David Jonathan Castle
Professor, Psychiatry, The University of Tasmania
David Jonathan Castle MBChB MD FRCPsych FRANZCP is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Tasmania; and Co-Director, Tasmanian Centre for Mental Health Service Innovation. He has wide clinical and research interests, encompassing schizophrenia and related disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD spectrum disorders and disorders of body image. He has a longstanding interest in the impact of licit and illicit substances on the brain and body, and is actively engaged in programmes addressing the physical health of the mentally ill and the mental health of the physically ill. He has published widely in the scientific literature and is a frequent speaker at scientific meetings.
Blogs from David Jonathan Castle
Are functional disorders driven By underlying psychological distress?
The debate over the causation of functional disorders in clinical neuropsychiatry has significant implications for their understanding and treatment, with current trends favoring an agnostic approach despite evidence supporting psychological factors.
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