Recent Publications & Media
Treatment-resistant depression: A GP's guide to TMS, ketamine and beyond — Healthed podcast
Dr Charles Chan joins host Dr Rebecca Overton for a 41-minute conversation on managing treatment-resistant depression in general practice. The episode covers how it is defined, revisiting the diagnosis and previous treatments, where TMS, ketamine, esketamine and ECT sit in the treatment landscape, maintenance and longer-term treatment decisions, and emerging developments.
RACGP CPD accredited: 0.5 Educational Activities, 1 Measuring Outcomes and 0.5 Reviewing Performance. Free Healthed registration for healthcare professionals may be required.
August 2026 | Listen on Healthed
Esketamine in depression — AusDoc Therapy Update
A written update on esketamine in depression for GPs, authored by Dr Charles Chan. Free AusDoc registration for healthcare professionals may be required.
16 October 2026 | Read on AusDoc
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
【醫家等你Call】重複問同一問題 懷疑人家偷東西 認知障礙症兩個自測法
Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats
Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats
Fireside Chats: You, Me, and Mental Health
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:
- Lecturing on ‘Animal Hoarding’, RSPCA (NSW) annual conference Oct 2010
- Lecturing on ‘The role of the psychiatrist in euthanasia’, Warrane College May 2011
- Lecturing on ‘Developing a Research Project’, NSW Institute of Psychiatry Nov 2013
- Lecturing on GP Education Event at St John of God Richmond Hospital Oct 2015
- Oral presentation on “Automatism Defense in New South Wales” in 2015 Joint Conference RANZCP Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry RANZCP, ANZAPPL Nov 2015
- Radio interview: a three-episode series on ADHD, SBS Cantonese Radio Station https://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/cantonese/zh-hant/audio/adhdhttps://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/cantonese/zh-hant/audio/jian-kang-kuai-le-ren-chen-zhao-zheng-wei-he-wo-de-adhd-bing-ren-jun-nian-jie-16-sui-yi
May 2019
- Radio interview: mental health impact due to COVID pandemic, SBS Cantonese Radio Station https://www.sbs.com.au/language/cantonese/zh-hant/audio/experts-warns-government-to-prepare-for-new-wave-of-post-pandemic-mental-health-crisis June 2020
- Panel discussion: Asian-Australian Mental Health Perspectives, Asian Australian Project Fireside Chats
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLfBcJKp1tk
- October 2020
- GP Dinner Presentation. Invited Speaker. Vortioxetine in treatment of Major Depression. Sponsored by Lundbeck. November 2020
- Invited panelist. Insights – on “Adults ADHD”. SBS TV. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1865101891814/adult-adhd
February 2021
- Invited speaker. Optimal management of ADHD to a group of 50 GPs. Sponsored by Takeda. February 2021
- Invited speaker. Adults with ADHD Support Group to 100 attendees. May 2021
- Radio interview: a two-episode series on link between ADHD and criminal behaviour, SBS Cantonese Radio Station https://www.sbs.com.au/chinese/cantonese/zh-hant/audio/is-there-a-correlation-between-adhd-and-delinquent-behaviour-or-crime
August 2021
- Invited speaker. RANZCP ADHD Network Grand Round Case Presentation, to over 80 psychiatrists. https://www.ranzcp.org/practice-education/webinar-event-recordings/adhd-network-grand-round-case-september-2021 (Need RANZCP Membership login) September 2021
- Invited speaker. RANZCP 2022 College Congress. Combined symposium presentation. Co-presentators: Prof Dave Coghill, Prof Ed Ogden, Prof Mark Bellgrove and Dr Tony Mastroianni. 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. Binge Eating Disorder: when is it too much of a good thing? Chair and presenter to a group of 10 consultant psychiatrist. June 2022
- 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
- Invited speaker. ADHD Central Meeting. Presenting to a group of psychiatrists, paediatricians and psychologists. May 2023
- Invited speaker. GP Webinar on Adult ADHD, part of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse CPD series. Presenting to a group of over 100 GPs from Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) and Inner West. May 2023
- Invited speaker. AADPA Annual Conference. Presenting to a group of over 200 clinicians including psychiatrists, paediatricians, GPs, and allied health professionals on ADHD. “Neurodiversity Approach - What are they, and what do they mean for clinicians?” July 2023
- Radio interview: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, SBS Cantonese Radio Station https://www.sbs.com.au/language/chinese/zh-hant/podcast-episode/medical-care-with-ai/spyjm3lij Nov 2024
- SBS Cantonese Talkback Radio Show: TransMagnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Treatment-Resistant Depression https://www.sbs.com.au/language/chinese/zh-hant/podcast-episode/depression-symptoms-explained-how-they-impact-mental-health/l5k9mxzgq Feb 2025
- SBS Cantonese Talkback Radio Show: Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression https://www.sbs.com.au/language/chinese/zh-hant/podcast-episode/esketamine-now-subsidised-under-pbs-offers-new-hope-for-treatment-resistant-depression/c7k9pm54o May 2025
- Invited speaker. RANZCP 2025 College Congress. Combined symposium presentation. Presenting to a group of over 100 psychiatrists. The Near Future - “AI in Psychiatry: Illuminating Innovation and Navigating the Shadows” May 2025
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.