Professor Ian Hickie AO
Professor of Psychiatry, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Professor Ian Hickie AO is Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Health and Policy at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre. His work connects clinical psychiatry, public-health policy, digital health and service design, with particular attention to depression, youth mental health, suicidal thoughts and behaviours, complex mood disorders and early intervention.
He was the inaugural chief executive of beyondblue, a founding director of headspace and an inaugural Commissioner of Australia’s National Mental Health Commission. He publishes extensively in academic and public forums and is a regular contributor to Australian mental-health policy discussion.
His specialist background is relevant to SGMeds reviews involving anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, antipsychotic treatment and mental-health service context. Individual articles are credited to him only after review of the final published copy has been completed and recorded.