Dr Dushy Tilakawardena (Psychiatrist)
- Name
- Dr Dushyanthi (Dushy) Chathurika Tilakawardena
- Occupation
- Psychiatrist
- Gender
- Medical Specialties
- Psychiatry
Dr Dushyanthi (Dushy) Tilakawardena is a consultant in adult psychiatry with over fifteen years’ experience in the public and private mental health services in Melbourne.
Her specialties include anxiety disorders, mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), post traumatic stress disorder, psychotic disorders, women’s mental health, adult ADHD and alcohol use disorder. She has a special interest and is trained in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), as well as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS).
Dr Tilakawardena obtained her fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) after completing basic and advanced training in general adult psychiatry at Monash Health. She has also completed a Masters in Psychological Medicine from Monash University.
Dr Tilakawardena provides comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment for a wide range of mental health conditions affecting adults of all ages, and works primarily in an acute inpatient setting at South Eastern Private Hospital.
She also provides outpatient consultations and treatment for patients holding private health insurance, as well as WorkCover, TAC and DVA patients. In an outpatient setting she offers individual DBT Informed therapy, suitable for patients with borderline personality disorder.
- Hospital Affiliations
- St John of God Pinelodge Clinic
- Affiliated Clinics
- South Eastern Private Hospital Mental Health Consulting
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Pinelodge Consulting Suites
- Address
- 1480 Heatherton Road
Dandenong VIC 3175
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8793 9333
- Fax
- 03 8793 9330
- Thompson Road Clinic
- Address
- Cnr Woodbine & Thompson Rds
Cranbourne North VIC 3977
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5996 9000
- Fax
- 03 5996 9569
- South Eastern Private Hospital Mental Health Consulting
- Address
- Cnr Princes Highway and Heatherton Road
Noble Park VIC 3174
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9271 9700
- Fax
- 03 9271 9799
