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Richard Newton
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Professor Richard Newton
Director (Casual Vacancy)
Professor Newton is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Peninsula Mental Health Service and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University. He held the position of Clinical Director, Peninsula Mental Health Service from 2017-2021.
Richard is a Director on the Boards of Mental Health Victoria, Wellways Pty, and World Association Psychosocial Rehabilitation Australia. His was previously a Board Director of Butterfly Foundation and Wandi Nerida.
Richard was the Chair of the RANZCP Victorian Branch Committee from 2016-2019. He has previously also Chaired the Supported Decision Making Committee (a joint project of the RANZCP and Vic DHHS), Fellowship Attainment Committee, and Victorian Psychiatry Training Committee; and been a member of the RANZCP Eating Disorders Clinical Practice Guideline Project, and Committee for Training.
In 2021, Richard was awarded the RANZCP College Citation. He is also a recipient of the RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award (2009). He has received various Victorian Public Healthcare Awards for leadership in the fields of eating disorders, health service evaluation, and reducing seclusion and restraint.
He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters on a range of topics including CBT, treatment of psychosis, eating disorders, psycho-social interventions in mental health services, health service redesign, and homelessness. He trained in Edinburgh, Scotland, completing CBT training in The Cullen Centre, Edinburgh, before coming to Australia in 1992.
Professor Newton was appointed by the Board to the Director (Casual Vacancy) position from 24 September 2024 to 7 May 2025 and can be contacted via board@ranzcp.org.
Professor Newton is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Peninsula Mental Health Service and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University. He held the position of Clinical Director, Peninsula Mental Health Service from 2017-2021.
Richard is a Director on the Boards of Mental Health Victoria, Wellways Pty, and World Association Psychosocial Rehabilitation Australia. His was previously a Board Director of Butterfly Foundation and Wandi Nerida.
Richard was the Chair of the RANZCP Victorian Branch Committee from 2016-2019. He has previously also Chaired the Supported Decision Making Committee (a joint project of the RANZCP and Vic DHHS), Fellowship Attainment Committee, and Victorian Psychiatry Training Committee; and been a member of the RANZCP Eating Disorders Clinical Practice Guideline Project, and Committee for Training.
In 2021, Richard was awarded the RANZCP College Citation. He is also a recipient of the RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award (2009). He has received various Victorian Public Healthcare Awards for leadership in the fields of eating disorders, health service evaluation, and reducing seclusion and restraint.
He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters on a range of topics including CBT, treatment of psychosis, eating disorders, psycho-social interventions in mental health services, health service redesign, and homelessness. He trained in Edinburgh, Scotland, completing CBT training in The Cullen Centre, Edinburgh, before coming to Australia in 1992.
Professor Newton was appointed by the Board to the Director (Casual Vacancy) position from 24 September 2024 to 7 May 2025 and can be contacted via board@ranzcp.org.
