Professor Richard Newton
Consultant Psychiatrist, Peninsula Mental Health Service, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, Monash University, Board Member RANZP
Professor Richard Newton is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Peninsula Mental Health Service and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University. He held the position of Clinical Director, Peninsula Mental Health Service from 2017-2021.
Richard is a Director on the Boards of RANZCP, and Wellways Pty. He was previously a Board Director of Mental Health Victoria, Butterfly Foundation and Wandi Nerida.
In 2021, Richard was awarded the RANZCP College Citation. He is also a recipient of the RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award (2009). He has received various Victorian Public Healthcare Awards for leadership in the fields of eating disorders, health service evaluation, and reducing seclusion and restraint.
He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters on a range of topics including CBT, treatment of psychosis, eating disorders, psycho-social interventions in mental health services, health service redesign, and homelessness. He trained in Edinburgh, Scotland, completing CBT training in The Cullen Centre, Edinburgh, before coming to Australia in 1992.