Dr Amritash Rai is a Senior Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience in psychiatry in Australia, UK, and India. Dr Rai sees private patients at two locations, Myhealth Helensvale on the Gold Coast and Main Street Medical Centre in Hervey Bay. Additionally, he provides telehealth services for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry patients. Alongside his private practice, Dr Rai works as a Senior Staff Specialist in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Logan CYMHS and is employed part-time by Queensland Health.
Dr Rai has extensive experience as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in both inpatient and outpatient settings. His work spans various locations in Australia, including Logan, Beenleigh Browns Plains, Gold Coast, and Fraser Coast. He has also worked in the UK, at Sheffield Children's Hospital and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This broad experience has allowed him to develop comprehensive local knowledge and establish connections with numerous health professionals.
Dr Rai specializes in diagnosing and treating a range of mental health conditions in children and adolescents, including ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Depression, Anxiety disorders, PTSD, Trauma, Eating and Feeding Disorders, and Alcohol and Drug use disorders.
Dr Rai holds several qualifications in Psychiatry, including FRANZCP (Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists), MRCPsych (Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK), CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (UK), DipMedSci in Clinical Psychiatry (UK), MD in Psychiatry (India), and MBBS from Delhi University, India. He is an accredited member of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the RANZCP (Australia) and RCPsych (UK).
Dr Rai has extensive experience working with diverse patient groups, such as Asylum seekers and refugees, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, Doctors or medical students, Gender diverse individuals, Gay and lesbian individuals, those with Intellectual disabilities, Maori individuals, Non-English speaking individuals, and Families.
His areas of expertise include ADHD, Anxiety disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, Bipolar disorder, Complex trauma, Conversion disorder, Depression, Eating disorders, Family therapy, Motivational interviewing, Obsessive-compulsive disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Prolonged grief, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Sexual assault / abuse treatment, and Supportive psychotherapy.
Dr Rai offers a range of services, including bulk-billing medical students, bulk-billing selected patients, providing insurance opinions/reports, offering opinions and reports, shared care, urgent assessments, and after-hours appointments.
In summary, Dr Amritash Rai is an accomplished Senior Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with a wealth of experience and qualifications. His dedication to improving the mental health of children and adolescents is evident through his work in various settings. With his expertise and commitment, Dr Rai provides quality psychiatric care to his patients and their families.
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