Temi Metseagharun

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Dr Temi Metseagharun

MBBS, MRCPsych/Dual CCT, MA (Philosophy), FRANZCP

Temi Metseagharun is the current chair of the RCPsych Philosophy Special Interest Group.

He is a working psychiatrist and Specialist in General Adult, Old Age and Liaison Psychiatry. Currently working as a Consultant Psychiatrist, Armadale Health Service, Mount Nasura – part of East Metropolitan Health Service, Western Australia. He was a Former Acting Director, Clinical Services for Mental Health, Western Australia Country Service (WACHS) – Pilbara and was involved in Aboriginal Mental Health and Rural Psychiatry Training in the region.

Temi a current trainer/supervisor for RANZCP and previously worked as a trainer/supervisor for RCPsych and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) - associated with University of Cambridge. His teaching experience at CPFT included the teaching and supervision of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Temi has also authored several commentaries and had letters published in journals. His MA in philosophy (of Biological and Cognitive Sciences) is from the University of Bristol, UK, and had previously submitted, and continues to work on a PhD proposal on “Thought Processing Disorders” – An alternative way of understanding severe mental disorders.

Temi Metseagharun is the current chair of the RCPsych Philosophy Special Interest Group.

He is a working psychiatrist and Specialist in General Adult, Old Age and Liaison Psychiatry. Currently working as a Consultant Psychiatrist, Armadale Health Service, Mount Nasura – part of East Metropolitan Health Service, Western Australia. He was a Former Acting Director, Clinical Services for Mental Health, Western Australia Country Service (WACHS) – Pilbara and was involved in Aboriginal Mental Health and Rural Psychiatry Training in the region.

Temi a current trainer/supervisor for RANZCP and previously worked as a trainer/supervisor for RCPsych and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) - associated with University of Cambridge. His teaching experience at CPFT included the teaching and supervision of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Temi has also authored several commentaries and had letters published in journals. His MA in philosophy (of Biological and Cognitive Sciences) is from the University of Bristol, UK, and had previously submitted, and continues to work on a PhD proposal on “Thought Processing Disorders” – An alternative way of understanding severe mental disorders.

Last updated 29 January 2026