Dr Chintanie De Silva

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