As an accredited Psychiatrist at Mitcham Private Hospital Chintanie will accept adult and perinatal inpatient and day program referrals.

Practices:
Mitcham Private Hospital
Ramsay Clinic Mitcham

Telehealth Available

Address:
Whitehorse Specialist Group
10 William Street
MITCHAM VIC 3132

Call:
03 8813 0582

Fax:
03 8806 4348

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Services:
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - Adult (General)
Psychiatry - Adult ADHD
Psychiatry - Aged Psychiatry
Psychiatry - Anxiety Disorders
Psychiatry - Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Psychiatry - GP Management Plans
Psychiatry - Mood Disorders
Psychiatry - Parent and Infant
Psychiatry - Perinatal
Psychiatry - Psychosis
Psychiatry - Trauma/PTSD
Psychiatry - Workcover/TAC

Profile

Dr De Silva is a locally trained psychiatrist, with over 10 years of practice in psychiatry, both in New Zealand and Australia with experience in peri natal psychiatry, early psychosis, trans-cultural issues and migrant mental health, personality disorders and old age psychiatry.

Special interests
• CBT / DBT / Supportive psychotherapy / ACT / family therapy approach for most of the psychiatric disorders with or without pharmacological interventions
• Depression / Anxiety /Psychosis / BPAD
• Offering support (psychological and pharmacological) for drug related issues

Dr De Silva wishes to develop a broad psychiatric practice at Mitcham Private Hospital, and will consult regularly onsite from March 2013, supporting both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. She welcomes all new referrals for patients who require a management plan and is keen to work with general practitioners to provide further reviews as needed and to provide expertise in bulk-billed 291 and 293 assessments.

As an accredited psychiatrist at Mitcham Private Hospital’s private adult inpatient psychiatric unit Victoria Court, Dr De Silva will also accept inpatient and day program referrals for patients requiring care for:

• Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• Spectrum Disorders
• Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorders
• Stress
• Grief

Interests

General Adult Psychiatry; Adult ADHD; Aged Psychiatry; Anxiety disorders; Consultation Liaison Psychiatry; GP Management plans 291; Mood disorders; Parent and Infant; Perinatal; Psychosis; Trauma/PTSD; Workcover/TAC;

Other Spoken Languages

Sinhalese