Dr Mahesh Jayaram (Psychiatrist)
- Name
- Dr Mahesh Burjinroppa Jayaram
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Gulbarga University India 1997
- FRANZCP Australia 2015
- Occupation
- Psychiatrist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Tamil
Dr Mahesh Jayaram is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and Consultant Psychiatrist. He is coordinates the Masters of Psychiatry course and is editor of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group. He completed his membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2004 and worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist for 7 years in the NHS prior to moving to Melbourne in August 2013 and completing his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
Dr Jayaram is passionate about clinical care and ensures that his clients receive the highest quality of care. This includes providing a comprehensive package of care in a compassionate environment which is collaborative and inclusive in its model, liaising with families, GPs and other healthcare professionals as appropriate. He specializes in adult psychiatry, with a particular interest in bipolar disorders, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, sleep disorders, psychosexual disorders and adult ADHD.
His areas of research interest include evaluating novel treatments for schizophrenia and has authored and edited numerous Cochrane systematic reviews relating to this. Working collaboratively with colleagues, he has obtained two recent grants, one from ISCRR to develop guidelines for pharmacological treatment of behavioural disorders following traumatic brain injuries and an NHMRC grant for reducing mortality rates associated with mental illness in primary care. He has obtained over $ 3 million in research funding, has authored over 30 publications and 2 book chapters, including a recent one on early psychosis in the new Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Albert Road Consulting Suites
- Milleara Specialist Consulting Rooms
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Albert Road Consulting Suites
- Address
- Suite F 31 Albert Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9256 8333
- Address
- 18 Beryl Street
Essendon West VIC 3040
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9331 4110
- Fax
- 03 9331 4058
- Milleara Specialist Consulting Rooms
- Address
- 215/217 Milleara Rd
Keilor East VIC 3033
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9331 4110
- Fax
- 03 9331 4058
