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Professor Brett McDermott
Brett McDermott is a graduate of the University of Tasmania (1984). After a commission with the Royal Australian Navy, trained in Psychiatry in the UK and Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Sydney and Newcastle, NSW. Academic appointments include Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Tasmania, By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor at Shanxi Medical University and James Cook University.
For the last 25 years Professor McDermott has held dual roles in directing public CAMH services and undertaking the activities of a clinical academic. From 2002-2014 Professor McDermott was the Executive Director of the Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Brisbane. 2015-2000 Professor of Psychiatry at JCU. 2021-2025 Specialty Director Tasmania CAMHS with oversight of the CAMHS reform undertaken by the Tasmanian Health Service. From 2006-2016 Professor McDermott Board Director of beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative and has served on numerous state and federal expert groups and guideline initiatives. Foundation Board Member of Hand-n-Hand Peer Support. College commitments include Tasmania DOAT of RANZCP CAMHS training and RANZCP FCAP Committee.
Research includes >100 peer reviewed publications, mainly in the areas of disaster mental health, eating disorders, adverse child experiences and CAMHS service provision. In 2024 was awarded an AM for services to child and adolescent mental health.
Brett McDermott is a graduate of the University of Tasmania (1984). After a commission with the Royal Australian Navy, trained in Psychiatry in the UK and Sydney, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Sydney and Newcastle, NSW. Academic appointments include Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Tasmania, By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor at Shanxi Medical University and James Cook University.
For the last 25 years Professor McDermott has held dual roles in directing public CAMH services and undertaking the activities of a clinical academic. From 2002-2014 Professor McDermott was the Executive Director of the Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Brisbane. 2015-2000 Professor of Psychiatry at JCU. 2021-2025 Specialty Director Tasmania CAMHS with oversight of the CAMHS reform undertaken by the Tasmanian Health Service. From 2006-2016 Professor McDermott Board Director of beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative and has served on numerous state and federal expert groups and guideline initiatives. Foundation Board Member of Hand-n-Hand Peer Support. College commitments include Tasmania DOAT of RANZCP CAMHS training and RANZCP FCAP Committee.
Research includes >100 peer reviewed publications, mainly in the areas of disaster mental health, eating disorders, adverse child experiences and CAMHS service provision. In 2024 was awarded an AM for services to child and adolescent mental health.
