Robert (Bob) Goldney

MB BS, MD, FRANZCP, FRC Psych 
Title: Emeritus Professor

Professional Affiliations:

Fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrsits (UK)
Past President, International Association for Suicide Prevention
Past President, International Academy for Suicide Prevention

Teaching:

Undergraduate medical students
Supervision of PhD students

Research:

Depression, suicidal behaviour, mental health literacy
General adult psychiatry, medico-legal assessment

Recent Publications:

Goldney, R.D.  Suicide Prevention - a practical approach.  Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008. 

Goldney, R.D.  Antidepressants and suicide in young persons.  Medical Journal of Australia, 2007; 187:586-587. 

Hawthorne, G., Goldney, R., & Taylor, A.W.  Depression prevalence: is it really increasing?  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2008; 42:606-616

Goldney, R.D., Fisher, L.J., Dal Grande, E., Taylor, A.W. & Hawthorne, G. 2007.  Have education and publicity about depression made a difference?  A comparison of prevalence, service use and excess costs in South Australia: 1998 and 2004, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41: 38-53. 

RD Goldney, 2006. The utility of the DSM Nosology of mood Disorders, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 51: 874-878.

RD Goldney, 2006. Suicide and antidepressants: What is the evidence?, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 40: 381-385.

RD Goldney, 2006. Suicide Prevention: A Pragmatic Review of Recent Studies, Crisis 26: 128-140.

Contact Details:

Professor Robert D. Goldney
Email: robert.goldney@adelaide.edu.au