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Dr Charles Chan

Dr Charles Chan

Director, Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Charles Chan has over ten years of experience working in psychiatry. He has previously worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the public sector as a staff specialist psychiatrist with the NSW Justice Health. He has also worked extensively as a VMO Psychiatrist at St John of God Richmond Hospital and St John of God Burwood Hospital since 2014. Dr Chan has also worked as a Consultant Research Psychiatrist at Brain and Mind Research Institute focusing in mood and sleep disorder. Over the years, Dr Chan has involved in teaching medical students at the University of Sydney. He is an accredited supervisor for RANZCP trainees.

Dr Charles Chan is a current committee member of Medical Association Committee at St John of God Burwood Hospital; he is also a committee member of Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS) Committee at St John of God Burwood Hospital.

He is a member of Australian ADHD Professional Association (AADPA). AADPA is an independent, not-for-profit organisation with a diverse membership of inter-disciplinary professionals across Australia and New Zealand. It is committed to working towards enhanced lifetime outcomes for individuals with ADHD and their families.

Dr Charles Chan has a special interest in the treatment of Mood Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He uses a combination of biological treatments (medications, TMS, ECT) and psychological interventions.

He is an Approved Medical Specialist for NSW Workers Compensation Commission under the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).

Below are some examples of his work:

Insights – on “Adults ADHD”

Invited panelist. Insights – on “Adults ADHD”. SBS TV.

Radio Interview: Three-episode series on ADHD, SBS Cantonese Radio Station

【健康快樂人】陳兆正醫生 — ADHD 症狀概況 (第一集)
【健康快樂人】陳兆正 — 爲何我的 ADHD 病人均年屆 16 歲以上？ (第二集)
【健康快樂人】陳兆正 — ADHD 的成因和應對方法 (第三集)

Radio Interview: Two-episode series on link between ADHD and criminal behaviour, SBS Cantonese Radio Station

【健康快樂人】ADHD 與違法行為之間有關係嗎？
【健康快樂人】 ADHD 能破壞關係損害個人尊嚴

Radio interview: Mental Health Impact Due to COVID Pandemic, SBS Cantonese Radio Station

Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats

Dr Charles Chan Mind Oasis Clinic

Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats

Fireside Chats: You, Me, and Mental Health
Dr Charles Chan Mind Oasis Clinic

Invited Talks

Invited speaker. Optimal management of ADHD. Sponsored by Takeda

February 2021

Invited speaker. Adults with ADHD Support Group.

May 2021

Invited speaker. RANZCP ADHD Network Grand Round Case Presentation

Aug 2021

Invited speaker. Combined symposium presentation. Co-presentators: Prof Dave Coghill, Prof Ed Ogden, Prof Mark Bellgrove and Dr Tony Mastroianni. RANZCP 2022 College Congress

May 2022

Invited speaker. Binge Eating Disorder: when is it too much of a good thing? Chair and presenter to a group of 30 GPs

June 2022

Invited speaker. Story on women with ADHD. The Australian Women’s Weekly.  

June 2022

GP Education Series: “TransMagnetic Stimulation on treatment of Major Depression”

Feb 2023, March 2023, May 2023 

GP Webinar on Adult ADHD, part of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse CPD series.

Presenting a group of over 100 GPs from Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) and Inner West. 

Invited Talks/ Social Media appearances:

Selected Publications:

  • Chan, C. and Shaw, T. (2009) ‘Suicidality induced by steroid treatment’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(5), pp. 484–485.
  •  Chan, C. and Snowdon, J. (2012) ‘Animal hoarding’, in Snowdon, J., Halliday, G. and Banerjee, S. (eds.) Severe Domestic Squalor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 81–100.
  • Chan, C. (2015) ‘Insomnia and depression in older adults’, Doctor Magazine, September/October, p. 22.
  •  O’Doherty, D., Tickell, A., Ryder, W., Chan, C., Hermens, D., Bennett, M.R. and Lagopoulos, J. (2017) ‘Frontal and subcortical grey matter reductions in PTSD’, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 266(August), pp. 1–9.
  • Chan, C., West, S. and Glozier, N. (2017) ‘Commencing and persisting with a web-based cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia: A qualitative study of treatment completers’, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), p. e37. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5639.
  • O’Doherty, D., Ryder, W., Paquola, C., Tickell, A., Chan, C., Hermens, D., Bennett, M.R. and Lagopoulos, J. (2018) ‘White matter integrity alterations in post-traumatic stress disorder’, Human Brain Mapping, 39(3), pp. 1327–1338.