Department of Psychiatry
The Psychiatry Department at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) provides a comprehensive array of tertiary level Psychiatric Services to the patients of Royal Perth Hospital at its Wellington Street and Shenton Park Campuses; as well as state wide services to Metropolitan Mental Health Services.
The Clinical Services provided by the Department include:
Consultation - Liaison Unit (CL)
(This service is only available to patients who are inpatients at RPH)
This team provides daytime psychiatric cover to Wellington Street and Shenton Park wards. In addition to emergency assessment on medical and surgical wards, the unit provides a psychiatric and psychology liaison service to selected RPH units, such as Oncology, Renal, Burns, Chronic Pain, Respiratory and Cardiac Transplant, Haematology, Infection Diseases (HIV), Neurology and Hepatology.
Referrals are received from within RPH (Wellington Street and Shenton Park campuses). Contact the Psychiatry Registrar Consult via the Hospital on 9224 2244.
Emergency Department Mental Health Liaison Team (ED)
This service sees patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) of Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) who require mental health assessment.
The team is made up of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Liaison Clinical Nurses, Medical Officer, and support from Youth Self Harm Social Worker and Drug and Alcohol Advisory Service.
Referrals are received from the RPH Emergency Department. Contact the Mental Health Liaison Nurse via RPH switchboard on 9224 2244.
Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (Ward 2K)
Ward 2K admits patients from the General Hospital, ED and local community Mental Health Service (MHS), who suffer from all forms of psychiatric illness. It is a voluntary inpatient psychiatric unit with the consultants Dr Senaratne, Dr Febbo, Dr Kostov and Prof Jablensky providing clinical leadership.
CHANGES Program
(Challenging Habitual Attitudes by Nurturing Growth, Education and Self Responsibility)
The CHANGES Program (formerly know as the Day Hospital) is a full time outpatient treatment facility, with an emphasis on group therapy as the primary vehicle for change, for patients with severe or moderately severe deficits in personality functioning, i.e. who have longstanding maladaptive ways of relating to their environment and themselves. Patients will typically have had extensive contact with other services; they may or may not have other significant psychiatric or physical medical diagnoses.
A general referral can be forwarded to the Duty Office for clients to be triaged as appropriate. If you have any queries specific to the CHANGES program, contact us on 9224 3155 or fax 9224 1786.
WA Transcultural Mental Health Centre
The West Australian Transcultural Mental Health Centre (WATMHC) is a state-wide specialist service, specifically funded to address the special mental health needs of WA’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.
Apart from its direct clinical service component, the Centre adopts a community development and capacity building approach in working with a diverse range of ethnic communities.
The Centre’s programs include:
- Clinical Services Delivery
- Resource and Consultancy Service
- Design and Delivery of Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Initiatives
- Collaborative Action Research
- Education and Training
Referrals are received from a wide range of service providers. Adult referrals (25-65 years) of migrant and refugee background are welcomed. Referrals with details of presenting problems and current medication may be mailed or faxed.
| Head of Department: | Dr Nigel Armstrong |
| Operations Manager: | Julia Reany |
| Senior Nurse: | Jacqui Short |
| Admin Assistant: | Claire Gibson |
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