Dr Joanne Wright (Psychiatrist)
- Name
- Dr Joanne Catherine Wright
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of Sydney 1994
- Occupation
- Psychiatrist
- Gender
- Female
- Medical Specialties
- Psychiatry
- Links
- http://www.berkeleyvaleprivate.com.au
- Telehealth
- Skype: Email bookings - doctorjo@wrightmedical.com.au
Dr Wright is an Aged Care Psychiatrist with experience in the diagnosis and management of mental health conditions predominantly in elderly patients, but will see patients over the age of 50.
Dr Wright completed her Psychiatry training in Northern Sydney and has been a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists since 2007. She received her certificate of Advanced Training in Old Age Psychiatry from the RANZCP in 2009. Dr Wright also holds a Masters Degree in Geriatric Medicine from Edith Cowan University.
In 2007 she was awarded a Fellowship from The Institute of Psychiatry where she gained experience in palliative care. She has a particular interest in age related mental health presentations including: • Cognitive impairment • Mood and anxiety disorders • Psychosis and organic psychosis • Behavioural problems in dementia • Mental disorders in the palliative care setting
She is currently a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Staff Specialist at Hornsby Hospital in the Rehabilitation and Aged Care Department and is the only Psychiatrist within that Department. She currently works in the Memory Clinic at Hornsby Hospital and also provides home visits and consultations to residential facilities.
She has extensive experience with managing the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. She has been a Visiting Medical Officer to country areas for approximately seven years.
Dr Wright also currently works in private practice visiting residential facilities in the Northern Sydney Region. She has worked in private practice and as a Locum Visiting Medical Officer on the Central Coast for a number of years.
At Berkeley Vale Clinic, Dr Wright is seeing clients over the age of 50 through outpatient consultation, and on the Rehabilitation and Surgical Wards within the hospital.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Wilga Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Berkeley Vale Clinic
- Postal Address
Practice Locations
Central Coast
- Berkeley Vale Clinic
- Address
- Berkeley Vale Private Hospital
Lorraine Avenue
Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
Australia
- Phone
- 1300 856 163
- Fax
- 02 4388 4829
