A/Prof Deepa Singhal

Director, Canberra Child Psychiatry Centre, Psychiatrist at ACT Pain Centre, Senior Clinical lecturer at ANU

A/Prof Singhal is the only dual trained Child Psychiatrist in Canberra and surrounds. She did her medical school in India and moved to UK and did part of her paediatrics training in UK (MRCPCH, theory) before moving to Australia. She continued her paediatrics training at Childrens’ Hospital Westmead (CHW), Sydney. Afterwards, she moved on to do dual training in child psychiatry and did her adult psychiatry training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA), Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney. Afterwards she continued her child psychiatry training and worked at CHW, Sydney. She has completed a graduate diploma in multigenerational family therapy at Academia, Rome. A/Prof Singhal is passionate about providing much needed child psychiatrist service in Canberra and is happy to see all types of presentation including anxiety, depression, eating disorder, psychosis, somatoform disorder, etc. Her special interest is neurodevelopmental disorder including pharmacological management of ADHD, ASD, Tourette syndrome and other complex presentations. She is keen to provide care for adult population especially young people transitioning to adulthood and requiring ongoing psychiatric input including ADHD review. She runs a once-a-week clinic for adult psychiatry patients, providing much-needed psychiatric care to the population of Canberra and surrounds. She provides family therapy as well. The waitlist for A/Prof Singhal is 3 months. Earlier urgent appointments are available depending on the patient triage.