Mayne Academy of Psychiatry

About

The Mayne Academy of Psychiatry is headed by Professor Gerard Byrne and encompasses education and research in mental health - specifically, clinical aspects of behavioural science and clinical psychiatry.

The Academy contributes to the teaching of the Doctor of Medicine program in all years, but the major contribution is in the year 3 when all medical students complete an 6 week clinical attachment to a hospital, clinic or community mental health service. 

Academic staff (paid & unpaid) have wide-ranging research interests, including in old age psychiatry (especially anxiety disorders, & psychopathology associated with Parkinson’s disease), psycho-oncology (especially psychotherapy for breast cancer patients), schizophrenia (especially general medical morbidity & mortality associated with psychosis, and autoimmune encephalitis), child & adolescent psychiatry (especially the impact of family psychopathology), and all aspects of forensic psychiatry. Each of these research domains has informed our curriculum.

Contact

Mayne Academy Coordinator
E: med.mdmentalhealth@uq.edu.au

The main centre of activity for the discipline is the Mental Health Centre at the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. However, extensive teaching and research activity takes place on many other sites. Offices are maintained at:

  • Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
  • Princess Alexandra Hospital
  • Prince Charles Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic New Farm
  • Greenslopes Private Hospital
  • The Park - Centre for Mental Health
  • Ipswich Integrated Mental Health Service
  • Toowong Private Hospital

Other hospitals also assist with the placement of medical students. These hospitals include:

  • Hervey Bay Hospital
  • Rockhampton Hospital
  • Toowoomba Hospital
  • Bundaberg Hospital
  • Redlands Hospital

The Mayne Academy has the responsibility for teaching two interrelated segments of the medical program:

  • Behavioural science as it relates to medical practice
  • Clinical psychiatry

The Mayne Academy of Psychiatry staff contribute to teaching in all years of the medical program but our major contribution is in the third Year when all students complete an 6 week clinical attachment to a hospital, clinic or community mental health service. The Mayne Academy of Psychiatry conducts six such 6-week terms per year.

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Postgraduate 

The following Mental Health postgraduate coursework programs are offered:

The Mayne Academy of Psychiatry academic staff (paid & unpaid) have wide-ranging research interests, including;

  • Old age psychiatry (especially anxiety disorders, & psychopathology associated with Parkinson’s disease),
  • Psycho-oncology (especially psychotherapy for breast cancer patients),
  • Schizophrenia (especially general medical morbidity & mortality associated with psychosis, and autoimmune encephalitis),
  • Child & adolescent psychiatry (especially the impact of family psychopathology), and
  • All aspects of forensic psychiatry.

Head of Academy and Mayne Professor of Psychiatry
Professor Gerard Byrne
Phone: +61 7 3365 5152
Email: gerard.byrne@uq.edu.au