Our Practitioners
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Dr Daniel Mo
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Daniel Mo is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College Psychiatrists.
He has worked across several roles in community psychiatry, in both acute and longer-term care and is a strong advocate for patients to receive accessible and affordable mental health care.
His motto as a doctor is “to see and treat the patient, not just the illness”, and patients have often commented positively about his care and professionalism.
His areas of interest include:
- Adult Mental Health
- Mood disorders
- Psychosis
- Personality Disorders
- ADHD diagnosis and treatment
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Dr Yee-Ling Kuok
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Yee-Ling Kuok is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Having graduated from UWA in 1998 (MBBS with Honours), she commenced her psychiatry training in 2002, and has more than 20 years of experience working in public, private and rehabilitative/residential services.
Dr Kuok prefers to work with patients holistically – looking at the interplay of body, soul and spirit – thus incorporating pharmacological and psychosocial treatments.
Her areas of interest include:
- Integrative Psychiatry – how complementary and alternative medicine can be used adjunctively with prescription medicine
- Psychological illness associated with general medical conditions
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Psychotic disorders
- Perinatal Psychiatry
- Personality disorders
Dr Kuok is currently accepting new patient referrals.
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Dr Elvin Ko
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Elvin Ko is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He completed his medical and psychiatric training in Perth, and has worked primarily in community psychiatry.
He is passionate about tailoring treatment and management to suit patients. Curious by nature, he always seeks to clearly understand and simplify issues which may at first appear complex.
His areas of interest include:
- General adult mental health
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorder
- Personality disorders
- Psychotic disorders
- ADHD diagnosis and treatment
- Psychotherapy
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Dr Annie Abraham
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Annie Abraham is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She started her psychiatric training program in the United Kingdom in January 1999 and she also holds the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the United Kingdom.
Dr Abraham has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia and has over 20 years of experience. She believes in treating her patients holistically and consideration is given to non-pharmaceutical therapies and psychological treatments in addition to medications.
Dr Abraham is fluent in English and can also understand and converse in Indian languages – Malayalam and Hindi.
Her areas of interest include:
- Adult mental health
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety Disorder
- Multicultural psychiatry
- ADHD diagnosis and treatment
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Dr Allison Newman
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Allison Newman is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College Psychiatrists. She worked as a qualified psychiatrist in Ireland for many years before moving to Australia and has worked in many demanding and diverse roles in Psychiatry including Director of Clinical Services for WACHS, Senior Lecturer, Clinical school examiner and Supervisor for trainees.
She is a compassionate and experienced psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience and has an interest in adult mental health e.g. mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders etc. balancing medication and psychotherapy approach.
Her areas of interest include:
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorder
- Psychosis
- Personality disorders
- Psychotherapy
Dr Newman is currently accepting new patient referrals.
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Dr Steven Patchett
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Steve Patchett is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Dr Patchett has over 40 years experience as a consultant psychiatrist in the public sector in Australia and New Zealand.
He has worked in general adult psychiatry in both inpatient and community settings, with special interest in forensic psychiatry and the mental health of Aboriginal people.
His areas of interest include:
- Adult Mental Health
- Psychotic disorders
- Mood and anxiety disorders
- Personality disorders
Dr Patchett is currently accepting new patient referrals.
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Dr Vineet Padmanabhan
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Vineet Padmanabhan is a highly experienced child and adolescent psychiatrist, dedicated to the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents aged 0-17. As a medical doctor, he is equipped to diagnose conditions, deliver therapy, and, where indicated, prescribe medications.
Dr Padmanabhan completed his core psychiatry training in Bristol and Wales, UK, and went on to specialise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He gained significant experience working as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the UK before relocating to Perth in 2013. His extensive background in psychiatry ensures a comprehensive and nuanced approach to mental health care.
Dr. Padmanabhan is passionate about providing tailored care for a range of psychiatric conditions, including:
- ADHD assessment and treatment
- ASD assessment
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Neuropsychiatric presentations
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
General mental health presentations
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Dr Pradeep Rao
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Clinical A/Professor Dr Pradeep Rao is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Dr Rao has a special interest in the assessment and management of ADHD and other Neurodevelopmental disorders. He works in private practice at Lifepoint Mental Wellness Clinic as well as Head of Service, Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorders Service (CAHDS) at Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Australia.
He has previously worked in senior medical leadership roles at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Dr Rao is also a Clinical Associate Professor at University of Western Australia (UWA) and an Honorary Associate with the Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Australia.
His research interests include improvements to mental health service provision and the underlying neurobiology and neurocircuitries of ADHD, anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents. Dr Rao has been a guest editor for a special issue on mood disorders in Frontiers Psychiatry and is also a reviewer for a number of peer reviewed journals.
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Dr Mohammed Usman
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Mohammed Usman trained as a psychiatrist in the UK and has been working in public practice as Senior Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist in Australia for a number of years. He has published papers and presented at multiple conferences and is keen to promote consumer awareness and education. His main interests and expertise is seeing children, young people & adults with neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, ASD and ID.Dr Usman is currently only able to offer appointments via telehealth.
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Melissa Trindall
Clinical Psychologist
Melissa is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in treating adults with complex and co-morbid presentations.
Her main interests include ADHD, trauma, anxiety and mood disorders.
Melissa is trained in a number of evidence-based interventions and uses predominantly CBT, schema therapy and EMDR to help her patients reach their therapeutic goals.
Melissa is currently accepting new patient referrals for clinical psychology.
Please note Melissa does not accept referrals for insurance or medico-legal treatment/reports.
