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Date
12 October 2020
In this interview Brian Draper speaks with Gerard Byrne who has been very prominent in developing old age mental health services and academia in Queensland. Gerard has had a long term prominent role in FPOA being a past Faculty Chair as well as a long term Chair of the POA advanced training committee.
Professor Gerard Byrne
Gerard Byrne BSc(Med), MBBS, PhD, FRANZCP is an old age psychiatrist and the Mayne Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. He is the Director of the Older Persons’ Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and a Member of the Repatriation Medical Authority. He is a past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, a past Chair of the Subcommittee for Advanced Training in Psychiatry of Old Age, and a past Board Member of the International Psychogeriatric Association. He has a current research focus on anxiety in older people, including in those with neurodegenerative disorders
Gerard Byrne BSc(Med), MBBS, PhD, FRANZCP is an old age psychiatrist and the Mayne Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. He is the Director of the Older Persons’ Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and a Member of the Repatriation Medical Authority. He is a past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, a past Chair of the Subcommittee for Advanced Training in Psychiatry of Old Age, and a past Board Member of the International Psychogeriatric Association. He has a current research focus on anxiety in older people, including in those with neurodegenerative disorders
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