Dr Tawde has a cumulative experience in Psychiatry of more than 15 years. He holds postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry from India (MD in Psychiatry), UK (MRCPsych) and Australia (FRANZCP).
He has been a Consultant Psychiatrist, with a focus on general adult psychiatry in Victoria for the more than eight years.
Scope of practice: Management of mental health problems of persons over the age of 18 years, both outpatient and inpatient.
He has an interest in the following mental health conditions:
- Anxiety disorders such as panic disorder, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, phobias and related disorders.
- Mood disorders including depression, dysthymia, bipolar affective disorder and related mental health problems.
- Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, brief psychotic episodes.
- Perinatal mental health problems including postnatal depression, post partum psychosis.
- Neuropsychiatry - presence of comorbid neurological and mental health problems.