZCP Congress, Hobart, 2003

93. ECT use in adolescents. Biennial conference of the Australasian Jewish Medical

Federation, Maroochydore, 2004

94. Portrayals of psychiatry in the movies [invited speaker]. International Media and

Mental Health Conference, Brisbane, 2004

95. Editing processes and decisions in journals [invited speaker]. 39th

RANZCP

Congress, Christchurch, 2004

96. A fountain of youth: the young child psychiatry workforce. Annual Meeting of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Darwin, 2004

97. Writing: an editor’s perspective. Annual Meeting of the RANZCP Faculty of Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry, Darwin, 2004

98. Depression in adolescence: assessment and measurement [invited speaker].

Conference on measurement in child psychiatry, Sydney, 2004

99. Eating disorders in Sydney and Singapore – body image and culture. The University

of Sydney College of Health Sciences 4th

Research Conference, Sydney, 2004

100. Eating disorders in Australia and Asia: A cross-cultural study in Sydney and

Singapore. 5th

Asia Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference, Sydney,

2004

101. Eating disorders across cultures: A study in two countries. Australian and New

Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders 2nd

Annual Conference, Melbourne, 2004

102. What patients and carers want to know: an exploration of information and resource

needs in adult mental health services [poster], 40th


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103. Patient and carer perceptions of need and associations with care-giving burden

[poster], 40th


104. Getting published Down Under, 40th


105. Co-presenter, 2-day course on medical editing for Blackwell regional Editors,

Sydney, August 2005

106. Publishes processes and ethics, Academic Seminar series, Nepean Hospital, 2005

107. Eating disturbances and acculturation in women with and without eating disorders in

Sydney and Singapore. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders

3rd

Annual Conference, Sydney, 2005

108. Eating disorders in Sydney and Singapore: A cross-cultural study into body image

and control. The 7th

London International Eating Disorders Conference, London,

2005

109. Staff and consumer perceptions of research and quality projects in mental health

settings’ [poster] XIII Cochrane Colloquium, Melbourne, 2005

110. Bipolar disorder in adolescence [invited speaker], 5th

Australian and New Zealand

Conference on Bipolar Disorder, Hobart, 2005

111. Body Composition in Young Women with Eating Disorders: Ethnic Differences in

the Relationship Between Body Fat Levels and Body Mass Index. Dietitians

Association of Australia 24th National Conference, Sydney, 2006

112. Eating concern and restraint in young women in Australia and Singapore – the

impact of culture. Eating Disorders Research Society Annual Meeting, 2006

113. Child psychiatry: a world of opportunity, at Academic Meeting of Discipline of

Psychological Medicine, Sydney, 2006

114. Enhancing research collaborations to improve our understanding and management of

people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse. 15th

Annual Winter

Symposium, Collaboration and Partnerships: building capacity and capability in

mental health care, Sydney, 2006

115. Bipolar disorder in young people [invited speaker], “Pivotal issues in psychiatry”

conference, Sydney, 2006

116. Australasian Psychiatry: looking back, looking ahead [invited speaker], Meeting of

SA Branch, RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adelaide, 2006

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117. Bipolar disorder in adolescence: current issues and controversies [invited speaker],

Scientific Meeting of Adelaide University, Adelaide, 2006

118. Drug treatment of conduct disorder [invited speaker], Royal Australasian College of

Physicians Congress, Cairns, 2006

119. The NSW School Link Program, [invited speaker], Royal Australasian College of

Physicians Congress, Cairns, 2006

120. TMS in the treatment of adolescent depression: case studies. 6th

International

Congress of Neuropsychiatry, Sydney, 2006.

121. Somatic treatments for depression: old and new. Meeting entitled Treating youth

depression in an era of uncertainty (satellite meeting of IACAPAP), Sydney, 2006

122. Ethical issues in child and adolescent psychiatry, Annual Meeting of the American

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, USA, 2006 [workshop]

123. Nutrition knowledge and eating disorders: Effects of culture and acculturation.

Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders 5th Annual Conference,

2007

124. Comorbidity in juvenile bipolar disorder, 42nd

RANZCP Congress, Gold Coast, 2007

125. The psychological impact on doctors of complaints and law suits, 42nd

RANZCP

Congress, Gold Coast, 2007

126. Publishing in child psychiatry [invited workshop], European Society for Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Florence, 2007

127. Comorbidity in juvenile bipolar disorder, Australasian Society for Bipolar Disorder

Conference, Sydney, 2007

128. Publishing ethics in child and adolescent psychiatry, Annual Meeting of the RANZCP

Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hobart, 2007

129. Juvenile bipolar disorder, Annual Meeting of the RANZCP Faculty of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, Hobart, 2007

130. Psychological morbidity in Australian GPs who have experienced a medico-legal

matter: a cross sectional survey. NSW Rural Psychiatrists’ Conference, Byron Bay,

2007

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131. The psychological impact and practice changes associated with medico-legal matters

in Australian doctors. Part of a workshop on Better outcomes for patients and better

health for doctors - a focus on medico-legal matters. International Doctors’ Health


132. Use of ECT and TMS in young people. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston, USA, 2007

133. How to get published. Early Psychosis Forum, Sydney, 2007

134. Juvenile bipolar disorder, Academic Seminar series, St George Hospital, 2007

135. Publishing ethics, World Psychiatric Association International Congress,

Melbourne, 2007

136. Contemporary research in child and adolescent psychiatry. Biennial conference of

the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation, Kingscliff, 2008

137. Side effects of second generation antipsychotics: the experience, views and

monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists. 43rd

RANZCP Congress,

Melbourne, 2008

138. Publishing ethics: guidelines for editors. Meeting of Asian Editors of Medical

Journals [invited keynote lecture], Tokyo, 2008

139. Comorbidity in juvenile bipolar disorder: key issues and treatment considerations

[invited speaker]. 8th

Australian and New Zealand Conference on Bipolar Disorder,

Auckland, 2008

140. Side effects of second generation antipsychotics: the experience, views and

monitoring practices of Australian child psychiatrists. Annual Meeting of the

RANZCP Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Port Douglas, 2008

141. Mentors’ perspectives on group mentorship: a descriptive study of two programs in

child and adolescent psychiatry. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child

and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, USA, 2008

142. Duration of treatment and self-reported side effects of low dose risperidone in young

people. 44th


143. The Art of Australasian Psychiatry. 44th


144. Publishing Down Under: essentials from your Editors. 44th

RANZCP Congress,

Adelaide, 2009

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145. “Stone the Crows”: developments in research and service development down

Under [invited keynote address]. Atlantic Provinces Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry Conference, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 2009

146. Child and adolescent mental health in Australia [invited public lecture], Centre for

Rural and Remote Health, Alice Springs, 2009

147. Mood disorders and their treatment in children and adolescents [invited lecture to

health staff], Centre for Rural and Remote Health, Alice Springs, 2009

148. Does life imitate art? Research and service development in child and adolescent

psychiatry and beyond [invited address}, Ramsay Healthcare, Adelaide, 2009

149. Conflict of interest and disclosure policies in psychiatry and medicine: a comparative

study of eighteen peer reviewed journals. 6th

International Congress on Peer Review

and Biomedical Publication, Vancouver, 2009

150. Research and service development in child and adolescent psychiatry. Biennial

conference of the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation, Coolum, 2010

151. How medicolegal matters impact on doctors. 45th

RANZCP Congress, Auckland,

2010

152. Comparison of nutrition knowledge amongst health professionals, patients with

eating disorders and the general population in Australia. Eating disorders: meeting

the challenge, Sydney, 2010

153. Youth and mental health. Mayor’s inaugural high school principals’ forum, Hornsby Ku-

ring-gai Council Chambers, 2010

154. Publishing: getting started. In the beginning: inaugural research conference

Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Sydney, 2010

155. The psychological effects of war on children [invited address]. Janusz Korczak

Commemoration, Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney, 2010

156. Comparison of nutrition knowledge between health professional groups. 8th

Annual

Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders,

Auckland, 2010

157. Depression and suicide in young people, at Get Connected: working together for better

community mental health and wellbeing, convened by Ku-ring-gai Police and Community

Safety Committee in partnership with Ku-ring-gai Council, Sydney, 2010

158. Mood disorders in young people [invited keynote speaker], NSW Country

Psychiatrists’ Annual Conference, Shoal Bay, 2010

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159. Current service provision and research in child and adolescent psychiatry [invited

keynote speaker], NSW Country Psychiatrists’ Annual Conference, Shoal Bay, 2010

160. Mood disorders in young people. Parent Forum organized by Ku-ring-gai Youth

Development Service, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Council Chambers, 2010

161. Child and adolescent research and service innovation in Australia: key themes and

relevance for other countries [invited address], Yale, USA, 2011.

162. Mental health services for young people in NSW and Australia [invited keynote

speaker], Mental health and young people, Youth Health Forum, Children’s Hospital

at Westmead, Sydney, 2011

163. An engagement with your Editors [workshop]. 46th

RANZCP Congress, Darwin,

2011

164. Depression and suicide in youth: the current status. Youth Health: it’s totally

important, 3rd

IAAH Asia Pacific Congress and 8th

Australian and New Zealand

Adolescent Health Conference, Sydney, 2011

165. Cinematic depictions of childhood cancer: how do psychosocial services fare?

[poster]. Seventh Annual Klingenstein Conference. Brown Alpern School of

Medicine, Providence, RI, USA, 2012

166. The interface between psychiatry and Judaism [invited address], Tikkun Leil Evening

Symposium, North Shore Synagogue, Sydney, 2012

167. Publishing in medicine and the sciences [invited lecture], Health Sciences University

of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 2012

168. Reflections on child and adolescent mental health services in Australia and their

potential relevance for Mongolia [invited presentation], Health Sciences University

of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 2012

169. A survey of alcohol-related knowledge amongst medical students in Australia

[poster]. Annual Conference of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and

Other Drugs, Melbourne, 2012

170. Youth and Mental Health. NSW Parliament House, Sydney, 2013

171. Student mental health. Meeting of the Australian Medical Students Association,

Sydney, 2013

172. Publishing and its ethics [invited address], Complutense University, Madrid, Spain,

2013.

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173. Psychiatric diagnostic decision-making: are psychiatrists less conscientious than

GPs? 48th


174. The essence of survival [invited book launch, Sydney Jewish Museum], Sydney,

2014

175. Translating research into practice, Northern Sydney LHD Mental Health Research


176. School refusal, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015

177. Unfathomable journeys, Sydney Jewish Museum, 2016

178. Emotional distress in law students compared to medical students. International

Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, to be held in Prague, 2017

CONFERENCES CONVENED

1. Chair, Convening Committee, Annual Conference, NSW Association for

Psychiatrists-in-Training, 1990

2. Chair, Convening Committee, Sydney Institute of Psychoanalysis Conference for

Trainee Psychiatrists, "Psychoanalysis: what can it offer?", 1990

3. Convenor (and chairperson), regular conferences of the Australasian Psychiatric

Stigma Group since its inception in 1991

4. Member, Organising Committee, 1st National “Getting Better” conference on

outcome measurement and resource allocation in psychiatry, Sydney 1996 (keynote

speakers included I Marks, H Whiteford, G Andrews, R Swinston)

5. Convenor (with A Rosen, M Shortland, T Politis), conference on psychiatry in the

cinema, Sydney, 1997

6. Convenor (with JM Rey), conference on the evaluation of outcomes in child and

adolescent mental health services, Central Sydney Area Health Service, 1997

7. Convenor (with K Kirkby), 2nd

National “Getting Better” conference on outcome

measurement in psychiatry - Sydney, 1998 (keynote speakers included I Marks, J

Greist, H Lapsley, M Oakley-Browne, J Ellard, G Andrews, P Boyce)

8. Convenor (with JM Rey, C Wiltshire), Rivendell Paediatric Psychpharmacology

Conference, 1999 (keynote speakers included J Rapoport, J Werry)

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9. Convenor (with K Kirkby), 3rd

National “Getting Better” conference on outcome

measurement in psychiatry - Sydney, 2000 (invited overseas-based speakers included

H Whiteford, R Mandenscheid). This biennial conference was recognised as the

country’s premier conference on outcome measurement in psychiatry.

10. Convenor (with JM Rey), 2nd Paediatric Psychopharmacology Conference, Sydney

2001 (international keynote speaker: S Kutcher)

11. Convenor, World Psychiatric Association conference on psychiatric stigma, Sydney,

2002

12. Member, Scientific Committee, Annual Conference of the RANZCP Faculty of

Child Psychiatry, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 2002.


Child Psychiatry, Darwin, 2004.


Child Psychiatry, Sydney, 2005.

15. Member, Scientific and Organizing Committees, 40th

RANZCP Congress, Sydney,

2005.

16. Member, Scientific Committee, 6th

International Congress of Neuropsychiatry,

Sydney, 2006.

17. Member, Organizing Committee, Treating youth depression in an era of uncertainty

(satellite meeting of International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry),

Sydney, September 2006

18. Member, Organizing Committee, Child and adolescent mental health: global

perspective for local solutions (meeting hosted by University of Sydney and

Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, featuring two US keynote speakers) Sydney,

October 2009

19. Member, Organizing Committee, In the beginning: inaugural research conference

Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Sydney, June 2010

20. Member, Scientific Committee, 1st International Youth Mental Health Conference,

Melbourne, July 2010

21. Member, Organizing Committee, Annual research conference Northern Sydney

Central Coast Health, Sydney, June 2011

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22. Member, Scientific Program Committee, Youth Health: it’s totally important, 3rd

IAAH Asia Pacific Congress and 8th

Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health

Conference, Sydney, November 2011

23. Member, Organizing Committee, Energizing evidence. Research Conference

Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, July 2012

24. Member, Organizing Committee, Translating research evidence into clinical

practice. Research Conference, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, July

2015

25. Internet gaming and social media: friend or foe, and clinical implications. Northern

Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, November 2015

26. Medical ethics in the shadow of the Holocaust (with colleagues from VELiM,

University of Sydney and Sydney Jewish Museum), Sydney, November 2015

27. Australasian Doctors Health Conference, Sydney, September, 2017

OTHER POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

1. Co-ordinator, Ryde Hospital Family Medicine Program, 1984 and 1985

2. President, Ryde Hospital Resident Medical Officers’ Association, 1985 and 1986

3. Medical Co-ordinator, Disaster Exercise involving NSW Police, Fire Brigade and

Ambulance Services, 1985

4. Creator of Shrunk and Walrus cartoon series, Australian Doctor Weekly, 1988-1991

5. Chairperson, Northside Clinic Registrars’ Group, 1989

6. Convenor, Northside Clinic Journal Club, 1989

7. Chairperson, Committee to review and re-establish the Northside Clinic’s ECT

service, 1989

8. Lecturer, Wesley Mission workshops for “Lifeline” counsellors (lectures on “Suicide

and Parasuicide” and “Alcohol Dependence”), Sydney, 1988 and 1989

9. Member of the Executive Committee, NSW Association for Psychiatrists-in-training

(APT), 1989-1991

10. Joint-president, NSW Association for Psychiatrists in Training, 1990

11. APT representative on Ramsay Health Care Development Committee, 1990

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12. Member, Training Committee, NSW Branch RANZCP, 1990-1991

13. Member, National APT Working Party to examine and prepare a position statement

on proposed RANZCP Examination By-laws and Training Program, 1990

14. Member, Development Committee, Australian Medical and Professional Society on

Alcohol and Other Drugs 1991

15. Co-founder (with Dr A Rosen), Australasian Psychiatric Stigma Group, Northern

Sydney Region, 1991

16. Member, peer review committee, Mood Disorders Unit, Northside Clinic, 1993-1994

17. Member, peer review committee, Macquarie Hospital, 1994-1995

18. Convenor, Medical Student Training, Rivendell Unit, September 1996-2006

19. Convenor, Rivendell Inservice Lecture Program, July 1996-1998

20. Chairperson, Committee to prepare a protocol for adolescent mental health

emergencies in Central Sydney Area Health Service, 1996

21. Chair, Committee to explore preventative projects in child and adolescent mental

health in Central Sydney Area Health Service, 1996

22. Member, Committee to examine outcome measures at Rivendell, September 1996-

2006

23. Member, Serious Incidents Review Committee, Central Sydney Area Health Service,

1997-1998

24. Member, 4-person RANZCP taskforce to revise RANZCP ECT guidelines

(completed 1999)

25. Chairperson, (EQUIP) Accreditation Committee, Rivendell Hospital and Area Child,

Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services, 1999-2005

(the unit was successfully accredited in this time)

26. Member, Dual Diagnosis Project Committee/Reference Group, Central Sydney Area

Health Service, 1998-1999

27. Member, Committee to develop area policy on ADHD, 1999-2000

28. Member, child psychiatry training committee, NSW Branch RANZCP, 1999-2003

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29. Member, Interview Panel, NSW Institute of Psychiatry Fellowship in Child

Psychiatry, 1999

30. Member, Central Sydney Area Mental Health Research Advisory Committee

Meeting, 1998-2006

31. Chairperson, Solvay Paediatric OCD Advisory Board, 2000 (I elected to resign from

the Board following my appointment as Editor of Australasian Psychiatry)

32. Member, Central Sydney Area Health Service Suicide Prevention Steering

Committee, 2000-2006

33. Member, Central Sydney Area Health Service Clinical Council, 2000-2006

34. Member, Central Sydney Area Health Service Quality Council, 2000 onwards (I also

delivered the inaugural presentation at Council (March 2000), regarding the Area's

child and adolescent mental health services)

35. Member, Co-ordinating Group for the implementation of the Strategic Plan, “Health

Gain for Children and Youth of Central Sydney”, 2000-2006

36. Member, Commonwealth child and adolescent mental health outcomes Expert

Group, 2001-2007

37. Member, Interview Panel, Child Policy Analyst, NSW Centre for Mental Health,

2001

38. Member, Reference group, Resource transition program, Central Sydney Area Health

Service, 2001-2006

39. Member, Medical Advisory Panel, SANE Australia, 2001 on (SANE Australia is a

national charity helping people affected by mental illness that has won a number of

awards for its work and educational materials)

40. Committee member, RANZCP Committee on Psychotropic Drugs and Other

Physical Treatments, 2001-2004

41. RANZCP Representative, Working Group to prepare policy on the effects of

multimedia on children, 2001-2002 (others in Working Group included

representatives from Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australian

College of General Practitioners, Public Health Association of Australia and “Young

Media Australia”)

42. Member, Ethics Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

2004 onwards

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43. Convenor, quarterly Educational Forums, Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Services, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, 2006-2008

44. Member, Child and Adolescent Subcommittee, NSW Centre for Mental Health,

2006-2010

45. Member, Youth Mental Health Subcommittee, NSW Centre for Mental Health, 2006

onwards

46. Member, Paediatric Network Group, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, 2007

onwards

47. Chair, Paediatric Inpatient Risk Assessment Committee, Northern Sydney Central

Coast Health, 2007-2008

48. Member, National CAMHS Benchmarking Forum, 2007-2009

49. Member, Clinical Services Committee, Ku-ring-gai Youth Development Service

(“KYDS”), 2008 onwards

50. Certificate in Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership Program, Clinical Excellence

Commission, NSW Health Dept, 2008

51. International member, Steering Committee, National child and youth mental health

framework, Canada, 2008 onwards

52. Member, Working Group to prepare minimum standards for the use of ECT, NSW

Health, 2009-2010

53. Member, RANZCP Expert Panel, Submission to Senate Inquiry into suicide in

Australia, 2009

54. Member, CADE (Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation) clinical and

research team, Royal North Shore Hospital, 2010 onwards

55. Member, Expert Panel preparing position statement on Stigma and Suicide, Suicide

Prevention Australia, 2010

56. Member, RANZCP Expert Group to prepare position statement, Suicide Reporting in

the Media, 2011

57. Member, Expert Advisory Panel, NIIRA (Network for Internet Investigation and

Research Australia), 2011 onwards

58. Member, RANZCP Awards panel, 2013

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RECENT AND CURRENT TEACHING AND EXAMINING

1. Lectures to final year medical students, Sydney University (as part of their formal

psychiatry lecture program) on (i) behavioural disorders in children and adolescents,

and (ii) manic depressive illness, 1996 and 1997

2. Convenor, Sydney University medical student teaching program in child and

adolescent psychiatry at Central Clinical School, 1996-2006

3. Tutoring small groups of (10 to 12) Sydney University medical students at Rivendell

approx. 8 times a year, 1995-2000

4. Examining final year Sydney University medical students in relation to their

psychiatry term, 1997 onwards

5. Co-author, problem-based learning exercise on school refusal, Sydney University

Medical Program, 2000

6. Lectures in Sydney University Medical Program

(i) paediatric psychopharmacology; 1999-2001

(ii) stigma of mental illness, 2000

(iii) community perception of psychiatric disorders, 2001

(iv) assessing a young person with mental health problems, 2001-2002

(v) depression in adolescence, 2001-2005

(vi) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2002 onwards

7. Supervisor, students on Rotating Practice Placement, Sydney University Medical

Program, 2000 onwards

8. Supervision of Psychiatrists-in-training, 1996 onwards

9. Supervision of Child Psychiatrists-in-training, 1997 onwards

10. Supervision of Area-of-Need psychiatrists, 2007 onwards

11. Lectures to Child Psychiatrists-in-training, NSW Institute of Psychiatry, 1997-

present on (i) pharmacokinetics of psychotropic drugs in children and adolescents,

(ii) ECT in young persons, (iii) clinical research, (iv) publishing ethics, (v)

publishing in psychiatry (vi) embarking on private practice

12. Lecture on infant psychopharmacology, at NSW Institute of Psychiatry Infant Mental

Health Course, 2000

13. Contributor to NSW Institute of Psychiatry course by correspondence on adolescent

mental health (author of 3 chapters in course handbook: (i) psychiatric diagnosis and

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classification, (ii) the mental state examination, (iii) biological treatments), 1997-

1998

14. Lecture on publishing ethics in psychiatry, Sydney University Department of

Psychological Medicine PhD program, Sydney, 2000-2008

15. Lecture on inpatient adolescent psychiatry, Newcastle & Central Coast Zone

Psychiatry Training Program, 2000

16. Adjudicator, Essay prizes, Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of

Sydney, 2001-2012

17. Author, Modified Essay and Multiple Choice Questions, Sydney University Medical

Program, 2003 onwards

18. Lecture on writing papers for psychiatry journals, Northern Sydney Training

Program, 2003

19. Lecture on publishing ethics, Postgraduate Research Program, Children’s Hospital at

Westmead, 2003

20. Lecture on judging the quality of medical papers, Discipline of Psychological

Medicine Postgraduate Research Program, University of Sydney, 2003

21. Author of two chapters in Module on Social and Cultural Psychiatry, NSW Institute

of Psychiatry Advanced Training Course in Psychiatry, 2002-2003

22. Author of chapter on publishing in Module titled, “Career and Consultancy”, NSW

Institute of Psychiatry Advanced Training Course in Psychiatry, 2005

23. Co-ordinator, Postgraduate Research Programs, Discipline of Psychological

Medicine, University of Sydney, September 2002-2006

24. Examiner, RANZCP Examinations, Sydney, 2007

25. Author and presenter, “Ethics and the Child” module, in postgraduate course, “Ethics

and Mental Health”, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University

of Sydney, 2009-2012

26. Lecture on publishing in psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, 2013

27. Lecture on establishing a clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry: rewards

and pitfalls, NSW Institute of Psychiatry, 2016

28. Lecture on biological treatments in child psychiatry, RANZCP Tasmanian trainees in

psychiatry, Hobart, July 2016

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MEDIA APPEARANCES

Multiple, in Australia, New Zealand and USA, in relation to research, published works

and clinical interests, including print media (newspapers, popular magazines), radio and

TV interviews.

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