Dr Melanie Evans (Psychiatrist)
- Name
- Dr Melanie Evans
- Occupation
- Psychiatrist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- German
- Medical Specialties
- Psychiatry
Melanie Evans is an Adult and Child and Adolescent psychiatrist trained in the UK and Melbourne. She has 25 years experience treating a wide variety of psychiatric and psychological problems, with a particular interest in mood and psychotic disorders. Melanie sees predominantly adolescents, women and their families, and uses both psychotherapeutic and pharmacological approaches to assist. She is sensitive to the issues women face throughout the life cycle including challenges in adolescence, the peri-natal period, and menopause. She has worked for many years at Orygen Youth Health in the Mood and Anxiety clinic, the Early Psychosis service and the Bipolar Disorder clinic. She has led the Youth Assessment Team at Orygen and is experienced at managing patients in hospital and outpatient settings. In addition Melanie has worked on the Perinatal Unit at Albert Road Clinic caring for mothers and their young babies, the Child and Adolescent service of the Royal Children's Hospital and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Eating Disorders Unit. Currently in addition to her clinical role, Melanie is the Director of Phoenics health.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Phoenics Health
- Populations Treated
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Topics
- Mood disorders
- Schizophrenia and related disorders
